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The Ultimate List of Custom Ubiquity Verbs

With all the news about Chrome, it's been pretty easy to forget about one of Firefox's recent releases: Ubiquity. We gave Ubiquity a rave review for giving Firefox a whole new UI. The standard commands, or "verbs", that come with Ubiquity are great. Yet we couldn't help but want more. Developers have been working around the clock to produce some fantastic custom verbs for Ubiquity. Here is ReadWriteWeb's list of the top picks of custom Ubiquity verbs!

Media

Ubiquity already comes with built in search commands for Youtube, Amazon, and Flickr. Here are our top picks for searching media sites using custom Ubiquity verbs:

  • Last.FM - Allows users to search the Last.FM music network for artists pages.
  • Seeq - Search Seeqpod for music.
  • Vimeo - Allows users to search Vimeo for matching video results.
  • Stickam - Watch the livestream of your Stickam friends no matter what page you're on.
  • Netflix Search - Search Netflix for movies.

Social Networks

So far Ubiquity only allows you to interact with one social network: Twitter. With these custom verbs you'll be able interact with more popular social networks.

Social Sharing and Bookmarking Sites

Outside of Digg, there are no other ways to share news and links with friends. So for those of you on Reddit, Delicious, and other related sites, we have just the verbs for you!

  • StumbleUpon - Stumble the current page you're viewing. Requires StumbleUpon extension.
  • Sphinn - Submit an article to Sphinn.
  • Reddit - Submit a link to Reddit
  • Twine - Post an article to Twine.
  • Delicious - Bookmark an article with tags to your delicious account.
  • Share On - Share a link on any of the following sites: Facebook, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, Slashdot, or Fark.
  • Most Popular on Delicious - Get a quick overview of the current 10 most popular delicious bookmarks.
  • Google Bookmark - Add the current page you're viewing to your Google Bookmarks.
  • Instapaper - Save a page for later to your Instapaper account.
  • Soup.io - Bookmark a page to your Soup.io account.
  • Tumblr - Share a ton of link love to your Tumblelog.
  • Check Slashdot - Get a quick overview of either three of the latest articles on Slashdot or any number of articles that you specify.

Notable Verbs

While searching for the best Ubiquity verbs we came across a ton that were great, but couldn't be categorized. Without further ado here are other notable verbs:

And The Verbs Keep Coming

We're sure you'll be able to find a ton of new Ubiquity verbs to subscribe to. What we'd like to know is what verbs you're already using and what verbs you hope to see in the near future. To start the list, we're already using quite a few of the built in verbs and most of the social media custom verbs listed here. In the future we'd like to see verbs for Diigo, sharing items via Google Reader, and more video related verbs. Let's hear what's on your list.

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3 Awesome Sites for Stumbling Across the Best of the Web

StumbleUpon is a popular service that helps millions of people find interesting sites all over the web. Everyday thousands of sites are submitted to this service. We highly recommend StumbleUpon for finding new information on the web. However, If you're looking for more specific results, here are three other "stumbling" sites to help you find what you're looking for on the web.

BuddyStumbler

With social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Bebo, we find it a little confusing as to why you wouldn't just use their search engines to find a random friend or two. Nevertheless, BuddyStumbler aims to fill that space and help you stumble upon new friends. You can search for new people by interests, usernames, or "buddies of". Type in your keywords, sex, age, and zip code and BuddyStumbler will do the rest. Results will link to the user's BuddyStumbler profile and any of their instant messaging handles or social networks such as Flickr. All in all, you're guaranteed to find a new friend or two via BuddyStumbler.

Ticket Stumbler

Ticket Stumbler could turn out to be a time and money saver for some. Essentially, Ticket Stumbler aims to help you compare, find, and purchase tickets for sporting events. From regular tickets to season packages, you can find tickets for the following sporting events:

  • NFL
  • NCAA Football
  • MLB
  • NLH
  • NBA

You can search for a ticket by team, venue, event, or location. The initial search results will contain the name of the event, the venue, date and time, and the lowest and priciest tickets available. Selecting an event and Ticket Stumbler will present you with a variety of ways to find a ticket at a price that you like. You can specify a maximum price, the number of tickets you'd like to purchase, your preferred ticket provider, and whether or not you'd like a parking/tailgate ticket to be included. We doubt you'll have a hard time stumbling upon the right ticket at the right price with Ticket Stumbler.

StumbleAudio

StumbleAudio is one of the ultimate music discovery services with over 2 million tracks availble to stumble through. Check out their charts for the most liked and disliked albums. See what other users are listening to the most or the most stumbled genres. StumbleAudio makes a great addition to other services such as Last.FM, Pandora, and iLike for music discovery.

Most of the Web at Your Fingertips

While none of these sites could replace StumbleUpon, they fill different niches that StumbleUpon may not be the best service for. We recommend them all for discovering the best and most interesting sections of the web. Let us know what else you're using to "stumble" through great sections of the web.

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4 Great iPhone App Review Sites

The iTunes App Store is a bit of a big deal these days. Several new applications pop up in the iTunes store every day. With hundreds of apps to download from it can be time consuming to sort through them all. Unfortunately, there is no try before you buy option for any of the iTunes apps. So, if you happen to see one that looks interesting, but requires you to shell out your hard earned cash, app reviews really come in handy. While the iTunes App Store features reviews from others, sometimes you just want a second opinion. Today, ReadWriteWeb brings you 4 iPhone/iPod app review sites.

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What's On iPhone?

What'soniphone is not only a great iTunes apps review site, but also a great web apps review site. With a team of engineers, writers, medical professionals, culinary artists, home makers, What's on iPhone will help anyone decide on an app. Reviews start off with an overview of the application and follows up with their personal take on the app, a mini review, and the final verdict.

iUseThis

If you not only want reviews of an app, but also want to know how many people are really using it, iUseThis is your site. You can register for iUseThis to keep a log of all the apps you're using. However, the site is best for finding out the most popular of two apps. For example, if you're trying to make a decision between two or three note-taking applications and wanted to know which one may have been downloaded the most, iUseThis is a great place to find out.

AppVee

AppVee is a recently launched application review site. AppVee aims to do things a little differently by providing users with a personal review of the app and also ratings for the apps. Ratings range from ease of use and features to the app's user interface. I've already spotted quite a few app reviews that I haven't seen elsewhere on AppVee.

Apple iPhone School

Apple iPhone School is a great app review site for both the App Store apps and jailbroken apps via Cydia. There's a great selection of app reviews currently available for both sources. If you're looking for a particular app review check out the site's sidebar for categories and more.

More Than Enough

Now you'll never have to complain about needed more reviews for an app. With over 4 sources including the iTunes App Store itself, you're all set to make a safe decision on whether or not to buy a particular app. Did we miss any sites? Let us know what your favorite iTunes App review sites are!


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Watch, Listen & Read Live Coverage of WWDC08

Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference will be a attracting a lot of buzz tomorrow. Anticipation will be high and even Twitter is preparing for a lot of traffic. For those that can't make it, scrambling from site to site and refreshing Google Reader 20 times a minute isn't the best way to keep up with the news. So here's a list of sites and services where you can find live coverage of the keynote tomorrow.

FriendFeed

FriendFeed has 3 room so far that will participating in live coverage of the WWDC keynote tomorrow:

Twitter

If Twitter manages to stay afloat throughout the Keynote you can use this summize keyword search for WWDC or follow these Twitter users for coverage:

Sites

There will be plenty of sites hosting live coverage of the WWDC keynote. Here are a few recommended sites:

Will You Be Covering Live?

So far, this is a nice list of sites and services where you can find a multitude of WWDC keynote coverage. Did we miss anyone? If you know of a site, FriendFeed room, or twitter user that's not on the list, just leave us a note in the comments section.


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15 Places to Find Great Screencasts

Screencasts, how-to videos that show only what's happening on the computer screen, have been around since as early as 1994, according to Wikipedia. But in recent years, their popularity as an instructional method has grown and screencasts have become an essential means of teaching on the web (the term "screencast" was actually coined in 2004). Below are some of our favorite places to learn by watching on the web.

The now famous "Creating a weblog in 15 minutes" screencast that introduced the Ruby on Rails framework, helped to put Rails in the spotlight better than anything else in the early days. It has since even been emulated a few times by other frameworks. Here's how to find more great screencasts...

  • Peepcode - Peepcode offers a collection of professionally-produced Rails programming screencasts that sell for $9 a piece. These are some of the best reviewed screencasts in the Rails community.
  • Railscasts - Ryan Bates, one of the most prolific screencasters in the Rails community, has put out over 100 free screencasts over the past 14 months. He has a great voice, reminiscent of Bob Ross, and a background in video that makes for excellent production values.
  • Ruby Plus - Over 75 Rails screencasts since last December? Bala Paranj is trying to give Mr. Bates a run for his money! (Then again, screencasts on both sites are free.)
  • Pragmatic Programmer - Coders have long loved the Pragmatic Programmer's line of web dev books, and this month the company added screencasts hosted by well known personalities in the development community.
  • ShowMeDo - A collection of screencasts from around the web (including some from sites mentioned on this list) focused on free and open source software. Ruby, Python, and Java have the most tutorials on the site, but there are also screencasts covering graphics and productivity software.
  • TechScreencast - Like ShowMeDo, this site aggregates technology screencasts from across the web on programming, web development, database, graphics, security, and other topics.
  • DimeCasts.NET - A new site offering .NET screencasts that are under 10 minutes each.
  • ScreenCastsOnline - One of the most well-known screencast sites offering tutorials for how to use OS X, Mac software, and the iPhone/iPod. 140+ tutorials for $49 per 6 months -- also available on DVD.
  • ScreencastCentral - Over 400 software learning screencasts, as well as over 1000 more aggregated from video sharing sites like YouTube. $7.95/month.
  • The Screencast Blog - Screencasts on a wide variety of technical topics. Unfortunately, not updated very often these days.
  • Demo Girl - Molly McDonald, aka Demo Girl, has created hundreds of screencasts over the past 2 years, mainly demoing web apps. She also does custom work for anyone looking to have a pro create a screencast for their app. Demo Girl absorbed Screeniac in March.
  • Screencasters - Inkscape (an open source Photoshop alternative) screencasts can be had at this site.
  • Video Professor - You may have seen their late night infomercials offering screencast DVDs for free. Video Professor sells DVD and online screencasts for popular Windows software.
  • Screencast-o-matic - A web app for creating screencasts, this site also has a gallery of screencasts created using their application.
  • FreeScreencast.com - Like Screencast-o-matic, this site offers free software for making screencasts and provides public hosting once they're recorded.

We know this list isn't complete, so please share your favorite places to find good screencasts in the comments below. If you want to try your hand at making one, Spread Firefox is holding a screencast contest right now.


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20+ Ways to Learn a Language Online

Earlier today we mentioned a plugin for AIM that would translate what you type on the fly into another language. That's an exceptionally useful tool, but the far more fluid and accurate way to speak to people in another language, is to actually learn the language. Thankfully, there are a wide variety of ways to learn languages online, many of them available for free. Below is a list of more than 20 ways you can go from knowing how to say "Hello" to fluency.

Language Lessons

  • Mango Languages: 12 different online language courses presented in conversational format with prices starting at free.
  • Vocabulix: Free vocab building lessons in Spanish, German and English, as well as other languages, with a baked in social network.
  • Pod Network: Spanishpod - Frenchpod - Chinesepod - Free online lessons in three languages.
  • BBC Languages: A host of language learning tools and self-contained online courses from the BBC.
  • eLanguageSchool.net: Free lessons for learning 10 different languages online.
  • Linkua: An online marketplace of real-life language tutors. There's nothing like learning a language directly from a native speaker.
  • LiveMocha: This site combines lessons, with an online community allowing you to practice speaking with native speakers, which dovetails nicely into the next set of sites.

Now that you've learned the basics, you need to practice. That's not always easy if you've been learning on your own and no one around you speaks your new language. The sites below will help you hook up with a native speaker -- usually over VoIP -- to practice speaking.

Practice Speaking

  • SharedTalk: A language exchange covering 113 languages from the makers of the popular RosettaStone language learning software.
  • xLingo: A language exchange that lets users create and share flashcards with each other.
  • Palabea: Reviews of language learning software in addition to an online language exchange.
  • iTalki: A language exchange with a Yahoo! Answers-style QnA site, and a wiki-based public knowledge base for 10 different languages.
  • Huitalk: Forums, articles, vocabulary lists, and a language exchange using Skype.
  • Interpals: A large language exchange from a popular penpal social network.
  • Mixxer: A free language exchange using Skype built by Dickinson College.
  • TT4You: A free global language exchange site.
  • Language Buddy: A free language exchange with 115 supported languages.
  • Convesation Exchange: Text and voice chat, email, or face-to-face meetings can bet set up via Language Buddy to improve your conversational skills.
  • Lingozone: Build vocab skills by playing game of Word Ladder and Hangman, while making friends with whom to practice speaking.
  • Language Exchange Network: Think Craigslist for language learning; this site has super-simple language exchange classified listings.
  • MyLanguageExchange: One of the oldest online language exchanges (this site was a Yahoo! Internet Life pick in 2001), it claims over 1 million members speaking 115 different languages.
  • Language Exchange: A language exchange application for the Facebook platform.

Bonus Site: ASL Fingerspelling: Test your American Sign Language chops by watching online spelling demos and guessing the word.


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