NetCalls4Less.com

Here is another use your internet to call all around for cheap company. Usually I wouldn't waste your time with stuff like but their rates are always the lowest. They have this comparison online where you can see their rates vs skype rates. Across the board they are less. The only down side of this is that you do have to prepay a minimum of $10.

Take a look to see if it will save you some money

NetCalls4Less.com

Virtual Tours in Second Life On The Rise

So I was reading this local article about how SL travelings are on the rise. At first I was thinking why would people be interested in traveling in SL. This article helped me understand why it so attractive to many people.

The article explains how may people enjoy being able to go and see different countries without the worries of a plane ticket, passport or bags. There are even virtual tour guides to take you around. Now if your worried about going to Japan, China, Netherlands or any other country, not to worry. There is a free translation program called Babbler. So I guess the main thing is why not travel to a place you never been before and see if you like it before you.

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ReviewMe.com

Whats better than advertising your products or services on websites that have similar content, to have that website write about you. That is the concept behind ReviewMe.com, to have people that have an audience talk about your site or service.

So I signed up to see what the price range would be to advertise on some of the these blogs. Since I am really into tech I wanted to see how much the price range would be. They ranged from $40 per article to $750 per article. Now of course the ones that are $750 gets a lot of traffic, anywhere from 100k a day to 250k a day.

I think this service is worth someone who might have a product that they wanted to sell or get the word around.


ReviewMe.com

Obopay.com

Use any mobile phone to get, send, or spend money. Text message, use your phone's Internet browser, or download Obopay onto your phone.

	Pay your friends
	Never carry cash again
	Get money, spend it right away

A Paypal like service that works off your cell phone. Lets say you had a friend that works in NY and needs to buy you a brand new pair of Bathing Apes for you but has no cash. Now you can send him cash off your cell phone.

You are probably wondering how can you withdraw the money. What will happen is that you send the money from your phone to another mobile phone. If they dont have an account with Obopay they will have to open one, which is free of course. Then they can transfer the money to there bank account or get a prepaid MasterCard.

The catch is that there is a $.10 fee to send money but there is no fee to receive or withdraw money.

Obopay.com

Myspace vs Facebook

As social networking becomes more and more competitive you can see that Facebook is making strides to become the top social network.

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Why I think Facebook is becoming more and more popular is that they allow developers to make widgets on their platform. Here is a list of the most popular apps

Top Friends (which even my girlfriend has)
Save time and show your friends some love. Add a box of up to 32 of your BFFs to your profile. Now they are one click away, you don't have to search every time you want to go check up on them. Now the question is... who is in your top friends box?

Graffiti (I like very much since you get to draw on your friends Facebook)
Graffiti lets you draw on your friends' profiles.

Compare People
People are different. That is a fact of life. Find out who stands where in various categories: cutest, sexiest, smartest and many more. Most importantly, find out where you fit in!

With more being added every day. I believe to make a social network that work and to strive you need to allow your users to add content, then allow developers to add more content which Facebook allows. Myspace is slow to allow developers to add their own content which I think will hurt them in the end.

FaceBook Developers

Listible.com

Listible combines tags, comments and voting to help you find the most relevant stuff. In a lot of ways it looks very similar to digg. Unlike digg who has gotten very big, Listible makes it very easy to find what you are looking for. If you are trying to find another site to help you find something that is more relevant to your search, Listible should be your choice.

Listible.com

Million Dollar Lady Got VC Funding

The woman who made $1 million dollars on selling virtual real estate on SL has gotten VC funding. It is reported on Reuters that Gladwyne Partners invested an undisclosed amount.

It is amazing that someone can make so much money on SL.

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How To Save Money on College Textbooks

Anybody can tell you who has gone to college that books arent cheap and selling them back is even worse. So two guys came up with an idea to make a network where college students share their textbooks.

Once you are signed up (you have to use an .edu email) you can search by ISBN, Title or Aurthor. So I decided to search for a book that my girlfriend needs for school ISBN 1845204867 which is a fashion book. Socialbib will try to find you a match, once they do they will send you an email. If you are wondering how you might be able to get your book they " ... highly recommend meeting on campus (during the day) to exchange books if at all possible. While we can't guarantee that the person you meet up with is going to be hot - there's a 26% chance that they will be."

Great service for anyone going to college.

Socialbib.com

A new software to monitor wikipedi entries

Ever wonder how true the entries in Wikipedia are? A Santa Cruz professor has come up with a program to distinguish between facts and questionable facts. The program mainly uses a combination of contributors reputation and how often they tinker their posts. The program will mark areas that are questionable in orange, darker the orange the more suspect the post.

See a demo

Reuters Reporting Decline in Premimum Accounts in SecondLife for July

Reuters is reporting that 5810 accounts were lost in July a 6% decrease from June. They continue to talk about how there were spikes in usage about a 8% increase from the month before.

Americans continued to comprise the largest nationality of avatars, making up 27 percent of Second Life’s residents and spending 35 percent of the total time in-world. July saw a spike in Japanese Second Life usage, with a jump from 27,040 to 44,847 active residents.

Read full article at Reuters