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Archive for June, 2008

wuchess thumb WuChess: Hip Hop as you Chess away! Chess teams up with Hip Hop music at WuChess, a joint venture between Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and ChessPark.

The site is a social community; ‘the first online community where hip hop meets chess’. It includes videos, mp3s to make the chess playing a bit more interesting (noisy if I dare say). This might narrow the user base to only those who love playing chess and are equally inclined towards the noise of hip hop music.

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croppercapture23 Hungry & Stuck in Traffic? CityMint is Your Way OutDon’t have time to wait for your meal? Check out CityMint and order your food on the go.

All you got to do is to create a CityMint account. Then you’ll be able to browse hundreds of menus on your cell phone. You can either order by text messaging or by phone’s browser. The service is for pickup and delivery both.

Here is how it works; choose your favourite delight and send your order to the specific restaurant, CityMint will confirm your order with the restaurant and let you know about it with the estimate preparation time through an e-mail. You can then pick up your order or get it delivered.

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dealarmy thumb DealArmy: Search and Save money on DealsTo help you find deals and save money” is the motto DealArmy makes inroads with. DealArmy is a free site that offers you a chance to get closer to all kinds of deals and sales online at one forum.

The purpose as mentioned is to provide the users with a wide variety of bargains from a list of stores including various categories; from Banana Republic, Abercombie in Clothing stores to electronics and home goods stores (to name a few).

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retagrr thumb Retagrr; A Profile Card for publicity Ever thought of having your online profile following you wherever you get tagged or leave a comment on any blog or website? Retagrr enables you to do that by letting you create a profile card that in turn allows you to promote your blog, let readers know more about you through recent posts, tweets and at the same time let them contact you directly through the card to MSN, Skype or a social network profile.

It provides you with a lot of options to publicize your name and let others view your images without the need to leave the website where they found you. No need to install any social feature and simply let users to interact easily.

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tweetlist thumb TweetList: Twitter more organized Twitter down and all twitterists on a lookout for an alternative to stay updated with the links that have been posted on Twitter; TweetLists comes serving you all the updates you ever want.

TweetList organizes the most recent links on the timeline viewable to the public. The stream is based on the most recent links and the number to the right shoes how many times the link has been viewed.

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overpic thumb Overpic.net: Uploading pictures never gets OVER! What could be better than having your images stored in one place and being able to share them with anyone by simply providing a link then Overpic.net is here with an offer for photo fanatics.

It provides an easy way of sorting images in one place in the easiest and quickest way. The site enables a user to upload an image and in turn generates a unique URL for each upload. Your job now is to copy/paste the link anywhere; from email to messenger clients (no need to attach photos to your mail or wait for the download to complete).

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croppercapture22 AirBed&Breakfast; Stop Worrying About Hotel Expenses Travel! What is the first thing that comes into our mind? Hotels, expenses, etc. Stop worrying, AirBed&Breakfast has the solution. It provides you a way to stay in touch with the locals and also cut short expenses.

You can travel, host or do both which means that you have the opportunity to share your place, earn or simply save money.

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