November 24th - Free Press
Suitts.me
SUITTS.ME is a recently launched a social shopping site that lets you collect crowdsourced opinions from other users about clothing you are thinking about buying online. It allows you to gather opinions about items you’re browsing for to see if what you are about to buy suits you. An interesting concept that is already gathering steam online, this could quickly take off in popularity.
YouTube trends
YOUTUBE is still the number No. 1 spot for video content on the web and is ground zero for many memes and viral content. The video-sharing giant has launched a new feature that not only aggregates the site’s video stats, but draws upon “the wisdom of top curators across the web” to give users a real-time look at the trends on the popular video sharing site.
Five best online file storage services
EVEN a few years ago, if you wanted to work on a document on different computers in different places or access some of your files remotely, it was a bit of a hassle. That’s all changing with online storage services popping up all over the web, giving users free space to keep their documents, files, music and photos online.
Not sure where you should back up and store your important info or where you should keep your documents so you can access them on the go? Lifehacker takes a look at five major storage services, from big players like Dropbox and Box.net to competitors like SugarSync, SpiderOak and Windows Live SkyDrive.
Bookflavor
A NEW social discovery tool for books, Bookflavor compiles crowdsourced reviews from across the Internet to help you decide what you want to read next. While this isn’t the first book-discovery tool on the web, its straightforward premise and ease of use will make it a destination for avid book nerds.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 24, 2011 E7
