Social Gaming with Kobojo
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Both Facebook and Myspace are replete with classic board game knockoff apps that you can play “socially.”  Most of the time, of course, you aren’t necessarily playing with anyone you know and probably aren’t really …

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Rent the Runway – the Netflix of Fashion
Wednesday, 31 Mar, 2010 – 8:57 | View Comments
Rent the Runway – the Netflix of Fashion

Netflix is, anyway you put it, a successful model for running a business.  It doesn’t just have to apply to movie rentals, however.  The Netflix plan can be applied to just about anything rentable.  Including …

Tradeshift – The Next PayPal?
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 8:02 | View Comments
Tradeshift – The Next PayPal?

Tradeshift is an e-invoicing site and, like other sites in this space, it allows people to create invoices for just about any product or service and send it to clients and customers for payment.  Unlike …

Credeble – Shared Expenses Tracking in Groups
Monday, 29 Mar, 2010 – 7:50 | View Comments
Credeble – Shared Expenses Tracking in Groups

Sharing expenses for work or business is one thing, but tracking shared expenses between friends can be quite a hassle.  My grandad always told me that the fastest way to lose friends is to have …

Studio Beyond – Everything You Need to Make a Movie Except Talent
Friday, 26 Mar, 2010 – 8:27 | View Comments
Studio Beyond – Everything You Need to Make a Movie Except Talent

Let’s face it, if the most talented artists were the ones who got recognized and rose to stardom in Hollywood, then Arnold Swartzenegger would still be a bricklayer and Britney Spears would still live in …

KartMe – Universal Shopping Cart / Link Saver w/ an App
Thursday, 25 Mar, 2010 – 8:52 | View Comments
KartMe – Universal Shopping Cart / Link Saver w/ an App

If you’re looking for a shopping cart that works like Delicious so that you can not only save your items across sites, but also share the list with your friends, then you’re in luck.  Some …

Dimension Invaders Augmented Reality Game for iPhone
Wednesday, 24 Mar, 2010 – 8:17 | View Comments
Dimension Invaders Augmented Reality Game for iPhone

With the newer iPhone OS and the improvements in graphics and performance, the mobile gaming app sector is booming with new additions to the phone’s repertoire of entertainment.  The hottest type of game are what …

InvoicesOnTheRun – Great-looking Invoices Quickly
Tuesday, 23 Mar, 2010 – 8:35 | View Comments
InvoicesOnTheRun – Great-looking Invoices Quickly

Invoicing is one of those things that all freelancers and small businesses have to do to stay in business.  It’s how we get paid.  Clients demand more than just a statement saying “give me this …

MobGold – Mobile, Social Media Advertising and Analytics
Monday, 22 Mar, 2010 – 8:31 | View Comments
MobGold – Mobile, Social Media Advertising and Analytics

MobGold is a global player in the mobile advertising arena catering to both publishers and advertisers in the mobile Web space.  They also target social media that is access via phone (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and …

HomeRoutines – Easily Build Routines for Home Chores on Your iPhone
Friday, 19 Mar, 2010 – 8:10 | View Comments
HomeRoutines – Easily Build Routines for Home Chores on Your iPhone

To-Do lists are great and most everyone uses them.  Some of us write things on a marker board, others on Post-Its, some on their hands, and some on often-forgotten Web applications.  For those who need …

Typekit – Add Custom Fonts to Your Website w/o Graphics
Thursday, 18 Mar, 2010 – 8:01 | View Comments
Typekit – Add Custom Fonts to Your Website w/o Graphics

Tired of having to make cumbersome graphics out of the fonts you want on your website only to have to re-do them when something in the design or colors changes?  Web designers have long wished …

VNC Viewer – Remote Control Over Your Desktop From Your iPhone
Wednesday, 17 Mar, 2010 – 8:44 | View Comments
VNC Viewer – Remote Control Over Your Desktop From Your iPhone

Everyone has seen the commercials and Web ads, by now, for products like GoToMyPC and knows that you can get software to remotely control your desktop computer from any other computer, anywhere in the world.  …

REDO Your Hairstyle With Your iPhone
Tuesday, 16 Mar, 2010 – 8:30 | View Comments
REDO Your Hairstyle With Your iPhone

Hair style makeover?  There’s an app for that.
REDO is an iPhone application that lets you use a photo of yourself to try out new hair styles, colors, and more.  While the app probably isn’t going …