Some people are brilliant at picking out presents at Christmas time whilst others...maybe not so. Personally, I tend to need all the help I can get. But it's just a question of doing a bit of research and being well organized about buying presents for your friends and family. Chrift is a gift recommendation tool similar to apps like ChristmasList.com that aim to give the user a much more comprehensive way of determining what gifts they would adore by analyzing their Facebook profile data. Read more
If gift shopping is one of your pleasures then you will enjoy this social shopping and e-commerce app for Facebook. Shopcade connects people through their favorite social networking site and encourages them to recommend gifts and products by rewarding them for it. To ensure that everybody wins Shopcade will reward with real cash when your friends shop for products recommended by you while you can earn cash yourself by becoming a trendsetter. Shopcade is a social shopping application for Facebook that connects shopping friends and encourages them to recommend products together and get rewarded for it. You can shop ... Read more
You know that phrase that often gets bandied about that goes "you'll never pay retail again?" Well that is the motto of this deal-based shopping app. And with times being so tough at the moment there is definitely room for it to be embraced in most families these days. DealShrink is an app that tries to save you as much money as possible by encouraging you to list the things you are hankering for. Then DealShrink's bargain hunting crew will scour the internet for the best possible deal on that product and send you an email when they locate it. Read more
There are quite a lot of sites out there that help you collect money for specific purposes such as a charitable cause or an event and a lot of them are very good. What I like about this one is that you can set up an account and start collecting cash for just about any purpose you want. The uses are endless and I for one will be suggesting it to a chum of mine who organizes an annual ski and snowboard trip for fifteen guys, most of whom become very forgetful when it comes to divvy-up time! Read more
I have to say when I first happened upon this one I had one immediate thought; since when has grocery shopping been a whole family event? I’m kind of glad I looked a bit deeper into it though because it does have some great features that go beyond just sharing a shopping list with the rest of your hungry crew. Sad that I am to admit it I’m a guy who not only enjoys cooking but also enjoys cruising the aisles of grocery stores poking and squeezing and smelling things. This app will help you indulge in both of those activities and ... Read more
There are people that steal those sheets of coupons out of the Sunday papers, you know. It's not really surprising considering the state of the economy at the moment. So much so that its the first time since i was a kid that I can remember people really taking those coupons, deals and promotions seriously. And it's a serious business keeping track of all those deals and making sure you use them before they expire. BargainSwoop is a shopping and saving app that no only delivers the latest bargains but also makes sure you use them before their time is ... Read more
In a certain month every year the newsagents around the world have been engulfed by students and parents (mostly parents, I might add) waiting for the latest issue of the guide to Universities and Colleges to ensure they collectively choose the most appropriate educational opportunity available. They would walk out of the shop with a thick book which was the equivalent of a small forest. These days, however, there are many online options too. Petap is an free education guide for accredited online and campus degrees, schools, colleges and universities across the USA and Canada. According to a recent ... Read more
Well they’ve certainly got the name of this one right, it made me yawn just reading the description. I’m all for research into anything that might be of use to people’s wellbeing but this one doesn’t seem to have any real purpose apart from presenting you with a graph that will prove to your friends that you weren’t lying when you said you were having trouble sleeping! The app isn’t difficult to use, you sign in and then enter the details of your sleep experience. Having said that I’m not sure how you note the exact time you actually fell asleep as ... Read more
Accuteach is the beginning of a new way of schooling developed by real classroom teachers from Atlanta, Georgia. It's an education and teaching app that is aimed at bringing teachers, students and parents into a much more collaborative environment than conventional teaching. Accuteach lets you upload and share lessons, blog, chat, create a calendar of events, share videos and connect with your whole school community. Read more
My word how school life has changed! At the risk of giving my age away I was at school in the days before even photocopiers were a widespread part of a teacher’s kit. I can still remember the smell of the duplicating ink on the History hand-outs. As for the excuses about why a particularly nasty piece of homework was missing well, leaving it on the bus was about as original as I got. It follows then that a site like Schoolrack would have seemed as far away as a manned expedition to Mars but educational software has now got one ... Read more