Today’s information streams are characterized by an amount of noise that can be more than noticeable sometimes. This startup aims to do something about it and reduce that interference, lowering it all the way to zero whenever that is possible.

The fact remains that people on Twitter (one of the main “live” channels along with the emerging Buzz) do not unfollow others as often as they should, many times out of politeness and not wanting to offend friends. A system like Mixero is the right way to deal with these lists which are oversaturated with followers, and that are brimming with information generated by people we are frankly far from connected with. What Mixero does is to refine both Twitter and Facebook streams as much as possible, and it does so by way of many filters and the option of grouping individuals together to keep them out of the way.

Both a desktop version of Mixero and an iPhone app are already available and procurable through the site. It is interesting to stress that the iPhone version can be synced with the desktop app for ease of use.

Site: http://www.mixero.com/

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This is a site that redefines the concept of “doing nothing” and miraculously transforms it into “doing something laudable”. How is that? Well, what this site will let you do is to donate to a cause of your choice for each and every hour you procrastinate.

This system is implemented as follows. First, you need to activate a RescueTime account in order to let the application know what it is that you are up to at any given moment. You also select a charity and a donation rate, and if from that point onwards ProcasDonate detects any activity on your behalf that can be deemed as procrastination then you are donating the amount that you set down at the beginning. (Payments are authorized through Amazon.)

In that way, you will have a splendid excuse to mince the things that you do, and avoid wasting time that could be better employed elsewhere. After all, is there a bigger incentive for doing something than knowing you will be “fined” for loitering? I frankly don’t think so, and if you also feel that way this site is certainly going to be of use.

Site: https://www.procrasdonate.com/

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If you develop apps for iPhones and you are looking into ways of having a clearer overall picture of the way these apps are being assimilated by the public, stopping by this website will most likely be a good move.

Essentially, Heartbeat is a service whereby you can manage your whole AppStore business from a central place. You will be able to visualize your sales in an unequivocal way via charts and graphs, as well as seeing sales trends and discovering these shortcomings that you should address. For instance, you will be empowered to see which sector of the audience you are failing to reach, and do something about it. Moreover, you will be capable of viewing balances and keeping track of each and every payment that has been put your way.

In addition to that, Heartbeat makes it simple for developers to see if there is any technical glitch since they can receive crash reports before a real damage to their reputation is done. Likewise, reviews and rankings at the AppStore are easily accessible from Heartbeat, so that you can see if there is something you should add to your app while there’s still a demand out there.

Site: http://www.heartbeatapp.com/

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What it does:
Rec.fm is a new service which allows easy creation and sharing via social media of product recommendations for the benefit of charitable causes.

51% of Rec.fm’s earnings are donated to the charities of users who make product recommendations. Proprietary technology of Rec.fm scores product recommendations based upon data indicators of “trust” and prioritizes presentation of the most trustworthy recommendations to searchers.

The service is fully integrated with major social networks like Facebook and Twitter and major commerce networks such as Amazon.com and Shopping.com. rec.fm is a 2010 SXSW Web Award finalist.

How it beats the competition:
Product search is increasingly irrelevant, spam filled, and dominated by advertising. The solution is Rec.fm’s friends to friends product recommendations that can’t be bought and are directly relevant within a social circle.
Why Rec.fm will win in the space: first to market, clear path to profitability, thought leader, experienced team, and plans for extensive interactive user engagement model with gaming dynamics on Facebook.

Site: http://rec.fm/

What it does in their own words:
Tweeting in more than one language is now possible thanks to this new tool. Tweetlator.com adds multilanguage support for your tweets for free.

Essentially this application will translate your tweet to 8 different languages simultaneously including  English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese. More languages will be added soon.

You just have to write a tweet on your own language and Tweetlator will translate it automatically. Your original message will be tweeted along with a link to a site with your tweet translations.

You can also edit the translations, retweet them and share them on Facebook.
Tweetlator is a viral application, with user generated content that allows you to internationalize your tweets.

How it beats the competition:
Now your followers will understand your no matters their native language, and all that with only one tweet. No more spam-like tweets with the same message in different languages.

Site: http://www.tweetlator.com

What it does in their own words:
WinWinBooks was shaped around the idea of “A WinWin Situation” for everyone. Buyers and sellers alike can now name their own price! By negotiating, bidding, and coming soon trading, buyers and sellers can both benefit in this economy. Our goal is to provide an alternative for everyone who is looking to buy or sell their books without compromising their wallets. We strive to make your whole buying and selling experience simple, easy, and inexpensive!

How it beats the competition:
The most rewarding thing I would say for the business is the fact that I am helping people save money and also even get them a little more income. I want to help that upcoming author that can’t get that big book deal but needs to support a family or those publication companies would might need a few more sales or want to promote their company.

Site: http://www.winwinbooks.com

What it does:
Helps small business and HR professionals define vacation, sick, and personal time off policies. Then allows people to easily make time off requests.

How it beats the competition:
Perq offers more functionality with less clicking.

Site:
http://www.perqworks.com/

What it does:
Vidinotes allows you to create a graphic summary of any Youtube or home video and print it. Just upload a video, create up to 30 snapshots, add descriptions and title, then print. Perfect for distilling the essentials of a how-to or workout video, and have a handy, printed reference!

How it beats the competition:
Vidinotes.com is a unique tool.

Site:
http://www.vidinotes.com

What it does

Mugnatasks is a free easy to use cloud computing based team project tasks manager with time tracking, back and forth task forwarding, chart reports and activity log. And it’s free.

How it beats the competition

It has an easy to use drag and drop AJAX interface. You can freely forward tasks to any of the team members and keep track of them. It does categorize tasks by using tags wich are more flexible.

Site: http://www.mugnatasks.com/

No matter how long you have known each other, when you are part of a team and it comes to casting a decision it is easy to feel at anything but ease. Voting for an option automatically means that you are opposing the other, and there are people who are way too sensitive when it comes to such matters. These people are the ones that would be thankful if their leaders implemented a voting system such as Decing. The best way to define it is by terming it a free solution that enables members of small teams to vote on any item that calls for consideration without having to disclose who they are, and without even having to register individually. When people vote, they specify the subject and the option they have gone for. (They are appointed as participants first, of course.)

Additionally, participants can vote through Google Wave. That is certainly interesting, and it goes some way into unveiling the intrinsic power that Google Wave has. Of course, it will not make people stop in their tracks but it is quite a healthy start.

Site: http://www.decing.com/

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