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April 20, 2010

Springpad vs Evernote — Why It Might Be Better…

Springpad vs Evernote -- It Might Be Better | 40Tech A few weeks back, while researching for my comparison review of Shelfster and Evernote, I stumbled upon another alternative to collect information and organize your life: Springpad. I had the pleasure of speaking with the CEO and co-founder of Springpad, Jeff Janer (formerly of Third Screen Media and Britemoon) — and I have to say, Evernote user or not, Springpad may have a place in your life.

To test this theory against my normal giddy excitement for new tech, I got my wife to try it — and, let me tell you, if my wife can find a new piece of tech both useful and exciting, then it may just be one of the best bits software to appear in a long, long time.

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March 31, 2010

Shelfster vs Evernote — Well, Sort Of

Shelfster vs Evernote | Online, Offline Note Taking, Note Sharing We are obvious Evernote fans here at 40Tech – but that doesn’t mean we aren’t open to other options! Recently we were contacted by the good folks at Shelfster, and asked if we might be interested in doing a review on their “application which allows you to easily organise and share with others your favorite information from the web, offline documents or real world”. They even provided us with 10 invitations to their private beta for our readers! We took their app for a spin, and found that Shelfster is pretty cool, overall. Have a read through and let us know what you think in the comments.

The first 10 comments with a raised hand will get the invite link.

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March 23, 2010

Are You Less Social (Media) Because You’re Older?

social media privacy According to tech pundits, location-based apps are "the next big thing."  Location based apps like Gowalla and Foursquare, which allow you to "check in" to locations and venues via your mobile device, and share with your friends or the world at large, are all the rage.  Other apps share even more personal information, such as your spending habits.  Blippy, for example, lets other people see and discuss what you’re buying, after you enter in credit card information and other types of accounts.  How comfortable do YOU feel with the new round of social media apps?

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March 21, 2010

How Social (Media) Are You?

I heart social media | How Social Media are You? | 40Tech With the multitude of social media platforms out there (some big, some huge, some alternative), and the advent and subsequent takeover of social sharing, it is a pretty good bet that anyone of you reading this article has subscribed to or tried out a few of them (Facebook, at the very least). But how truly social are you online?

Here’s a test:

 

 

 

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February 16, 2010

5 Suggestions to Improve Google Buzz

imageGoogle Buzz is Google’s latest foray into social media.  Buzz seems to borrow some elements from Twitter, a few from Facebook, and even some from FriendFeed.  Like most new products, though, Buzz isn’t perfect.  Many users have expressed their opinions on ways to improve Buzz, and we’re no different.  Here are 5 ways we think Google can improve Buzz.

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