mSpot – Music on the cloud.
mSpot is a free music service that stores all your favorite music on its servers, and allows you to access the music from anywhere.
Download the music uploading software from mSpot and select all the music you want to upload to mSpot.
Log in to mSpot from anywhere, and access your music collection. To access music on your phones, download the mSpot apps available on Android and Apple’s App Store.
The service offers upto 5 GB of storage free.
Related Reading: More Music Tips
Access Your Music Everywhere With mSpot
Sunday, May 1, 2011 0 commentsHost Your Own Radio Station With iRadeo
Friday, June 18, 2010 0 commentsiRadeo is a free streaming service that allows you to set up your own radio station. You can stream MP3s for your friends and even host a talk show on the station.
Sign up for the service with your Facebook account or independently, and stream as much music as you like. You can also embed your iRadeo player on any website and customize it.
New Features in Google Buzz
Sunday, May 9, 2010 0 commentsReply to comments via email and view entire photo albums in Buzz.
Google Buzz, the social networking and sharing platform in GMail, has introduced a couple of new features in the service.
Now you can comment on Buzz updates that appear in your email account, via your email itself. Simply reply to the message containing an update on your Buzz post (or any other that you may have commented in) and it will be posted as an update in Buzz.
You can also view entire photo albums in Google Buzz. Initially, if albums were shared on Buzz, you would have to go to the link where they were shared to view them in full. Google Buzz now has a photo viewer, where you can view all posted photos.
Related Reading: Compendium of Tips on Google Buzz
Stream A File For Someone
Saturday, May 8, 2010 0 commentsUpload a video and stream it live.
StreamFile is a unique service that allows you to upload a video (upto 150 MB in size for free) and stream it live for a friend. You can upload larger files by paying a premium.
Simply enter the friend’s email address and proceed to upload the video. The service works as a FTP replacement. As you are uploading, it can be streamed by the recipient.
Google Follow Finder
Thursday, May 6, 2010 0 comments
Google Labs has come up with a web service to allow you to find people on Twitter that are worth following – Google Follow Finder.
It analyzes the people you follow and the follow lists to come up with suggestions. Just enter your Twitter handle and the Follow Finder will do the rest.
Related Reading: More Twitter Tips
Echofon For Mac
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 0 commentsPopular Twitter client Echofon is now available for the Mac OS.
Echofon has released a Mac version of it’s popular client for Firefox, iPhone and iPod Touch.
The Twitter client is available for a free download on it’s website. You can also sync the client with your iPhone’s Echofon to have unread tweets available on the iPhone.
Related Reading: Twitter Tips
Remix Twitter Web With MonkeyFly
Sunday, April 4, 2010 0 commentsMonkeyFly – Twitter add-on.
Do you prefer to use Twitter’s web service instead of desktop clients or another online clients? Then you should install the MonkeyFly add-on for Mozilla Firefox.
The extension is also available on Google Chrome. MonkeyFly adds a whole new dimension to Twitter web, by allowing you to add sub-pages on the homepage (of mentions, direct messages etc), shorten URLs through the J.mp service, save tweets as drafts and do much more on the homepage itself.
If you are using Twitter web, you should give MonkeyFly a try.
Related Reading: More Tips on Twitter
5 Fun Twitter Tools
Monday, March 29, 2010 0 commentsA few more Twitter tools.
1. Favotter
Favotter allows you to see who has faved your tweets on Twitter. The service displays a simple list of all the people who have done so.
2. Twitter2Gtalk
Twitter2Gtalk sets your tweets as your status message in the Google Talk instant messaging service.
3. Sleeping Time
Sleeping Time is a fun web-based service, with which you can find the estimated sleeping time of your Twitter friends.
4. Twitalyzer
Twitalyzer analyzes your Twitter influence and presents you with statistics regarding the same.
5. Tweetreach
Tweetreach shows you how far your tweets have travelled, in terms of them being re-tweeted.
Related Reading: More Twitter Tools And Tips
Share Music on Facebook and Twitter
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 0 commentsFeeder.fm – A useful free service to share music with your friends on social websites.
Feeder.fm helps you discover music and share it instantly with your friends, on Facebook and Twitter.
The free service is a great way to find music and post it directly to Facebook and Twitter. You can also use Feeder as a website to listen to free music.
All you need to do is search for music you like and feed it to your Facebook account. It will appear on your wall, after you’ve connected the two websites.
Related Reading: More Tips on Free Music
Google Reader Play
0 commentsAccess the most interesting stuff in Google Reader, through their experimental Reader Play.
Reader Play is a new experiment in Google Reader, that offers easy access to the most interesting reads that are doing rounds on the web.
To try the service, simply head to Reader Play and an attractive interface will appear with simple scroll buttons to access the other interesting items in Reader Play.
Give it a try, if you frequent Google Reader.
Related Reading: What is Google Reader?
[Via Google Reader Blog]
Write And Save Notes Through Google Talk
Thursday, March 18, 2010 0 commentsStore little notes through the A Tiny Note Google Talk bot.
A Tiny Note is an easy-to-use notebook, where you can save little notes through Google Talk.
Sign into A Tiny Note through your Google account and add atinynote@appspot.com as a contact. To save a note, simply send a message with a command to this bot with your note.
To get all commands, simply send ‘help’ to the bot.
9 Useful Facebook Applications
Sunday, January 10, 2010 1 commentsNine Facebook applications, that provide a lot of uses.
Facebook applications are useful tools created by third-parties that you can use in the social network to do more stuff. Listed below are 10 very useful applications that you must use:
1. Twitter
Link your Facebook account with your Twitter account through the Twitter application. With this application, whatever you tweet in Twitter would be posted as your status in Facebook. Access the Twitter application now.
2. Muziic
Muziic is a great way to listen to music playlists while browsing Facebook. It is a simple application, that looks like a multimedia player, and is also easy-to-use. You can also use it to watch music videos from YouTube. Get Muziic on Facebook now.
3. Picasa
You can upload photos from Google’s image sharing tool Picasa directly to Facebook by getting the Picasa application that inserts a Facebook link in the freeware. Access the application here.
4. Zoho Online Office
Share and access your Zoho Online Office documents, spreadsheets or presentations from Facebook itself. The Zoho Online Office application allows you to share and collaborate or edit your documents that have been created from Zoho, the popular online office service.
5. Files
Files is a very useful Facebook application. With Files, you can use Facebook to save, share and access any documents, photos or videos within the social network. The service is powered by Box.Net and offers upto 1 GB space for free. Access Files now.
6. my Lists
Create and maintain To-Do lists with the my Lists Facebook application. You can create useful lists that remind you of work to be done. Access the my Lists application here.
7. Facebook Mobile
Facebook Mobile is a service to access your Facebook account from your mobile. It provides a decent, mobile-adapted interface that allows you to perform many of the Facebook functions from the web service. Visit Facebook Mobile to do that, from your GPRS browser.
8. Calendar
Facebook Calendar is a useful application to maintain schedules, dates, meetings and everything else on the social network. You can use the application to keep track of events and birthdays also. Access Facebook Calendar now. [Note: There are also other Calendar applications in Facebook]
9. My Flickr
My Flickr connects your Facebook account with your Flickr photo stream. Friends on Facebook can view and comment on your Flickr photos without having to go to Flickr. Activate My Flick here.
Related Reading: More Facebook Tips
Send Free Audio Postcards to Friends
0 commentsAdd an image, throw in a song and send the free audio postcard to your friend.
Postcard FM is a simple website where you can create a cool audio postcard for your friend, and send it to him/her directly from the website.
Simply add a favourite image, upload a song to your card and send it instantly. You can send as many as you like. There is a limit on the size of the song you can upload.
4 Websites Where You Can Learn Everything
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 0 commentsHere are four websites that contain information, tutorials, know-how articles, videos and almost everything else about a variety of topics.
1. WikiHow
WikiHow is a very useful website that offers over 69,000 articles to learn new stuff from, and also contribute to the website. You can become a member of the website (even via Facebook) and write for the website.
2. eHow
eHow is another useful source to learn tons of new stuff, in the form of articles and videos. The website offers thousands of guides for you to read, and like WikiHow, allows you to contribute to it’s database by becoming a member.
3. Wonder How-To
Wonder How-To is another learn-everything website that specializes in providing 5-minute videos that explain stuff. The website has over 230,000 videos for you to view and learn.
4. How Stuff Works
How Stuff Works is a well-known website that has detailed, and simple, articles on how everything that is around us functions. If you need to find out how something works (ranging from computers to military equipment to animal sounds), simply head to How Stuff Works.
Wikipedia is another source for you to obtain instant first-hand information about almost anything. Do read our post on how you can put Wikipedia to better use.
Related Reading: Tips and Tools for Wikipedia
Easily Share An Image Online
Thursday, December 31, 2009 0 commentsImgur – Upload images, obtain a URL, share instantly.
Imgur is a very simple way to instantly share an image online. Simply upload the image to Imgur from your hard disk, and Imgur will provide a short URL to access the image.
Share this URL with friends and family for everyone to be able to view the image. Check out this sample image uploaded Imgur.
Related Reading: 4 Websites To Edit Images Online
Send Private Video Messages For Free
Monday, December 28, 2009 0 commentsNeed to greet friends and family in a unique way? Do it through SendShots.
SendShots is a very simple video messaging service that allows you to record and send private video messages to many people.
With SendShots, you can record a video message instantly, select who all you want to send it to, and send it from the website with ease.
Related Reading: Instantly Send Free Video Emails
Create An Online Business Card
Thursday, December 24, 2009 0 commentsCard.ly – A service to create a free online business card.
Card.ly is an interesting service, where you can create your social profile and share it with people online.
Simply, register with Card.ly, choose a theme and provide your social links from across many web services and you will obtain a unique URL that acts as an e-card.
You can choose from various themes for the business card, and also pay for better themes and options.
How To Have An Instant Group Voice Chat
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 0 commentsA free group voice chat service, that is very simple to use. Very simple.
Ever wanted to do a free voice chat with a group of people at the instant? Use Voxli, a simple voice chat service.
To use the service, simply head to Voxli, generate a URL, and share the URL with the people you want in the voice chat.
5 Useful Free Tools From Microsoft
Monday, December 21, 2009 0 commentsFree downloads from Microsoft, that help you do useful stuff.
1. Microsoft SharedView
Microsoft SharedView is the company’s response to Google Wave. Work, share and collaborate in real-time with SharedView. All you require is a Windows Live ID, and you can work together with upto 15 people.
Read our full post on SharedView.
2. Windows Live Writer
A very useful tool that is available as a free download from Microsoft is the Windows Live Writer. Live Writer is basically a writing interface for bloggers. It makes content publishing on various blogging platforms much easier to go with, as does it simplify easy uploading of photos and videos on blogs.
Get Windows Live Writer.
3. Windows SteadyState
Working on your computer in a shared environment? Do you have multiple users logging in to your PC every now and then? Well, you should download Windows SteadyState from Microsoft to ensure that your computer stays the same, irrespective of how many are using it.
Windows SteadyState protects privacy and settings of custom users. The application works on Windows XP and Vista.
Get Windows SteadyState.
4. Windows Mail
A useful substitute to Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail essentially allows you to access multiple web-based mail accounts in a dedicated email client. Mail may not be as extensive as Outlook, but makes it easier to work with web-based email accounts in one interface.
Get Windows Mail.
5. Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery is a photo management tool from Microsoft, that allows you to easily work with and share photos uploaded from a digital camera onto your computer. You can also edit your photos with Photo Gallery’s features.
Get Photo Gallery.
Create A Free Personalized TV Guide
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 0 commentsGet a listing of the TV channels and programmes that are specific to you.
FreeGuide is a simple free tool that allows you to get listings of programmes on television, that are specific to your interests.
The guide only obtains and displays selected TV channels. You can highlight your favourite programmes, and also search for newer ones.
Download FreeGuide for Windows and Linux.