[Download Squad] 4 New Entries: Tweebay: What if eBay was powered by Twitter?

Tweebay: What if eBay was powered by Twitter?

Filed under: Internet, Social Software, Web

Tweebay is an online auction service that uses Twitter to let people know about the items you're selling. Here's how it works. You follow Tweebay on Twitter and you'll receive a direct message to verify your account. Then you can bid on auctions posted on the site or post new listings.

Auction terms should look familiar to anyone who has ever used eBay. You can upload a phoot, set a buy now price, or a reserve price. You can also set a postage price and choose your currency, although right now all listings are in British pounds. In Twitter-like style, you have to keep your descriptions under 240 characters.

There's no feedback, which is one of the things that makes buying and selling from strangers on eBay possible. But since the people most likely to see your Tweebay listings are your Twitter friends, they may trust you enough to buy from you without seeing a feedback rating.

If the site takes off, that feedback issue could become a problem, since there's nothing stopping you from visiting Tweebay.com and looking for auctions from people you don't know (although the lack of a search engine makes the web page only moderately useful). And the site likely faces another problem: trademark infringement. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tweebay change its name to something that sounds a bit less like eBay at some point.

[via TechCrunch]

Tweebay: What if eBay was powered by Twitter? originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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FastAero adds Vista-like transparency to Windows XP

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

FastAero is a Windows XP utility that adds a transparency effect to some program windows. The effect is similar to one of the components of the Aero Glass interface on Windows Vista: You can see through borders of some programs and more easily see what's going on behind the program window.

The utility is an executable file, which means you can unzip the program and run it without installing anything to your system. You can also decide whether to add a blur effect that partially obscures what's going on behind your window. If you disable this feature, you get a nice crisp clear, and somewhat blue look at what's behind window number 1.

The default language for FastAero is Polish, but you can change it to English by opening the config.ini file in a text editor and changing "polish" to "english."

I've never found these sorts of transparency effects to be particularly useful. There are other elements of Aero Glass that I'd much rather have on Windows XP, like the ability to see previews of running programs when you scroll your mouse over taskbar icons. For that, there's Visual ToolTip, which provides some, but not all of the functionality of that Aero Glass feature.

[via gHacks]

FastAero adds Vista-like transparency to Windows XP originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Keep an in-browser sticky note with Stickyscreen

Filed under: Utilities, Productivity

Desktop sticky note apps are old news. A basic one is packaged with Mac OS, and stickies will be a standard feature in Windows 7. Stickyscreen offers something different, though: a sticky note for your browser. It's a simple, minimal way of reminding you of a personal mantra or an important to-do item.

Stickyscreen is just a pad you can write on, save as a homepage, and change whenever you want. There are no skins, extra fonts, or fiddly bits: just a note. This way, you spend the minimum amount of time updating it, and you'll see a handy reminder whenever you open your homepage. Personally, I think the "Get to work!" message from the default note would make a good Stickyscreen all by itself.

Keep an in-browser sticky note with Stickyscreen originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Embed documents or images on any web site with Embedit.in

Filed under: Internet, Web services, web 2.0, Web

Embedit.in provides a drop dead simple way to embed documents or images on a web site. Just upload a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or PDF document or an image file and click the embed it button.

You'll need to login to the site before getting your embed code, but you can login using your Google, Yahoo!, AOL, or OpenID information.

The service creates a Flash widget that visitors to your web page can use to view the image or read the document. You can resize the images or click the button in the bottom right corner to view them in full screen. I've embedded a blank tax document after the jump in case you want to see what the widget looks like in action.

Embedit.in is far from the only service that lets you upload documents and embed them on web sites. But it's certainly one of the simples to use.

[via TechnoSpot and MakeUseOf]

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Embed documents or images on any web site with Embedit.in originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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