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Segway’s are becoming an increasingly popular device for transportation in urban areas. Perhaps not the fastest way from getting from A to B, but Segway users will tell you that they feel closer to their community while at the same time saving significant amounts thru reduced fuel consumption. Social.segway.com, a site developed by the makers of the Segway, is an online space where Segway riders can join and find others nearby to ride with or to chat and share tips with Segway riders around the world. Anyone can make a new group and allows others to join and there are also other tools ava...  read more
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Given their strong tradition and the importance of face-to-face bonding in their creation, it seems like family mementos would be some of the last things to be digitized. But now scrap-booking is a virtual activity, and no one even remembers what an actual photo album is anymore. Maybe it’s finally time to dust off the old family tree and bring it into the twenty-first century. HelloTree is an online family tree application to connect you to your living relatives and link you to distant ancestors. Every member has a profile that includes contact information, birthday, current location, a... read more
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The next time you meet someone you’d like to keep in touch with – be it for business of pleasure – remember rmbrME. It’s a service that lets you easily connect with your new acquaintance over social and professional networks like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn, simply by sending a regular text message. To use rmbrME, you send your new buddy’s phone number or email address to “RMBRME” (762763), and the site will send them a link that unlocks your profiles on the social and professional networking sites that you have registered at rmbrME.com. The service even keeps track ... read more
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SightMax is an award-winning live chat and website monitoring product that is simple to use for both the operators and your visitors. Full of features and functionality to enhance your current customer service, it is the leading provider of installable live chat solutions (something about fortune 500 companies using sightmax). SightMax is customizable to match your brand and website, secure via SSL Certification, SightMax was developed for multiple websites and does this better than anyone in the industry. Further, you can set up multiple departments/queues and unlimited chats with just one ac... read more
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There are over 20 life changing events, 10 will happen to you - are you ready? WhatHappensNow.com is a free e-zine with a collection of the best advice from Americans for Americans on 30 exciting (or unexpected) life events. The site is the result of thousands of interviews with experts in each field and advice from people around the country who have had hands-on experiences in each area. There are 30 topics - theft, natural disasters, accidents, travel, wedding, birth, hospice care, finding day care, and more. Updated daily with topical information, interviews and emails from around the count... read more
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With the explosion in coffee houses around the world (and especially the US) in the past decade, it comes as little surprise that coffee fanaticism has made the jump to the online world. Barista Connection is not just any coffee lover’s site, however; this is a social network devoted to individuals in the specialist coffee industry. Members include actual baristas, as well as coffee shop owners and specialist suppliers from around the world. The site displays upcoming coffee-related events, news stories, and a forum (“Has anyone ever pulled an espresso shot using single origin Kenya Pea... read more
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Vibstars isn’t your average social networking/digg clone. Imagine it as an amalgamation of both. They want you to change the way you get your news, entertainment, gossip, politics, videos, and music (kitchen sink included, of course). VibStars touts itself as the next level in buzz2buzz. You submit a link, site, article or video, then share with friends, acquaintances, coworkers, and they in turn, send it on. The buzz gets bigger and your link goes viral. Check out the hottest videos and buzz on the main page. Get involved. It’s easy. Simply join, create a profile and share your latest dis... read more
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Qlubb is an online group networking and communication tool. With just two steps, new groups can be created, and with one step, new users can join those groups. Qlubb links together any kind of group, such as religious groups and school clubs. Groups are linked to share information with one another, such as rosters, schedules, upcoming events, photos, and calendars. Mass communication, via mass messages, is yet another standard feature that Qlubb offers its users. Furthermore, each group member manages his or her own profile. Qlubb prides itself on being the "easiest way for groups to con... read more
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Usually when you think about social networking, you picture creating a unique profile page for yourself. Now, think outside the box- Insoshi grants you the freedom to create an entire social network. The site is an open source project to construct the most dynamic social networking platform to date. The actual pages are simple and straightforward; the format is similar to Wordpress, if it was a social network. The project was created by Michael Hartl, a programmer and entrepreneur that wrote the book “RailsSpace: Building a Social Networking Site with Ruby on Rails.” Michael has also ... read more
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