ˈIt’s not what you but who you knowˈ is a phrase that often pops up in connection with people who manage to land a job that to the innocent bystander seems way beyond them. Well this site positively encourages you to use your friends and any influence they may have to get you a job where they work but if you don’t have a Facebook account you can’t, at least for the moment, play along. It might be simplifying it a little I suppose. After all if you wanted a job and needed to ask your friends to put in a good ... Read more
If you are planning on continuing your education next year then you are going to have to think about books. Text books. They can be pretty expensive, can't they? So a bit of pre-planning is required to get the books you need and still have enough to eat and pay the rent. SlugBooks could well be the answer to your problems. Find your textbooks now! This rather useful and intelligent education app offers you the chance to tell them which school and classes you are taking so they can not only tell you which books you are going to need ... Read more
If you are serious about your online business you will no doubt adopt several different tools to analyze how your website is performing. The are so many different kinds of analytical tools available out there right now. Tools where you can check your traffic and even tools to work out which parts of your site are working better than others. But two areas that arent often analyzed are how others see you from different countries around the world and how your competitors sites look compared to your own. Proxypic is an analytical tool that gives you a great overview of ... Read more
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
If you are in the travel business you have a lot of responsibility in handling people's holiday needs. For a start you are dealing with many of your customers' one holiday of the year and I can guarantee if you mess it up they will never use your services again. And you know what they say...for every person that complains there are six others that don't complain to you - they just tell their friends. It's also important for you to be able to access the best and most reliable information and deals from your holiday suppliers. Dataswell is a ... 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
Apartment hunting is a scary business especially in NYC. It can also be an expensive business and not only in respect of the rental prices as there is often "Mr Ten Per cent" to consider and he likes his cake at both ends of the transaction. Naked Apartments can go a long way to not only help you find what you’re looking for but in a lot of cases succeed without you having to stump up the broker fees that go with it. 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