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From micro-blogging, to geo-location, to flashlight apps -- the endless stream of apps surely suggests there is an incredible demand.

However, consider the following:

Weather it still one of the top 3 most used apps. Only about 10% of people contribute 90%...

The quest for a better user web experience has led to a number of web technologies that continue to shatter expectations.

JavaScript, for example, is a special programming or scripting language that runs in a web page. The technology has been around for years and has proven successful in providing developers the ability to turn dull and boring web pages into...

Trying to figure out how to leverage Facebook with your online strategy. A new shopping cart specifically developed for Facebook now offers the ability to have your own Facebook store. Payvment,  a Facebook e-commerce solution, is offering a FREE public beta. Their offer will remain FREE even after the beta period ends. In their words, "shopping on Facebook is naturally the next step in the evolution of e-commerce, ... with social sharing...

Hard to keep up with Google these days. Google has a tool called Image Chart Editor where you can create any kind of chart imaginable online. Sure there are a number of charting applications and components. But why send an entire spreadsheet, for example, when you can send them a link. The chart editor allows you to select the type of chart, add your data, and it supplies with you with a link to your creation. To begin charting yourself silly, go to http://imagecharteditor.appspot.com/

Interesting development in the web browser war. RockMelt, a new web browser, promises to take social media to a new level. Built on the same technology that Google Chrome's uses, the creators of RockMelt have heavily integrated Facebook into the user experience. The browser is packed...

Windows Live Writer is a free tool from Microsoft that makes it easy to post entries to almost any blog service like Windows Live, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, Posterous, and TypePad. The tool allows you to post content with photos and videos.

A not so well known fact is that Live Writer can do much more with the use of plugins. Live Writer supports third party plugins that extend the base functionality well beyond text and photos. You can download out of the box plugins from http://gallery.live.com/default.aspx?pl=8

Contrail, a new service developed by Microsoft researchers will allow secure encrypted sharing in any social network. The service works by sending an encrypted filter from the phone of the person that wants to share to the phone of the person he/she wants to share with. The sharer can then send encrypted information...

One way of increasing your online sales and increase your level of customer service is to provide a way for customers to get answers quickly and easily. While there are a number of online chat and support applications, one interesting way of providing live support is using IM on any page on your site. For instructions on how to get started go to http://bit.ly/6Aowuf.

Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8. This new version comes with a new feature called "Web Slices." It is a new approach to publishing and consuming content from any web site. It allows you to publish a fragment of your web site that users can subscribe to. Very easy to implement, you would place some special html tags around the piece of the content of your web site you want published. When the user visits your web site, they see a green highlight around the fragment you published and gives...

Awesome technology ... "a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content." While only available for commercial purchase Microsoft Surface is a sign of things to come. In a nut shell, the technology is based on a table with a touch screen and a set of five cameras that allow for scanning of hand gestures and movements and the ability to scan and...