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This concept of “link journalism” is interesting, like a more succinct version of blogging or Twitter. Link journalism is basically what Drudge does at the Drudge Report, and it’s proving a popular and powerful medium. Basically, it’s just watching the news and reporting what’s important or interesting by linking.

Sort of puts a new slant on that old “media doesn’t tell you what to think, just what to think about” tack. Of course, you’d have to trust the link source, not in the presumably mechanized, unbiased way Google collects links for Google News, but in an I-trust-his-bias type of way.

Drudge has gotten so powerful that he’s being credited with blowing Prince Harry’s cover in Afghanistan, even though the original stories were published in Australia and Germany and nobody noticed. They noticed when Drudge pointed them out, though. So that’s a credit.

In a way, Craigslist started as a kind of link journalism, just succinctly pointing to what’s going on. He sent out a list of hot spots via email in the beginning. Now, it’s a full blown classifieds business.

Tags: Blogging, Business, News, Social Networking, Technology by JasonLeeMiller - 1 Comment »

Have you ever felt the need to participate in a web forum without having the need to type? Wouldn’t it be nice to share your feelings and opinions using your voice instead of fingers on a web forum?

Chinswing, a service which lets you share and participate in a discussion does exactly that. You can use voice messages to participate in an ongoing topic, ask for suggestions, start a new discussion and all this will be done using voice messages instead of text postings. I know, relief to the sore fingers.

Some of the features that I liked about this service is being able to use your voice instead of your fingers, ofcourse, and the fact that everything is divided into categories so you can pick a particular category and start participating.

Cool service, by the way, I love those little green monster, gobblin images on the front page.

Tags: Internet, Technology, Websites by Ritu - 2 Comments »

Last night while I was stumbling pages on stumbleupon is when I came across this site. This is was one of the easy finds as I wasn’t specifically looking for something to write about and there it was, grabbing my attention - 360 Desktop.

This is one awesome idea that lets you expand your desktop space. Think for a moment, You have two word documents and three excel document open and a web browser as well and you are working with all of them and you dont want to minimize any one, this is where this software is going to help. With 360 desktop you get a desktop that you can move around all the way round. You can have all the windows open and move from one to another by simply moving your mouse as the desktop will move with you.

To make it easier think of a product that you can view all the way around ( 360 degree ). Same principle but for your desktop space. Honestly, I just dont have the words to describe this software so please do this program justice by visiting the site and watch the video that shows this application in action, watch 360 Desktop in action

The software is currently in beta so if you want to try it out go ahead and signup for beta and try it out. This looks to be very promising and interesting.

Tags: Computers, Softwares, Technology by Ritu - 6 Comments »

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

Tags: Technology, Tools by Ritu - No Comments »

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.

Tags: Reviews, Technology, Tools by Ritu - No Comments »

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

Tags: Fun, Reviews, Technology, Websites by Ritu - 2 Comments »