The Internet is a weird evolving object that springs up more than a few surprises. People can be even weirder. If you have read any Malcolm Gladville you will be well aware of the organized chaos that we live in. Take social networks for example. I remember a friend telling me not long after Facebook's inception to "just sign up" and it wasn't that long before its reputation grew and the "Tipping Point" was reached. Now it is getting close to a billion users and everyone from cute Kentucky girls to Sherpas in Tibet seems to have an account. Add ... Read more
If you were a car owner in Cuba you probably won't need this car education application for iOS. So few new cars make their way onto the market in this part of the world that Cubans learn from a very young age how to maintain their cars and keep them on the road. But for the young (and not so young) driver here there isn't that luxury. If something goes wrong with your car the first thing we do is to call our mechanic. But there are a whole bunch of simple things that you could fix yourself if your ... Read more
It never ceases to amaze and amuse me when I still see what I consider to be intelligent people belittling and refusing to get involved in social media. I hate to tell you this but it isnt going away in the near future. In fact, as more people realize the promotional and advertising potential of Facebook and Twitter etc, the more prominent and essential they will become in our brand promotion and publicity. And that's where Postano comes in very useful by automatically aggregating relevant social content across all your social networks and displaying them on your own website, on ... Read more
Look, I have to tell you, Loc.Book was undoubtedly developed with people like me in mind. It's not that I get lost on a regular basis but, put me in one of those massive Westfield type multilevel shopping complexes that was probably designed by that Gruen fellow, and I'm a complete mess. Half the time I can't even remember which floor the shop I want to visit is on let alone it's location. I could use the store locator, I guess, but I could also use an app like Loc.Book to find my way back directly to the store I'm ... Read more
The way you share information through your social network can, at times, be a little flawed. It's all very well if the story you are trying to tell is specific to your social friends but what about if you want to get your message across to people in your local area for advertising or promotional purposes? You could fiddle with your Facebook settings and send your message to local friends and hope they pass it on or you can turn to something a little more specific. Sunlize offers a different way of spreading the word through your local area and ... Read more
They say that if you are going to learn a language then the earlier you start the better. But why is that I wonder? Surely, the brain power of an adult with their learning capacity and drive is going to be able to pick up a language at least as quickly as a little kid. So maybe the learning pattern is not quite right. StudyChat Japanese was developed to incorporate an element of fun into language learning in the same way that kids are taught new words and phrases in another language. It uses the simple and fun idea of ... Read more
If I had to nail down PersonSpot to a specific style I would probably have to say that it's a bit like a Flipboard that you can totally personalize to your own specifications. That puts this social publishing application into an interesting place in the marketplace because, where Flipboard tends to be a purely personal magazine, PersonSpot opens up the opportunity for personal brand promotion and advertising. Here you can create and publish online social magazines with content aggregated from your social feeds, from content found anywhere on the net or stuff you create yourself. PersonSpot is a social ... Read more
I could make a bad New Zealand joke here and say that Tinder is how Kiwis like their meat and their women ... but I won't. Tinder is, in fact a rather useful cloud-based document management application that specializes in encouraging its collaborative side. Tinder is a great set of collaborative tools that are designed to bring colleagues and customers together, wherever they are and whenever they want, to keep everyone in the know. And what's more, it's free for small businesses with teams of 5 or less people. Tinder is a next generation social collaboration platform for your ... Read more
Regular readers of FeedMyApp will be well aware of our love of travel apps and the first look at this new social travel app Roadtrippers looks very promising. This simple and intuitive road trip planner is packed with great features to make your US roadtrip run smoother and makes you aware of the best places and experiences around you as you plan or continue your trip. Roadtrippers draws on local experts and travel writers to build a great travel guide. Roadtrippers was developed by serial road trippers James and Tatiana Fisher who prefer to make their road trips an ... Read more
It used to be your local paper or phone book that you went to when you needed a local tradesman or service but sadly, the local paper probably went out of business and the days of the phone book are well numbered. So how do you connect with skilled people in your local community these days? Online, that's how. Skillendar is a community social network application that lets you look into your own neighborhood to find services and skilled tradespeople that might not have a Main Street shop at their disposal but have all the skills to complete the job ... Read more