Filed under: Features, Web services, web 2.0
Weekend Web 2.0 roundup for November 18th
Foamee
Built on the Twitter API by the folks at Simplebits, this online application lets Twitter users send a beer to friends, and keep track of the drinks that are owed. All you need to get started is a Twitter account, follow Foamee, and reference @foamee together with your friends that you want to send a beer to.
Tokbox
Tokbox lets people engage in conversation through the use of live video. Signing up and placing an embed link (or viewing directly from a user account i.e. http://tokbox.com/username) on social network pages and websites allows users to instantly chat using webcams without downloading any applications through a push to talk button.
The Found Bin
Lose something? Or maybe you found something? This website lets you post and check out a large selection of missing items, from animals to clothing. The Found Bin also provides useful information and tips on how to locate missing property.
Send Me RSS
Get RSS updates instantly wherever you are. Send Me RSS sends out web content directly to email. Use the service to set up alerts for only your most important feeds, and pull them down to your mobile device for up to the minute updates.
Dial DIR-ECT-IONS
Get directions from any cell phone in the US. With Dial DIR-ECT-IONS, users call a special number, say the name, address or intersection of where you want to go and a text message will then be sent with directions. No need for a map, or the local gas station attendant.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
