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Find the software everyone else is using with Wakoopa social network
Here's how Wakoopa works. You download a program and let it scan your computer for installed software. This lets Wakoopa help create your online profile, but it also means that Wakoopa has a pretty intriguing database of usage stats.
In other words, you could find new software by browsing the user profiles of Wakoopa members who have similar tastes to your own. Or without even signing up you can just click on the site's software tab and see a scrolling banner of recently used software as well as a list of "most used software" with the number of Wakoopa members using each application.
Clicking on an application brings up a page with usage stats like the total number of hours logged by Wakoopa members, user comments, reviews, and of course a link to the download page.
Wakoopa is ad-free while in beta, although the site will probably take advantage of anonymous user data in the future to help monetize the service. If you're the paranoid sort, the privacy concerns might keep you from downloading the client, but the site is still useful for a non-representative sample of what social networking geeks are running on their computers.
[via PC Magazine]
Wakoopa is ad-free while in beta, although the site will probably take advantage of anonymous user data in the future to help monetize the service. If you're the paranoid sort, the privacy concerns might keep you from downloading the client, but the site is still useful for a non-representative sample of what social networking geeks are running on their computers.
[via PC Magazine]
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Vitor lgoose said 7:50AM on 8-03-2007
iusethis ( http://osx.iusethis.com ) and appfresh do the same for macs, and more, let you know when your apps are out of date.
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Greg said 7:50AM on 8-03-2007
Its a cool idea - but I'm waiting for a linux version to appear!
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Greg said 7:50AM on 8-03-2007
We should get some Gnome apps into the list and confuse some people!
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C. said 7:51AM on 8-03-2007
Thanks for the headsup on this one, looks interesting. One thing, the screenshot link doesn't correctly link to their website, you forgot the http:// part :)
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