Since the Pinterest phenomena began to take hold there has been a lot of interest in 'pinning' your photos and other stuff on pinboards to show to your friends and the whole wide world. Kulisha is a social application for your mobile where you can gather all your Facebook and Twitter feeds into one place giving you a better overview of your social networking state of affairs. It seems that you have to just whisper the name Pinterest at the moment and people sit up and take notice. As a consequence, there are a lot of apps being released ... Read more
If you look for the word Instamazing in the Urban Dictionary it will be described as an amalgamation between the words 'Instantly' and 'Amazing' which seems to be a rather apt description of this well timed free image and photo share application. It's the place to go to see the squillions of wonderfully warped photos submitted by Instagram members. You can view the artistic photographic skills in real time and coming at you from all parts of the world. So, there may be some people out there who aren't sure what Instagram actually is. I know it's hard to ... Read more
Despite the fact that our computers are loaded up with heaps of services we've set up over time, the truth is, we really only use a few of them regularly. kaanzi is a search and organize application that allows us to polarize the things we view on a regular basis. It's a command shell that optimizes web time by gearing your Internet time to the things you like most whether it be email, the weather, your favorite sporting team or the latest YouTube sensation. The idea of kaanzi is to access and utilize services across the web through a ... Read more
Pingram is a free photosharing application where you can display and share your cool Instagram photos inside a tasty looking interface that works just like the very popular Pinterest. It was developed with both Instagram and Pinterest in mind because those two apps are at the cutting edge of both photo warping and addictive photosharing techniques. What's more, Pingram also serves as a URL shortener and users can get a free URL page with your very own vanity personalized address. I guess you know a fair bit about the photosharing application Pinterest by now. Its been slated as the ... Read more
I was watching an episode of Anthony Bourdain's excellent No Reservations show a few years ago and, whilst drinking and eating with locals in the mountains somewhere in Asia, Bourdain holds up his glass and shouts "Damn Skippy!" Why would a native New Yorker like him be uttering a phrase that is so obviously Australian and yet I'd never heard it before? Well, So Slang is a search engine where you can get that information. Its an easy to use free urban slang wiki dictionary where you can your own meaning to the millions of slang words featured. So ... Read more
Time Machine Jump To The Future is an often hilarious and sometimes scary photo and entertainment application for iPad and iPhone that shows you what you will look like in forty years. How does it do that you may ask? Well it's as simple as uploading a portrait photo into Time Machine, then aging it and then watching it on screen as it ages in front of your eyes. See, told you it was scary. Have you ever wanted to know how your girlfriend or boyfriend will look 40 years from now? Whether she or he’ll be just like ... 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
Some think the 140 character limit to your Twitter tweets is too many characters while there are others who want to pontificate until the cows come home. You can't please all the people all the time. Given some of the inane ramblings of some tweeters it is probably a blessing in disguise that there is a limit but sometimes you just can't get your story across in that small amount of words and that's where Twishort comes in handy. This Twitter and blog tool let's you get your message up with a link for your avid readers to follow to ... Read more
LocAlerts is a damned good geolocation based reminder board that would be absolutely brilliant for a road trip or a holiday away. Keep this search and reminder tool on your iPad or your iPhone and it will give you the perfect way to research your trip as well as giving you the ability to add stuff as you go. So its easy to note down a virtual to-do list before you go and add details like addresses and phone numbers of friends and sights and any other stuff that you need to make a note of along the way. And ... Read more
Campalyst is a very clever social media monitoring application that analyzes trends and conversations from your Facebook and Twitter accounts. It's clever because it's monitoring analytics allow you to measure and increase your ROI in real terms rather than just counting the number of 'likes' you might get. Your 'likes' might well bolster your ego but, unless they result an increase in business or a better awareness of your product or event, they aren't going to do a lot for your bank balance. Campalyst is a social media management suite of tools that help you turn interest into sales. ... Read more