If you are new to the internet you may not be aware of what startup pages are all about. You probably hit the internet button on your desktop, and then start surfing. But for people who want more out of their internet experience, using a great startup page is the way to go. But before you can do this, you need to make a decision on which one is best for you. The fact of the matter is that there are many startup pages to choose from, but not all of them will give you what you want.

The first step to choosing a quality startup page is to learn which ones are available. Once you know what you have to choose from, you can then move forward with the actual selection process. But sometimes, just knowing about startup pages is not good enough. And with that in mind, you will want to use the roundup below to help you find what is best for your internet surfing needs. (more…)

There are many services today that allow you to upload your files and share them anywhere. Ranging from backing up your PC with a download-able application, or simple online user interface, all these sites can do you some good. All of these sites offer free storage of at least 1GB, but there are usually paid options for better features. (more…)

My first thought on the Slappa backpack was how great the design was. Definitely aesthetically pleasing, the Slappa Velocity Pro Laptop Backpack is also as durable as they come. The backpack’s padding will let no harm come to your valuable laptop and protected my 13-inch laptop computer with its “super padded sleeve” (it’s worth mentioning that this ‘sleeve’ is in the laptop compartment which is also padded). (more…)

SponsoredReviews.com is a website that offers a unique service which brings together bloggers and advertisers. Usually the business of an advertiser contacting a blogger to do a review takes some time and can often lead to missed connections and other issues of reliability. SponsoredReviews.com eliminates this problem by connecting bloggers and advertisers together in a simple and efficient way. The website gives bloggers the opportunity to write honest reviews of a product, website, etc and the advertiser gets the benefit of this review. The benefits include direct linking from the review itself, its search engine statistic results, and create a word of mouth.

The website offers a low transaction fee compared to other review website and only gives the job to well known bloggers that receive a lot of traffic, which pretty much makes it a guarantee that the review will be viewed by a lot of people. The layout of the website is simple and economic which allows for easier usability. The sign-up system Sponsored Reviews uses two types of accounts, Bloggers and Advertisers. This is smart because it doesn’t really let any mix-ups happen through miscommunication. Overall Sponsored Reviews is a great way to connect advertisers and bloggers together for writing reviews.

I was the lucky winner of TheBlogJoint’s competition, that was held just a few weeks ago. I thought it would only be fitting if I was to post my experiences and opinion on the product here, after having had time to tinker away with the product. What did I win? Dragon Naturally Speaking 9 of course! (more…)

As the headline “the first stock exchange on headline news” suggests, Trendio.com is a speculative stock market game, where instead of the expected investing into companies, the twist is that the stocks are ‘words in the media’, meaning people can ‘invest’ in what makes the news on a daily basis. At first glance, the homepage is very professional-looking (given the bright colors are a part of their appeal) with links to news in sports, politics, business, technology, entertainment and current events. The stock graph of the most current news is what you notice first and to its right, a list of words. As of February 19^th, 2007 10:32 AM U.S. Pacific Time, the current stock graph was the Chelsea soccer team, while the list of highest selling words were from ‘Mark Martin’, ‘Kevin Harvick’, ‘Gun Laws’, ‘ConAgra Foods’, ‘Tatiana Golovin’, ‘Lindsey Graham’ to ‘Adam Sandler’. It’s safe to assume that there’s somewhat of a randomness to these stocks, which can presumedly be compared to unanticipation of actual stock markets. (more…)