Most people know that BitTorrent is far from anonymous, but seeing all your recent downloads listed on a public website is still quite a revelation. This is exactly what Youhavedownloaded.com does. The developers of the site want to make people aware of the public nature of BitTorrent, and are currently working on a more anonymous version of the leading file-sharing technology. The site Youhavedownloaded.com keeps a huge database of millions of IP addresses and the many million files downloaded from these addresses. The site claims that it track about 20 percent of all public BitTorrent downloads. People who visit the
Read MoreCame across ShapeCatcher, a useful site that allows you to draw a shape and it suggests different unicode characters that match that shape. Finding a specific character whose name you don't know is cumbersome. Definitely beats looking through Window’s CharacterMap looking for that font that looks like a clock. In ‘real life’ you would simply draw a character or symbol and show it to someone, that is precisely how ShapeCatcher works. ShapeCatcher offers ‘unicode character recognition. How do I use it? Draw your character as best you can in the "drawbox". You can do this by clicking and holding the
Read MoreIt is said that travel is not about the places you see, but the people you meet along the way. This idea is the inspiration behind InBed.me, a social booking site for travelers to connect with each other before their trip begins. The site began with a group of travelers who met in a Brooklyn hostel and shared an understanding that some hostels are not as social as others. To allow people to have more exciting, social experiences during their travels, the group formed InBed.me in June 2011 during Startup Weekend in New York City. The travel site won second place
Read MoreFamiliar is Ray Fortna, Mike Bohlander, Josh Hepfer and Marcus Womack, has an incredibly simple yet compelling value proposition, namely that billions of screens worth of untapped real estate are worth taking advantage of. Familiar is basically a socially programmed screensaver which allows you to share and display photos with contacts you select through Facebook and via email. In the beta version, all photos you upload to Familiar will turn into a collective screensaver for the people you’ve connected with, combining with photos that other users have shared in Familiar’s ‘The Shuffle’ function. To share photos, you can either drag
Read MoreRadiumOne, an online ad network that aims to combine social and intent data to serve ads, is taking on the likes of ShareThis, AddThis and other social sharing platforms today with the launch of Po.st. Po.st allows user to share content via Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, email, and other destinations. Po.st also provides publishers with new revenue opportunities and comprehensive analytics tools designed to drive higher engagement and lower customer acquisition costs. In addition to integrating a full suite of social sharing extensions, Po.st has built in a proprietary copy/paste function as well as a customized URL shortener. Copy and paste
Read MoreMarlon Brown was at the Art Institute of Charleston one day this summer when a co-worker took to Twitter and announced she wanted a mocha. The request for coffee was in vain, but it gave Brown an idea. A computer scientist by training and an entrepreneur by avocation, Brown got right to work. After a busy few months of tinkering with the technology and recruiting local eateries and shops, the resulting global positioning system-based coupon service, sQuimble, is now live. If you’re in the Charleston area (to start), you can text, Tweet or enter on squimble.com what you want. If you
Read MoreKnowing where your Twitter followers are located can not only feed your curiosity, but it can also help you measure the success of your social campaigns. To do this, TweepsMap links to your Twitter account, analyzes your followers and provides a map or chart that shows where they’re located by country, state or city. For example, if your Twitter campaign is targeted toward Chicago residents, TweepsMap helps you see how many of your followers are actually located in Chicago. After authorizing the TweepsMap API, it generates a color-coded map with Twitter birds spread across it to show the number of followers
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