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Legistalker: Track Activity of US Congressmen & Senators

azim — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:53:15 +0000

Nowadays, more and more politicians are embracing the Internet as a way to communicate with their voters and the rest of the world. Legistalker lets you track the latest online activity of US legislators (congressmen, senators) in one place.

You can view what they have voted on (motions, amendments, resolutions etc.), browse news mentions in online media sources (newspapers, blogs, magazines, YouTube videos) and follow their Twitter updates. Moreover, you may browse representatives for different US states and add them to a Watch List to track their latest online activity in one place. No registration needed.

Features:

Track online activity (news mentions, twitter updates, videos etc.) of US congressmen and senators in one place.
Search for a legislator from a search bar or browse representative from each state on a map.
Add politicians to your Watch List.

Check out Legistalker @ www.legistalker.org

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CometDocs: Performs Over 50 Different File & Data Conversions

kaly — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:33:57 +0000

CometDocs is a new and comprehensive file & data conversion tool which lets you do over 50 different conversions online. The site has a user-friendly interface and the process of converting files is easy and quick, simply select the file, pick a conversion method, enter your email address and then click on the “Send” button. Few seconds later you should receive an email with the download link to the converted file.

You can convert 3 pages at a time without registration, signing up for an account will lift all the limitations and won’t require you to enter the email address every time.

Here is a list of online conversions CometDocs can do:

Convert from PDF: (some conversion support OCR conversion for scanned PDF)

Convert to PDF:

Convert from XPS:

Other File Conversions:

Features:

Comprehensive file and data converter app.
Performs over 50 different file conversions, see list above.
Non registered users can convert only 3 pages at a time.
Registering on the site lifts all the limitations.
Free and simple to use.
Similar web tools: MediaPirate, YouConvertIt, Zamzar and several others.

Check out CometDocs @ www.cometdocs.com

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MediaCloud: Visualize News Coverage On Internet

azim — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:43:45 +0000

Media Cloud lets you analyze news coverage across the Internet for different media organizations (ex. New York Times, BBC, CNN, Aljazeera etc.) and visualize this information as graph charts to compare who covers what.

From the page:

Media Cloud is a system that lets you see the flow of the media. The Internet is fundamentally altering the way that news is produced and distributed, but there are few comprehensive approaches to understanding the nature of these changes. Media Cloud automatically builds an archive of news stories and blog posts from the web, applies language processing, and gives you ways to analyze and visualize the data.

You can view 3 types of charts for each media source:

Most mentioned terms in each source.
Top 10 most used keywords in stories that contain a particular keyword (i.e. Obama).
Geographical areas with less and more coverage.

To view a chart, first select chart type, enter up to 3 media sources (start typing and select from suggestions) and press “Submit Query”.

Below is the visualization of news trends for two mainstream media organizations: New York Times and CNN.

Most mentioned news terms

Most covered geographical areas. Darker areas receive the most attention

Features:

Helps you analyze the flow of Internet news for different media organizations.
Visualize information as charts for each media source.
Check out most mentioned terms in each media source.
View top 10 most used keywords in stories that contain a particular keyword (eg. bailout).
See most covered geographical areas.
Free, no sign up.

Visit Media Cloud @ www.mediacloud.org

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MediaPirate: Web Tool For Converting Files Online

kenburkes — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:05:37 +0000

While there are a lot of sites for converting files online, most of those converters only support a single file type and don’t allow a wide array of converting options. MediaPirate allows much more features than the average web based file converter.

This conversion tool allows you to convert audio files, video files, and even some office documents. Better yet, you can choose to upload files directly from your computer or grab the file directly from the URL (Youtube, Break, Veoh, Metacafe, etc).

MediaPirate offers quick and easy conversion with many features in an easy-to-use interface. You get 10 conversions per day and able to upload upto 100MB files for free. If you become a premium user and get even more features.

Advanced users can tweak files to their liking by applying different audio and video codecs, changing bitrate and resolution.

The files can be converted to a variety of formats:

Audio (any to any):

mp3, ogg, wav, wma (only decoding supported)

Video (any to any):

3g2 ,3gp, avi, flv, m4v, mkv, mov, mp4, mpg, mpeg, psp (only encoding supported), rm, wmv.

Office

Feature overview:

Web based file converter.
Supports huge list of file formats, see list above.
Supported video sites Youtube, Blip.tv, Break.com, Dailymotion, LiveVideo, MetaCafe, MyVideo.de.
Free account lets you do 10 conversions a day and upload 100MB files for free
Desktop client and Firefox Addon are awailable.
Convert Audio, Video, and Office files.
For more similar tools check out MakeUseOf converters section.

Check out MediaPirate @ www.mediapirate.org

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