There has been plenty of talk about this travel site in recent months with a successful round of fundraising and a revamp completed in February of this year (2011) and more recently a partnership deal signed with The New York Times. Read more
I ran video and DVD stores for years and must have been asked a hundred times what my favorite film of all time is. Eventually I just settled on Apocalypse Now to save the argument. It is pretty easy to pick about twenty or so of my all time favorites but it was hard to narrow it down to just the one. I should have just put them on to Flickchart. It's a movie review tool delivered in the most beautiful of interfaces that allows you to pick and rank your 'Best Movies of All Time' as well as presenting ... Read more
Criticker is a very useful movie review tool that you can connect up to your social network. But not just any movie review tool. It aims to match you up with people with similar taste to your own to enhance your movie watching experience. While it would be easy to just recommend films to you, Criticker prefers to analyze your viewing past to pit you in touch with people that could guide your viewing future. Criticker aims to match you with the people who share your taste in film most exactly by using the Taste Compatibility Index. With TCI ... Read more
There are so many movie apps on the Internet these days that any new ones have to be pretty special to grab my attention. Usually they are just fairly anonymous outlets for the studios to regurgitate their stories and reviews and not a lot else. The things that set Flixster apart from the others are two simple words - Rotten Tomatoes. If you aren't familiar with RT it is getting a reputation for honest reviews and is comparable to IMDB in it's information well. So, Flixster plus Rotten Tomatoes gives you a movie review tool that is a serious contender. ... Read more
Businesses selling online can often suffer from a couple of negative issues one of which is supposed to overcome the other. Read more
When it comes to customer reviews for most businesses they can be very useful but usually only come from one direction. In the case of staff agencies, be they permanent or temporary, they are exposed on two fronts. Read more
The world is our oyster when it comes to travel these days. We can pretty well choose anywhere we want to go in the world and go there assuming we have the the time and money. Well, unless we are in striking distance of Somalian pirates, of course. The time thing is an issue too. Given that we may have limited time to have our annual excursions it would seem a good idea to plan the perfect trip. Tripomatic's is an excellent travel and organize tool that will set you off in the right direction. Tripomatic is a travel ... Read more
Movies and lists go together like love and marriage. We've all got our favorites but there are so many great films out there. Which ones are your faves? I Check Movies allows you to do just that. It gives you a whole bunch of all time great movies lists for you to tick off as you watch them. When I Check Movies gets to know your taste it's intuitive search engine will recommend other great movies to you based on the films you love. iCheckMovies is a movie review and organize tool that helps you keep a personal list ... Read more
Cafesworld is a fledgling travel and social event tool that gives you an idea of the quality of cool cafes in some of the biggest cities in the United Kingdom, Canada, France and even Australia. There are many that actively hunt out the great coffee places in the world and base their holidays around those meccas to caffeine. Cafesworld takes that one step further by encouraging locals and travelers to recommend and share their favorite cafes in their favorite towns and cities around the world. Given that we all travel so much these days it is an added bonus ... Read more
When it comes to giving the banks a good kicking it’s been open season for a long time now. Not that this is a bank bashing site by any means but the review facility does give users a platform to vent their considerable frustration about all things from misplaced money to unprofessional service levels. Read more