I think most of the mac users have already hunted this one down because as far as I know mac users are always on the hunt for cool and neat applications.

Note-It-Express ( Free ) can be referred to as iTunes for notes as it syncs notes to your ipod instead of music. The best thing about this application is you can write your notes within the application and when you are finished you can simply sync it with your ipod.

Now to the mac users and iPod fans just think about the possibilities with this neat application. You can be in a class or a meeting taking notes and all you have to do is take your notes using this application and simply put it on your iPod. You will have your notes handy with you no matter where you go, you don’t need to take your beloved mac everywhere. This is one handy application for Mac users and iPod fans.

Here is the link to download this free software Download

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This is a pretty neat service! As usual on my quest to find something out of the ordinary and useful I came across this site (mosio) which lets you text a question using your mobile phone and you can get upto four answers. Yes, you do have friends and families to help you out with your queries but I can bet they dont know answers to all the questions you have.

These questions are answered by real people who are referred to as QnAgents. You might think the service is pretty silly as you can have answers through google mobile and other app but as far as I know google mobile wont help you answer ” What is the most beautiful country in the world?”, yeah its silly but sometimes its just plain fun. Think of having an arguement with a friend or a colleague and nobody can help you answer the question, this is when Mosio service comes in handy. Although in Beta it worked fine for me.

Before you can use this service you will have to check if this service is available for your phone. I have my service through Sprint so it was available and as far as I can see they have all the major carriers so you shouldn’t have a problem. Here is the link to test your phone, test my phone

To try it out text a question ( anything ) to qna@mosio.com and get 4 free answers by real people. Let me know through your comments how your experience was, as for me it was fun and its just another service that I learned about.

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Guru.com is a global marketplace for freelance talent where employers post jobs in search of individuals with specific talents or skills locally, nationally and globally. If you are looking to make some money from home this is the way to go. Since I have hands on experience using this web service I can personally say that this is one of the best way to go if you are looking to make some extra money from home ( Note:- this is not a “work from home”, get quick rich deal website. If you have talent on a particular field you can try it here but you have to have patience as businesses and employers will hesitate to hire someone new right away ).

How the service works

To use this service you have to create a membership account which is free. After that you can login and see what businesses are looking for ( data entry, programmer, clerical staff, medical reports, language translation, etc ), you can apply for a job based on your talent / skills.

Based on your talent or skill you can bid on these jobs from a particular employer. You can also see the employer’s statistics which shows how much they have paid so far, pending invoices, etc which gives you an idea of how reliable the employer is.

One suggestion, if you do decide to use this service make sure you upload your resume. Although it’s a job from home you do have to prove that you are the right candidate for a job and have what it takes. And who knows, if you get a job once the employer might keep coming back. You might not make as much at once but if you keep getting these job contracts it can be a steady source of income and remember, a million is made up of pennies as well!

In my opinion Guru.com is where people should look for when thinking about making money from home rather than wasting money on all other scams. This is one great online market for work from home job seekers and one of my favorite web services.

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This software is a must have for all, especially for writers and readers alike. Have you ever had the desire to find a meaning of a word while you are reading a word, notepad or other document? If you answered yes this program will make your life lot easier.

Transfz ( pronounced as transfuse ) is an integrated search agent that will let you search for a meaning or run a google search from any document that you are using. If you are writing something in word, notepad or other document and want to see what a word means all you need to do is highlight the word and press CTRL+D and a menu pops up. If you want to see search results click on Google, Wikipedia or if you want meanings just click on dictionary on the menu and there you are. No hassle of opening a browser and typing it in. Although this software is in its Beta stage I didn’t have any problems with it.

Also if you are browsing through a website and you want to get results for a particular word you can do the same thing over again. Just highlight the word and press CTRL+D and choose what you want to do from the menu.

Link to some videos Demo

This helpful program can be downloaded using this link Download Transfz

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“Cha” means Search in Chinese so the website I am writing about here does exactly what its name suggests. ChaCha.com is a new way of searching the web. Although still in its BETA version ChaCha seems to have won many hearts.

The first thing that this site does is it searches the internet just like any other search engine. Yeah, so what is so cool about it right? The neat thing about this search engine is if you want you can get human assistance to guide you through your search results. To use this feature you will have to register which takes about one to two minutes ( free ). Then after you verify your email address you are connected to a human guide which takes about 1 minute or so. After you are connected to a human guide you can type your queries and the guide will help you find results. In my case, I got the exact results I wanted which if I was looking through google, I would have to look through many pages.

This search engine is something we should all look into. If we are searching for general terms we can use any search engine as they all pretty much yield the same results. But if you want something precise and exact then human guided search through ChaCha is the way to go.

Update:
This link was suggested to me by one of my fellow blogcatalog members for an article Click here for the article which talks about ChaCha’s scams. In this article it is written that ChaCha has taken the live guide button off the homepage which I found to be false. Also in this article it is said that ChaCha makes users use the general search first which I also found to be false.

My experience:
I typed in my query and clicked on the Live Guide button. I was taken to the sign in page and I signed in using my email and password and I was instantly taken to a page where I received help from the Guide. This is my personal experience, please lemme know yours!

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This service is outstanding and it is simply groundbreaking, in the sense that it is free and it is available for home users and not just for professionals. Work N Play is proud to bring you the information on a multi–user video chat application which supports upto 6 people simultaneously.

Oovoo, still in Beta is an application that will let you chat with your mom,dad,brother,sister and yes the annoying uncle and aunt as well, all at the same time via different computers. Since this service is free it makes it even more tempting to try it out and as you can guess I did. When I used this application to chat with all my annoying co-workers, I didn’t have any problems with the application whatsoever ( although I did end up closing after chatting for 5 minutes, that’s how long I can handle my co-workers for ).

You can use this application to send video messages and file to other oovoo members and video messages to people who don’t have this application as well. In my opinion this software worked great and it is an option for us, home users, to be able to chat with multiple people at the same time. A great way for people who work from home and have the need for conferencing without paying a dime ( Yes, it supports only upto six people at a time but still its better than nothing ).

The Beta version currently is out for Windows only but Mac version is said to be out anyday, so Mac users bundle up some patience and wait!

For updates on Oovoo please visit Oovooworld

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