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AlternativeTo – Lets you find better alternative applications for your OS

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alternativeto

AlternativeTo lets you Find better Windows, Mac, Linux and online applications. It is a new approach to finding good software. Select what application you want to replace and they will give you suggestions on great alternatives! Instead of listing thousands of more or less crappy applications in a category, they make each application into a category. It’s more like a forever evolving blog posts about good alternatives to the software that you’re not satisfied with. And the “blog posts” are generated by you through suggestions, comments and votes. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Ruhani Rabin

April 10th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

Photovisi have fun making your own Collage photo wallpapers

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photovisi.com

Photovisi is a web application that allows you to make your own collage photo wallpapers out of your photos and images. It’s a pretty straight forward application, just select a layout and upload the photos. Once you are satisfied, continue to download the wallpaper in your desired (currently 3 screens supported)screen format. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Ruhani Rabin

March 31st, 2009 at 12:00 am

Doorfly interesting concept for the home buyers to find real estate agents

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doorfly.com

Usually in US when people want to relocate or want to by a new house they head over Realtor.com. Now that is not the end of the story, they need to find a real estate agent who is really trustworthy and dependable. Who will help them to look out for the new home, secure the best possible deals and continue with the process till the end. But it’s not that easy to find a real estate agent who fit their needs.

Doorfly.com came into the picture to help out people to find best agents according to their needs. Rather than calling up so many agents, Doorfly lets you find your agent who fits in their criteria. Convenient huh! Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Ruhani Rabin

March 30th, 2009 at 1:10 am

PizzaShare – Share your favorite pizza place and find other places

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pizzashare
Yet another smart and simple example of Google Maps API mashup. Pizzashare allow people to share pizza places that they are passionate about as well as see what other pizza places others are really into. This is a user generated database of the best pizza places in America, so you can always find a great pizza place to go to. Yesterday I was talking about JungleThingy which is similar but little bit more different approach of using Google Maps API. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Ruhani Rabin

March 1st, 2009 at 2:56 pm

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JungleThingy – Search for Travel Books on Amazon using Google Maps

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junglethingy

JungleThingy is a mashup of Amazon web services, Google maps API and the power of javascript. Basically it’s a straight forward interface where you can see the Google map on the left side of the screen. You can click on the map to get a list of the possible locations at the middle box, these locations are being pulled according to the location you’ve clicked and once you’ve selected a location from the list, you will be able to see the books related with that specific geological location. These listing of books actually comes from the Amazon web services. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Ruhani Rabin

February 28th, 2009 at 2:30 pm