Voicemail it seems is becoming quite the in thing. Apple had revolutionised voicemail with it’s visual voicemail, then Google released their Google Voice service allow users to take control of all their phone numbers and have advanced voicemail options. Now, there is a new major player to the game.
Ribbit, the “Internet Phone Company”, has recently launched Ribbit Mobile in beta guise for US users. WillINeedIt.com delves under the hood of this new cloud-based telephony service.
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It can be a difficult task trying to manage all of your online identities that you use on the internet. Chances are you already own at least one email address, you are registered on a social networking service and interact with likeminded internet users via instant messaging and services such as forums.
Whilst there are quite a few tools that allow you to consolidate your online usernames and identities, one service that distances itself from the rest is Chi.mp, a service that does just that and also gives your own domain and website in the process.
I was lucky enough to gain a beta invite for this service a few months ago and have been actively using it so I could take advantage of it’s features but also review it for WillINeedIt. Chi.mp is now out of beta and available for all to use, this article aims to explain it’s multitude of features and how you can use it with maximum efficiency.
Fonts, we use them everyday. Some notice them and change their editors to suit their preferences, others couldn’t give a monkey’s uncle about them. Whatever category you fall in, you may be interested to know that there are a few services present on the internet that now enable you to create your own font…out of your own handwriting.
FontCapture is one such tool and creating your font is as easy as following three simple steps. I took the time out this morning to go through the process and will show you how to go about it.
The internet has the potential to store lots of information about you, sometimes whether you like it or not. Signing up on social networking websites, submitting comments and ultimately writing a blog will allow readers to contact, interact and research unique things about you.
With a simple Google search, you are able to find mentions of your online username and sometimes bring up relevant results using your full name. A recent project from the MIT Media Lab; Personas, is a new tool that searches the internet for mentions of your name and collates it’s results in categories of where it thinks your online presence is most suited.
IRC (Internet Relay Chat), was very popular around 10 years ago, around the age of dial-up internet but continues to be popular today. If you are new to IRC, think of it as a mass chatroom, where anybody can join a selected “channel”, unless it has been made private to selected users. If you’re at school, or work trying to access your favorite IRC server, chances are that the ports used for IRC communication have been blocked.
Mibbit, is a fully functional online IRC client that you can use with just your browser. Though it may be hard to use at first, it gets easier once you familiarise yourself with the service and the commands used.
You probably have heard about so called URL shortening. The concept is simple; you take a long URL, and shorten by around 75%.
The short URL will act as a redirecting link, clicking on it will direct you to the long URL. Of course, it may sound simple, and many bloggers use URL shorteners. However, there are a few key points in which you need to consider when choosing a URL shortening service:
- Reliability – How long the servers stay up for
- Characters – How short the URL can be
- Extra features – Click tracking and analytics
Of the above, Bit.ly has an even amount of everything. From features such as URL shortening, to finding out who clicked on your URL.
One of the biggest complaints about the App Store is that is really difficult to find new and innovative apps for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Whilst Apple have a Featured and What’s Hot section within their App Store, the organic searching of apps is predominantly down to the name of the app, not the features it possesses.
Luckily there are quite a few websites on hand to help clear the confusion around App Store searching, the newest of them being a service called uQuery, with their self proclaimed tagline: The AppStore Search Engine.
In today’s mobile connected world, a lot of people have moved from their traditional diaries with pen and paper and have moved to a more cloud hosted environment to keep on top of their appointments and engagements. One of the leading calendar providers is of course Google, with their Google Calendar product.
In a recent move, Google have enabled it’s users to add personal information to their calendars, aswell as being able to add sports fixtures/important dates. It’s pretty simple to add these to your calendar, ultimately allowing you to access these dates not only from your browser but also your mobile connected device.
A few weeks back we profiled a website called BeFunky, that turned digital pictures into “Funky Works Of Art”. Last week we received an email from the creators of a web based photo service, one that offers a similar service to BeFunky but concentrates on doing one thing well, creating Polaroids from your photos. It seems the web based photo manipulation websites can do anything these days, Rollip being no exception.
Rollip provides a simple service, it gives any digital photo the classic look and feel of a vintage or Polaroid picture. All you need to do is select what sort of effect you would like to give to your photo, Rollip does the rest.
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