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.
Just three days ago, we published an article on how Google had introduced social features to their online services. At the bottom of the article I mentioned how it was possible Google would push live new features without many people knowing it was coming, today they did exactly that.
Google Reader now has the option to share feed content via a number of different social networks. We will show you how to access this and have your feed reader setup to spam any number of different services.
On 08.10.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
A little while back, Google introduced Google Profiles, a simple way of allowing people to control the information that would identify them on the popular search engine. Here, profiles would show other users of popular Google services all of your web content in one central location. So far Google have worked the profiles into their search results, in Google Knol, Google Reader and even Google Maps.
Until recently, many of these Google services didn’t have much of a social aspect to them. Google Reader had incorporated a few sharing features into their system but it didn’t exactly allow a seamless flow of information between friends and other Google users.
That has now changed, with many different services incorporating sharing of content and information, this article showing you just a few features.
On 04.10.09, In Cool Websites, by Katie
Do you ever have days where you are online, surfing the web and run out of things to do? You kind of sit for a while pondering the meaning of life whilst you are sat there bored out of your mind…well there is a new and surprisingly entertaining website that i have stumbled across that really is quite amusing.
Launching on just the 25th March 2009 there are currently over 4359 users online at any one time; leading it to be dubbed to new ‘secret’ style Facebook.
On 04.04.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
The sheer amount of online Flash videos these days is huge. Nearly anyone with a camera equipped device and an internet connection can record and edit their own videos and upload them to the internet. Not only have we see a huge boom in user generated content, businesses have utilised the platform to showcase their brand aswell as syndicate their content.
The ability to transcode a video into Flash has also fuelled demand for television programmes to be made available online. Many studios have made their TV shows available to watch on the internet; Hulu, NBC and the BBC to name just three. In most cases the videos aren’t available outside of that particular country so users are forced to search elsewhere for the same content.
The social web is growing larger and stronger everyday, as one new idea pops up, competing sites pop up and try to take a share of the social website market. With all these websites, it can be difficult to register on them with the same username.
In a bid to allow users to see what websites a certain username can be registered, CheckUsernames lists over one hundred social websites that can be crawled to return an available or unavailable status.
On some days WillINeedIt is lucky enough to receive emails from enterprising new start-ups and companies who are looking for feedback on their new services. Today is one of those days.
The email I received was detailing a new service named Redux, a real-time conversational interface that centres around groups of people sharing thoughts and links that other people might find interesting.
Upon registering for the service, the first thing you are presented with is the ability to check with who you know is already using the service. All major email accounts are supported, making it very easy to connect with your friends should they have already signed up.
Website statistics and analytics have become big business. Now, every person with a Google Account can now get themselves into website advertising, allowing them to earn money for the content they create.
Some people like to host their own adverts and need to demonstrate their website popularity to potential advertising investors, what better way to do that than to show how well their website ranks on all the major search and blog networks?
All Popuri.us asks is that you enter your website URL, it takes care of the rest. It checks your URL against Google, Alexa, Compete, Quantcast, Yahoo, Live Search, Technorati and Delicious, to give you, at a glance, a report on just how well your website is doing.
On 01.01.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
Survey’s, polls, questionnaires, it can be difficult getting a response on a large scale. Ask500People.com is touted as an application of James Surowiecki’s best selling book “The Wisdom of Crowds”, where “diverse, decentralized people voting independently are better at predicting future events or trends than individuals, small groups or even domain experts.”
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