1. Tie a digital balloon to your wrist with this app
Planning to go on a nice walk through a graveyard at night by yourself, or excited to take a relaxing trip to a deserted cabin in the woods near that penitentiary? A new Web app, , may not recommend you participate in those types of activities, but if you insist, it will send out a message to your contacts if you don’t check in by a certain time.
You set the date and time of arrival, and Kitestring will send you a message to check up on your status. If you don’t respond, an emergency message is sent out to pre-determined .
While the purpose of the service is safety, it could revolutionize how parents keep track of their children. Imagine the horror of a teenager who has an emergency distress signal broadcast to the world if they aren’t back in time to turn off the emergency message. That would be, like, social suicide.
Read more: (Lifehacker)
2. Play videos on all your Xbox-connected screens
Microsoft their Xbox Video service today, with improved playback being offered with the latest install. Now you can start watching a movie on one screen, then pause, switch screens, and pick up at the same spot in your video somewhere else. It’s just like magic, but on the Internet.
Microsoft will continue to roll out new updates to the Xbox One TV and video interface as the company tries to turn the gaming platform into a complete entertainment console.
Read more: (The Next Web)
3. It’s time for a tab intervention
Quick, how many tabs do you currently have open? More than 10? 20? 50?
It’s becoming a problem, you’re not effectively multitasking, and you need help. That’s what wants you to realize, and in turn use their service to help curb your addiction to reckless tabbing.
The service allows users to customize the maximum number of tabs to have open, and what to do when that threshold is reached and crossed.
Read more: (Lifehacker)
4. Get an international phone Boost with latest bundles
Boost Mobile began offering international phone call plan options to customers today. With different packages and prices available, the bundles allow for up to 1,000 minutes of international phone time. All the packages come with no long term agreements, but the bundles are only good for one month.
Now the only challenge is finding a plug to charge your phone after all that talking.
Read more: “Boost goes international with new Minute packs”(CNET)
5. LinkedIn reaches out to small businesses
With a , LinkedIn is trying to go from a social network that connects employees and corporations to a social network that connects small businesses to people.
The site has tips for business owners, from personal branding and hiring to marketing and sales. While it may seem odd to put a small business out on the site, LinkedIn is hoping that it will be successful and attract advertising.
Read more: “LinkedIn launches new small business site”(Small Businesses Do It Better)
