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Fontcapture is a free webservice which allows you to create a font from your own handwriting in four simple steps.

I have been playing with Facebook Lite during the past week. Facebook Lite is a cleaner, simpler version of Facebook which they have been testing during the past week (mostly on Indian users). The first thing you would notice about Facebook Lite is its speed. It loads almost instantaneously even on slower connections. The main [...]

The 140 character limit is what defines Twitter. It is widely considered to be one of the reasons behind the popularity of twitter. However, people are always looking for more and 140 characters may not always be sufficient. Although you can’t actually send more than 140 characters there are a few tricks using which you [...]

A surprisingly large number of users still use Twitter’s web interface for tweeting. A good majority of them are basic users who possibly don’t need advanced features offered by the desktop clients. However, there are times when even power users are forced to use the web-client. For example, when tweeting from office or cyber cafe. [...]

There are tons of services that allows you to analyze your Google Search backlinks. Now there is one for Twitter too. BackTweets from the folks behind BackType instantly displays all tweets which link back to your website/blog (including those using shortened urls).

Thanks to microblogging services like Twitter, URL shortening services are a big hit these days. And everyone is getting in on the act. Stumble Upon is currently beta testing its own beta testing service called Su.pr (pronounced Super). Su.pr works more like the Digg url shortener than traditional url shorteners. I got my beta testers [...]

It can be hard to keep track of the latest album releases, especially if you don’t watch a lot of VH1 or MTV. With a large number of new albums hitting the shelves every week, there is always the possibility that you may miss a new release by your favourite artist. This is where AlbumReminder [...]