Searchgonzo is a surprisingly sophisticated free product discovery and shopping comparison application that provides a search tool to find some excellent fashion, travel, sporting or home based products online. What's more, goods on offer are thankfully not provided by advertisers, paid for with spam attached or even cookie based to get something out of you. Searchgonzo is a very clean and intuitive service with a constant stream of quality products in its database making this online shopping experience a positive one. Read more
Campus Bazar is like a Craigslist that specifically caters for local students. It's a free one stop marketplace that can be localized to your specific college and provides a place where all student needs can be satisfied - well, maybe not everything a student needs - but you can buy and sell everything from unwanted game consoles to text books. You can even advertise for a new room mate too, if you like. In fact, it can have everything in it that you won't find at the campus shop. Campusbazar is a free web application for college students that ... Read more
There are two different types of apps that I love reviewing most. There's the beautiful looking, comprehensive ones like OrganiDoc HD and that are full to the brim with useful items and give you more than you think they will. Then there are apps like Websites Like that fill a gap in the market. They may only do one or two things but they provide a great service and deliver what they claim to, effortlessly and efficiently. So, what puts this search engine into the latter category? Well, it's reason for existence is to help you find similar, related or ... Read more
Streamd.in is a localized geolocation app for Android, iPad and iPhone that attempts to take your Twitter account to a different level. It focuses tweets emanating from specific places the world over and delivers them complete with location map and, as an added bonus, you can even chat and video chat with your fellow tweeters. You can browse tweets from your local neighborhood or concentrate on a specific city or any countries around the world. Streamd.in for IOS and Android is a free and easy to use browser-based and geolocation based Twitter client. The primary focus of the app ... Read more
Despite the fact that our computers are loaded up with heaps of services we've set up over time, the truth is, we really only use a few of them regularly. kaanzi is a search and organize application that allows us to polarize the things we view on a regular basis. It's a command shell that optimizes web time by gearing your Internet time to the things you like most whether it be email, the weather, your favorite sporting team or the latest YouTube sensation. The idea of kaanzi is to access and utilize services across the web through a ... Read more
I was watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain's excellent No Reservations show a few years ago and, whilst drinking and eating with locals in the mountains somewhere in Asia, Bourdain holds up his glass and shouts "Damn Skippy!" Why would a native New Yorker like him be uttering a phrase that is so obviously Australian and yet I'd never heard it before? Well, So Slang is a search engine where you can get that information. Its an easy to use free urban slang wiki dictionary where you can your own meaning to the millions of slang words featured. So ... Read more
I'm not sure who this addictive little analytical and social marketplace game is aimed at but it has sure got to me. TrendFor.me could be used to assist the betting man in working out whether to have a flutter on a certain event or it could be a great way to see what people think of a specific scenario and see if they can predict what is going to happen. Either way, I was sucked in pretty easily. CPP let's you learn the opinions of your community, ask your own questions or just seeing what people are predicting will happen ... Read more
As a freelancer myself, especially in the early days, I certainly paid my dues to enough "content agencies" to know where the larger slice of the pie ends up. Content Spree, on the face of it at least, appears to have added some welcome transparency to the process. On top of that writers who sign up and the businesses they write for get to communicate rather than leaving the management of a project to the guy in the middle. It’s not all free of course but writers will at least know how much a potential employer is offering before Mr ... Read more
LocAlerts is a damned good geolocation based reminder board that would be absolutely brilliant for a road trip or a holiday away. Keep this search and reminder tool on your iPad or your iPhone and it will give you the perfect way to research your trip as well as giving you the ability to add stuff as you go. So its easy to note down a virtual to-do list before you go and add details like addresses and phone numbers of friends and sights and any other stuff that you need to make a note of along the way. And ... Read more
"Better get a lawyer, son" - that's how the song goes, isn't it? Well, it's easy enough to get a lawyer alright but not so easy to get the RIGHT lawyer for you. One with the right knowledge and expertise on the case you have for them not to mention one that suits your budget. RFPattorney is a legal marketplace application that's similar to other legal apps like the recently reviewed Quigal. By utilizing the power of the Internet and social media it provides a new of connecting practicing lawyers with potential clients making it a win-win situation for all ... Read more