UpTo - Calendar Redefined (Android)

Developer Quote: "UpTo gives you a social stream of the upcoming events that matter to you most. Follow friends and family to see plans they're sharing. Follow public streams to see what's coming up in sports, music, movies and more."

If you're tired of plain-jane calendar apps, just take a look at this one. It's been called the best Android calendar app available.



Features:


★ "Unlocks Your Calendar's Social Potential" – TechCrunch

★ "6 Apps Worth Downloading This Week" – Mashable

★ "A gorgeously designed social calendar app" - The Next Web

★ "Amazing insight into what's happening in the next days and weeks." – VentureBeat

★ UpTo works with any calendar that syncs with your phone's calendar, such as Google Calendar, Outlook and more.


Download UpTo - Calendar Redefined FREE from Google play!

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Brewster (iOS) - Pull all your contacts together!

What if you could get everyone you know into one place at one time? Would you need a closet or a ballroom? Well now you can find out, virtually speaking.

Developer Description: "Bring together everyone you know (including contacts from iPhone, LinkedIn, Facebook, Gmail, and Twitter) to create your own personalized address book."

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Blurtt (iOS) - Find, caption and share photos!

A well-known fact: The caption makes the photo. In fact, photos without captions can seem pitifully bare. What are we supposed to think about them? What do they mean? Is there something funny about them? Who knows, if there's no caption!

If you have an ounce of creativity in you, you'll want to get and use this app. Search for photos on the web or use your own. Add awesome captions and share the results with individuals, your friends, or the entire photo-caption-loving world.

Blurtt is FREE in the iTunes App Store!

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Highlight (iOS) - A people-discovery tool.

According to this article on c|net, it may be the next big thing. Get in on the ground floor of something, finally! The article says, in part, "This year, one app that is poised to carry on this tradition is Highlight, a "people discovery" tool that automatically alerts users to the nearby presence of others with similar connections and interests." Check it out!

Highlight is FREE at the iTunes App Store!
 
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Google+ - Got my invite, but who else is out there?

The reviews so far are very positive. Google+ could be a Facebook problem in the near future. Circles and Hangouts? What's not to like. Only problem so far is that my Google+ world is seriously underpopulated and I don't even have any invitations to send out. Sigh.

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EmoCube (Android) - Very cool social diary

Was last Monday a great day? Or was it as bad as it gets? Can't remember? Get EmoCube and you can record the essence of each day, how you were feeling, and share it on Facebook and Twitter.

EmoCube is free on the Android Market

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NoteFly - Desktop stickynotes with a social connection

Desktop sticknotes apps abound, but this one has a nice twist, allowing you to send your notes to email, Twitter or Facebook from the context menu. Features:

-Very small application. Less than 100kb setup.
 If .net framework 2.0/Mono is installed1.
-Change color of notes.
-Make a note sticky on top.
-Make notes transparent.
-Create an e-mail of a note.
-Send a note to your Facebook wall.
-Tweet a note to your twitter account.
-Resize notes how big or small you want it.
-Syntax highlighting for html content notes.
-Fully xml based (does not need windows registry2)
-NoteFly is opensource.

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Dropico - Drag and drop your media across social networks

If you are one of those who uploads photos to more than one social networking sites, this drag and drop utility can save you lots of time and suffering. Check out the video to see how it works.



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VoxOx - Strange name, great free communications tool

Everyone's offering to combine all your social networking into one, easy to manage interface. VoxOx looks to be one app that may actually give you power over your social networks, instant messaging, texting and phones.

The signup and download procedures are straightforward and the setup time depends a bit on how many communications methods you want to incorporate.

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Seesmic Desktop - Making Twitter manageable

As a tool to market yourself and/or your company, or simply to connect with friends, Twitter is exploding, which is making it hard to manage blind. Seesmic Desktop brings it under control with powerful features. Watch the video to learn more.



Seesmic Desktop

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Chi.mp - Put all your online identities in one place

It's nice to have a way to pull all your online identities and services together, and Chi.mp does this nicely, even allowing you to set up different views for different categories of visitors. From the website:

"Welcome to chi.mp, the solution for managing your online identity. Bring your digital life together in one place that you own.

* A FREE domain name, OpenID and Website
* Rich profile with tiered privacy settings
* Manage all of your contacts with the
Ultimate Black Book
* Import content and services from the Web
* Publish and push your content
* Export your contacts and content at any time
* And so much more…"

Chi.mp

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Twittastic - A Twtter client with something special

With an easy gazillion Twitter applications out there you have to be discriminating. This one has some special attractions though and is worth a good look. From the web site:

# Simple interface, that works like the web page
# Drag and drop image uploads to www.twitpic.com
# Take screenshots of parts of your screen and upload. Double click required.
# Capture your webcam and send straight to Twitpic
# Infinite scrolling into past messages using a database. You can leave it running overnight.
# Drag and drop file uploads straight into www.drop.io
# One click short URLs. Reads what you have in copied and pastes the result. Services including www.urlborg.com, www.go2.me and www.is.gd are supported out of the box
# Text based emoticons
# Ability to shut up for 30' minutes. So you can brainstorm undistracted.

Twittastic

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AlertThingy v2 - Ties you in to all your social networks

Whether you or your friends are on Twitter, Facebook, Digg, or whatever, this is a great way to put them all in one place. From the web site:

"AlertThingy v2 brings the very latest updates from your favourite social networks direct to your desktop. Plus send Tweets, update your Facebook status, upload photos to Flickr, post to Tumblr and more. With v2 AlertThingy makes it faster and easier to manage the online you. Plus you get the coolest looking RSS reader on the interweb."

AlertThingy²

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Smilebox - A slick way to connect with friends and family

Exercise your creative powers (or borrow some) by using your own photos and videos to design animated postcards, scrapbooks, et cetera and then send them to friends and family. From the web site:

What is Smilebox?

Smilebox is a fun and engaging service that connects you with family and friends using your photos and videos. It's free, easy to use, and the results are amazing.
What can I make with Smilebox?

With Smilebox, you can create animated scrapbooks, photobooks, slideshows, postcards, and ecards for any occasion, and email them to anyone.

Smilebox

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Shelfari - The social network for book lovers

I love to read, always have. If you're a bibliophile, here's a great way to share the books you love and discover what others are reading. From the site:

"Shelfari is a Web-based social network that revolves around books. Here, you can share the books that are on your “shelf” in the virtual sense. We’ve had the opportunity to cover Shelfari in the past, including its relaunch last year, and thanks to its interface and friendly environment, I personally consider it a growing standard for bookworm communities online."

Try it here.

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LiveUpload to Facebook - Send your photos directly to Facebook with Windows Live Photo Gallery

If you like posting your photos on Facebook, here's a nice shortcut method. Use Windows Live Photo Gallery along with the LiveUpload to Facebook plug-in.

 

LiveUpload
 
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Facebook Firefox Add-ons - 2 excellent add-ons for Facebook addicts

Take a look across your office space at your colleagues. They look like they're deep into their spreadsheets, right? They're probably deep in Facebook.

If you are, too, check out these 2 Firefox add-ons that'll enhance your experience:

Facebook Toolbar

"Integrate your Facebook life into your browser..."

 

Boost

"Join more than 600K fellow Boost users and customize your Facebook experience with 300+ facebook skins, 30+ special features, selectable options, custom album viewers, video downloader and more!"

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Grooveshark - Online music made simple

 

Online music communities have come a long way in the last year, allowing us to search for music, play it, and even create playlists that we can share with friends and strangers. Here's one I found that makes all these activities as simple as possible.

Grooveshark


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Flock 2 beta 2 - Now with Firefox 3 inside

Some of you are missing out on one of life's greatest pleasures. I speak of the sublime sweetness of using more than one browser. No single browser can have it all. Instead, they tend to be great at some things and not so great on others. This is why you really ought to try Flock 2 beta 2.

Flock's claim to fame is its integration with other social networking and media services, as you can see in the screenshot. And now, with version 2 beta 2, Flock uses Firefox 3's engine. It's a beautiful thing.

Flock 2 beta 2

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Flock

I will not tell a lie: I love Flock. I have been a Flock fan for many moons, but it is just now being noticed by the public at large. If you have been a bit leery of trying a new browser, simply because of the learning curve you anticipate, leer no longer.

Because Webware has posted an wonderfully concise yet super-helpful article that will help you get going with one of the best browsers out there. You owe it to yourself, blah blah blah. Just check it out.

A Newbie's Guide to Flock

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