Whilst social networks like Facebook and Twitter often promote charitable events one could hardly call them a social charity. Talkic, on the other hand, actively promotes itself as a social network where contributing to topics benefits causes. In real terms, that translates into Talkic donating US 1.1 cents to one of 20 Canadian charities every time you click on a topic when signed in. Talkic is a social network where topics are friends and where by clicking or contributing to a topic you will indirectly be benefitting various causes. Just by contributing to topics Talkic donates 1.1 cents for ... Read more
Roamz was featured as one of the Australian Business Review Weekly's top 10 start ups to watch recently. It's a clever little real time application for your mobile that shows the user completely up-to-date information of what's going on in your local area. It does this by gathering, collating and curating information from the social side of the Internet and delivering it to you based on your particular interests and preferences. Roamz is a free iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch app that makes sense of social media noise in real time to show users up-to-date information about what is ... Read more
If you aren't aware of Pinterest by now then you probably won't be too intested in this nice little social monitoring app that could be called its bastard cousin. Pinpuff, while not directly connected with the latest social networking phenomena after Facebook and Twitter, is a useful, fun and free spin off that aims to build a network of Pinterest users and calculate their Pinfluence using a very clever algorithm. Pinpuff is building an awesome network of Pinterest users with their Pinfluence and Pin value calculated. Pinfluence is a measure of your popularity, influence, activity and reach on Pinterest ... Read more
I love the idea that AgoraPulse regard themselves as the Swiss Army Knife of social media monitoring applications. So what does it mean? Well, it basically means that this customer relations manager and its suite of marketing tools has a tool for everything you might need to manage your Facebook pages, gain more fans and through traffic which can lead to a better return on income. No longer can you set up a Facebook page to advertise your project or event and forget about it - AgoraPulse gives you all the armory to keep your page front and center. ... Read more
Need an answer to a sticky question fast? You could go to places like Quora, Stack Overflow or Yahoo Answers but why not try this much more social Q&A application Junglr. Here is a place where you can ask your questions, take your place in debates and polls and learn and share information with social friends and the rest of the world. Junglr then turns your queries into a gamifying experience by awarding points to 'buy' all sorts of stuff. Junglr is a new question and answer site built around speed and usability. From the simple act of Q&A ... Read more
Spotwag goes some way to solving the neverending problem with what to do with your pet when you go on holiday. Do you put them in an expensive pet stay place with people they dont know in a place they dont know either? Or do you co-ordinate help from the friends you have out there that you already know and trust? Sounds like a much better bet to me and so much more pleasant and relaxed for your pet. Everyone's a winner. You can use Spotwag to coordinate help for your pet from friends you already trust and you ... Read more
You may have noticed the plethora of apps being made available to make your Facebook Timeline banner look ever more glorious. Facebook Photo Maker follows similar design apps like Facebook Timeline Cover Maker, Picscatter and NewFBCover but, of course, it delivers a slightly different take on the banner process. This design application for your favorite social network that allows you to use your own photos and add personal messages to create a totally unique and beautiful looking Facebook Timeline experience for all your friends to see and admire. Facebook’s new Timeline Cover Photo is a large banner-like photograph at ... Read more
Pinterest could well be the next social networking site to take off - following nicely in the footsteps of Facebook and Twitter. And the reason for that is that it is not only totally addictive but it's good too. This photo, video and memory share application is virtually pinboard for all the stuff that you love and want to share socially with others. Think of it as a virtual bookmarker that displays all the things you love in a beautiful interface and then let's you share it with your friends. Pinterest is a virtual pinboard and social photosharing app ... Read more
Research, as anyone who has seriously dabbled in it will know, can be a very time-consuming occupation if you want to do it properly. Factbrowser is a social and business research and marketing application for your mobile phone that simplifies research by collating all the best and most relevant results of your search from some of the most respected publications the world over. While it's pretty easy to Google or Bing your searches, Factbrowser hunts down specifically relevant publications based on the information you are looking for. Factbrowser is the discovery engine for the most compelling facts and is ... 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