Shopycat is a web service that works as a Facebook application. The app’s purpose is to help you find presents based on the LIKEs of your friends. After you authorize the app access to your Facebook account, you can view your list of friends. Place the mouse pointer over a friend’s thumbnail and you will be provided with a gift suggestion based on one of your friend’s LIKEs.

To get more suggestions and view more of their LIKEs, simply click on this thumbnail. You can then view a number of suggestions that your friend will likely be interested in. Items you find in the app have prices mentioned; anything you find purchase-worthy can be instantly bought online through Wal-Mart’s website; the app itself is Wal-Mart’s creation.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Works as a Facebook application.
• Helps you find suitable presents for friends.
• Bases present suggestions based on friend LIKEs.
• Presents include prices.
• Items can be purchased online from Wal-Mart.
• Similar tools: GiftGenome, What Can I Get With $20?, WouldTheyLike?, Giftalogs, GiftGen, GiftBox, eBay Group Gifts, PresentBee, Wraply, FromABirdie, Webgiftr and Lottay.
• Also read related article: 50 Tools & Resources For Christmas Gift Ideas.

Check out Shopycat @ apps.facebook.com/shopycat

RetroGifts is a free to use website that lets you find nostalgia-inducing gifts for your friends. The site basically lets you type in a year and then discover gifts from around that period. You can use the site to find a suitable gift for your friends by typing in their birth year and then choosing a gift from the search results. The results are sorted categorically and include descriptions. Popular keywords are provided to you to achieve better search results. You are also provided with Amazon and/or eBay links for the gifts to purchase them.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Helps find ‘retro’ gifts for friends.
• Lets you search gifts by typing in a year.
• Sorts results categorically.
• Provides descriptions and purchasing links for items.

Check out RetroGifts @ http://retrogiftsco.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

SS Birthday Reminder is a free to use web service that lets you mark important events. These events are neatly categorized into Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Events. You can add any type of event with the necessary details and have it appear in the relevant calendar category.

The dates you record in other online calendars can be easily imported to SS Birthday Reminder through their CSV files.

The site also features email alerts, weekly reports, intelligent estimates of event periods and automatic postponement, and the ability to synchronize with the desktop version of SS Birthday Reminder.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you record dates for birthdays, anniversaries, and important events.
• Can import events from other popular online calendars.
• Offers weekly reports and email notifications.
• Similar tools: JibJab Birthday Alerts, RemiMe and PingMe.
• Also read related article: Birthday Alarms, Automated Email Notifications and iCal [Mac Only].

Check out SS Birthday Reminder @ live.ss-birthdayreminder.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Simple Present is an extremely user-friendly website that is completely free to use. You need not register for any accounts; all you do is enter the birthday friend’s name. Next you start sharing the unique URL generated by Simple Present with other friends. People who visit this URL can leave their gift suggestions. With each gift suggestion, they leave a name, URL, and a price. Friends can vote on existing suggestions and indicate the amount they are willing to contribute towards the present.

A simple view of the votes and the amount collected is shown by a bar with green items indicating purchasable items.

You can keep gathering suggestions for a set number of days after which you can decide which present to buy based on the money and number of votes.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Helps buy presents for friends.
• Lets you interact with other friends to get gift suggestions and contributions.
• Lets friends vote on presents.
• Similar tools: WouldTheyLike, eBay Group Gifts, PresentBee, Wraply, FromABirdie, Webgiftr and Lottay.

Check out SimplePresent @ www.simplepresent.org (By Umar from TechCityInc)

This resource has lists collection of birthday messages for a variety of themes. You can browse messages by categories, popularity, ratings, recency and even randomly. Once you like a message, you can either write it on a physical card you have or send it through SMS or email right from the website. You can also create a free account to save your favorite messages and send them later.

Features:

• Hundreds of creative birthday messages.
• Browse by categories such as teens, co-workers, family and more.
• Messages for over 85 categories.
• Send messages through SMS or email.
• Rate messages and save them to send later.

Visit FreeBirthdayMessages @ http://www.freebirthdaymessages.com

To create a Face eCard, you can upload your photo and fit your face to the area of the eCard by resizing and rotating your picture. You can then preview the photo to watch your face in the animated card, or click done to complete the changes. You are now ready to fill out the form and send it to your friends. It took me around 30 seconds to create an animated face eCard and send it to my co-worker, so creating your own will be quick.

You can choose between 17 templates covering different occasions with more features and templates to be added in the future. This tool is ideal for anyone who loves to work on friends’ funny face and putting it on a cartoonish animation for ultimate fun!

Features:

• Free; no sign up required
• Needs flash to work
• Plaster your face in an animated eCard
• Resize or rotate any image to fit the face into the card area
• Take 30 seconds to create a Face eCard and send it
• More features to be added
• Find out newest templates

Check out GotFreeCards @ www.got-free-ecards.com/face-ecards

No need to register or enter personal contact information. You will have to confirm your alert in your email to activate it.

If you made a mistake in your alert, you can easily update it later. Simply click the “Update alert” button on the homepage and provide your email. You will be provided with a link, where you can make the necessary changes.

Features:

• Anniversary reminder software online.
• Anniversary event types: weddings, birthdays or personal achievement dates.
• Create as many alerts as you want.
• Receive alerts 1,2 or 4 weeks prior to the anniversary date.
• Update/edit alert information later on by email.
• All the provided information remains 100% confidential and never shared with outside parties.
• Free, no registration needed to create and update alerts.
• Similar tools: textWeight, NudgeMail, Alertful, FollowUp, RemindTRON, PingMe, YourLi.st, PleaseNotify.me, Memorari, Urge-Me and QuickReminders.
• Also read related article: 5 Kick-Ass Reminder Services.

Check out AnniversaryAlert @ www.anniversaryalert.com

GiftGenome is a free to use web service that helps you buy the perfect gift. You start by specifying whether the gift is for a male or female person. Next you select the person’s interests and your budget for the gift. The site quickly searches for items that match your criteria and displays its suggestions to you.

Each suggestion includes a picture, price tag, and description. If you find the perfect gift in the site’s suggestions, you can purchase it right there from the site.

Features:

• A user friendly website.
• Get help finding the perfect gift.
• Lets you enter who the gift is for.
• Searches for gifts according to your budget.
• Lets you purchase the gifts online.
• Similar tools: What Can I Get With $20?, WouldTheyLike?, Giftalogs, GiftGen, GiftBox, eBay Group Gifts, PresentBee, Wraply, FromABirdie, Webgiftr and Lottay.
• Also read related article: 50 Tools & Resources For Christmas Gift Ideas.

Check out GiftGenome @ www.giftgenome.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Once you log into you Facebook account via the tool, you can add a product URL. The tool grabs the product’s description, images and reviews and lets you select friends and family members to receive feedback from. They can post comments and let you know what they think of it. You can also quickly access the tool with a neat browser bookmark.

Features:

• Get advice on gift ideas from your Facebook friends.
• Just enter product URL and the tool will grab all the details.
• No registration, just login with your Facebook account.
• Similar tools: eBay Group Gifts, PresentBee, Wraply, FromABirdie, Webgiftr and Lottay.

Visit WouldTheyLike? @ www.wouldtheylike.com (Via SocialTimes)

MessageHop’s basic purpose is to help you create cool messages for friends and loved ones. You are given a white canvas where you can add text and photographs. The text and images can be rearranged in whichever way you want. A draft of the message is automatically saved so you do not lose any work ““ you can optionally save a backup draft locally. You can obtain your message’s URL and share it with your friends; when they visit the URL they see the text letters ‘flying’ into place, thanks to the site’s built-in animation feature.

This simple text animation coupled with the images makes your special messages more interesting, enjoyable, and effective.

Features:

• A user friendly web service.
• Lets you create special messages for loved ones.
• Messages contain text and images.
• Text and images can be rearranged.
• Backs up your messages automatically.
• Lets you keep saved draft on your computer.
• Displays your messages via a text animation.
• Makes reading your messages fun.
• Similar sites: EasyHi, Cakesy, Pingg, FlyGreetings, MashupArts, CardSimple, Someecards, GotFreeCards and FreePrintableCards.
• Also read related article: 7 Great & Free Disney E-Cards Websites.

Check out MessageHop @ www.messagehop.com