Category — Web 2.0

Found this really cool website called TYPO Buddy and it basically lets you search for items on ebay and Craiglist by also searching for possible typos of what you are looking for. I tried it out a few times and it does work as I saw a lot of items with typos that can be bought for cheaper price as they are the least likely to be the first to come up when searching.

I came across this website a little while ago called “Find Internet Tv” which basically as the name implies helps you find TV shows available online easily in one place. It comes in real handy when you have missed an episode of a show that you also forgot to record on your DVR like I do sometimes. It’s very comprehensive and includes pretty much all shows available online on different US channels but also includes some UK, Canadian, and a few Global shows.

Another website worth mentioning is “Tape It Off The Internet” which lets you search for shows on its website and provides you with multiple of options of viewing them which can include downloading them via Torrents or streaming them directly.

A new Firefox add on has sprang up called RetailMeNot which basically observes when you are on a shopping website like amazon.com and automatically displays available discounts for it. I have been using it for a while and it seems really cool. I have yet to actually buy anything using on the coupons but still it is a really nifty extension to have in Firefox. Originally posted on Lifehacker by Adam Pash

Lifehacker Kevin Purdy points to a very interesting article on Wired’s How To Wiki about information regarding websites that offer you to hear music for free other than the already popular last.fm and deezer. Have a look at the list of websites and decide for yourself which you like best.

Lifehack.org has a really nice roundup of mostly productivity related web apps that came out last year. The round includes a Mind map generator bubbl.us, Flash based word processor created by Adobe called Buzzword, Empressr a dynamic slide show creator, Highrise an enterprise-grade contact manager developed by 37Signals, Jott a note to self service which also offers transcribing notes from voice to text and the ability to post to your blog and todo list, A really interesting financial or I should say budget management service called Mint which you can use to setup all your accounts including bank, credit cards, loans and look at the big picture, A web app Nozbe based on David Allan’s “Getting Things Done” approach, you can have a virtual assistant via Email called Sandy whom you can email reminders etc.. just like a real secretary, Another similar to Sandy app is called Scrybe which follows the same theme as Sandy meaning you can email the things you want showing up in your calender and setup a to do list, a simple online to-do list interface called Todoist which does exactly what it implies, Another similar app to Scrybe and Sandy you expect people to still behave somewhat, Vitalist seems to another app focused towards productivity and whatever other needs one has to accomplish during the day.

Now you can place Remember The Milk in your side bar. Lifehacker Gina Trapani my favorite productivity guru points this out. Its very simple to setup and keeps your to do list right infront at all times your surfing away.

Finally Amazon is getting up to speed and competing with more websites that offer software downloads as an alternative for waiting to get it in the mail. As pointed out by Lifehacker Adam Pash. Right now its windows only and you have install the application to your computer for it to work.

Lifehacker Adam Pash points to a new torrent search site called YouTorrent which is specially good for finding obscure files as it searches through all the popular torrent sites. As usual Lifehacker is always on top of the coolest stuff.

Lifehacker Kevin Purdy pointed a website called Symbaloo which lets you create your own website start page with buttons pointing to different things on your site and shows it in the middle.

Lifehacker Kyle Pott points to a really cool project to help people tech or no tech savvy create websites. It’s Open Source Web Design and  seems like really great idea.