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I’ve been playing around with Google Wave for the past couple of weeks. And to be honest, I still couldn’t dig its merit. It’s supposed to be an online communication tool. And yet you can communicate only with friends in your contact list. And right now it is currently in exclusive beta mode, with probably more than 100,000 users if Google really sent out those invites as they say so. Now what if none of you contacts got into the Wave beta?

To make my Google Wave exploration useful, I decided to look around for Wave gadgets that I can use, and actually found a handful of them.   So here goes, 5 Google Wave Gadgets that you will most likely use. Continue reading: 5 Google Wave Gadgets that You Will Most Likely Use

Whether showing off a project or simply sharing pictures from vacation, people across the globe use online slideshow sites to spice up, animate and rock out any set of digital pictures- all for free.

We’ve highlighted the most popular online slideshow creators…

Animoto – One of the most robust, modern options for slideshows is Animoto which allows you to quickly upload your pictures, select music and the algorithm times the movement of your pictures with your selected movement automatically- it’s like MTV crawled into your computer and designed a custom video for you!

Slide - A slideshow creator made especially for sharing on social networks such as Facebook, Bebo and more. Slide has a wide variety of music options and design additions to amp up any slideshow! Continue reading: 12 Free Online Slideshow Creators

Thanksgiving is a wonderful, historically based American tradition that takes a certain level of preparation on any host’s part. And even those of us who are thankful for a simple social media fix, it’s important – even for a single day – to step away from the keyboard and enjoy time with family and friends. Sorry you geeky introverts!

So it’s time to get cookin’. You have one month to hone those cooking skills and create a tablescape that your guests will never forget.

Check out our 2009 Thanksgiving Roundup to find tips and tricks for making this Thanksgiving your best ever and leave your guests thankful. Continue reading: 15 Thanksgiving Websites to Be Thankful For

Motorola is set to release the Droid on October 28th and has proclaimed themselves as the “iPhone killer” (as did the BlackBerry Storm) while some posit they are at least the newest hero in the mobile marketplace and others have declared it invalid altogether.

Let’s talk about some of the features and how it could or could not “kill” the iPhone. Continue reading: Motorola Droid: Viable iPhone Killer?

If you liked our list of cool iPhone Halloween apps, we’re pretty sure you’d enjoy these 11 Facebook Halloween apps as well. All Facebooks here will surely make your Halloween celebration spooky in a funny kind of way. Have fun!

Halloween Haunting

Haunt your friends with this Halloween app. Select any Halloween gifts that you think would scare your friend.  Everytime you login you will be awarded with Freaky Funds which you can later on use to purchase other Halloween treats. Continue reading: 11 Cool Halloween Facebook Apps to Scare Your Friends Away

Twitter is one of the most powerful tools of it’s generation and is not only changing the way we communicate and do business but also the way we consume the latest news and how brands approach customer feedback. On the whole twitter is a good thing. There is however a noise factor with Twitter that makes it hard to deduce all the best information that flows through your stream on a daily basis. We get that it is a conversational tool but there are some tweets that should just be banned as they really don’t give you any insight yet they keep on popping up so without further ado here is our list of the top 10 most annoying tweets…

1. Morning, NN twitter, afternoon all

This just doesn’t add anything to the conversation and telling me that you are off to bed is not something that I really need to know!

2. Can you give this a Digg or stumble

We get the fact that you are very proud of the great content you have produced and that you want as many people to see it as possible but the fact of the matter is that you are in the same boat as a couple of other million people on the internet looking for traffic. Join the queue and let us decide ourselves what content we like when we see it.

3. You have no idea how busy I am

We get it you are busy. So is every other person on the planet right now and if you were that busy you wouldn’t have time to write about it on a micro blogging service to a group of what are mostly strangers.

Continue reading: List of The Top 10 Most Annoying Tweets

Want to connect with your friends and contacts on Facebook? These apps will help you make those calls for free. Some of them allows you to update your Facebook profiles by simply calling in your profile updates.

Call Me with Google Voice

This app lets you display your Google Voice widget in tab, profile and box. It allows you to make phone blasts to your Facebook News feed, create widget link that you can append to events and customize flash load image. Continue reading: 11 Facebook Apps that Let You Make Voice Calls and More

On January 23, 2009, Oprah Winfrey joined Twitter and the world took notice as if Oprah’s joining was somehow the endorsement that all celebrities and celeb followers were waiting for so they too could join the Twitter bandwagon.  After Ashton Kutcher’s race to reach one million Twitter followers was achieved, it seems that the celeb/Twitter connection has received a bit less media attention.  However, there are more and more stars signing up everyday. Since the big O, many celebrities have joined Twitter, especially this fall, most notably these 20 Celebrity Twitter Users Post-Oprah… Continue reading: 17 Celebrity Twitter Users to Follow Post-Oprah

With Halloween just a couple of weeks to go, we’ve gathered up some cool iPhone apps to get you in the Halloween mood. All apps listed here are free to download. Enjoy!

Scary Sounds

Now this app has several spooky sound effects to get you into the Halloween mood. It contains various eery sound effects including – Demonic Laughter, Screech and Howl, Wolf Howl, Wicked Witch Laugh and more.  Want to hear all kinds of screaming sound? This app got it.   (iTunes Link)

Continue reading: 9 Free iPhone Apps to Get You into the Halloween Mood

If you’re a fitness and health buff, you’ve certainly loved our post on 7 portable fitness tracking devices. The thing is, those devices will make you spend some bucks. So, if you don’t want to spend for a fitness device, you’re in luck because you’ve got an iPhone and its many fitness tracking apps that you can use. Best of all these apps are free. So here goes – Top iPhone fitness tracking apps. Continue reading: Free iPhone Fitness Apps to Keep You Fit and Healthy

Recently Rotorblog posted about Social Media Tools that Save Lives.

Because cell phones have become equipped to do so much more than simply call or text, we’re exploring some of the various ways cell phone users can maximize the potential of their phones.  An often overlooked category is safety because vigilance tends to happen *after* an event, so take a moment and look into these 10 apps and find new ways to use your phone… Continue reading: 10 Mobile Apps That Promote Safety

For the fitness minded or those that need that extra push in motivation, the team at RotorBlog has sought out numerous portable fitness tracking devices and we’ve found seven unique devices to help you track and improve your workout routine:

1. Fitbit- featured in the 2008 Tech Crunch 50, FitBit makes us want to start working out- it acts as a pedometer, measures calories burned and distance travel and even measures sleep quality. Fitbit has a 3D motion sensor like a Wii and is one of the smaller devices on the market that can be worn in a variety of places, and all of your fitness information is uploaded to your Fitbit.com page to track online from anywhere. Fitbit is only $99. Continue reading: 7 Hot Portable Fitness Tracking Devices