You can link your Twitter profile to Palmood and easily post tweets from your PalMood account. To post an update, rate your mood for the moment from 1 to 10 then write an 80-character comment. You can see your mood average change with each comment to your profile.

Moreover you can post and @replies and @remood (equivalent of Twitter’s retweet). PalMood has a search function and trending tags feature so that you can track mood updates from the Palmood community.

Features:

• Post your mood updates to Twitter.
• Rate your mood from 1 to 10.
• Track your average mood ratings with every update.
• Post @replies and @remood.
• Use the search function or browse through trending tags.
• Full support for widgets.

Check out PalMood @ www.palmood.com

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• ZapTXT: Get Website Updates to your email, SMS, IM or RSS
• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Xpenser: Mobile Expense Tracker
• Wridea: Keep Track of Ideas

Using the app is easy, just add your websites to the list of boxes by entering the URLs (removing the websites is as easy). ReadFresh will then starts to monitor them and bump the most recently updated ones to the top.

The website is free and doesn’t require sign up, however registering on the site lets you store your start-page online and access it from other places.

Features:

• Simple online start page to monitor multiple sites for latest updates.
• Websites with most recent changes bumped up to the top.
• Similar tools: Guzzle.it, Tizmos and several others.

Check out Readfresh @ www.readfresh.com

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• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
• Stocks.us : Live Stock Market News
• PageOnce : Get All your Online Accounts in One Place
• Guzzle.it: Online Personalized News StartPage
• Google Alerts : News Alerts to your Email

These links help you in tracking packages and finding other USPS related information on your cellphone, all in a simple, neat interface that saves you from the hassle of navigating a site on that small device.

Features:

• USPS mobile tracking.
• A very clean interface which is easy to use.
• Shows 4 main links on the front page.
• Save time while tracking your package on your cellphone.
• Similar tools:  FollowMyStuff, PackageTrackr, TrackMyShipments and other shipping trackers.

Check out USPS Mobile @ m.usps.com (via Lifehacker, by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Zumbox: Direct Your Snail Mail To A Digital Mailbox
• TrackThePack: Track Shipped Packages Online
• TheMailMonster: Send Postal Mail Online For Free
• TelegramStop: Send Telegrams From The Web
• SnailMailr: Send Snail Mail Online

One might ask why you can’t use Outlook for such a thing. Well I think that the two just wouldn’t feel right together. Bedpost is intended to be fun and quirky where as Outlook or other calendar programs are for your public life. Plus you boss might wonder what you’re doing having sex a half hour before a conference call with Tokyo.

Furthermore, it’s not just posting when you had sex. Bedpost also lets you track who it was with, how good it was and how long it (or rather you) lasted via a system of stars and sliders. So after a couple months one can look back at you calendar spread and see how often you’ve been getting busy and with whom. See what days are your most common, and how long you last on average.

For the moment, BedPost is still in private Beta testing but you can request invite on the site and they give it out quickly.

Features:

• Track your sexual life online.
• Also track who it was with, how good it was and how long it lasted.
• Get detailed stats.
• Similar tool: nOOkist.

Check out BedPost @ www.bedposted.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• nOOkist: Track Personal Sexual History Online
• What A Lovely Name: Baby Name Finder
• SaveMyAss: Keep Your Woman Happy
• Relatious: Anonymously Share Your Relationship Issues
• PMSBuddy: Get PMS Alerts & Avoid Conflicts

After registration, you’re simply asked for basic information about the product such as a description and of course an expiry date. The tool also helps you with locating the product when it needs to be found before it expires by asking for location of the product as seen in the ‘Ad Product’ screenshot. Once a product has been posted it can be edited from the inventory screen to reflect sales or further purchases of the product.

E-mail notifications are sent out to you by the ExpireTrack when one of your products is nearing its expiry date. All of the information you entered above will be displayed in the e-mail so you can get to the product easily.

This tool could also be utilized on a personal level to remind you of overdue insurance bills, warranty expiration of electronic gadgets, magazine subscriptions and such other reoccurring events which we all must keep track of.

Main features:

• Reminds you when products are about to expire by e-mail.
• Easy-to-use interface.
• You can print the inventory easily from the website.
• You can also save it onto your PC as an .xls file.
• Similar tool: WarrantyElephant.

Check out ExpireTrack @ www.expiretrack.com (by Dean Sherwin)

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• WireWize : “How To Connect” Guides for Home Electronics
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• WarrantyElephant: Track Warranty Information for Your Gadgets
• ShoppingNotes : Get Email Alerts on Price Drops
• ReviewGist : In-depth Reviews for Consumer Electronics

To see an overall performance you may view the entered information on a bar or pie charts along with the totals.

Features:

• Long term goal tracking website.
• Track as many goals as you like.
• Visualize data on bar or pie charts.
• Free, registration needed.
• The website has a clean and easy to use interface.
• Similar websites: 43Things, GetGoaling and stickK.

Check out Disciplanner @ www.disciplanner.com

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• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• stickK: Make Resolutions and Make Sure you Stick to Them
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks
• LifeTango: Goal Sharing & Tracking Tool

Using the site is easy, simply register for an account and after each intercourse add details like who is the person you slept with, how was it, positions and other details. When you have made enough entries you can view data on charts and generate customized reports. There is no social aspect to the site, meaning that your data kept private and can’t be viewed by others.

(Note: Although nOOkist claims that you data stays private, due to sensitivity we advise you not to use your real credentials and sign up using some fake name instead.)

Features:

• Track your sex life online.
• View data on charts.
• Generate customized reports.
• Your data stays private and not shared with anyone.
• Also track you STD tests and get reminders when new tests due.
• Free and simple to use.

Check out nOOkist @ www.nookist.com

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• BedPost: Track Your Sexual Activity
• SaveMyAss: Keep Your Woman Happy
• Relatious: Anonymously Share Your Relationship Issues
• MiVitals : Store and Share Health Records Online
• Kindo: Build Your Family Tree Online

Features:

• Track, plan and share outdoor activities, trips and workouts.
• Simple and nice user interface.
• Join a trip or create your own trip page.
• Share and compare activities and their progress with friends.
• Similar tools: DailyMile, MapMyRun and Walker Tracker.

Check out Skimble @ www.skimble.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• MapMyRun : Plan and Map your Running Routes
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Workouts: Check Workout Routines For Selected Muscle Groups
• Walker Tracker
• USTA Library: Tennis Tips and Techniques from Top Players

You are required to answer 10 questions related to your sleep related on daily bases. The website stores this information in your iSleepDiary account online. All your data can be viewed and printed out whenever you need.

Features:

• Website for tracking your sleep patterns online.
• The data is stored online and presented on easy to understand charts.
• Print your charts.
• Free and simple to use.
• Customize daily questions according to your needs.
• Similar tools: SleepEducation and YawnLog.

Check out iSleepDiary @ www.isleepdiary.com

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• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• SugarStats: Track Blood Sugar Online
• SleepEducation: Guide to Sleeping Disorders & Treatments
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports
• Qwitter : Helps you Quit Smoking

Using the site is pretty straightforward, simply select what you want to track (borrowing or lending) and fill in the details such as item’s description, person’s name and item dates. When you are finished click on the “Track it” button. You can also setup friendly reminders to be sent out in advance.

Your ReturnMyPants account is automatically created when you add your first item. From the account area you can view a list of all your items, quickly edit or delete them, and optionally upload images.

Features:

• Keep track of your lent and borrowed items.
• Track as many items as you like.
• Setup friendly reminders.
• Easily manage items that are being tracked.
• Option to add photos for each item.
• Similar tool: Rentoni, OurShelf and BillMonk.

Check out ReturnMyPants @ www.returnmypants.com

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• Rentoni: Keep Track Of Things You Lend And Borrow
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• Spokeo : Find and Track Your Friends
• Soshiku: Awesome Tool To Keep Track Of Your Schoolwork
• Shvoong: Online Homework Manager

It’s easy to use. Sign up, choose a time zone, add lent and borrowed things along with the person’s name and details and set up a deadline. You could also choose to notify your friend whom you’ve lent out the thing.

Features

• Keep track of things you lend and borrow.
• Simple and nice user interface.
• Get notified 2 days before you need to get something returned.
• Automatically reminds your friends 2 days before they are expected to return something.
• Web based, hence works on all operating systems.
• Easy to use, requires sign up.
• Similar sites: OurShelf and BillMonk.

Check out Rentoni @ www.rentoni.com/en/ (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• ReturnMyPants: Easily Track Borrowed & Lent Items
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• Spokeo : Find and Track Your Friends
• ShoppingNotes : Get Email Alerts on Price Drops
• SeeMyWhere: Share Your Real Time Location With Others

Music fans can subscribe to their favorite artist’s data via RSS feed or have the fan statistics delivered to their inbox for free. They could also compare the stats of their favorite singer or band with upto 3 other artists and see if their artist has more influence among online fans.

Features:

• Offers comprehensive fan statistics for music artists.
• Tracks number of plays, views, comments for 486,602 artists online
• Tracks across major social networks like Facebook, MySpace and twitter
• Compare and visualize stats for upto 4 artists
• Subscribe using RSS feed or get the stats in your inbox

Check out NextBigSound @ www.nextbigsound.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Vidmetrix: Multi-site Video Uploader and Tracker
• TubeMogul
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• Google Trends

Vessel locations are shown on the map using colored markers with each color representing particular type of vessel (Cruise Boat, Cargo Tankers, High Speed Craft, Yachts & Others). Clicking on a marker displays vessel’s image, speed, course, dimensions, voyage details… etc.

The site also lets you check real-time information on ports along with ship arrival & departure times.

Sailors have an option to install a VHF antenna and start sending and seeing their data on MarineTraffic.

Features:

• Track ship positions in real time.
• Search vessels by name or by type.
• See ship’s image, speed, course, dimensions, voyage details and more.
• Get info on sea ports, stations and navigation aids.
• No signup needed.
• Similar website: Sailwx.

Check out MarineTraffic @ www.marinetraffic.com

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• SeeMyWhere: Share Your Real Time Location With Others
• Sailwx: Real Time Ship Tracking
• Locle: Share Your Location without GPS
• BuddyWay : Free GPS Cell Phone Tracking Software
• Zoomii : Virtual Bookstore for Amazon Books

You may even create channels to separate different type of changes into different emails.

To get started all you need to do is sign up for an account and start adding pages you want to monitor.

Features:

• Monitor web pages for changes online.
• Receive updates (daily or weekly) by email or check for changes from your online account.
• Get changes summary in one email or receive them in different emails.
• Get alerted on all changes or only those matching specified keywords.
• Browser add-on that lets you add pages for monitoring with a single click.
• Free, sign up online
• Similar sites: FollowThatPage, PageTiki and SparkTooth.

Check out WatchThatPage @ www.watchthatpage.com

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• FollowThatPage: Online Program To Monitor Web Pages For Changes
• SparkTooth: Monitor Web Pages For Specific Updates
• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
• Trackle: Personalized Web Alert & Online Content Tracking Tool
• Pingability: Receive Alerts when your Website goes Down

Even though SugarStats encourages members to share their data and get additional support, they can always change their privacy settings and choose whom to share their information with.

Main Features:

• Tracking blood sugar levels made simple.
• Record and manage your medication, food and activity.
• Visualize your development through graphs and trends.
• Share your stats with your family, friends or medical doctor.
• Input data through, web, email or even Twitter.
• Free and easy to use.

Check out SugarStats @ www.sugarstats.com (by Tehseen from Ijaar.com)

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• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports
• Qwitter : Helps you Quit Smoking
• Morale-O-Meter: Track your Day-to-Day Morale
• MiVitals : Store and Share Health Records Online

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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• ZapTXT: Get Website Updates to your email, SMS, IM or RSS
• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• Xpenser: Mobile Expense Tracker
• Wridea: Keep Track of Ideas

Mon.itor.us monitors your website from multiple locations and sends downtime alerts via email, text message and RSS. Besides these, it has internal monitoring features like keeping an eye on computer/server memory, CPU, etc. with an installable agent. It also features real-time visitor monitoring.

Features :

• Online website monitoring and tracking service.
• Monitors your website and sends downtime alerts via email, text message and RSS.
• Provides information helpful in maintaining high uptime of the site.
• Internal monitoring features.
• Also features visitor tracking capabilities.
• Similar site: Site24×7.

Check out Mon.itor.us @ http://mon.itor.us (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• TrendCounter: Site Counter Widgets For Your Blog
• Pingability: Receive Alerts when your Website goes Down
• FlagCounter: Flag Counter Widget For Your Webpage
• Feng-GUI: Generates Visual Heatmap For Your Website
• 99Stats: Free Web Statistics Tracker For Your Site

Set periodic goals and tasks such as daily, weekly or just assign a due date to get email alerts about your progress. You can also check out the most recent or most popular goals.

Features :

• Tool for setting goals and sharing goals with others.
• Keep a track on your progress.
• Find people pursuing same goals.
• Get email alerts about your progress.
• Similar sites: 43Things, GetGoaling and stickK.

Check out LifeTango @ www.lifetango.com (via Lifehacker) (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• stickK: Make Resolutions and Make Sure you Stick to Them
• GoalsOnTrack: Set Goals For Yourself Online
• GetGoaling: Online Goal Tracking with Action Plans
• Disciplanner: Long Term Goal Setting & Tracking Tool

Additionally, there is an option to apply filters and track only a certain block of a webpage or only the lines that contain choosen keywords.

Features:

• Monitor webpages for changes and receive alerts by email when they change.
• Track multiple webpages.
• Check each page up to 100 times per day.
• Receive alerts only on additions and removals.
• Watch the whole page or only certain paragraphs or lines with particular keywords.
• Free, sign up to start tracking pages.
• Similar websites: PageTiki and SparkTooth.

Check out FollowThatPage @ www.followthatpage.com

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• WatchThatPage: Monitor Web Page Changes & Get Alerts
• SparkTooth: Monitor Web Pages For Specific Updates
• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
• Trackle: Personalized Web Alert & Online Content Tracking Tool
• Pingability: Receive Alerts when your Website goes Down

Locle allows you select the friends with whom you want to share your location. It also lets you update your location manually or disable it in case you do not want to be found. If you use Facebook, it lets you retrieve your friend list.

Features:

• Share your location and view where your family and friends are from your mobile phone or computer.
• You can import your Facebook friends and invite them to use Locle.
• Manually update your location or temporarily disable it.
• Share your location with selected people.
• Similar tools: SeeMyWhere, Loopt and NavXS.

Check out Locle @ www.locle.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• SeeMyWhere: Share Your Real Time Location With Others
• Loopt: See Where Your Friends Are From iPhone or Mobile
• Spokeo : Find and Track Your Friends
• Scred : Track Shared Expenses
• Sailwx: Real Time Ship Tracking

Option to add attachments and get alerts for when they have been opened is available as well.

To start first go and register on the site. Then select the “Send Email” option from menu and write your email. Set alert options and click on Send. Once the recipient opens your email you will be alerted.  You can also view more detailed info about recipient such as exact time, location, IP address, browser and operating system.

Note:  You will not get any alerts if recipient has disabled  HTML in his/her email client, email provider is blocking email tracking or the message is simply deleted without opening.

Features overview:

• Online email tracking service.
• Get email notification each time your email was read.
• Send 5 free tracked emails per day.
• Send each email to up to 30 recipients with CC, BCC supported.
• Add as many attachments as necessary.
• Get notification when attachments are downloaded.
• Import your address book from Yahoo!, Hotmail, Gmail, and AOL.
• See the date and time when the recipient opened your email.
• Shows recipient’s location, IP address, browser details, operating system, etc.
• Similar websites: SpyPig and Confirmeo.

Check out WhoReadMe @ www.whoreadme.com

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• LinkBlip: Get Notified When People Click on Links in your Emails
• Confirmeo : Get Confirmation on Email Delivery
• Zuplo: Cool Stationary Backgrounds for Your Emails
• ZapTXT: Get Website Updates to your email, SMS, IM or RSS
• YouSendIt Outlook: Send Emails with Large Attachments from Outlook

SparkTooth is a free service and there is no limit on the number of the web pages user may monitor.

Features:

• Monitor web pages for specific words and phrases.
• Monitor as many pages as needed.
• Web pages are checked on 10 minute intervals.
• Once the keyword is found and user been notified the email is removed from the system.
• No registration needed.

Check out SparkTooth @ www.sparktooth.com (via Tecnopassion)

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• WatchThatPage: Monitor Web Page Changes & Get Alerts
• FollowThatPage: Online Program To Monitor Web Pages For Changes
• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
• Trackle: Personalized Web Alert & Online Content Tracking Tool
• PageReboot: Refresh Webpages Automatically

The site lets you view overall stats on fancy graphs and charts. There are also additional features such as setting up daily reminders, customizing colors and time.

Features:

• Simple app for tracking productivity.
• Set email alerts to remind you to mark your productivity.
• Customize colors and time setting.
• View overall stats on graphs and charts.
• Simple and free.

Check out WorkTrek @ www.worktrek.com (via Profy.com)

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• Vidmetrix: Multi-site Video Uploader and Tracker
• TubeMogul
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything
• Toodledo: Online Task Management
• RescueTime: Web-based Time Management for Geeks

To set alerts on new track releases first you need to register on the site. Then select how often you want to be notified, add artists or import the artists from your Last.fm account by providing your username and finally pick the type of releases you want to be notified of (albums, singles, compilations). That’s it!

Features:

• Track new music releases of your favorite artists.
• Get notified by email when they release a new single or a CD.
• Import artists from your Last.fm account.
• Sign up to get started.
• Similar websites: Feedrevolution, Albumreminder, Muspy and Music-Alerts.

Check out Blyper @ www.blyper.com

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• WorldSings: Discover New Artists & Rate Indie Songs
• TuneChimp: Search And Discover Best Music From Any Artist
• TourMapr: Check Out Artist or Band Tour Plans & Dates
• SecondSpin: Trade Used DVDs, CDs & Games
• PaperCdCase: Print a Paper CD Case

In some cases, it is very important to take meds as prescribed, missing a few or taking more can lead to undesired results. While there are lots of gadgets that can be used to track medications they do not come cheap. But the good news, the person behind DidMed.com came up with a simple and absolutely free solution. DidMed provides free printable labels that help you easily track medications.

These labels can have have the days (7) or dates (31) and a slit band above them. The slit band contains a marker that can be easily moved along the band and positioned above any of the dates.

All that’s left for you to do is to print out and cut the label as instructed and stick it on your medication bottle.

Check Out  DidMed @ www.didmed.com

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• Ideal Body Weight Calculator
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• WhatsOnMyFood: See What Pesticides are Used in Your Food
• WeightMirror: See Yourself Thinner
• UCompareHealthcare: Compare Local Healthcare Providers

[Update: The Adeona laptop tracker software is no longer working. Please refer features list for the working alternatives.]

If at one point your laptop gets stolen and is connected to the internet, the Adeona will send you criminal’s IP address. The IP address can then be retrieved using the Adeona Recovery Wizard. Knowing the IP address is enough in most cases to track the geographical location of the device.

Unlike similar commercial tools, Adeona is decentralized  and doesn’t store your password on its servers. It means no one besides the owner can use Adeona to track your laptop.

How it works:

Installing the Adeona client and the recovery tool

1. Download and install the Adeona tracking program (client+recovery tools).
2. Choose password and save the backup file (eg. adeona-retrievcredentials.ost) on another computer or external USB drive.

Retrieving laptop location using the Recovery Wizard

1. Run the recovery tool.
2. Select the backup file (*.ost) you saved when installing the client.
3. Specify a time period within which to search for updates.
4. Enter your password and get the IP address results.

View current IP address of your laptop

However, if the thief is technologically savvy and uninstalls the client from your laptop, you won’t be able to track it anymore. But in most cases laptop thieves generally don’t bother with the software and likely to connect it to the Internet at one point.

Features:

• Stolen laptop tracker helps to track laptop from any location.
• Install the client on your laptop and run the recovery tool to track it when it gets stolen.
• Supports: Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista.
• The Mac OS X version also has an option to capture pictures of the thief.
• Free, install the client and recovery tools from the site to start tracking.
• Similar tools: LocatePC, Lockdown and ihoundSoftware.

[Update: The Adeona laptop tracker software is no longer working. Please refer features list for the working alternatives.]

Check out Adeona @ www.adeona.cs.washington.edu

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Works really simple, all you have to do is routinely enter times when you went to bed and the time you woke up next morning along with how well you slept and few words. That is it!

There is also a social side to the website, users canshare their sleeping experiences with other YawnLog users.

Features:

• Track your sleep online.
• Add additional notes.
• Share your sleeping experiences with others or keep them private.
• Data presented with easy to understand graphs.

Check out YawnLog @ beta.yawnlog.com

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• SleepEducation: Guide to Sleeping Disorders & Treatments
• Skimble: Track & Plan Your Active Life And Sports
• Qwitter : Helps you Quit Smoking

It also allows you to upload inspirational pictures alongside your goals which could further motivate you. And finally, there are also means to create and manage your to-do tasks.

Features

• Set goals online and track your progress.
• Create and manage goals.
• Manage tasks and to-do lists.
• Free sign up.
• Includes comprehensive graphs to keep a track of your goals.
• Similar websites: GetGoaling, StickK and 43Things.

Check out GoalsOnTrack @ www.goalsontrack.com ( by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• LifeTango: Goal Sharing & Tracking Tool
• GetGoaling: Online Goal Tracking with Action Plans
• Disciplanner: Long Term Goal Setting & Tracking Tool

Subscribe to broad categories like Books, as well as to specific categories like Books-> Personal Relationships. Notifications to your subscriptions are sent combined in one email. You can unsubscribe from the email anytime you want.

How notifications work for different categories:

• Amazon bestsellers – Notifes on new items in Most Popular list. Subscribe to Top 10 or top 50. US Only. Books, DVDs, Gadgets, Music and more.
• Best Movies – Notifies when a new movie appears on Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh List. (Movies in Fresh List are reviewed by more than 40 critics and score 75% or higher )
• TV Shows – Notifies where new episodes come out for selected shows
• Concerts – Notifies if a concert of the selected artist is taking place within 50 miles around your Zip code. 2 weeks in advance.
• Sports scores – Notifies on latest scores, upcoming matches, 3 days in advance.
• Top Videos (YouTube) – Notifies when there is a new video in Youtube’s most popular videos over the month. Subscribe to Top 10 or Top 50.
• Top News – Notifies when there is a new item in Digg’s Most Popular stories over 30 days. Subscribe to Top 10 or Top 50.
• Currencies – Select currencies from and into. Notifies when daily closing rate changes by 3% or more from your last notification (ex: from Euro to US Dollar).

Features:

• Subscribe to get notified on changes or news in your selected topics
• All notifications are combined into a single email
• Subscribe to general and/or to specific categories (Books vs. Books->Personal Relationships)
• Unsubscribe anytime you want
• Access your subscriptions online.

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• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In
• Google Alerts : News Alerts to your Email
• Notify.me: Get Real Time Alerts On Info You Care About
• Zlert : Get Alerts From Amazon
• Web-Alerts: Text Alerts for Your Favorite Websites

Features

• Comprehensive online tracking and web alert service.
• Get alerts through web, email or sms.
• Create your own tracklets catering to different kinds of things you want to track.
• Get reminders and notifications for important events.
• Real time information to help you remain up-to-date.

Check out Trackle @ www.trackle.com (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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• WatchThatPage: Monitor Web Page Changes & Get Alerts
• SparkTooth: Monitor Web Pages For Specific Updates
• Notifixio-us: Monitor Websites For Updates
• Google Alerts : News Alerts to your Email

You simply enter tracking number # of your package, your email address and start receiving updates on the status of your shipment. When your shipment is received, it is no longer checked for updates anymore and your email address along with other information is purged from the site.

Features:

• Shipment tracking web service with email alerts.
• Checks every 10 minutes.
• Unsubscribe from receiving updates at any time.
• Your information (email, ip address etc) is purged after shipment is received or when you unsubscribe.
• Free, no registration.
• For more shipment tracking services see shipping section. There are dozens of tools to choose from.

Check out FollowMyStuff @ www.followmystuff.com

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• WatchThatPage: Monitor Web Page Changes & Get Alerts
• Watch My Cell: Never Go Over Your Balance Again!
• Urge-Me: Get Reminders Via Email

You can search for ships by name or browse data by ship type such as tall ship, cruise ship, cargo ship, yachts… etc)#.

Features:

• View real time ship positions.
• Search by name or browse by ship type.
• Additional info such as sea temperature, hurricanes, tides, ship speed are also provided.
• No registration and simple to use.

Check out Sailwx @ www.sailwx.info

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• SeeMyWhere: Share Your Real Time Location With Others
• MarineTraffic: Real Time Yacht, Cruise & Cargo Ship Tracking
• Locle: Share Your Location without GPS
• BuddyWay : Free GPS Cell Phone Tracking Software
• ZapTXT: Get Website Updates to your email, SMS, IM or RSS

Features:

• Track your USPS, Fedex and DHL packages from one place
• UPS not supported
• Automatically recognizes the tracking # of each different provider
• Get updates by RSS feed
• Includes Mobile version
• Free, no registration.
• Similar: FollowMyStuff, PackageTrackr, TrackMyShipments and other shipping trackers.

Check out SimpleTracking @ www.simpletracking.com

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• TrackThis : Track your Shipping Packages using Twitter
• TrackThePack: Track Shipped Packages Online
• TrackMyShipments: Track All Your Shipments in One Place
• RedRoller: Shipping Price Comparison & Tracking
• PackageTrackr: Track Packages From The Web & iPhone

The idea is simple, all listed sites have colored dots that tell you about status of the site.

Green means check it out.
Red means you’re out of luck for now.
Blue means the site is not responding.

You can also see when TrackerChecker last checked each site. Registered users have an option to build a list of favorite sites and only track those sites.

Features:

• Lists private torrent sites that are open for sign up.
• Monitors over 500 private torrent sites.
• The status of each site is indicated by color (green, red or blue)
• Track only the sites you’re actually interested in (registered users only).
• Free and simple.
• Also see Three Ways to Find Open Registration on Private Torrent Sites.

Check out TrackerChecker @ www.trackerchecker.org (via torrentfreak)

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Spy is a simple and sleek web application that allows you to search and monitor social media conversations across platforms like Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr, Yahoo News, and even blog comments. The application searches for conversations by specified keyword and shows you results by social network and time. It even updates the results in real time.

Features:

• Social media conversation tracker.
• See who said what and where in real time.
• Get 10, 25, 50, 75 or 100 results.
• Click on the user to go directly to his profile.
• See trends for recent searches on Spy.
• Chose between a light and dark theme.
• Get updates through RSS feeds.
• Similar websites: ConvoMonitor and Twilert.

Check out Spy @ spy.appspot.com (Contributed by Tehseen Baweja from Ijaar.com)

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• SiteVolume: Keyword Popularity Check Tool for Digg, Youtube, Twitter, Flickr & MySpace
• ConvoMonitor: Track Twitter Conversations
• wwwitter: See Twitter Discussions For Any Webpage
• WeFollow: User Powered Twitter Directory
• TwitterGram: Automatically Post Flickr Photos to Twitter

Features

• Free goal tracking online.
• Create goals and action plans.
• Track them by due date and percentage completed.
• Share your goals with friends.
• Similar websites: stickK and 43Things.

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• GoalsOnTrack: Set Goals For Yourself Online
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Yotify lets you track anything on the web: send out a Yotify Scout to track new apartment rental listings, a sale on a pair of shoes you’ve been looking to buy, concert tickets that have just gone on sale and so much more!

The application is really simple to use and has intuitive and self explanatory interface. All you have to do is select the source and enter the keyword you want to monitor.

It provides you with a number of options to receive updates for items you are tracking; from daily or weekly digests, in your inbox or on the website, etc.

The concept is very similar to Google Alerts. The difference is that Yotify also allows you to narrow down your sources, unlike Google Alert.

Features:

• Monitor web content on websites you visit often for things that matter.
• Track multiple content sources easily.
• Customize how you want to receive your updates.
• Similar websites: Alerts

For more info watch demo video below:

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It is a fairly useful application for people who often pay for each other and then collect later. I know a bunch of students in my college who would love this. It is much better than creating an Excel spreadsheet since you wouldn’t have to do any summarizing and you would be able to share the information with your group members in real-time.

Some of the main features of De-Bee are:

• Keep track of shared expenses between friends.
• See a full history of transactions for any of your groups.
• Create different De-Bee groups for different groups of friends.
• No need to sign-up, just use your gmail login.
• See your balance with a single click at any given time.
• Similar sites: BillMonk, Scred and Billshare.

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• Billster
• Billshare
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• WalletWatcher: Track your Budget and Spendings

It is also a place where you can borrow and lent items. You can check out items your friends are willing to loan, track items you have lent to others, access friends’ wishlists and view their collections.

All this could be done from your cellphone which could help when you are out shopping and you need to check some details about a specific item in your collection.

There are many other features which iTrackmine claims to offer like ability to export your data, helping you remind about the books and dvds you have lent to friends and protecting your entire collection on secured servers.

Features:

• Manage and display collections online.
• See collections of others.
• Check out items your friends are willing to loan.
• Track items you have lent to others.
• Send auto reminders when the item is due to be returned.
• Mobile version available.

For similar site see Squirl as well as earlier article on open source collection manager apps.

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SpendingDiary also lets you generate expense reports, which can help identify the total amount spent on various categories. Reports can be generated for a day, week, month or for a custom period of time. Each report will have categorized list of expenses with related graphs and charts.

If you want a local copy of your expense reports, they can be downloaded  in CSV format.

Features:

• Track your spending online.
• Ease of adding your daily expenses.
• Expenses are categorized for better organization.
• Generate summary reports on expenses for different categories and time periods.
• Export your reports in “csv” format.
• Als see, 15 Cool Tools for easy Expense Tracking and Budgeting.

Check out SpendingDiary @ www.spendingdiary.com (Contributed by Venkatesh Varalu)

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