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Sneakerpedia: Online Destination For Sneaker Enthusiasts

abhijeet — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:01:05 +0000

Sneakerpedia is a new site launched by Foot Locker, the popular online retailer for shoes and other footwear. As the name suggests, the site focuses on the segment of Foot Locker’s audience that’s passionate about sneakers (believe me, there are a lot of such people out there). Users can post pictures of their sneakers, details like brand, size, color, release date, personal product insights and suggestions they might have, and also stories where their sneakers had a role to play. You can also search for all kinds of sneakers while applying filters like brand, type, material, color etc on the site.

Currently, the sneaker photos on the site appear to be added by the site owners, and not a lot of user submitted content can be found. I am guessing this will change as word spreads about this new site.

Features

Website for sneaker lovers.
Upload your sneaker photos and other details.

Check out Sneakerpedia @ www.sneakerpedia.com (via SocialTimes By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

TypeLink: Web Based Wiki Notepad For Your iOS Devices

MOin — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:01:20 +0000

Today’s smart-devices let us perform a variety of functions. One of the most useful of these functions is the ability to take down notes wherever we are. In case you are looking for a note-taking application for your iOS smart-device, check out a wiki notepad tool called TypeLink.

TypeLink is a wonderful cloud-based note-taking wiki application. The app works with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad running iOS 3.1.3 or later. The app stores your notes online so that you can visit them from a desktop web browser to view and edit. The information you enter either through the app or through the browser is automatically synced. Through the app you can create notes and use their URLs to interlink your notes.

TypeLink automatically recognizes URLs you type; it also adds colors to differentiate URLs from ordinary text. These links can then be directly opened in the browser.

Other cool features of the app include using your notes’ URLs to share them with friends and using text files to import and export notes.

TypeLink’s setup file is sized at only 0.5MB. It is currently offering free unlimited accounts but only for a limited time.

Features:

A user-friendly smartphone application.
Compatible with iOS devices.
Automatically detects the links you type.
Adds colors to differentiate URLs from regular text.
Stores notes online on unique shareable public URLs.
Similar tools: Plain Text and Simplenote.

Check out TypeLink @ itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?mt=8&ign-lr=Lockup_r2c1&id=412347169 (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Qwiki: An Interactive Knowledge Wiki For Students & Teachers

Israel Nicolas — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:01:34 +0000

Wikipedia, the mother of all knowledge wikis, is unmatched in the breadth and depth of articles that it has published. However, if you want to have an awesome experience with knowledge-based wikis, then you should check out Qwiki. This a new website provides an interactive wiki experience with the help of a slick interface and audio-visual presentations for all its entries.

To start using Qwiki, just enter any topic in its search bar. Qwiki finds the most relevant page where you can listen to the text-to-speech generated audio and picture slides. You can also click the content tab to read the short transcribed description, find pictures of the subject, and view related qwikis. Hover your mouse over the the images in the presentation to enlarge and click through them. While you can’t change the text like in normal wikis, you can still improve an entry by suggesting a picture, YouTube video, or providing feedback to the audio quality.

Qwiki is a very useful tool for teachers looking for an interactive medium to teach grade school students. The way the audio, video, image, and text are packaged makes it one of the most effective learning tools online.

For more info watch the video below:

Features:

Cool interactive wiki online.
Improve Qwiki entries by suggesting photo and videos.
Watch presentations with photo slides.
Hover each photo to learn more about them.
View related Qwikis.
Similar tools: Ten Word Wiki, gdgt, Fotopedia, Navify and AgainButSlower.

Check out Qwiki @ www.qwiki.com

WikiLeaks: Whistleblower Website That Exposes Wrongdoings Of Governments & Organizations

MOin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:01:50 +0000

To expose the wrongdoings of an organization, the help of a whistleblower is essential. But the threat to one’s own security and life prevents a whistleblower from revealing what his institution has been doing wrong. That is where WikiLeaks comes into play.

WikiLeaks is an amorphous, international organization, based in Sweden that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents from governments and other organizations, while preserving the anonymity of their sources.

If anybody has important information about the immoral actions of a company, they can safely submit their information with proof to WikiLeaks; WikiLeaks will check the evidence’s validity and then make the information public.

The most prominent example of this is WikiLeak’s action to make public thousands of classified documents related to the war in Afghanistan. Visitors to the WikiLeaks website can read everything that the project has exposed so far.

Features:

Whistleblower wiki, reveals the government wrongdoings.
Protects the anonymity of its sources.
Validates the submissions before making the public.
The website lets visitors browse stories according to country, region, language, and year.
Also read related articles: Top 5 Online Resources for the Citizen Journalist and Top 5 World News Websites Guaranteed Free From Censorship.

Check out WikiLeaks @ www.wikileaks.org (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Ten Word Wiki: Wikipedia For The Twitter Generation

Sharninder — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:01:05 +0000

Wikipedia is great for finding information from around the world. They have detailed articles running into hundreds of words on almost any topic under the sun. That, in my opinion, is also one of the problems with Wikipedia.

If you only need to know a quick fact about a place, thing or topic, Wikipedia is probably not the right place for you. It is this niche that Ten Word Wiki aims to fill.

Ten Word Wiki is to Wikipedia what Twitter is to blogging. Instead of writing hundreds of words on a single topic, Ten Word Wiki aims to describe each topic in less than 10 words. For example, this page describing a bicycle on Wikipedia will easily fill 2-4 pages of a book, whereas Ten Word Wiki defines a bicycle as :

A human powered two wheeled vehicle, normally with pedals.

The authors at Ten Word Wiki aren’t always serious like the ones at Wikipedia. They also have a funny side as can be seen in their definition of Twitter:

A trendy virtual social network service with incredibly wordy posts.

Features:

Free to use, edit and create entries.
Can be used as a good reference if you’re short of time.

Check out Ten Word Wiki @ http://www.tenwordwiki.com

intodit: Create a Wiki For Anything

Kaly — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:26:31 +0000

Intodit is a free and flexible hosted Wiki service that allows you to create your own wikis online. Each created wiki will have its own URL and can be easily shared with others. You can add all sorts of content (text, graphics, images and video) to your wiki, and collaborate on it across the net.

The interface of the site is quite clean and getting started takes less than a minute.

To create a wiki first you need to register on the website and complete quick wiki setup process. Upon completion of the wiki you will be redirected to your wiki home page.

Each wiki comes with an intuitive control panel from where wiki administrators can edit, mange and customize it the way they want it.

In addition to creating new wikis, intodit lets you browse through existing wikis on a wide range of topics (food, hobbies, movies… etc). To get a better idea about how people use intodit wikis check out the hottest wikis on the website.

Features:

Create your own wiki online.
Create as many wikis as you like.
Add & collaborate on all sorts of content (text, graphics, images and video).
Easily edit, manage and customize wikis online.
Create an RSS feed for your wiki.
Search and browse wikis created by other users.
Check out newest and hottest groups.
Free and simple to use.
Similar sites: PBwiki, ScribleWiki, PikoWiki and MediaWiki.

Check out intodit @ www.intodit.com

Wiki: Search Only Encyclopedia and Wikipedia Type Websites

azim — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:11:04 +0000

Online encyclopedias are great place to get a structured, factual and complete information on pretty much any topic. It’s better than using search engines. Now at Custom Google Search based Wiki.com, you can search only encyclopedias and Wikipedia type websites. The search engine scans most of the big online encyclopedias like Britannica, Encarta, InfoPlease, Wikipedia etc., as well as other smaller independent wikis.

While users can search all sources at the same time, there are also options to limit search to Wikipedia online, all online wikis, or search only on conventional online encyclopedias.

Features:

Searche for information on online encyclopedias.
Sources include popular online encyclopedias like Encarta, Britannica, Wikipedia and several others.
Similar sites: Wikiwix.

Check out Wiki.com @ www.wiki.com

TrendingTopics: View Hot Wikipedia Topics & Trends

Kaly — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:29:02 +0000

TrendingTopics displays popular and hot Wikipedia entries. The home page shows “Trending” topics for last 30 days and “Rising” topics that have been gaining momentum in the last 24 hours. You can also search for any topic of your interest and view its trends over a period of time. The data related to each Wikipedia entry is nicely presented on a clean interface and includes interactive charts.

Features:

Shows popular Wikipedia articles.
Search and view trends for the Wikipedia topic of your interest.
See trend changes for the a period of time.
Check out “Trending” topics for last 30 days.
See popular topics in the last 24 hours.
Latest news related to the topic is also displayed.
Similar tools: Wikirank and Wikirage.

Check out Trending Topics @ www.trendingtopics.org

SmartWikiSearch: Wikipedia Similarity Search Engine

Kaly — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:30:13 +0000

SmartWikiSearch is a new Wikipedia similarity search tool that makes it easy to find related pages on Wikipedia. When you perform a search it finds the actual page and also lists other related pages, hence providing a summary overview of all pages around the same or similar topic.

You can also search for more then two concepts, and it will present articles where these two concepts overlap. For example, type in “Mountain, snow” and it will show Wikipedia pages like “Glacier”, “Avalanche”, “Ski resort” and so on.

Note: The concepts you search for need to have their own pages on Wikipedia, and should be “important” enough for the similarities to be found.

Features:

Easy way to find Wikipedia pages that discuss same or similar issues.
Presents a quick overview for any given concept.
Search for more then two concepts.
Free and easy to use.

Check out SmartWikiSearch @ www.smartwikisearch.com

Wikiwix: The Ultimate Wikipedia Search Engine

abhijeet — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:21:16 +0000

Wikiwix is a comprehensive Wikipedia search engine which not only searches Wikipedia but also other related sister sites associated with the Wikipedia database like Wikisource, Wikitionary, Wikibooks, Wikinews and more. It searches for texts, images and even locations on maps called “atlas” and produces the result in an interface which has related results from different tools organized on one page.

Features:

Search all Wikipedia related sites together.
Search in 13 different languages.
Different options for text, image and atlas search.
Get results from all sources on one page.
For more similar sites read our article “4 Search Engines to Search Wikipedia The Pro Way“.

Check out Wikiwix @ www.wikiwix.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)