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		<title>Aviary: 6 Super Online Creation Tools in One</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main mission of Aviary is to allow creation to become accessible to artists of all types of genres, ranging from graphic design to audio editing. The founders of the firm created Worth1000.com, which a popular talented community of 500,000 digital artists who can take part in amazing daily contests. During the course of interaction [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The main mission of <strong><a href="http://aviary.com/" target="_blank">Aviary</a></strong> is to allow creation to become accessible to artists of all types of genres, ranging from graphic design to audio editing. The founders of the firm created Worth1000.com, which a popular talented community of 500,000 digital artists who can take part in amazing daily contests. During the course of interaction with artists on Worth1000.com, the firm realized that there were many people who want to use digital editing software, but it was quite inaccessible and inconvenient. Several reasons were found out:</p>
<ul>
<li>The costs were too exorbitant and a lot of people didn’t want to take chances with pirated versions.</li>
<li>The interface is too distended having some very rarely-used features to make learning it simple and straightforward.</li>
<li>A user actually requires installing the programs onto a machine having specifications which are complied with the program and suffer through many unwanted DRM malware which may also come along with the software.</li>
<li>The website understands the needs of artists as they are artists themselves.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3273" title="aviary" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/aviary.jpg" alt="" width="596" height="416" /><span id="more-3270"></span></p>
<p>There are two versions <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Beta</span></em> and <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Alpha</span></em>:</p>
<p>In the Beta release:</p>
<ul>
<li>Phoenix, layer-based image editor</li>
<li>Peacock, visual laboratory for creating amazing effects and visualizations</li>
<li>Toucan, color palette coordinator</li>
</ul>
<p>For the Alpha testing, it is only available to members of the Blue plan:</p>
<ul>
<li>Raven, vector editor</li>
<li>Talon, Firefox extension that lets users to perform screen capturing.</li>
</ul>
<p>There is additional extensions available too called the Talon on the browsers Chrome and Firefox. With this extension one can perform:</p>
<ul>
<li>Complete and partial screen capturing of any webpage.</li>
<li>Just one click editing and saving any image on the internet.</li>
<li>Prompt searching of Aviary creation library.</li>
</ul>
<p>List of tools available in www.aviary.com are given below:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3276" title="aviary tools online" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/aviary-tools-online-576x425.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="425" /></p>
<p><strong>Phoenix Image Editor</strong></p>
<p>With Phoenix Image Editor one can perform from essential image retouching to composite effects, Phoenix offers the key features of a desktop image editor with ease and user-friendliness of a web-based application.</p>
<p>1. Rich editing toolset</p>
<p>One can easily edit images with undo and redo, brushes, magic wand and blend modes available.</p>
<p>2. Powerful layers</p>
<p>To be able to work with layers, groups and masks is easy with Phoenix image editor. It also has instinctive drag and drop interface.</p>
<p>3. Share and learn</p>
<p>Work together with other users. Follow step-by-step tutorials provided to learn innovative skills.</p>
<p>4. Import from well-liked photo-sharing sites</p>
<p>One can easily get to import images from popular sites like Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook.</p>
<p>5. Complementary collection of creation tools</p>
<p>Make use of Phoenix creations in other Aviary tools.</p>
<p><strong>Peacock Visual Laboratory</strong></p>
<p>Peacock is so beautiful and does so many amazing things that it was decided by the website to be called “Visual Laboratory”. A user can easily experiment with the pixel-based images in totally new ways. One can also check out the latest user-created wiki for in-depth documentation.</p>
<p>1. Node-based UI</p>
<p>A user can drag, drop, and connect generators, effects, resources, and controllers.</p>
<p>2. One smart bird</p>
<p>Artists can easily get to combine terrains, patterns, computational effects, and a lot more to form spectacular art.</p>
<p>3. Share and learn</p>
<p>With aviary.com one can team up with other users. They can also follow step-by-step tutorials to study new skills.</p>
<p>4. Import from well-liked photo-sharing sites</p>
<p>One can easily get to import images from popular sites like Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook.</p>
<p>5. Complementary collection of creation tools</p>
<p>Make use of Phoenix creations in other Aviary tools.</p>
<p><strong>Toucan Color Palettes</strong></p>
<p>This can either be used alone or in combination with the other creation tools present in aviary.com, Toucan offers the features you require to inject color into your creative process.</p>
<p>1. Choose and examine</p>
<p>The artists can get to choose up to 20 colors per palette by means of color association rules or an uploaded image.</p>
<p>2. Color associations</p>
<p>Toucan understands everything on the subject of color theory, and a user could even see a color deficiency preview.</p>
<p>3. Share and learn</p>
<p>Team up with other users and follow step-by-step tutorials to learn fresh skills.</p>
<p>4. Import from trendy photo-sharing sites</p>
<p>Users can also get to import images from Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook.</p>
<p>5. Complementary set of creation tools</p>
<p>Make use of Phoenix creations in other Aviary tools.</p>
<p><strong>Raven Vector Editor</strong></p>
<p>Make use of Raven to build completely scalable vector art suitable for logos or tee shirt designs. It is guaranteed that one won&#8217;t be able to find a comparable tool on the web.</p>
<p>1. Powerful path engine</p>
<p>Work with paths, lines, curves, and objects. Control stroke, fill color, and gradient.</p>
<p>2. Powerful layers</p>
<p>An artist can easily work with layers, groups, and layer masks. Import scalable vector graphics (SVG) files.</p>
<p>3. Import from trendy photo-sharing sites</p>
<p>Users can also get to import images from Flickr, Picasa, and Facebook.</p>
<p>4. Complementary set of creation tools</p>
<p>Make use of Phoenix creations in other Aviary tools.</p>
<p>5. Share and learn</p>
<p>Team up with other users and follow step-by-step tutorials to learn fresh skills.</p>
<p><strong>Myna Audio Editor</strong></p>
<p>Artists can make use of Myna for remixing music tracks and audio clips. One can also apply sound effects and record their own voice or instruments!</p>
<p>1. Powerful Clip Editing</p>
<p>Artists can trim, Loop, Stretch and Reverse the audio clips, width editable loop points, and interactive time stretch capabilities.</p>
<p>2. Automation</p>
<p>Effortlessly add fade-ins, fade-outs, pan from left to right, and alter gain over time, with editable control points.</p>
<p>3. Effects</p>
<p>Include non-destructive effects to the audio clips including Pitch Change, Reverb, Delay, Parametric EQ, and more.</p>
<p>4. Files Import / Export</p>
<p>Artists have also got the provision to import their own audio files, or search one of our provided libraries. Mix it down and export directly to the desktop or publish back to your account.</p>
<p>5. Share and learn</p>
<p><strong>Team up with other users and follow step-by-step tutorials to learn fresh skills.</strong></p>
<p>1. Falcon Image Markup</p>
<p>Artists can use Falcon and Talon to promptly capture images and web pages from the browser and crop, resize or mark them up.</p>
<p>2. Screen grab the web</p>
<p>With Talon, Aviary&#8217;s Firefox extension, one can screen grab and edit in Falcon instantaneously.</p>
<p>3. Quick cropping</p>
<p>Artists can simply resize, rotate and crop images easily. It&#8217;s an ideal tool for bloggers and designers.</p>
<p>4. Snag web colors</p>
<p>With this tool one can click any part of a picture to immediately get its color. Great way for matching designs and files.</p>
<p>5. Blazingly fast</p>
<p>Loads immediately, even on slow connections. Hop right inside without irritating wait times.</p>
<p>6. Simple visual markup</p>
<p>Draw arrows, rectangles, text and doodles on any type of image. Alter colors, outlines and size according to the needs and wants.</p>
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		<title>Colourlovers: Create/Share color trends and palettes with other designers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 09:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>appsheriff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Colourlovers is a global community for all kinds of designers and artists who visit the site to get inspiration, ideas and opinion for both their professional as well as personal projects. COLOURlovers&#8217; dedicated members create colors, palettes and patterns to cultivate their enduring love affair with color. These members can join color-inspired groups and forums [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/"><strong>Colourlovers</strong></a> is a global community for all kinds of designers and artists who visit the site to get inspiration, ideas and opinion for both their professional as well as personal projects. COLOURlovers&#8217; dedicated members <strong>create colors, palettes and patterns</strong> to cultivate their enduring love affair with color. These members can join color-inspired groups and forums and share the love by commenting on their preferred creations. The COLOURlovers blog fuels the world’s online conversation of color with its interesting posts on color trends and news, including interviews.</p>
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<p>Some facts about www.colourlovers.com include, currently 349,250 members have created about 2,710,470 Colors, 1,192,901 Palettes and 885,581 Patterns.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-large wp-image-3261 aligncenter" title="color trends and palettes" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/color-trends-and-palettes-398x427.jpg" alt="" width="398" height="427" /></p>
<h3>ColorSchemer Studio 2 for Mac</h3>
<p>The latest release of ColorSchemer Studio 2 for Mac is the first indication at what the future holds for the integration of the 1,000,000 COLOURlovers palettes directly reachable via the software gallery browser. Very soon a user will not just be able to look through palettes from COLOURlovers, they&#8217;ll be capable to save palettes right to the site from their desktop.</p>
<h3>ColorSchemer Studio 2 for Mac OS X</h3>
<p>ColorSchemer Studio 2 is a professional color-matching application for Mac that will help a user build beautiful color schemes promptly and without difficulty.</p>
<p>Utilize ColorSchemer Studio to recognize color harmonies for the web (RGB) or print (CMYK), create palettes from photos, explore over a million existing color schemes, mix colors, create gradient blends, and a lot more!</p>
<p>ColorSchemer Studio 2 takes color matching and management to a fresh level with a number of sophisticated latest features and tools, including:</p>
<h3>CMYK Support</h3>
<p>Amongst the most common feature requests the website receives is for adding CMYK support, and at present ColorSchemer Studio 2 has it!</p>
<p>Not just that, but this latest release goes even beyond, by color-managing both RGB and CMYK colors, so a user can specify color profiles, just similar to Photoshop and other pro graphics applications to ensure whether the colors look exactly as anticipated.</p>
<h3>Color Management/Color Profile Support</h3>
<p>ColorSchemer Studio 2 at the moment manages all displayed colors. A user can now work with particular color profiles to make sure that the color-critical work comes out correct the first time, whether it’s for the web or print.</p>
<h3>COLOURlovers Integration</h3>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>With Colourlovers.com users can get a chance to connect to the COLOURlovers community to browse, search, and download more than a million color palettes directly from the program.</p>
<h3>LiveSchemes</h3>
<p>The latest LiveSchemes tools help a user to visually form color harmony relationships as simply as dragging colors about the color wheel.</p>
<p>Form custom LiveScheme formulas based on color theory, or your own individual creativity. The users can also reverse-engineer and color-shift existing color schemes with just a simple drag &amp; drop.</p>
<p>Browse your saved LiveSchemes to apply custom color theory relationships to any color to build a ready-to-use color scheme.</p>
<h3>QuickPreview Layout Templates</h3>
<p>ColorSchemer Studio 2 currently comes with 13 diverse QuickPreview layout templates that you can use to try out with color scheme ideas in a range of different settings, together with website, blog, print and pattern layouts.</p>
<h3>Color Variations</h3>
<p>Apply the latest Variations palette to come across colors that are related or similar to any initial base color.</p>
<h3>Color Groups</h3>
<p>Sort out the colors into groups or folders within your Favorite Colors while building your color schemes.</p>
<p>ColorSchemer Studio 2 in addition adds a group of other enhancements to provide users further control over the colors:</p>
<p>Latest ways to choose colors: Make use of the latest spectrum picker, or choose amongst the included color libraries.</p>
<p>Latest import/export formats: Including Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE), PNG, and XML formats.</p>
<p>Superior Contrast Analyzer: Test text and background color combinations for adequate contrast and readability, based on W3C, WCAG, or HP accessibility recommendations.</p>
<p>Drag-color-to-text: Drag a color from ColorSchemer Studio and drop it exactly into your HTML and it will automatically be converted into a hex value in the code.</p>
<p>Enhanced UI: Most tool windows have been united into an easier-to-manage single-window interface.</p>
<h3>Licenses/Upgrades</h3>
<p>The price rates of ColorSchemer Studio 2 remain $49.99 per license, and discounted upgrade licenses are too available for registered users of ColorSchemer Studio v1.x for $29.99.</p>
<p>COLOURLovers believes that these applications are not just products for selling, but a product which would help the website to grow together with its users. Always the website has taken special initiatives to work with quality products and never compromises on the wonderful and enthusiastic community the website has currently. The integration of ColorSchemer is brand new, so both are currently working together to integrate the best services.</p>
<h3>Design your personal Seamless Pattern.</h3>
<p>Seamless Studio makes it trouble-free to design a seamless pattern. By means of easy editing tools users can resize, rotate and add shapes, lines and text to the canvas and it tiles automatically. The users can save the pattern template and observe how the world colors it in.</p>
<h3>Color a Seamless Pattern</h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-large wp-image-3266 aligncenter" title="create a palette" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/create-a-palette-576x314.png" alt="" width="518" height="283" /></p>
<p>Also users can name a Color, Create a Palette, and Design a Pattern&#8230; Website has several tools to assist you come across and share color inspiration.</p>
<h3>PHOTOCOPA : Use your Photos as Color Palettes</h3>
<p>PHOTOCOPA is the finest means to make a photo inspired color palette. One has to just load up their own photo from anywhere on the web and add it to the gallery for others to utilize as inspiration or even keep it confidential for only your use. User can also search for great photos on Flickr.</p>
<h3>COPASO: Color Palette Software</h3>
<p>COPASO is a highly developed color palette tool that helps to create the ideal color palette. If the user is finding COPASO a bit too rich for the color creating tastes, you can always make use of website’s basic color palette tool.</p>
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		<title>Formstack: Create smarter web forms online</title>
		<link>http://www.appsheriff.com/web-apps/script/formstack-create-smarter-online-web-forms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 23:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Formstack is a website which provides businesses and organizations with an easy mode to build any kind of online form, integrate it with their own website and start collecting data. Once the forms are made and integrated on the website then a business can easily begin collecting data and using the information gathered in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.formstack.com/" target="_blank">Formstack</a></strong> is a website which provides businesses and organizations with an easy mode to build any kind of online form, integrate it with their own website and start collecting data. Once the forms are made and integrated on the website then a business can easily begin collecting data and using the information gathered in the online database.  One can build any kind of forms, collect data online and all this can be done easily with the help of formstack.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3245" title="formstack_logo" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/formstack_logo.png" alt="" width="430" height="160" /></p>
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<p>Formstack offers organizations with an easy means to build web forms that easily integrate with their websites without any kind of programming, software, or special skills. After starting to collect data with Formstack, one can control and edit the information online in the databases, share data with others in the organization and even make use of the website’s API for greater control of the data and integration with the internal database.</p>
<p>Formstack lets the user add any field type including name, email address, radio buttons, and more. In addition, one could simply drag-and-drop fields to modify web forms to suit an organization&#8217;s requirement. Use Formstack to create a smart, influential web form with features like Conditional Logic and Smart Routing.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3244" title="formstack-buttons" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/formstack-buttons.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="256" /></p>
<h3>Contact Forms</h3>
<p>The first step for any business is building healthy and good relationships with the visitors to the website.  One can swiftly build web forms and integrate them with the website within a few minutes.  The best part is that one can maintain all the information in an easy access to the database while using formstack.  With the help of a good online contact form one can capture the correct amount of information and start a relationship with the potential client. Main reasons that make Formstack so popular among clients are:</p>
<p>1. Smart Routing</p>
<p>Simplify notifications with Smart Routing, by sending submission emails to various people depending on what clients fill out on the contact form.</p>
<p>2. Spam Protection</p>
<p>Formstack respects your privacy and thus it fights spam by using contact forms instead of publishing the email address where it can be pulled out by spam bots. Make use of CAPTCHA to cut down on automated submissions.</p>
<p>3. Website Integration</p>
<p>Effortlessly integrate website’s HTML contact forms on your website by just embedding some lines a code in your site, or using custom style templates that match your brand.</p>
<p>4. Easy Form Builder</p>
<p>The website’s web-based drag and drop form builder is an easy task to use. Build contact forms promptly without any programming knowledge, and there is no need to download and install any software.</p>
<h3>Surveys</h3>
<p>With surveys one can be able to receive some valuable feedback from their customers. One can build any type of survey using Formstack. Starting from simple polls to complex, multipart questionnaires can be built here using the various features like smart routing and conditional logic.  Some important highlights while building surveys with Formstack are:</p>
<p>1. Conditional Logic</p>
<p>Make use of conditional logic to show and hide parts of the survey based on how questions are being answered. Enhance completion rates by just showing user&#8217;s questions that are applicable.</p>
<p>2. Smart Routing</p>
<p>The website form generator streamlines notifications with Smart Routing, by sending emails to different people depending on what your customers fill out.</p>
<p>3. Data Sharing</p>
<p>The user can easily share survey responses with others in the organization without having to provide them with the username and password.</p>
<p>4. Data Exports</p>
<p>Export all the responses to Microsoft Excel or Word, or study the data within the website’s web-based interface.</p>
<p>5. Website Integration</p>
<p>Create web forms and effortlessly incorporate them in the website by embedding just a few lines a code in the site, or using custom style templates that match your brand.</p>
<h3>Event Registrations</h3>
<p>Formstack gives you an edge while creating event registration forms when one is managing small company meetings or a large conference. The user could also easily collect and process the payments, share data with other users and even manage all submissions in the online database. Some reasons to highlight the website’s features:</p>
<p>1. Simple Payment Integration</p>
<p>Effortlessly integrate with PayPal, Authorize.Net, and more to gather and process credit card payments.</p>
<p>2. Manage Registrations</p>
<p>With the help of Formstack one can make use of the website’s web-based database to view and sort through entries from your online registration form. Promptly edit registration information and even track payments.</p>
<p>3. Data Sharing</p>
<p>The company’s website allows sharing registration data with vendors and event sponsors without providing them the username and password. Allow them view complete registration details or just share a snapshot view of responses from the online registration form.</p>
<p>4. Smart Routing</p>
<p>Build a registration form that streamlines notifications with the help of Smart Routing. Send various notifications depending on what registrants fill out, or utilize it to modify confirmation emails sent back to registrants.</p>
<p>5. Straightforward Pricing</p>
<p>Pricing for Formstack&#8217;s online registration forms is simple. There are not any per-registrant fees or hidden charges. Pay month-to-month, and upgrade or cancel the subscription at anytime, ideal for yearly events.</p>
<h3>Order Forms</h3>
<p>Promptly begin collecting online payments without resorting to costly and complex ecommerce solutions. The website has previous experience of integrating with the leading online payment merchants which allows you to decide which alternative best suits your requirements and the website sticks to the strictest security standards.</p>
<p>1. Easy Payment Integration</p>
<p>Simply integrate the secure order form with PayPal, Authorize.Net, and more to gather and process credit card payments.</p>
<p>2. Security</p>
<p>Formstack&#8217;s security characteristics are unsurpassed. One can shield their forms with SSL, encrypt data saved in the database, and even make use of PGP to encrypt email notifications.</p>
<p>3. Calculating Form Fields</p>
<p>Utilize calculating form fields to simply calculate totals, tax payments, shipping, and a lot more.</p>
<p>4. Website Integration</p>
<p>Effortlessly integrate an online order form on the website by embedding just a few lines a code in the website, or using custom style templates that match your brand.</p>
<h3>Other Uses</h3>
<p>With the help of Formstack, the capability to create fundamental online forms is just a start. The website’s powerful, customized tools equip the user to promptly create almost any kind of form. Some of the examples are:</p>
<p>* Job Applications</p>
<p>* Employee Evaluations</p>
<p>* PTO/Vacation Requests</p>
<p>* Contests/Promotions</p>
<p>* Newsletter Sign ups</p>
<p>* Volunteer Recruitment</p>
<p>* Donor Feedback forms</p>
<p>* Fundraising Forms</p>
<p>* Course Evaluation Forms</p>
<p>* Teacher Evaluations</p>
<p>* Class Registrations</p>
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		<title>SpiderOak: Backup, sync and sharing for win, mac and linux</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 11:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>appsheriff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SpiderOak is amongst the most premiere online backup providers for consumers and businesses across the globe.  The website’s secure storage solution offers state-of-the-art encryption, cross platform support including Mac, Windows and Linux, historical versioning, planned backup and retention of deleted files till the time one requires them.


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="https://spideroak.com/" target="_blank">SpiderOak</a></strong> is amongst the most premiere online backup providers for consumers and businesses across the globe.  The website’s secure storage solution offers state-of-the-art encryption, cross platform support including Mac, Windows and Linux, historical versioning, planned backup and retention of deleted files till the time one requires them.</p>
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<p>The SpiderOak client allows the use of most advanced de-duplication, encryption, file transfer, and storage technology available as of today, so don’t get fooled by the ease-of-use to fool you. Using SpiderOak service a person can remain assured about the safety and security of data stored in the cloud. In case of any system failure, hard drive, CDs or any other source media.</p>
<p>Here at SpiderOak it is believed that one must never need to juggle several services or accounts to be able to backup all the data. SpiderOak lets one backup limitless number of devices and any data which resides in one’s view, be it the hard drive, USB driver, Server, Client, Network Drive, Desktop, Storage Array or even CD/DVD media.</p>
<p>Among the main important mantras of SpiderOak is ‘zero-knowledge privacy’ or in simplest terms, safety and security to the maximum possible level. Essentially, the website believes that client data should no means be accessible to any third party at any time, for any reason which includes the employees of the staff itself.</p>
<p>The functioning of a 100% zero-knowledge environment implies that data can be encrypted locally, transferred, encrypted through a secured SSL connection, stored encrypted and just decrypted once placed back on the machine through SpiderOak client. Also SpiderOak ensures that they never transmit a plaintext version of the password. The website can completely maintain and guarantee that the data is totally safe and secure as being stored on the own machine.</p>
<p>The website defines zero-knowledge privacy very seriously and SpiderOak shall never know the filename or folder name, never a timestamp or individual file size.  Whenever the need to access a document takes place you have to store it on to a remote server, synchronize data between a Mac, Windows or Linux device, share essential business documents within the clients or just simply be rest easy that all the data is safely, securely and automatically backed up. SpiderOak’s free online backup, online sharing, online sync could handle all the needs straightforwardly.</p>
<p>SpiderOak provides a diverse approach to online backup by merging a suite of services into one consolidated tool which include free online backup, synchronization, sharing, remote access, and storage. This differentiation is further calculated in the website’s zero-knowledge privacy policy &#8211; the first one to be ever engaged in this situation. Website’s flexible design allows a person to manage data from any type of operating system including Mac, Windows and Linux or location including external drives, network volumes, USB keys, etc. by using just one central account.</p>
<p>A user can learn more regarding this very unique approach &#8211; harnessing the supremacy of the Internet to strongly backup, sync, and share your data over the net. Also ensure to download the website’s backup software and take complete advantage of the site’s lifetime free 2 GB offer.,</p>
<p><strong>The website is more than just Online Backup</strong></p>
<p>1. The website offers automatic backup of any additions or changes to client’s backup set</p>
<p>2. Steadily coordinate and synchronizes folders across numerous computers and operating systems using the website’s free online sync.</p>
<p>3. Discretely share chosen folders among friends, family, colleagues, and clients</p>
<p>4. Effortlessly access all of the data from any device within the SpiderOak network or on the web</p>
<p>5. Confidentially store data on the SpiderOak network.</p>
<p>6. Backup desktops, laptops, servers and network drives with just one online service</p>
<p><strong>10-15 times quicker data upload</strong></p>
<p>1. Significantly decreases backup &amp; sync time through complete compression and superior de-duplication, thus saving the client’s time.</p>
<p>2. Client is only charged for the compressed de-duplicated data amount which means saving you money.</p>
<p><strong>Mac, Windows &amp; Linux attuned Online Backup and Synchronization.</strong></p>
<p>1. Comprehensive cross-platform support &#8211; one consolidated online backup account.</p>
<p>2. Backup data from various devices, including external hard-drives, network drives, USB keys, and other forms of removable media in the SpiderOak network</p>
<p>3. Only pay for the amount of data after compression and de-duplication &#8211; Backup more data for lesser cost!</p>
<p><strong>Consolidated Online Storage available</strong></p>
<p>1. Consolidate ALL the data across all platforms and devices</p>
<p>2. Trouble-free interface allows for admittance to all and each file stored within the SpiderOak network</p>
<p>3. No more requirements to pay for and handle numerous online backup accounts</p>
<p><strong>It also saves all the historical versions</strong></p>
<p>1. Storage of comprehensive version history of each file &#8211; easily reached by date-stamp &#8211; just by chance you by mistake save over a file or would want to go back in time.</p>
<p>2. Deleted files which are stored in the &#8216;Recycle&#8217; bin just by chance an accidental deletion takes place.</p>
<p>3. Because of de-duplication, the effort of retaining historical versions is done rapidly and efficiently.</p>
<p><strong>Absolute Privacy Guaranteed by the website</strong></p>
<p>1. SpiderOak by no means stores or knows a user&#8217;s password or the plaintext encryption keys which implies not even SpiderOak employees can get any kind of access to the data</p>
<p>2. The website’s zero-knowledge privacy approach implies that it can never let down the trust of our users</p>
<p><strong>Fault-Tolerant Design</strong></p>
<p>1. SpiderOak online backup constantly protects their client’s data even if the network connection times out or the power goes down during a backup session.</p>
<p>2. All infrastructure components intended and maintained in-house &#8211; eliminating vulnerabilities caused due to any 3rd party involvement.</p>
<p>3. Multiple redundancy strategies includes point-in-time make progress to defend against human error or accidental deletions.</p>
<p>4. Regular automated stress testing and verification system that repeatedly monitors production server operation to make sure immediate discovery of likely malfunctions.</p>
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		<title>Ronin: Managing your customers, projects and invoices have never been easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 10:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>appsheriff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronin is a flexible application which is designed exclusively for artistic professionals looking for a straightforward, reasonably priced, web-based means of managing customers and invoices. As a client of Ronin one can be guaranteed free of cost upgrades with the subscription.  No fees or update costs shall be charged to the clients. Also the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.roninapp.com" target="_blank">Ronin</a></strong> is a flexible application which is designed exclusively for artistic professionals looking for a straightforward, reasonably priced, web-based means of managing customers and invoices. As a client of Ronin one can be guaranteed free of cost upgrades with the subscription.  No fees or update costs shall be charged to the clients. Also the website respects the privacy of its clients and thus they protect the data using industry standard SSL encryptions and night back-ups on a regular basis. Ronin can assist an individual to run their business professionally. Here&#8217;s how, let us have a look.</p>
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<p>Ronin is an <strong>online invoicing application</strong> and has all the characteristics one requires and nothing more than that.  With this easily accessible software invoicing, estimates, client management, staff, contractors and time tracking everything can be handled professionally.  Let us take a look at the features of the website more closely, which make Ronin a very popular website among a lot of professionals.</p>
<p><strong>Dashboard</strong></p>
<p>The dashboard offers its users an at-a-glance summary of account activity for all the staff users. Quick access to existing invoices is allowed and creating new clients is an added advantage. A professional can easily maintain and manage his/her account with simplicity.</p>
<p><strong>Projects</strong></p>
<p>The page offering project management facilitates simple project tracking features. The staff users could simply add new project items whenever they are completed, along with the number of hours spent on them.  Also one can easily generate invoices from completed projects.</p>
<p><strong>PayPal &amp; Authorize.Net Integration</strong></p>
<p>For all those users who Sign up for the Professional plan and shall get PayPal &amp; Authorize.Net integration. This enables the clients to pay invoices online, which shall allow you to get paid faster and look proficient.</p>
<p><strong>Live Timer</strong></p>
<p>The Ronin website comes with a built-in timer to assist you track time to be spent and actually spent against projects. This means the professionals can keep a track of the time spent over each project and is aware of the deadlines so that they never lose even a single minute.</p>
<p><strong>Clients</strong></p>
<p>In Ronin the client page is a log-in point for all the client contacts. This means from here they can promptly obtain access to on-going projects and open invoices. The staff users can in addition make use of this page to insert fresh invoices and projects.</p>
<p><strong>Invoices</strong></p>
<p>Making use of Ronin clients can create invoices starting from the very beginning or even generate them from the projects. One can easily send out invoices with a simple click of the button and the clients shall be immediately be notified through an email. This makes it useful for any kind of professional because clients are very important to any kind of business.</p>
<p><strong>User Profiles</strong></p>
<p>Every single staff user and client contact has his or her own individual profile page, inclusive with their activity log of past project items and comments. This helps new clients know about the type of work done and the achievement of the users before giving the projects.</p>
<p><strong>Estimates</strong></p>
<p>Ronin in addition handles estimates in addition to invoices so that the complete engagement cycle is enclosed. This helps in getting the proposals accepted more rapidly.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Why should you use Roninapp?</span></strong></p>
<p>Let us also look at the number of advantages of using Ronin by professionals. Firstly, a user can send his/her estimates to the clients seeking their approval. The clients can approve the estimates or even ask for revised estimates with just one simple click of the mouse. These approved estimates can be easily converted into projects which could be invoiced subsequently. This makes it so easy for professionals to receive new projects and saves time and energy required in normal ways of obtaining new projects. Secondly, it is very useful for teams. Ronin is built specifically for teams of one to large agencies. Tracking time and collaborating on projects is facilitated through the website. Our role-based permissions make it simpler to restrict access to important and crucial financial information. Thirdly, it tracks and re-bills expenses. It enables professionals to track the expenses against their existing clients so that you don’t forget to invoice them to pass on their costs.</p>
<p>Expenses could be added to the invoices with just a few clicks using the mouse. Lastly, it is simple and straightforward yet extremely powerful. Ronin is a rich reservoir of features, but deficient on any kind of complexities and difficulties. There is no manual one has to read and study through just to read through about how to use the software. Ronin is very user-friendly and convenient to use basically keeping in mind that professionals cannot really spend a lot of time getting acquainted to the systems of the website.</p>
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<p>Regarding the pricing plans of Ronin, there are different plans available at Ronin according to needs, financial constraints of the clients. The pricing of the plans on the website start from free accounts to 48$ a month.  Free plan allows up to 2 clients, 1 contact and 1 staff user. The second plan which is a basic plan costs 15$ a month and it consists of 30 clients, 2 contacts/client, 4 staff users, SSL Security and Unbranded Interface.  The third plan is Professional plan which is 25$ a month and is recommended by the website itself. The facilities given to the account holder are 75 clients, 5 contacts/client, 8 staff, Payment Integration users, SSL security and custom domain. The final plan is a Business plan which cost $48/month and is usually useful for large firms. It allows up to 200 clients, 10 contacts/client, 20 staff users, Payment Integration, SSL Security and custom domain.  Over thousands of freelancers, contractors, lawyers, agents, consultants, and small business owners have confidence in Ronin for client management and online invoicing.</p>
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		<title>Concept Feedback: Get your design concept reviewed by the users</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 11:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>appsheriff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more than 5,000 web designers and developers, marketers and entrepreneurs, Concept Feedback is a website review community.  On posting a website on Concept Feedback, members are asked to provide reviews to this site. On an average, each concept receives 12 or more unique and exclusive reviews, whilst some of them generate up to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With more than 5,000 web designers and developers, marketers and entrepreneurs, <a href="http://www.conceptfeedback.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Concept Feedback</strong></a> is a website review community.  On posting a website on Concept Feedback, members are asked to provide reviews to this site. On an average, each concept receives 12 or more unique and exclusive reviews, whilst some of them generate up to 100. Due to the nature of this community, feedback could cover a diversity of topics, subjects which include design, usability, content and strategy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/concept-design-feedback1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3203" title="concept design feedback" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/concept-design-feedback1-576x334.jpg" alt="concept design feedback" width="576" height="334" /></a></p>
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<p>The website is best for obtaining design-related feedback from a wide range of audiences and could be used in each and every stage of development.  It is a simple and straightforward tool for designers and developers to acquire feedback on the various designs and concepts posted on the website. It doesn’t matter whether you are working hard on a brand new web project or on redesigning your own website; getting genuine and legitimate feedback prior to the launch can be very useful.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Overview</span></strong></p>
<p>First of all how does any idea or website design in our mind turn into a final design or concept? For any website designer or professional in this field there are some steps which are commonly followed by all. Firstly, it is important to research the entire concept prior to finalizing it into the ultimate design.  This means that the person must spend few days on examining the websites similar to his/her concept. Studying the main features of the website and observing its drawbacks. Once you have done your initial research work, it is time to apply these ideas and observations on to your own concept. Improvising the drawbacks of other websites, highlighting your unique ideas etc is the next step towards reaching the final design.</p>
<p>Once an outline of the design is made, you can send it to your close friends, colleagues, relatives for a feedback on the design or concept. A feedback shall help you get an independent review and opinion on the website or design. It is essential to know the opinions of others because it would help you make necessary amendments and alterations to finally come out with the perfect website or design.  This system of obtaining feedbacks from your own network of friends and colleagues can lead to problems in the long run. It is because such reviews tend to become ineffective, biased and limited during a course of time.  Thus, it is important that there are new set of professionals who can review the website/ design every time a new concept is created.  Conceptfeedback is a website which caters to this very need of obtaining new, unbiased and critical feedback for your design and website.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Purpose</span></strong></p>
<p>The entire concept and idea of Concept Feedback came from the fact that whenever a design-related website is made, we usually mail it to our friends, colleagues and relatives for feedback. This process would always repeat itself every time something new was made and feedbacks become less effective and limited over a period of time. Concept Feedback evolved from a simple straightforward idea in to a robust, active feedback community.</p>
<p>So if you are developing a new concept or seeking to enhance your existing one the Concept feedback can offer you with concentrated feedback from over thousands of professional designers and developers from across the globe.  Quick, actionable feedback from a wide and exclusive community of over 5000 experts.  Receive instant suggestions and ideas on the design, content and usability.  Simplify team collaboration and review with private concepts is possible with concept feedback. An individual can improvise upon his/her existing concept, acquire more fresh ideas and increase conversations. Also when an individual from the community offers a feedback on the concept he/she would even spot errors and mistakes in the concept which can be rectified later on.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Are you a Designers, and is Concept Feedback right fr you?</span></strong></p>
<p>For designers and developers, conceptfeedback.com is a great platform to receive independent, unbiased feedback from a number of professionals on the website community. Whether a designer or developer is looking to enhance their work, obtain inspirations or connect with other professionals and clients, then ConceptFeedback is the place for them.  ConceptFeedback offers its users an opportunity to post their concepts without any cost, share their work privately, exchange ideas and feedback on their concepts and importantly connect with new clients and peers in their own field of interest.</p>
<p>The most attractive feature of this website is that it pays you for offering genuine and legitimate feedback. So if you are a specialist in this field and know what it takes to make a great design, then you can earn money by offering feedback on the designs uploaded on the website. To do this one has sign up for a free account with the website. Next link the account to PayPal account for the money to be transferred easily. Look for new premium concepts on the website and then analyze it with genuine-level feedbacks. After all this is completed, the 3 best reviews are chosen by the host and they receive money as a reward.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Final Thoughts</span></strong></p>
<p>On reviewing the website and taking a close look it, shows that most of the designs submitted on the website obtain reviews. Some reviews may be detailed while some may be precise in nature, but majority of them are useful and constructive reviews. This is because of the manner in which Concept Feedback functions. To be able to post a free concept on the site, one requires to first submitting five reviews of concepts which are deemed to be “actionable” that encourages all the users to provide useful comments. In case you don’t wish to bother yourself with reviewing 5 concepts before posting one yourself then you need to pay 10$ to submit “Premium Concept” which is promoted more grandly on the website and also giving the user an option to offer cash rewards for most useful reviews. This attracts the professionals on the website to give the best comments and reviews on the website. Cash rewards attract the users to give genuine and legitimate reviews of the concept.</p>
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		<title>Wufoo: Now beginners can create HTML forms like professionals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>appsheriff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s advanced world, Wufoo makes things even simpler for internet users.  Wufoo works hard to be the easiest method to gather information over the world of Internet. The website’s HTML form builder assists a person to create contact forms, online surveys and invitations to gather the data, registrations and online payments needed without [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In today’s advanced world, <a href="http://wufoo.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Wufoo</strong></a> makes things even simpler for internet users.  Wufoo works hard to be the easiest method to gather information over the world of Internet. The website’s <em>HTML form builder assists a person to create contact forms, online surveys and invitations to gather the data, registrations and online payments needed without any difficult</em>y.</p>
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<p>Wufoo is an internet based application that makes it very straightforward and trouble-free to create completely functional and stunning online web based forms. The website in itself takes care of every aspect while creating forms. It builds the required database and all the scripts which shall be needed to collect information from each and every user. Wufoo also has the facility to host all the forms which implies that it is really simple to collect information; one doesn’t need to know anything complex or even upload forms to the websites.  So it is just a matter of few minutes that one requires to complete these forms. Wufoo not just makes it easy to create forms, but it also has some good reporting features. It makes online form building software much more amusing than earlier.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Company History</span></strong></p>
<p>Let us look at a brief history of how Wufoo came into existence. The website Wufoo was launched in the month of July in 2006 by Kevin Hale and Ryan and Chris Campbell. The main rivals to Wufoo included WyaCracker and Form Assembly. The website Wufoo received financial assistance from two investors as well as YCombinator. Together they raised about $118,000 in funds. The team was not totally new to web application because they had earlier launched sites like Treehousemagazine.com and Particletree.com.  The website Wufoo was launched under the Infinity Box Inc.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">What makes them better ?</span></strong></p>
<p>There are hundreds of such online form creator websites available over the internet but what are the main differentiating factors is discussed below.  Many of the online form creator websites are not at all flexible in nature and majority of them create just one type of form only. However, Wufoo makes form creation fun, interesting and exciting, as it has amongst the most flexible systems available and can be utilized to create all kinds of forms starting from questionnaires to feedback forms.  Variety in the type of forms differentiates Wufoo from the hundreds of websites enabling form creation.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Usage Difficulty</span></strong></p>
<p>Let us look at the user friendliness and general overview on the user compatibility of the website. The application is quite simple to use and once you log in there is an option to create a new form. By clicking on it, you are brought on to a wizard. Then it is just a matter of simple clicking on the options displayed and adding requisite fields. It actually takes a few minutes to create the first form. One could also alter the settings to choose what must happen after the form is submitted, one can decide for instance, whether or not one wants email copy to the person filling the form.  After the completion of the form one could save it and then find ways of adding it to the website. It is very user-friendly, simple to use and one doesn’t require any kind of technical information to use it.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">How-to Get Started</span></strong></p>
<p>To start using the website one has to register with Wufoo. The entire registration process just takes a few seconds; one just requires entering an email address and then selecting a username and password. One this is completed, an account will be created for you with Wufoo.  Also there is no need to confirm the email address for this but an email notification is sent to the inbox. Cost factor is extremely important from both individual’s point of view as well as from the business point of view.</p>
<p>Let us see what is the cost involved in setting up a Wufoo account and using its services.  The primary or basic account is free of cost and this is generally what every user would sign up for when they initially register an account. The free account allows 1 user and the ability to create 3 forms. The paid accounts begin at $9.945 monthly for 10 forms. And this goes right up to $199.95 monthly for an account that can have up to 60 users and an unrestricted number of forms.  The website basically hopes that users start off with free account to give momentum to the site and gradually progress to upgrade the account.  It is a known fact that creating online forms cannot always be simple as it has a tendency to get complex. Wufoo is perfect for everyone and can help create online forms regularly. It is very flexible and is used to create virtually any kind of form.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Final Thoughts</span></strong></p>
<p>Overall, Wufoo is very user-friendly and easy way to create online forms of every variety. Finally let us look at some of the top reasons which justify the superiority of the website.  Firstly, Wufoo is easy to use, this is because if a user has used a desktop earlier to build form, then they would surely know how difficult the process is.  If the same person uses Wufoo then he would find a totally different experience while building forms.  Secondly, Wufoo is very fast. Why does a person have to wait for weeks for someone else to build a database and scripts needed to collect simple info from one’s form? With Wufoo, a person can easily design and collect info within few minutes. Thirdly, Wufoo is secure.  The website ensures safety of the data on Wufoo.  The servers of the website are managed by Rackspace and also they offer plans with 128 bit SSL encryption. This allows one to serve and submit form submission through secure transfer protocol.  Thus, making the experience of form building very exciting while saving time and reducing costs.</p>
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		<title>Viralheat: Deeper insight of your social media campaigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>appsheriff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Viralheat is a social assessment platform planned with simplicity and easiness. It allows internet users to simply understand social media and is simplicity at its best.  Basically, the website Viralheat aims to be one stop outlet for comprehensively understanding social media. At present, Viralheat covers over hundreds of viral video destination websites, Twitter and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.viralheat.com/" target="_blank">Viralheat</a></strong> is a social assessment platform planned with simplicity and easiness. It allows <strong>internet users to simply understand social media</strong> and is simplicity at its best.  Basically, the website Viralheat aims to be one stop outlet for comprehensively understanding social media. At present, Viralheat covers over hundreds of viral video destination websites, Twitter and millions of listed blogs and websites.  The team of engineers at Viralheat strongly feels the need of controlling all aspects of the measurement procedure. This means that Viralheat is totally independent and doesn’t use any third party aggregators. The team collects and analyses terabytes of data every day and delivers insights in real-time making use of their own network.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Viralheat-better-social-media-campaigns.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3184" title="Viralheat - better social media campaigns" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Viralheat-better-social-media-campaigns-576x278.jpg" alt="Viralheat - better social media campaigns" width="576" height="278" /></a></p>
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<p>The internet users visiting the website shall never face any kind of problems because they are never left stranded or alone on the website. Viralheat is designed in a manner which is sensitive and trouble-free to use however if an individual ever needs suggestion or something explained, Viralheat personnel is just a click away. The concept of Viralheat is thought of by the finest minds in networking, web analytics and marketing.  The present team has a vast background of creating very high scalable and fault tolerant systems for fortune 500 companies as well as government agencies including the CIA. The main team is working together with the brightest names in web analytics and digital media.</p>
<p>In social media segment, users tend to rule! Viralheat covers each corner of social media from Facebook, Twitter, to YouTube. Viralheat is the greatest way to examine and assess social media. With boundless mentions at one’s disposal, one would by no means miss a thing! This entire concept is like imagining being able to supervise and measure one’s social media campaigns without even sitting in front of the computer all day long.  With Viralheat a user can certainly do this.  The website’s incredibly detailed analytics stretches even more than the rivers of raw mentions to deliver insights which deliver output.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"> Social Media Analytics</span></strong></p>
<p>Let us see what Viralheat actually covers under its concept.  Viralheat is completely Twitter and Google Buzz enabled. Having Viralheat, an individual could monitor their tweets, execute competitive analysis, ascertain fresh leads, and optimize marketing campaigns.  Next, Viralheat helps one come across fresh fan pages mentioning the brand, subject, or product. Viralheat&#8217;s Facebook intelligence would permit a person to enhance one’s spending on Facebook and boost their ROI. Also if one is frustrated and bored of other tools required coughing up blogs which mention your own keywords? Then viralheat’s carefully designed realtime web system would allow one to discover blogs and websites which are actively shaping conversations about the campaign. Lastly, viral videos could have enormous impact on the brands. Viralheat’s viral video offers 200 video sites globally to allow one to come across passionate video viewers caring about your own campaigns.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"> Other Killer Features</span></strong></p>
<p>What are the features or characteristics which are unique to Viralheat? Here are some features of the website. Viralheat&#8217;s simple to use interface allows an individual to setup a profile within few minutes. Viralheat&#8217;s potent query engine allows an individual to sharpen in results through advanced boolean logic so one only gets the outcome that matter to your own individual campaign. Anytime is a showtime when it comes to the world of social media. Viralheat makes it straightforward to supervise and explore hundreds of brands, topics, or products all the while keeping on top of millions of mentions. Viralheat would alert an individual instantaneously of key changes that leading to large opportunities. Viralheat provides the ability to limit your profiles by any location on the globe. This is a grand means to control regional marketing and monitoring campaigns. Viralheat&#8217;s powerful pipeline API&#8217;s consists of embed social media intelligence in applications enabling the planned business decisions optimizing performance across your business – everything from one dealer, everything through one platform, at an unbelievable price.  Like mentioned earlier, Viralheat goes more than just monitoring by delivering comprehensive analytics which assist in optimizing the discovery of fresh audiences and engagement.  One could be able to identify handful of persons which de-factor conversation shapers for the campaign. If you thought you can’t, then think again because with Viralheat you can. The website’s analytics lets organizations discover which users actually shape the conversations of the campaign. By now it is clearly visible that the website itself stretches beyond the basic keyword and phrase matching for sentiment analysis. The mood of every mention on the website can be analyzed thoroughly through most sophisticated technology on the website’s state of the art sentiment analysis.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"> Make Money</span></strong></p>
<p>Finally, the website can be used for monetary advantages as well besides the other advantages.  The website’s affiliate program offers rewards for sharing Viralheat with the rest of the world. An individual could earn 50% of the initial payment made to the website by any user who signs via the affiliate link and becomes a paying member and following the first month, Viralheat offers 10% recurring commission for as long as the individual is actively participating in the system.  Viralheat offers a comprehensive tool for everything one requires to make a success.  This includes banners, icons, videos, links, and documentation, everything which is needed so that the individual could focus on selling.  Viralheat has a policy to pay as often as possible. So till one’s affiliate earnings are more than $100, they would be paid monthly. If a person is not achieved $100 since the previous payment, then the site pays after they cross this limit.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"> Final Thoughts</span></strong></p>
<p>Overall, Viralheat is a powerful stage to engage latest medium. It empowers one’s social media campaigns with the help of actionable insights and deep analytics.  Also its reasonable pricing allows all types of businesses to use its services regardless of its size. So for those who feel the need for monitoring social media more efficiently for their business but are clueless where to start, then Viralheat is the perfect place.</p>
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		<title>TypingWeb: Making friends with the keyboard</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>appsheriff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn to type &#8211; its&#8217; simple and just takes half an hour to comprehend and about 6 to 10 hours to master. Today&#8217;s advanced typing software will assist you in learning to type and pass any typing test required for a fresh position. When you understand how straightforward it is learn to type, you will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Learn to type &#8211; its&#8217; simple and just takes half an hour to comprehend and about 6 to 10 hours to master. Today&#8217;s advanced typing software will assist you in learning to type and pass any typing test required for a fresh position. When you understand how straightforward it is learn to type, you will speculate on why you waited so long to learn typing.</p>
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<p><span id="more-3175"></span>Are you aware of all the keys on the keyboard? Not yet? TypingWeb has a number of different tutorial software to make your typing perfect.  Typing lessons start on with fun exercises to teach the keys. Do you use all of your fingers to type? Typing lessons will direct you to learn to type with all your fingers.</p>
<p>Once you have learnt to master the basic tricks to Type with the least effort and typing can become real fun without really wasting much time on searching for keys on the keyboard. Being techno-savvy in today’s world is extremely important and one can begin to become techno-savvy by mastering the computers.  There are plenty of jobs available in the market which requires the basic qualification of computers to be selected. Thus making it all the more important to get yourself acquainted with typing and handling the computer in all. Good typing skills are an important factor to ensure work is done effectively with least wastage of time.</p>
<p>With the help of TypingWeb, learning to type becomes easy and one could also use it as a medium to look for prospective jobs over the internet. TypingWeb is a website which basically aims at improving your typing skills with the help of its typing tutorials and lessons. Once you learn to type and pass the test the site also provides wide variety of jobs for those who wish to work from home.  Let us look at in detail what TypingWeb has got in store for its users.</p>
<p>With the help of its Free Typing Tutor one can easily master the keys on the keyboard which helps in improving your typing skills. Users can make full use of the courses offered by the site from novice to professional. It also has useful statistics and real time tracking which lets the users know about the timing and various interesting statistics of the keyboard while learning to type faster. The site provides fun-loving and enjoyable means of learning to type with interactive typing games and offers its users with official typing certificates which can be made use of by the user to confirm his/her typing skills. The certificates of sanctioned to the user from Typing Institute of America. Holding such a certificate is always an added benefit to the user and gives them an edge over others while looking for jobs. It also contains a section named “hall of fame” wherein users from all parts of the world could easily compete with each other according to the country, gender, age to become world’s no. 1 typist.  Often one finds that typing lessons tend to get boring over a period of time and the learner tends to slacken. This problem is solved by the motivation of the website which offers interactive games and encouraging information during the lessons.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/typing-speed-stats.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3178" title="typing speed stats" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/typing-speed-stats-576x294.jpg" alt="typing speed stats" width="576" height="294" /></a></p>
<h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Certification</span></h3>
<p>TypingWeb as mentioned earlier offers its users and learners with officially sanctioned certificates from Typing Institute of America. These certificates are official, duly signed, frameable and are from the prestigious institute.  With the help of this certificate the learner can definitely stand out in the crowd of people while looking for a perfect job.  Such certificate shall help in advancing one’s career and help them earn larger sums of money. It also provides an exclusive access to job and business opportunities and is recognized by worldwide employers.</p>
<h3>Final Thoughts</h3>
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<p>There are numerous jobs available in the market which requires an individual to having good typing skills. Keeping this point in mind, TypingWeb has come out with a number of different means to make typing interesting to master. It is with the help of TypingWeb a user can easily master the keys of the keyboard and in turn master typing. Once the individual becomes familiar with the keys on the keyboard he/she doesn’t waste time searching for keys on the keyboard.  The best advantage of TypingWeb amongst the numerous advantages is that it offers a 100% authentic certification from the Typing Institute of America. This certificate can be of enormous use and gives the person the required boost to stand distinct and unique in the crowd of people while looking for a job. Typing Institute of America is a prestigious institute and all the employers across the globe recognize its certifications.</p>
<p>TypingWeb has variety of course for all categories of learners starting from Novice to Professionals. This is definitely a big advantage for the learners who get a chance to learn typing step by step. TypingWeb is a great website and is an advantage for all individuals who wish to enhance their typing skills through simple and step-by-step courses offered by the website.</p>
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		<title>Photoswarm: Create your own photo website in a few seconds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>appsheriff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographs, from the days of yore, have been the best means to capture moments of happiness, love and joy. The scene continues. Once you are able to capture those special moments in your camera, you can always shuffle through those snaps any time want and get immersed in those special moments yet again. No wonder, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photographs, from the days of yore, have been the best means to capture moments of happiness, love and joy. The scene continues. Once you are able to capture those special moments in your camera, you can always shuffle through those snaps any time want and get immersed in those special moments yet again. No wonder, people love to wield their camera on important occasions. Photography, once upon a time, was considered to be an expensive hobby, where money was required for black reels and dark room. But with advent of technology and invention of digital cameras, photography has become a reasonable and economical hobby. Once you have a digital camera, you can click thousands of photos without any restriction and save it on the hard disks, CDs etc. <strong><a href="http://www.photoswarm.com/" target="_blank">Photoswarm.com</a></strong> gives an opportunity to all professional and amateur photographers to upload their photos and turn their photos into cash.  Since the past few years owning a digital camera has become a boon to many people who wish to show off their talent to the world.</p>
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<p>Options are countless and one can make use of www.photoswarm.com to <strong>showcase their talent to a number of other photographers across the world</strong>. The website gives photographers a chance to cash in on their digital photos by selling them online.</p>
<p>Nowadays, selling digital photos over the internet has become quite popular amongst a lot of photographers. One just requires having some basic information and then everything is put in. Photoswarm gives photographers a platform to find people who shall be interested in purchasing your photographs instead of chasing the prospective buyers. All that is required is to either mail or post the photos online on photoswarm.  The website provides users to claim ownership of their own website and an email address which belongs exclusively to the user. The website also provides commission free integration with PayPal so that online sales can be made without any hassles of commission.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/photoswarm-gallery.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-3162" title="photoswarm gallery" src="http://www.appsheriff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/photoswarm-gallery-576x276.jpg" alt="photoswarm gallery" width="576" height="276" /></a></p>
<p>Photoswarm is basically a bulk photo website which is specializes in allowing users to sell their photographs and earn lot of money. A professional photographer can set up his/her own profile and upload their photographs over the website. Prospective buyers can visit this profile and strike deal or transaction with the photographer.  Photoswarm can be considered to be a superb beginning for those amateurs who are searching for an extra mode of earning money or showcasing their talent.</p>
<p>With the feature of Photoswarm to <strong>give users a professional domain name and an email address too</strong>, many professionals find it an economical means to reach out to prospective clients. Similarly, for amateur photographers, who want to sell their photos online can also make use of the good features of the website. Photoswarm respects its user’s privacy and security so they have special features of locking the private photos.  This is a good feature of the website as many photographers wish to keep some of their photos private and also the issues of copyright etc don’t increase.  Also photoswarm.com is integrated with facebook.com, so that, when you upload photos in this website it can be <strong>automatically uploaded on facebook.com</strong> as well.  Similarly it is also integrated with Twitter so this helps users to gather more audience on the internet. Such integrations are important especially through social networking websites which are a good platform for a number of photographers who wish to promote their talent.</p>
<p>Many photographers who are using photoswarm would like to know how many visitors stop by their website during the day or general stats. With <strong>Google Analytics one can easily get complete info about the visitors who visit your profile and what are they doing on the site</strong>. This is useful information as a user can accordingly know about his/her popularity amongst the prospective clients.</p>
<p>With a number of useful features which suits both amateur and professional photographers, photoswarm.com is a good website. Features including users having their own domain name and email address adds up to the photographer’s benefits. It helps in successfully marketing your photos amongst a large number of prospective buyers. With the help of association with Twitter and Facebook, two social networking giants, a photographer is exposed to more number of clients and buyers. For amateur photographers looking for a platform to begin their career or showcase their talent, photoswarm.com is the place to be. It is free of cost and yet offers a number of benefits making it popular and successful among the internet users.</p>
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