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While not everyone trusts Google, everyone think Google creates amazing programs.  The Motorola Droid, which runs on Google’s open source Android platform, excites smartphone users worldwide, but many are too attached to the apps offered in Apple’s app store to switch from their iPhone.

Many popular sites, such as Facebook, Pandora, Last.fm and others have mobile apps for both phones.  But some apps are available on only one platform.  Google’s Android platform is an open system, which allows developers greater ease to get their apps to users.  Here are some of our favorite Droid apps for 2010.  Visit the Android Market to download. Continue reading: Best anDROID Apps for 2010

URL shorteners have become ubiquitous on the web with the meteoric rise of Twitter, which constrains users to 140 characters.  While URL shorteners are not new (TinyURL has been around since 2002), their use and proliferation has exploded.  There are tons of them and they all do essentially the same thing: take a big, ugly URL that is 20-200 characters long and transform it into a more tweetable 15-20 characters long URL that redirects to the destination site.  Many shorteners offer other features as well like click monitoring, geographic locating, link previews and more. Continue reading: 9 Powerful URL Shorteners

This post is written by Niall Harbison

For people who are just starting out in the world of blogging one of the most frustrating things that crop up is the lack of blog comments that you receive. This even happens to more established blogs who suffer from a lot of lurkers (people who read the blog without ever announcing themselves) rather than people leaving comments. If you are lucky enough to get comments they can be the lifeblood of your blog and a great source of additional content and go on to be a whole new element to the blog on their own.

So what can you do to get more comments on your blog? I wanted to share some tips that have been very effective for me during the course of building all the blogs that I am involved with…

Reply to comments

This might seem pretty obvious at the start when you are only getting a couple of comments here and there but you should always take time to try and interact with people who have taken the time to share their thoughts on your post. People will begin to expect your replies and leave more comments in return and a real sense of community will develop on your blog.

Continue reading: 5 Ways to Increase Amount of Comments on Your Blog or Website

The holidays are here again, so it’s time to send out holiday greetings to all the people you don’t care about enough to call or visit.  I kid!  Well, kinda.

Remember years ago when the only online holiday card sites were Blue Mountain and eCards?  I barely even remember when the lowercase “e” was the bee’s knees.  These days, those sites are still around but lots of others are offering different products in the holiday card space. Continue reading: 13 Holiday Card and Viral Greeting Websites

When a product delivers what it promises, and exceeds your expectations, why on earth would you consider replacing it?

As a long-time Rhapsody subscriber, that’s exactly what I find myself asking as I read about the launch of MOG, a pay online music service that touts itself as being better than iTunes, Pandora and the aforementioned Rhapsody – combined! Continue reading: MOG All Access Takes on Pandora, Rhapsody

Once again I want to give you some tips how to access blocked websites or services online, this time using VPN services available for free. I see that many of you have trouble accessing sites like Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn at school or workplace and that’s why we covered previously some proxy services to help you deal with these problems. VPN Services also helps to deal with country restrictions by service providers – Hulu for example – using VPN you can access to this service from anywhere.

If proxy don’t work for you or you feel it’s not the solution you like to use – try Virtual private network services (VPN). Other great advantage of using VPN is hiding your personal information online.  VPN services hide your real IP address and encrypts transferred data so you can be sure nobody tracks your activities online.

So here are some of the best and free VPN services available today:

AlonWeb – Free VPN service

Choosing AlonWeb you get almost premium service absolutely for free. All your traffic is encrypted and compressed using this service so there is no need to worry about privacy. Check out also premium version with VoIP support and no traffic limits.

Continue reading: Best Free VPN Services to Access Blocked Services Like Hulu, Twitter and Facebook

Alright folks, now that Thanksgiving is almost over and hopefully you didn’t spent too much on those hot electronics deals offered by stores such as Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart and others. Anyway, the next big occassion to happen soon is of course Christmas.  Time to psyche ourselves up in preparation for the Holiday season.

Ready for another round of iPhone apps? Here we give you 7  iPhone apps to help you get into the Christmas spirit. Continue reading: Seven iPhone Apps to Get You into the Christmas Mood

Companies have been adopting Twitter left and right, often with great success.  While some companies are more successful than others at strengthening the conversation between their customers and themselves, some companies are still sitting on the sidelines.  I don’t know what they’re waiting for, since Twitter is such an effective and cheap way of building and maintaining brand loyalty.  Nevertheless, some refuseniks still hold out.  Here are the top five most surprising companies yet to adopt Twitter, often at their peril: Continue reading: Top 5 Companies We’re Shocked Are Not on Twitter

The holidays are right around the corner, and for many of us, that means big meals, lounging with family and putting on a few extra pounds.  While it can be hard to say no to another piece of Aunt Millie’s famous pumpkin pie, here’s some cool weight loss monitoring tools that can help you count calories, stick to diets, plan meals and fit into that awesome pair of jeans you’ve had for years… Continue reading: 11 Apps & Tools to Help You Lose Weight

Since 2000 I have been Andrew, Private Investigator to my friends. If you are on the Web, I WILL find you. I know I’m not the only ‘friendly stalker’ out there. If you are looking for a long lost love, forgotten family member or are just curious if your first grade teacher is still alive, here are some tools to help! Continue reading: 9 Ways to Search People on the Internet

With adding extensions Google made me change my mind and give up on Firefox – so far the best browser in the world! The biggest problem with the Firefox is it’s never ending hunger for system resources (memory) and yes, Chrome is faster. OK, enough with the browser battle, I was going to list there some great extensions I found. Thinking about extensions to include, I found that I actually use pretty much addons that are dedicated for different Google services and decided to include in this post extensions for Google services only. So here you go:

Note: Extension are for developer builds of Chrome 4.0+

Gmail

Displays the number of unread messages so you can always be notified whan you receive new emails and give a quick response. If you click on the icon it also gives you a short insight on who writes you and you can take a little peek into the message. [Install]

Wave

Very similar to the Gmail extension – displays the number of unread waves. Although you can’t take a peek  on the wave clicking on the icon how it is with the Gmail extension – hope to see this functionality in the future. [Install]

Continue reading: Great Chrome Extensions for Different Google Apps

As much we love meeting people on Twitter, but we can’t deny the clutter sometimes is driving us crazy! We need an organizer, a superhero to filter the noise for us – that’s why Twitter Lists is introduced! 20 lists available for each Twitter account with a maximum of 500 people per list. Sounds good! However many are intimidated by the overwhelming effort they need to put in while creating the lists so they give up.

Quitting on Twitter Lists is not an option especially if you have goals to achieve in social networking. Instead of wasting your time, you can easily earn back the benefits with a regulated and manageable Twitter account. Here are 9 reasons why you should be In Love but not intimidated by Twitter Lists:

1. Restructure Your Twitter Network

Twitter Lists force you to be organized with your Twitter account. Instead of a huge following number with random updates sending your way, clear the clutter so you won’t overlook any tweets that required your attention and from those who matter. You won’t have to deal with undecided mind of whether or not to unfollow someone. Events and information can now have a new grouping method instead of ‘hashtags’ all the time. Isn’t that exciting?

2. Organize Company Network to Fulfill Customer’s Needs

Companies and organizations can now aggregate their staffs to fit in a list. Customers can easily reach them for further details and feedback. Such division can make the follow up easier according to respective field and expertise. Besides, it’s a lot easier to locate them under a verified brand name to avoid fakers.

3. Reputation Management

With Twitter Lists you can know instantly if anyone puts you in a group with unfavorable name. Some friends may try to be funny and use a sarcastic name on the group; you wouldn’t want to be misjudged by your clients do you? On the other hand, this is also a great way to review your position in the hearts of others.

Continue reading: 9 Reasons Why You Should Be In Love with Twitter Lists