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Start tweeting with this month’s internet trend or update you technical knowledge in the blog section. Also check out the site to download free games and Mac software, play a musical game and convert your audio files and make them loud.

– COMPILED BY MONALI GAIKWAD


MUSIC


Have you ever dreamed of laying the guitar like a rock star and creating your own songs? If so, then http://www.noisegames.com/ is the place to be. The makers of the site claim to be the specialists for interactive web content with noise, sounds and music and after you visit the site, you won’t doubt these claims at all. This site has nine games based on different forms of music, such as blues, jazz, punk and rock and also has some really fun games like Showersong, Guitarmachine and Alienchoir.

You will be surprised by the innovative ideas behind these games. Just click on a game and wait for it to load and enjoy this unique musical experience. You can click and turn on the radio and different buttons to create some crazy music with this site! The only downside of this site is there is no way to save or replay the music you have created, but this site is so much fun that it completely makes up for it. You can also try the e-cards and send musical wishes to your loved ones from this site.

Noisegames also has previews of the current projects they are working on, one such project is guitar tuner, which gives you the feel of tuning a real guitar! You can also download and enjoy it anywhere. Once you check this site out, you will definitely get addicted to all the games here. Log in to this site and unleash the musician and singer in you with these unique games and make some creative noise!


TOOLS


Sometimes the audio files which you download have very low volume levels and are inaudible. This can spoil your music experience considerably and make your speakers seem useless. To make these audio files sound better and louder, log on to the site http://www.vloud.com/ and enjoy the difference. It is a simple and straightforward tool which gets the job done in just a few steps.

Just log on to the site and select the level of loudness from light, loud, louder and loudest and upload the audio fi le onto the site. Make sure that you upload files which are in the MP3 or WAV format only and are not more than 10 MB in size. After the file uploads, you can choose to play the file in the browser or download and play the file on your computer. The audible volume of the downloaded song will definitely be higher than the original fi le with a remarkable difference in the base sound levels without going through much hassle. So log on and get loud!


MOBILE


GPS on your mobile phone can be a boon and save you a lot of trouble while travelling to an unfamiliar place. However, some GPS applications require you to renew your subscription and update the application to continue using it. If you fail to do so, you’ll end up directionless with a dead application and no where to go. Log on to http://m.live.com/ and do away with your mobile applications. Enter the location in the search box and it will give you the result within seconds, with a complete map of the location.

You can also refine your search and search for a place using its street name or a popular landmark. That’s not all, you can also get driving directions from one place to another, with information on the turns and landmarks you’ll come across while driving. You don’t have to download any third party application or sign up to use this service. It is an absolutely free and reliable service accessible from any GPRS enabled phone and you will never be lost again.


SYSTEM


The web is flooded with sites offering free and unlimited downloadable software for the windows operating system and not many for Mac users. Hence we found the site http://www.opensourcemac.org/ so that Mac users can also download all kinds of free applications. This site has only the best free open source software available for Mac users and has a very clean interface with a list of all the software available for download.

It has applications like Miro video player, Adium instant messaging, SolarSeek for fi le sharing, Bean word processor and so on for download. The emphasis of the site makers is on the quality of software rather than the number of software available for download, hence all the software available here are free from any kind of viruses or errors. This site also functions as a community of Mac enthusiasts around the world who develop these applications for Mac. Free applications are now yours, Mac users!


FUN


For all you gamers out there who like to play casual games on your computer we found the website for you! http://www.dailygames.com/ has many free games, which will defi nitely keep you entertained for a long time. All the games here are simple point and click games and anyone from any age group can play them.

These games range from different genres such as puzzle, action, strategy, shooter, word and card games which can be played online and you don’t need any high-end graphic cards or heavy system resources to play these games. All the games here are fl ash based and they can also be downloaded to your PC. You will be surprised by the range and variety of game on this site. Some of the games you can try are Revenge of the Stick, Throwing Shoes at George Bush and many more! So take a little break from work and check this site out, just make sure your boss doesn’t catch you cause then you'll be in for it!


BLOGS


Bhavin Turakhia is another young entrepreneur who has joined the blogging world to share his knowledge and expertise on the current IT industry. To check his blog out, log on to http://bhavin.directi.com/ and get a glimpse of Bhavin’s thought process behind starting Directi and his drive to succeed in the IT industry. Bhavin Turakhia founded Directi at the age of 19 in 1997, with a focus to develop volume based Web Products and Services for a global audience. Directi is now known as the leading Web Services Provider with a growing customer base in around 230 countries. As the CEO and founder of Directi, he has over 12 years of technology experience and over 9 years of Market knowledge with a keen Business sense. He is responsible for the vision, strategy, and service offerings of Directi and he has a very deep understanding of the web services industry and a strong technical background.

In his blog he talks about the current developments in the IT sector, comparison and review of different technologies, and an analysis of the current market.. He has even provided presentations and videos of the seminars he has attended around the world as well as amazing pointers to build a platform. This blog is a very good read for all those planning to make a career in the IT industry as it gives a clear idea of what’s new in the industry and guidance on what needs to be done to make it better.



INTERNET TRENDS->-> Twitter


There are a lot of social networking sites on the web today which allows users to listen to music, exchange messages, images, videos and a lot of other things. Twitter is another such social networking site with a difference. It is a micro blogging site where you send and receive updates or tweets from your friends in the form of text-based posts. These updates are displayed on your profile page and delivered to your friends if they have subscribed to your tweets. You can also control the privacy of your updates and block users from receiving updates which are otherwise delivered to everyone who has subscribed to your tweets.

You can access twitter from your cell phone or PC and receive updates via the twitter website, email, SMS, or RSS feeds. You can also use applications such as Facebook, Tweetie, Twinkle, Twitterrific, TwitterFox, and Feedalizr to send your tweets. It’s a fun and easy way to keep your friends updated with the latest developments in your life and send mundane messages such as, ‘I just woke up’,’ @ work’,’ am sleepy’, etc which can be fun. A lot of users have abandoned their social networking accounts and moved to Twitter. According to washingtonpost.com, Twitter helped save the life of James Karl Buck, a journalism student who was arrested in Egypt for photographing a labor rally. He updated a tweet from his mobile phone to tell his friends regarding his arrest, and they contacted the US Embassy to arrange for a lawyer to get him out of jail. Now that’s interesting trivia, isn’t it?

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