Archive for March 2010

Www.dailymotion.com - Share and watch videos

Dailymotion.com is a site to add and watch videos where users don't need to pay anything to use the service. The page divides its contents in categories as music, shorts and tv series and humor.

How to watch a video?

To watch a video the user needs to mark the respective image or thumbnail of the video that he or she wants to see. So a new screen where the person can play and stop the video will appear. In addition, there users can add comments, vote the clip and look related videos.

How to add a video?

To do this the person needs to be a registered user of Dailymotion. After he or she had completed the log in, it is possible to add a video. Users have to select the Download Video tab so they will see a new screen to choose the video, add a description, tags and other details. After the process is complete the video will be live, so any person can see it.


Url of the site: www.dailymotion.com

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Www.faves.com - Bookmark pages and share your interests

Faves.com meets the need of those who want to save their favorites and look them from any computer. This service allows users to save their favorite pages (bookmarks) and to follow others, so it is possible to meet new pages and other people with the same interests.

In order to Join Faves the user has to select the Join Now tab which directs to an screen to give some details as an username and password. With an account it is easy to add a bookmark: it is just necessary to select the tab called Fave from Anywhere and to fill the spaces which are displayed next to that. Users are allowed to add a description of their bookmark, an Url, tags and a subject or tittle.

The site also offers a toolbar to fave pages in a more direct way.


Url of the site: www.faves.com

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1980-games.com - Classic games from the eighties

Www.1980-games.com is a free source of classic games. The eighties presented amazing and very addictive games which deserve to be played again. This is why this web is popular. In its main screen users can take a look to some video game images regarding tittles as Donkey kong, Space Invaders or Goemon.

In order to play each game the person has to mark the image of the one that he or she wants to play. Then, it is displayed a new a new screen which shows the game at its center. In the right side it appears an explanation of the game and how to play. The left side shows the name of the developer, the year when the game was launched and its category.


Url of the site: www.1980-games.com

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Ubuntugeek.com - News, tutorials and more about Ubuntu

Www.ubuntugeek.com is a site that reunites news, tutorials and other useful articles regarding the Operating System (OS) Ubuntu. The site distributes its contents in a blog format, so users can browse the most recent entries in the first screen and can see the older ones by marking the "Older entries tab". Each article can be read by marking its tittle and there can be added comments or replies. In addition, there is a tab to bookmark each article in a variety of social bookmarking services as Digg and Orkut.

Some of the categories which Ubuntugeek.com presents are news, networking and monitoring. The site allows users to add articles too. The submitted article needs to pass a moderation process and then it will be published by the site's administrators.


Ur of the site: www.ubuntugeek.com

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5 tips for bloggers to obtain many visits

If you like to write and you want to obtain lots of visits for your blog, the tips which you find in this article could help you.

1- Try to write catching tittles. It is more valid to write specific tittles as "The advantages of using Blogger.com" than one talking about the advantages of any blogging service.

2- It is important to fill the tags (keywords) space which is at the bottom of the writing space with at least 3 tags. These ones should appear in the post body.

3- Add the Feed (rss feed or Atom feed or whatever feed type) of your blog to sites which allow them. This helps to obtain a nice quantity of back links or links to your blog.

4- Ensure that your blog or site appears in the search results of search engines as Google, Bing and Yahoo. A service provided by Google called Google Webmaster Tools helps a lot in this aspect.

5- Write a lot. If you frequently update your blog or site there will be more possibilities to receive new visitors.

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Www.tweetshare.com - File sharing community

Www.tweetshare.com is an online community for those that have an account in the Microblogging service and social network Twitter. To log in Tweetshare.com users need to use their Twitter account. Then, they will be able to share their files (images, docs, videos, etc). This makes this pages similar than other file sharing webs as Rapidshare and Megaupload.

On the other side, this site is also a social networking site or an online community. This is because there members can participate in discussions and talk about their points of view. The main screen of the site dedicate one section to highlight the top discussions of the day, so the page is very active.


Url of the site: www.tweetshare.com

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Fuzemessenger: An app to chat everywhere

By visiting www.fuzebox.com/fuzemessenger/ users can learn about a great tool or app to chat which is compatible with the iPhone and with the BlackBerry. Fuzemessenger allows users to chat with their friends and contacts from the following IM (Instant Messaging) services: Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, Google Talk and AIM.

The design of this messenger is similar than the one of Windows Live Messenger, Ebuddy, etc. In other words, it doesn't differ from the standard. The user can see when each of his or her contacts is online or not and if the contact comes from Yahoo Messenger or Windows Live Messenger, among others.


Url of the application: www.fuzebox.com/fuzemessenger/

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Fotoflexer.com - Edit, decorate and fix images

Fotoflexer.com is an online image editor. By marking the Upload Photo button the user will have access to a tool bar to edit his or her photo in a lot of ways. In that screen the photo which is being edited appear below a toolbar which contains the next tabs:

-Basic: this tab has options as fix red eye, resize and crop.
-Effects: this tab contains automatic effects as greyscale, sepia and old photo.
-Decorate: in this section users can find stickers, borders and other extras to add to their photos.
-Animations: to add animated stars, lovies and stickers.
-Beautify: to edit the sharpen and smooth options.
-Distort: to stretch, twirl or pinch the photo.
-Layers: to add more images to the original one or edit the opacity, among other options.
-Geek: this section contain tools to resize and even morph the image.

This site is very entertaining and help a lot its users to fix their photos and to transform these in very creative ways.


Url of the site: www.fotoflexer.com

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Www.orkut.com - The social network for Google users

There are lots of social networking sites as Facebook and Twitter, but where is the one of Google? Www.orkut.com is there to satisfy the necessities of all the Gmail users which want a social network 100% compatible with their e-mail.

In Orkut users use the name that they provided to be displayed in their Gmail email messages as their username or nickname. In addition, it is possible to chat with online friends connected in Gmail and Google Talk (it appears a chat box in the lower right corner).

The main section of the personal profile in Orkut allows people to post messages in a very similar way than Twitter. In this messages can be posted links too which is perfect to promote blogs and personal websites.

There are also other common tools as the one to add photos and videos, and other very original options like the tab to create scraps which will be part of an scrapbook. Each scrap is visible in the main screen of the profile.


Url of the site: www.orkut.com

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Www.tmz.com - The news of the celebrities

Www.tmz.com is a page to read all the news regarding the life of the celebrities. Videos, pictures and the latest information regarding these people can be seen in TMZ.COM. This celebrity gossip site is updated every day.

The main page of TMZ.com shows the last news arranged from the most to the least recent. That screen shows some news but if the user mark its respective tittle he or she will be transported to a new screen to read the whole story, look its pictures and its videos.

Each article has its related articles and if the story talks about an specific celebrity it will show more about him or her. In the bottom of each story is displayed a space to left comments. The visitor just needs to provide his or her name, e-mail address and the comment.


Url of the site: www.tmz.com

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Allvideodownload.com - Download Youtube and Tinypic videos

Www.allvideodownload.com is one of the most simple and fast video downloading sites in the web. With the service provided by this page users just need to copy the url of the video and paste it in the respective space to start he download. Depending on the length and quality of the clip it will be in some seconds or minutes in the user's computer.

What are some advantages of services like this one?

Thanks to video downloading sites people can store in their PC videos from popular video sites as Youtube, Tinypic, and so on. So, to see the same video a lot of times, users now don't need to go to the video site again and wait for the video buffering because they can save the video and play it in their favorite video player.

From which video sites can be downloaded videos with Allvideodownload?

This service supports Youtube and Tinypic videos as well as the ones of Photobucket.


Url of the site: allvideodownload.com

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Zamzar.com - Convert and manage files

Www.zamzar.com is a video downloader and a file converter. This means that the user can obtain videos from popular video sites just by providing the video Url and can convert images or video clips from jpg or avi to tiff and 3gp, among other formats.

The video or the image which has been downloaded or converted will be sent to the user's email.

In addition, users can store their converted files in the site but they need to be registered members. There are three types of user account that the person can have: basic, pro and business. Each type gives different online storage and has different cost.


Url of the site: www.zamzar.com

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Www.tagged.com - Tags, e-cards and friends

Tagged.com is one of the most important social networking sites. Why? Its features include a visit counter (so users can track their popularity), a list of people that could meet the user, and a section with updates that come from friends.

What else? This page is full of games and applications. The left side of the profile screen shows applications plus alerts, a control panel and a "more options section". There can be seen updates as the amount of messages that have come to the profile inbox, games as pets and tabs to tag people.

What about tagging people?

This is like giving friends e-cards or comments (like in Facebook when are sent images or in Hi5 when friends post comments and images in the comments space). The user just need to select the Give Tags option and there will be shown a list full images with messages and effects. Then users can choose one tag and friends to whom they want to send it.


Url of the site: www.tagged.com

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Www.wayn.com - Share your events in a social networking site

Wayn.com is a social networking site and as in any other of this kind of pages users are able to meet new people, share photos, experiences and email addresses and even to build great friend communities.

What makes Wayn different?

Wayn focus its attention to events. Thats why in the main options window users will have access to a calendar, a trips tab and an activities section. These kind of events can be easily shared in Wayn by using the option which says "What are you doing?" (similar to Twitter, Facebook and so on).

Also, this page is very quick and direct. People can join the service just by filling the registration form located in the first screen.

The page includes options to create a Blog and to add reviews.


Url of the site: www.wayn.com

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Mywebface.com - Turn photos into cartoons

Mywebface.com brings users a toolbar to turn them into a cartoon. Users just need to choose a photo of them and then the tool bar will do the rest. The resulting picture can be used in social networking sites as Facebook, Hi5 and MySpace and even in Instant Messaging services.

In order to download the Mywebface toolbar the visitor needs to click the "Click here" tab and the download will start. When the bar is installed it will appear at the top of the web browser. Along with the tool to create the cartoon effect, the user will find in the tool bar access to smileys, emoticons and other extras to decorate email messages and IM conversations.


Url of the site: www.mywebface.com

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Www.way2sms.com - Send SMS to any mobile phone

Way2sms.com is a portal to send SMS messages to any mobile (cellphone). The site focus its attention on Indian users. Some of its features involve the abbility to send free SMS to any mobile, get email alerts and chat with Gtalk and Yahoo users at the same time.

The main screen of Way2sms displays a box to register in the service. Once the Register Here button has been pressed it is displayed a form to fill with personal details. Maybe the most important space that has to be filled is the one about the mobile number which will be used to log in. After this the service will send to the cellphone user a password to start using Way2sms.com.


Url of the site: www.way2sms.com

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Www.creawriter.com - A software to write with no distractions

Creawritter.com contains a free software to write without any kind of distraction. The software which is presented in two versions: the absolutely free version and the one which can be obtained once the user donates some money to the site.

The program works in a full screen environment which gives a relaxing sound. It only has a few quantity of buttons and tabs, so the person that writes can focus his or her attention on the document.

The difference between the free version and the one for donators is that the second one brings some more options as font types and other extras.


Url of the site: www.creawriter.com

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Www.sms4smile.com - Lots of SMS messages to send

Www.sms4smile.com is a website that offers lots of creative SMS messages which users can send via cellphone and even email messages if they want. The home of the site shows the latest  messages that have gotten to the site, a box to read SMS of the day and a column at the left side to browse between many categories.

Some of the categories which Sms4smile contains are the following: love, motivational quotes, new year, valentine and smile SMS.

Once each category is selected it appears a new screen showing the respective messages. There some SMS are shown and the visitor can mark the numbers contained in a row at the bottom of the screen to obtain more SMS messages.


Url of the site: www.sms4smile.com

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Www.ncert.nic.in - The site of the Indian institution NCERT

Www.ncert.nic.in is the website of the National Council of Educational Research and Traning (NCERT) which is an Indian institution. By visiting this web the person can learn about the institution. For instance, one of its sections is a profile of NCERT where the visitor can see many information regarding NCERT.

The home of the NCERT website's emphasizes in two boxes a variety of photogalleries regarding activities of the institution and recent news. In addition, it includes a bar at the top of the site to have access to diverse programmes, publications, announcements and scholarships.

The right side of the page shows other options as a newsletter, annual reports and news.


Url of the site: www.ncert.nic.in

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Www.mediafire.com - A web to upload and share files

Mediafire.com is an easy to manage file hosting page. The first screen that visitors can see once they get to the site shows a panel to upload something to Mediafire. By pressing the button that says Upload in big letters it will appear a new screen to choose a file from the computer. Once one is chosen the person has to mark the Begin uploading files tab and the file will be in Mediafire.

When users have added files to the site they will be able to visit their My Files section. There they can manage their files and become them public or private.

The other way to upload files is by creating an account in Mediafire. To become this possible the person has to select the Create a Free account option. There some empty spaces need to be filled with personal information (as when it is created a profile in a social networking site). Once the account is created and confirmed the new member can manage in a more effective way his or her files.

Other popular file sharing or hosting websites are Rapidshare.com and 4shared.com.


Url of the site: www.mediafire.com

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Icontact.com - Create email newsletters

Www.icontact.com offers a service to create and publish email newsletters, autoresponders, RSS feeds, among other actions that can be done with an email service. The site has a huge network of users. The service is not free but the new user can enjoy a free trial.

Which are some advantages of using this service?

With the service provided by Icontact the person can attract new readers to his or her site, get his or her content on Google, increase the number of subscribers, and maintain a dialog with users or costumers of his or her site.

The service has some rules as not allowing spam. The free trial has a duration of 15 days.


Url of the website: www.icontact.com

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iGoogle.com - A personalized Google full of gadgets

Igoogle.com is a version of the most popular Web search engine, Google, in which users can perform searches as well as manage a variety of Gadgets. For instance, people can chat, have access to the last news, look at the weather conditions, watch the hour and post entries in their blogs.

The way in which Igoogle arranges its sections between the screen is the following: at the top of the page can be found the bar where users can access other services as news, images, Gmail and more. Below that it is the blank space to write keywords to perform searches. Next to that the user has access to many gadgets as the mentioned before plus others as the following: games as Pacman, videos from Youtube, calendar, quotes of the day and daily horoscopes.


Url of the site: igoogle.com

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Badoo.com - Friends near you

Www.badoo.com is a social networking site in which registered members can find friends near them, add photos and even vote people. Once the person has created his or her own account, he or she have access to a profile where can see people near them, take a look to visitors and perform advanced searches to find more people. In this searches users can specify if they want to find a man or a woman and also can choose the age range.

Badoo.com includes an option to appear in the first position of the Badoo list of people. This makes easier to be found by others. This list is very dynamic, so quickly other users will be in the first position.

In addition, Badoo allows users to perform the most common actions that can be done in a social network: add photos, post messages, comment photos and find new friends. It also gives an option to vote photos of other members. It allows people to obtain popularity in Badoo.


Website Url: www.badoo.com

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