Webscape: Share karaoke with the world

Online karaoke site Puresolo combines musical prowess with social networking.
http://www.puresolo.com/

Virtual City allows users, in a similar way to Rollercoaster Tycoon or Sim City, to manage their own metropolis. http://www.g5e.com/games/virtual_city_android

And finally, social networking site Eat With a Local allows a tourist to enlist the help - and the company - of a local person to find the best food.http://www.eatwithalocal.socialgo.com/


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Webscape: A tool to make digital lives easier

Kate Russell's weekly review of new and interesting sites and apps.

Ifttt is a craze hitting the web which connects various digital services together, MyEcoverMaker makes designing e-book covers easier and the Quarrel DX iPhone app takes the world domination strategy genre and adds an intellectual twist.
http://ifttt.com/

For more seasonal fun, the free Dr Who adventure game to learn about the gunpowder plot celebrated on 5 November and Halloween Corner can be used for scary inspiration.


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Webscape: Can you find out next week's news?

Web reviewer Kate Russell looks into the future by using the global public calendar Zapaday.com, which scans over 4000 news and government websites to find out what's going to be in the news next week.
http://www.zapaday.com/

If you're a bit of a foodie who likes discovering interesting new restaurants and getting great deals, then Tastecard for Blackberry should be on your smartphone menu if you're in the UK. It covers over 5,000 eateries, offers include 2-for-1 dining and 50% discounts.
http://www.tastecard.co.uk/phoneapp.php

For collaborating on video and picture projects with distant friends and relatives have a look at Stroome, a simple cloud editing package that uses drag and drop functionality.
http://www.stroome.com/

And there is good news for Gmail users this week as Google has released a Chrome web store app that gives offline browsing, composition and filtering options to their email client.
Offline google Mail


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Webscape flies into a dogfight

Relive childhood memories sticking together Airfix models with the game DogFight on the iPhone.

Budding authors who want to publish their work electronically can find help at Amazon to have it on sale within a matter of days. https://kdp.amazon.com/

Sigil is a free e-book editor that creates a .epub file format supported by almost all e-book readers. http://code.google.com/p/sigil/

http://www.pixable.com/  And finally, Pixable extracts all the photos friends have posted on social networks and wraps them up in a single interface.

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Webscape: Can a widget help prevent eye strain?

Kate Russell dims the lights for a romantic evening of internet surfing with F.lux , a friendly little widget that dims and warms up your monitor at night to help avoid eye strain. 

Launching a successful networking site is a no mean feat on today's socially-saturated web, but blaving.com is a vocal social network, giving you two minutes of audio rather than 140 characters.

If you are looking for something cool to do with your Windows phone 7, take a look at Timedancer - an episodic interactive sci-fi series that fuses video and gaming to create a really engaging experience.

For rugby fans we have a round of Rugby World Cup 2011 websites and apps, including the official online home of the series at rugbyworldcup.com and an in-depth iPhone app called Rugby World Cup Calendar 2011.

And finally posterous.com have revamped their popular blogging platform and mobile apps.

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Webscape: Extra protection against viruses

Web reviewer Kate Russell looks at some extra protection against the threat of viruses and malware hidden inside links and files downloaded from the internet, with VirusTotal.com

A free digital business card app, CardCloud , makes sharing your contact details with anyone you meet quick and easy.

Weavesilk.com is an experiment in generative art that lets you create beautiful images in your browser, with versions available for Apple mobile products too.

Size isn't everything, but sometimes it's good to know how small something really is, especially when it comes to mobile technology. Pective.com displays registered items in their actual size so you can get an impression about whether they would fit in your pocket.

Good.byideas is asking for your digital fundraising ideas to help the crisis in East Africa.

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Webscape: How CVs are evolving

Kate Russell tests out a new way of job hunting with labels.io which uses tagging to generate a quick and effective summary of your skills to catch the eye of potential employers.

And Vizualize.me launched this week with a service that visualises your CV by taking the information you have put into LinkedIN and turning it into a sharable infographic.

There is now a free epilepsy app for smartphones for anyone who wants to know more about epilepsy, including essential first aid tips and a seizure diary to help sufferers keep track of their condition.

Planning a big night out with your friends can be stressful, especially when it comes to getting everyone to chip in their fair share when the bill comes in - but with friendfund.com you can set up a pool and invite others to contribute ahead of time.

Webscape: Facebook and apps without the web

http://portableapps.com/ This week, web reviewer Kate Russell puts the cloud in her pocket with a suite of free apps and software programmes that run from any external drive, such as a USB stick.

If you need to send large files over the Internet, sendiod.com allows rapid transfer of up to a one gigabyte file size through your browser by establishing a person to person direct link.

For iPhone users, there is an app called Free App Magic that showcases three apps every 24 hours that are free to download for a limited time.

And what will Facebook's user interface - Timelines - offer when it launches in a couple of weeks?

WebScapes: The augmented reality app for hi-tech treasure hunts

• Aurasma Lite, a free augmented reality smartphone app
• Ancientlives.org, a crowd sourced scientific project where participants are asked to help translate fragments of papyri
• Movellas.com, a self-publishing and story-sharing site
• Bus Checker, useful if you are planning on visiting London for the Olympics
• iCloud, Apple has opened the doors of the service that backs up your data to the cloud
• Zynga has announced Project Z, a platform for playing social games and chatting with friends powered by Facebook Connect

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