2Tangos is really all about trading knowledge within your local community via your social networking community. It's a place where you can collaborate with people in the know to learn that special thing or things that you've always wanted to master. And in the spirit of sharing knowledge you can reciprocate by letting others know some of the skills that you possess so that they can benefit from your wisdom in the same way that you are doing the same for others. It helps you connect with people in your local area rather than scouring local papers for expensive expert ... Read more
The way we access our social networks has changed very subtly over the last year and that's partly down to the legacy of Steve Jobs. With the onslaught of mobiles and tablets being gobbled up by our avid populace rather than the more sedentary home computer there is now more of a tendency to access networks whilst on the move. It is not always convenient to access your networks while jogging or commuting to work or when driving, if it comes to that. Hubbub is a new kind of social network that relies on sound. It allows you to record, ... Read more
When I mentioned to my daughter that I was reviewing this messaging and networking application and that it featured Snooki and The Situation from MTV's Jersey Shore tv show it was met with rapturous approval. That is the kind of adulation that surrounds these tv celebrities as they serve up their very own slice of life and often censored wherever they go. Let's face it, Snooki is almost American royalty these days. Now they have joined forces with a bunch of other celebs for this new free app from US company VoxBox Inc to provide a unique and completely customized ... Read more
The excellently named Empathyo is a free social networking application for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch that enables you to share your events in the real world with your online friends in your favorite social network. Rather than phoning everyone up to tell them your plans for the day or week or sending out mail outs, you can just set up your details in Empathyo and share the details with social networking and Facebook friends. Equally, you can see what the rest of your friends are up to and meet up with them easily. Empathyo is a free social ... Read more
Google+ has tended to be the forgotten brother when it has come to designing pretty covers for your online pages. While Facebook's Timeline has been festooned with great cover making apps like Picscatter, Cover Photo Maker for Facebook and New FB Cover but I'm finding it very hard to find any apps for tarting up your Google+ cover page. So thank goodness for Google Plus Cover Photo Maker - a free design engine for Google where you can make your cover page one notch up from the rest. CoverPhotoEditor.com is a powerful, responsive and very quick and easy to ... Read more
HeapNote is a custom-fit online notebook that lets you manage your ideas, bookmarks, to-do lists, expenses or anything else that is important to you. It does this by utilizing an extremely flexible, powerful and easy to use interface and fulfills the role of information manager that is geared to small businesses as well as private individuals. HeapNote is an Information Manager for small business and individuals and lets you manage all the stuff that's important to you with an easy to use interface. People use it for tracking bugs, managing their business contacts not to mention storing your recipes ... Read more
One of the saddest things that has happened over the last few years has been the demise of the music store. Gone are the days when you could Wander down to the local record bar, have a chat to the guy behind the counter about his latest faves, listen to a few tunes and walk out with some great music. These days you have to do a lot more work to find some good new music. Sworly is a social music and video share application that could well be a way of making your music searching a little easier by ... Read more
With so many of our friends and relatives spread across the world these days we are all constantly looking for the cheapest way to keep in contact with them - wherever they are. Forfone is a free voip and phone communication application for iPhone and Android that enables users to make free phone calls and send free text messages to other forfone users wherever they may be in the world. Even if they aren't a forfone user they also provide a low cost and affordable service to any landline or mobile in the world. With forfone you can make ... Read more
You must have heard about GarageBand. It's Apple's glorious music creator that has been around for a little while now. Well now it's available for iPad iPod Touch and iPhone and, without doubt, I have to say that it is one of Apple's finest creations. For those not aware, GarageBand gives you an array of tools that allow you to play copious amounts of instruments, record music and even jam with friends. What's more, you can play wherever you have an Internet connection and whenever you want. Whether you’re a musical prodigy or just love creating your own walls ... Read more
The thing that makes 100efforts different from so many other productivity and project management tools is it's ability to give you a look at the big picture. It's speciality is dealing with requirements specs, use cases and effort estimation and it's object is to make them easier to deal with and simpler to analyze and act on. This suite of collaborative tools excels in comparing your estimated work load with expert estimation and what happens in the real world. 100efforts makes working together on requirements specs, use cases and effort estimation easier. It helps you to document, discuss, prioritize ... Read more