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Tracked: Comprehensive Database of Businesses & People

abhijeet — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:05:52 +0000

If you are into tracking companies, stock and executives then there couldn’t be a better and comprehensive site than Tracked.com for that purpose. The site, which was launched recently, features a huge database of businesses and their employees, their financial information, latest news about them, their stock growth and value, key people, insider trades, compensation and much more.

You can create a free account to track and organize this data, make business connections, check what your connections are tracking, share messages publicly or privately and set up watch lists of companies and people. Certainly an awesome site for professionals and for those who want to track the latest happenings in the corporate world (US only).

Features:

Online database of companies and people.
Neat user interface. Data organized clearly along with charts and graphs.
Lots of information about executives you won’t find elsewhere.
Create an account to track and organize specific data.

Check out Tracked @ www.tracked.com (via TechCrunch) (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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ChartsBin: Check out Interesting Charts Online

abhijeet — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:41:34 +0000

ChartsBin is a nice web resource which hosts colorful and interactive charts created from different demographic data sets sourced through various research reports. Most of the charts are really interesting, here’s some examples:

Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country

Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents

All Nobel Prize Winners by Country

The homepage shows the latest charts, and you can also see the highest rated, most viewed and the most discussed charts. The interesting charts can be easily embedded on blogs and websites. You could also comment on the stats, rate the charts and search for specific charts via keyword or categories. Powered by open source software, this site would find love among those who like stats and graphs. They also plan to introduce features like ability to download data sets and submit statistics to the site soon.

Features

Interactive charts based on demographic data.
Charts can be embedded on any blog or website.
Search for charts or browse charts by categories and tags.
Rate and comment on charts.
Similar tools: DataMasher, ManyEyes, Cynergy Systems Map and VisualEconomics.

Check out ChartsBin @ www.chartsbin.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Walk or Bus? Find out whether walking or taking a bus is faster

abhijeet — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:46:59 +0000

Walk or Bus is an online chart by the website VisualMotive which tells you whether you should board a bus or just walk to your destination so that you can reach there faster. Assuming that an average speed of a bus to be 15 miles per hour and that of a human to be 3 miles per hour, it applies the rule of thumb – “if you have N blocks to travel, you should only wait for the bus if it is less than N minutes away” to make the calculations. If you think you walk faster then there’s also a separate symbol showing the man who can walk a mile in 15 minutes.

Features

Calculate if you can walk or take a bus to your destination to reach faster.
Chart based on speed of bus, your walking speed, distance and minutes left for the bus to arrive.
If you walk faster, there’s a separate symbol on the chart for you.

Check out Walk or Bus? @ visualmotive.com/walk-or-bus/ (via Lifehacker) (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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SlickPlan: Create Beautiful Visual Sitemaps Online

kaly — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:05:18 +0000

SlickPlan is a web app that comes very handy when you need to create visual sitemaps and flowcharts. You can use it for your web development projects or any other project where visual maps are needed. SlickPlan provides an online editor which is really easy to use. Simply add pages and organize by assigning them to a parent categories, all your changes are simultaneously reflected on a visual map.

Once the sitemap or flowchart is finished, it can be saved online, exported as PDF and shared as HTML with others. The service is free and doesn’t put any restrictions on the number of sitemaps users can create.

Features:

Generate professional looking sitemaps and flowcharts.
There is no limit on the number of maps you can create.
Easy to use online editor.
Save created sitemaps online, exports as PDF, or share via direct link.
Free, registration required.
Try a demo account here.
Similar tools: LovelyCharts, ProductPlanner and LucidChart.

Check out SlickPlan @ www.slickplan.com

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ChartGo: App For Graphing & Charting Online

srikanth — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:18:53 +0000

ChartGo gives you the ability to create bar graphs, excel graphs, line graphs, area graphs and pie charts. Very useful web app to do your graphing & charting online. You can either create a custom graph or choose one from sample graphs and edit them according to your needs.

First, paste the data in the ‘Graph Data’ area. After that customize graph settings including its dimensions, axis titles, line specific settings, back color and layout. Click on the ‘Creat Graph’ button. When the graph is ready, you can print it out, email it to someone or bookmark it for further reference.

Features:

Create graphs,bar graphs, line graphs, area graphs and pie charts online.
Customize the graph settings and style to your liking.
Print, email or bookmark graphs.
Direct link to the graph is also provided.
Similar tools: ChartPart, HohliCharts, ChartTool and Charts.

Check out ChartGo @ www.chartgo.com (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut )

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VisualEconomics: Complex Economic Data Sets on Easy-To-Understand Charts

azim — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:42:18 +0000

If all the numbers and percentages you hear in the financial news about government spending, consumer debt, deficits etc., doesn’t make much sense to you, now you can better grasp this information at VisualEconomics.com. It makes complicated economic and financial data easy to digest and compare through accessible charts and graphs.

Just browse through charts and compare your own financial situation on debt, spending habits and other metrics against national averages and view other fun facts.

“How the average U.S. consumer spends their paycheck”

Features:

Interesting and fun economic facts
View complicated economic stats on easy-to-understand charts and graphs
Provided by CreditLoan.com

Check out VisualEconomics @ www.visualeconomics.com

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ManyEyes: Visualize Statistics & Interesting Facts

azim — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:46:17 +0000

ManyEyes is a web resource where you can visualize statistics and interesting facts such as “Fertility rates in different US states”, “Shakespeare favorite words” or “Alcohol consumption worldwide” on charts. All charts are interactive and allow you filter information, highlight different areas, zoom in/out and more.

Chart data comes from numbers and statistics uploaded by users. You can browse charts by topic hubs, by tags or view top rated ones. If you are a numbers and statistics nut, you can build visual charts by uploading your own data or using existing data sets.

Features:

View interesting facts and statistics on interactive visual charts.
Upload and share your own numbers and statistics (data sets) and build visual charts.
Build charts using more than 59,000 publicly available data sets.
Visualizations (charts) are free to view and comment on, with no signup.
Tool provided by IBM.
Register to submit data sets, track activity and join topic hubs.

Check out Many Eyes @ http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes

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ChartPart: Create Charts Online

azim — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:39:22 +0000

ChartPart is a web tool that lets you instantly create charts online. The application supports different types of charts including pie charts, line graphs and grouped bars.

To create a chart, first select a chart type and then enter the data into provided fields. The data starts appearing on the chart as you type it in. Moreover, you can easily edit the input numbers along the process and see the chart automatically regenerate.

Once chart is ready you can share it by forwarding a URL or embedding on your site or personal web page.

Features:

Generate charts online.
Create charts in different types – pie, 3D pie, line, grouped bar and more.
Customize chart size.
Embed chart on your webpage or share it by sending its URL.
Similar tools: HohliCharts, ChartTool and Charts.

Check out ChartPart @ www.chartpart.com

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WidGenie: Easy Tools for Presenting Raw Data Visually

TehseenBaweja — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:40:47 +0000

Data in its raw form does not make sense to everybody. If you are like me, you would want to see data visually through a chart or a graph to understand it better. WidGenie allows you to do just that. You can upload your data (Excel spreadsheets or CSV file) either from the local drive or feed it from sources like Google Docs.

After you have uploaded your data, just use the drag and drop feature to create charts and graphs, and save them as widgets. These widgets can be customized using different colors, size, headings… etc. and also shared across various blogging platforms and social networks through a simple embed code. You can also track how many views your widget gets.

Main Features:

Web service for presenting data visually in form of a widget.
No installation or download required.
Upload data from your local drive or through Google Docs.
Embed widgets on the web or email a permanent link to people.
Track number of views and unique visitors to your widgets.

Check out WidGenie @ www.widgenie.com

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ChartTool: Flexible Online Chart Generator

abhijeet — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:53:27 +0000

Building graphs and charts is a great way to demonstrate data and it isn’t very tough if you know how to do it in Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice. However, there are people who look for quick and simpler solutions and that’s when the cool web apps come into play, which we discuss here at the MakeUseOf Directory. One of such cool apps is the ChartTool, a comprehensive, free and easy-to-use online chart generator which allows you to build, design and share your charts online.

There are a lot of chart types supported like bar charts, pie charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots. The charts can be downloaded as image formats like PNG and JPEG and other formats like PDF and CSV.

Features

Free online chart generation tool.
Various chart types like pie charts, line charts and bubble charts supported.
Download charts in various formats like PNG, JPEG, PDF and CSV.
Easy email and share the graphs.
See more chart generation tools in MakeUseOf’s charts section.

Check out ChartTool @ www.onlinecharttool.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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ProductPlanner: Create and Share Flow Diagrams Online

TehseenBaweja — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:31:56 +0000

Developing a website or a web application can be a complex thing. Even before the coding starts, the creator needs to think and lay out the whole plan and user flow of the website. Doing this on paper is tedious and unsecured while doing it on word processors e.t.c. takes a lot of effort and time.

ProductPlanner is an application that allows you to discover, create and share online flow diagrams with others. You can browse through the hundreds of user flows on the website and use any of them to create your own. No need to start from scratch. You can give a title to each step in your flow and even upload an image for it. Once you are done, you can add tags to it and share it with others.

Features:

Create online flow diagrams with ease.
Use an existing flow to create your own.
Choose between loop, horizontal or vertical orientation.
Add title and upload images to each step of your flow.
Zoom features and arrows for easier navigation.
Browse flows by product type or flow type.
Browse user flows by Most viewed or most recent activity.

Check out ProductPlanner @ www.productplanner.com (by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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HohliCharts: Create Bar Graphs, Pie Charts and Venn Diagrams.

kaly — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:55:55 +0000

HohliCharts is an online charts generator that allows you to quickly create bar graphs, pie charts, line charts, venn diagrams, scatter plots and even radar graphs online.

Just select the type of chart you want to create, set chart size and add chart data. You can also to preview the chart before generating it. And once the chart is ready you can save it to your computer or share it online by embedding onto you website.

Features:

Create line charts, bar graphs, pie charts, venn diagrams, scatter plots and radar graphs online.
Customize charts: add title, apply different chart colors, and change background colors.
Download and save ready charts to your computer.
Share charts online or embed them onto your website.
No sign-up needed.
Other websites for making charts: ChartAll, ChartGizmo, PieColor, Charts (for iPhone).

Check out HohliCharts @ www.charts.hohli.com

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Graphsy: Create Graphs & Shapes Online

abhijeet — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:04:54 +0000

Graphsy is an online graph drawing tool which aims at better usability. Although it is a new app which is still in it’s alpha stage, it has some good features which make graph drawing easy. It helps you create different shapes and connect them easily.

It gives various modification options like changing colors, text, adjusting shape and edge properties, deleting and splitting images on graphs and many more functions.

Features

Easily create graphs and shapes online
Resize and modify shapes to your liking
Clone, delete and add text to shapes
Use file manager to copy, rename, save and delete graph files.
Templates: Start new files from scratch or use the existing one as a template.
Coming soon: drop shadows and reflections, option to import your images, share and rate shapes, embedding and some more.

Check out Graphsy @ www.graphsy.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker

kaly — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:21:44 +0000

Great online utility that generates customized Pie Charts. Think of it as an online pie chart maker where you can select the number of slices you want your pie chart to have, add values, names, title, customize colors, and then click “Generate”. Once you’re satisfied with your chart, click “download ” and save it on your computer. Done.

Features:

Create pie charts online.
Customize charts: colors, size, titles.
Save ready charts on your computer.
No sign up or registration needed.
Similar web apps: ChartGizmo, Charts, and ChartAll.

Go to PieColor @ www.piecolor.com

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Charts: Track and Chart any Data from your iPhone

kaly — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:33:05 +0000

Useful iPhone app that lets you create and manage all kind of charts, i.e charts to track and monitor your expenses, weight, mileage and more. You can also map your data on a line, bar graph or a pie chart, apply different color schemes and share charts by email.

Features:

Create and manage all-purpose charts from your iPhone
Visualize data on a line, bar graph or a pie chart.
Share your charts with others via email.

Apart from the Charts app you can find many other useful iPhone apps here. These include feedreader, calculator, currency converter, text translator, weekday checker, photo finder etc. See the full list along with a quick description for each app below:

Check out Charts @ charts.speedymarks.com

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ChartGizmo : Embeddable Charts for your Blog or Webpage

kaly — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:14:50 +0000

ChartGizmo lets you turn some stats into appealing charts and graphs that can be easily added to your blog or website. Quite useful for those who need to visualize some financial, scientific or any other type of data. Create pie charts, bar graphs, line charts, etc. You can customize the charts to your liking by changing its size, add your own title, change background color, show or hide legends and so on.

ChartGizmo also allows you to import data from an external source. If you got the data is on some spreadsheet (i.e. Excel) file and don’t want to enter it manually there is an option to import it. Quick and simple.

Features:

Create embeddable charts for your blog or a webpage.
Create as many charts as you like.
Available chart types : Pie, Bar, and Line.
Customize charts : size, add title, background color, show or hide legends ect… .
Import data from local Excel file.

Visit ChartGizmo @ www.chartgizmo.com

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BBC Sound Index : Top 100 Songs and Artists

Aibek — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:41:59 +0000

The BBC Sound Index is a massive online index of the hottest music tracks artists on the internet. Want to find what are currently the most popular songs and artists on the web ? The Sound Index is the right place. Check out top 100 songs and top 100 artists based on the on the song and artist popularity on some of the biggest music destinations on the web.

Once every six hours the Sound Index scans major music and social networking sites including MySpace, Last.FM, iTunes, and YouTube – to build top 100 (actually top 1000) music chart. The more blog postings, views, plays, downloads, comments etc. an artist or track has, the higher it appears on the Sound Index. Therefore, what you get on the Sound Index is a top 100 music chart determined entirely by web users.

Other features include:

(1) the option to watch listed music videos on Youtube

(2) and search feature that lets you check whether the artist or track is on the chart.

Check out Top 100 Songs and Artists @ www.bbc.co.uk/soundindex/

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Feed Analysis: Estimate Feedburner Stats 12 Month from Now

kaly — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:54:13 +0000

Feed Analysis lets you take any blog feed and get detailed subscriber reports including visual charts and graphs. Get stats on feed subscriptions, traffic data and the approximate value of the banner ads in your feed. No registration required, just copy and paste the feed address to the provided field and press “Go”. Then Feed Analysis will show you:

an estimated number of subscriber count for the coming months.
a pie chart with the best/worst days of the week.
a number of feed views and clicks for every day.
an estimated value of the website based on the number of subscribers.

If necessary feed Analysis reports can also be shared with others and embedded onto your website.

Check out FeedAnalysis @ www.blogperfume.com/feed-analysis

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ChartAll : Online Chart Creator

kaly — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:06:54 +0000

Want to turn some data into a fancy chart? Enter ChartAll, a free online chart creator where you can create highly customizable charts and save them. Store and edit charts online, embed them onto your website and privately share them with anyone you want. When creating a chart you can either enter the data manually or import it from one of the supported applications.

Features

Create, store and share charts online.
Import chart data from web address (.htm, .html, .xml,.txt, .mdb, .xls, .dbf, .db, .ten, .tee), HTML tables, Excel, Access, Text, CSV, Microsoft SQL Server / MySQL server, Google Spreadsheets.
Choose between 15 chart types: pie, bar, line, pie, point, donut etc.
Export ready charts as PNG, JPEG, GIF, or PDF files.
Export chart data to XML, Text, HTML and Excel (*.xls).
Embed charts onto web pages or blogs.
Collaborate and work on charts with others.
Customize chart appearance (theme, colors, fonts, sizes, and styles).
Add notes and comment on charts.
Keep charts private or share them with others.
Free, intuitive, and highly customizable.

Update: The service has been discontinued . You might want to check other similar services here.

Visit ChartAll @ [ www.chartall.com ]

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InstaCalc: The Coolest Online Calculator so far

kaly — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:18:47 +0000

Fast and fancy web based calculator that shows the answer as you type. And that’s not all, you can also use it to (1) generate equation charts, (2) to perform metric unit and currency conversions and (3) collaborate on calculations with others.

Features:

Calculate and view answers in real-time.
Use it as a standard calculator, unit converter (Weights, Measures, currency etc.), graph plotter and more.
Use readable numbers and equations (ex: 6b istead of 6,000,000,000)
Add notes to your calculations.
Share and collaborate on your calculations/conversions via custom link.
Readers are able to edit the numbers and comment back with a new note.
Easily generate charts and graphs. More details here.
Embed calculations onto your blog or website.
Browse public calcs that were created and shared by other users, i.e. Fuel Economy Calculator, mass calculator etc.
No registration or sign up required.

Check out InstaCalc @ www.instacalc.com

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Best4C : Create and Share Diagrams Online

kaly — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:26:35 +0000

Best4C is a free web-based mindmapping tool that lets you create, store, edit and share diagrams online.

Best4C Features:

Create and share diagrams/charts online. No installation/download required.
Create Flowcharts, Floor plans, Network diagrams, Home Design, Office Layout, direction Maps, and more.
Save diagrams on your PC. (Save as .PNG or .PDF)
Share diagrams with others (via private link).
What’s missing: group collaboration feature.
Works on all popular browsers (FireFox, IE, Opera, Safari).
Try Best4C now (no-registration required).

Best4c – Create a Flow Diagram

Go to Best4C [http://www.best4c.com]

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dPolls: Free Polls for Blogs and Websites

kaly — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:45:27 +0000

dPolls is a community centered around all kind of user-created Polls. It’s a place where anyone can create a Poll and ask others to vote on it. Most importantly dPolls lets users embed created polls on their websites, blogs or social networking profiles (i.e. Myspace).

Check out Example Poll below:

Feature Overview

Create polls and embed them anywhere on the web. Display poll stats once user votes on it.
Browse polls from others by category (Arts, Computer, Music, Education, etc.) or popularity (most popular, features, etc).
Poll Features: tag and organize polls, select poll duration, create polls in different languages, etc.

Visit dPolls @ www.dpolls.com

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