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9 Minimalist Firefox Plugins to Simplify Your Internet Browsing

Dennis — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:48:05 +0000

Mozilla’s Firefox browser has a growing list of followers who love its usability, speed and extensibility. Firefox users who want their browser to run even faster can eliminate features they don’t want. Another goal of the minimalist is to conserve screen space so users see content, not the browser. Although Firefox users can streamline their browser by manually editing its settings, the following 9 plugins minimize the footprint of the browser on system resources. Available as free downloads; these plugins can make Firefox faster than ever.

1. AdBlock Plus

Bad for webmasters hoping to earn money through advertising, but good for Internet users who don’t want to wait for pesky ads to load, AdBlock plus saves Internet users time by telling Firefox not to load them. A simple interface lets users disable the plugin on a per-site basis if needed.

2. Google Minimalist

The Google Minimalist plugin gives users a sleek, simple interface for the Google search engine. A small button on the status bar gives easy access to the search engine.

3. Classic Compact Firefox theme

By installing this theme in Firefox, users get more of their screen for normal use. This plugin eliminates spacing between Firefox elements to minimize the amount of display real estate the browser commands. Users who want to see more content and less interface will love this theme.

4. Searchbar Autosizer

Why waste screen space with a search field when no search is needed? The autosizer plugin reduces the size of that search bar, expanding it only when it is needed. When collapsed, the address bar expands, exposing the vital information it contains.

5. Greasemonkey

Use this plugin to change the way Firefox behaves by leveraging Javascript and a convenient user interface. With this tool installed, Firefox users can modify their browser to their heart’s content. They can write their own scripts or access online libraries containing thousands of scripts that perform almost infinite modifications to their browser.

6. Faviconize Tab

Double click a tab to collapse it to a small icon. The Faviconize Tab plugin preserves space on the screen and on the Firefox interface while preserving accessibility by shrinking bulky elements.

7. Download Statusbar

This minimal status bar lets users keep track of downloads without wasting space or distracting them from their work. Install the Download Statusbar plugin to create this important effect.

8. AdBlock Plus Element Hiding Helper

Those who like AdBlock will love the\ additional flexibility offered by the Element Hiding Helper. This plugin gives Firefox users the ability to define screen elements to block that the AdBlock plugin might miss. This addresses advertising masked by scripts and other codes that often make it past the AdBlock perimeter.

9. Personal Menu

The Personal Menu puts Firefox users in the driver’s seat. They get to decide what their Web browser’s menu looks like and what items it includes. It presents only the options the user wants to see in the Firefox menu, while keeping all the other options hidden, but accessible with a single click of the mouse.

Firefox users should download these 9 plugins to increase their browser speed and reclaim more of their screen. After trying them all, they should keep the ones they find most useful and then continue their search for other ways to get more of what they want from Firefox.

This was a guest post by James Adams.
Enthusiastically involved with the upkeep of Cartridge Save, James blogs and writes numerous articles, and also makes sure he keeps track of all the ink and toner.

Mozilla Firefox 8 Final Version Released – Download Links

Dennis — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:09:10 +0000

The official release date for Firefox 8 final version is 8th November. However, you can download the exact same final version of Firefox 8 as of today from Mozilla’s FTP servers. Download links can be found below.

I have had the opportunity to play with the new Firefox 8 and I’ve seen a couple of new things included with the new version.

1. Start-up is now much faster.

This is because Firefox 8 comes with a new feature for tabs loading. I call it “Lazy Tabs”. Here’s what that means.

When you start your Firefox, (if you’ve set the option to load tabs from last time), instead of waiting for all tabs to load simultaneously, Firefox starts loading only one tab (the one you see), and the rest of them are waiting for you to activate them, one by one, when you need them.
So when you click at one of them, that one starts loading.

Up until now, there was a Firefox Add-on, BarTab, that enabled this functionality in older versions, but now you don’t need it anymore.

2. You can do Twitter searches directly from address bar.

You don’t need to go to Twitter to conduct message searches. Now you can choose Twitter to be one of the default search engines for Firefox, and you can conduct your searches right from within Firefox 8.

Google, Yahoo, Bing and others are still available if you prefer using them. You can set your default search engine at the top-right side of Firefox, near the address bar, as shown in the screenshot above.

3. Add-ons installed by external applications are disabled by default.

This means that all add-ons that are installed by external applications must be explicitly switched on by the user. That’s a great thing, and let me tell you why.

For example, when you install a software, and it comes with a certain browser toolbar that tries to install itself automatically and without your permission, it will be stopped in its tracks.

4. ‘Downloads’ history is now more accessible.

This is a minor change, but still, it makes it easier to check Downloads history since now it can be accessed through opening browsing History panel from the menu.

It is no longer needed to open a separate window to see Downloads history. You can find everything right inside the History panel, as you can see in the screenshot below.

Mozilla Firefox 8 Download Link

Remember, this below is the link to Mozilla’s FTP server where they store the final release of Firefox 8. The official links will be available on November 8th.

Download Firefox 8 here. (Firefox Setup 8.0.exe)

30 Beautiful Windows 8 Wallpapers in High Quality

Dennis — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:24:23 +0000

Excited about Windows 8? Here you can download 30 stunning Windows 8 wallpapers to give you a glimpse into what’s coming packed into Microsoft’s new operating system.

There are 10 wallpapers in this collection that are officially included with Windows 8 Pre-Beta, Build 8102, (and are probably going to be included in wallpaper collection of Windows 8 final version).

The rest of them are simply beautiful products of creativity by a couple of gifted designers, and therefore I have decided to feature their remarkable work here in this post.

All of the featured wallpapers are high quality resolution (1680 x 1050 and 1920 x 1050).

I plan to cover more exciting technical details of Windows 8 in the next few blog posts. Until then, go ahead and download fresh Windows 8 wallpapers featured below for your desktop. I’m sure you’re going to find your next wallpaper among these.

Also, don’t forget to check out previous wallpaper packs featured here:

40 Official and Unofficial Windows 7 Wallpapers

80 High Quality Mozilla Firefox Wallpapers

20 Creatively Artistic Wallpapers To Spice Up Your Desktop

12 Cool Typography Desktop Wallpapers

Credits to great artists:
rehsup, enemia, pedrocasoa, MAkhdar, RealityOne

Share Wireless Connection From Your Laptop As a WiFi Hotspot

Dennis — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:51:07 +0000

Here’s one hell of a fast way to share your internet connection with other devices, without need for a wireless router. It’s simple. You use your laptop as a WiFi hotspot instead.

This post will be unusually short, since there really isn’t much to explain. Just type, click, and you’re ready to go.

WiFi HotSpot Creator is a small (374 KB) and free application that makes it all easy and fast.

What you see above in the screenshot is all. That’s all there is to it.

1. Type the name of WiFi connection that you want to create.
This name will appear to other devices when they search for a wireless hotspot. What you type in here is not really important. It can be anything you want it to be.

2. Type your desired password into the Passphrase field. Other devices will use this password to be able to use your shared internet connection via WiFi.

3. From the NIC drop-down choose the way your laptop is currently connected to internet. For example, if you are connected via WiFi, you choose “Wireless Network Connection”. If you get access to internet via LAN cable, then you choose that one.

Notice that you can share your “Wired” connection with other devices “Wirelessly”. Your laptop will transmit WiFi signal and therefore other devices will be able to connect to internet, even if your laptop is connected to internet via cable.

One bad thing

One thing that I didn’t like about this app, is that it installs a browser toolbar without even asking you.

If you use Google Chrome, you don’t need to worry, but in other browsers, you will notice additional toolbar has been installed. That’s not a big problem though, you can easily uninstall it from the browser options.

Download link below

Download WiFi Hotspot Creator here.

Send 1 GB Large Files Online (Faster Than Email)

Dennis — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:03:00 +0000

Instead of being limited to only 25mb and only being able to send to Gmail users, you can now send really large files to any email address, no matter if it’s Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or… You get the point.
And yes, all the way up to 1 Gigabyte, and it’s absolutely free.

This, currently, is the fastest and simplest way to send large files online to your contacts’ email address. Or to even more than one of them at once.

To see how simple it is, here are the 3 steps to send your large files:

1. Go to web app, or open the desktop version of it.

2. Enter email address you want to send the file to.

3. Select, or drag & drop files, and send!

Now let’s see some details related to this immensely useful, and yet, free web app.
It is created by a newly-founded company, Kicksend.
Yes, you have to register to be able to send large files, but the process is surprisingly simple and fast, with only 3 things you need to write:
Your name, your email address, and your desired password.

That’s all. You’re registered. And no, you don’t even need to click on those confirmation links sent to your email. You can start sending files right away.
You can even login with your Facebook account, if you really don’t wish to register.

One of the most impressive things of this app

is that it’s ridiculously simple! Everybody can use it, no matter what their computer skills are, or if they even have them (Grandma included). See the screenshot below, and you’ll see why.

As you can see, the interface is pretty simple and it gets straight to the point. All in one page. In the upper right corner you can also see your free sending limit for the current month.

If you want slightly more

Every month, you are allowed to send 1GB large files. It depends on your needs, but for average user, that should be enough.
And if it isn’t, then there are couple of steps you can take to expand your limit from 1GB to 1550 mb. It’s easy, if you need the additional space, and it’s pretty fast to do. The things you can do are captured in the screenshot below.

If you want a LOT more

If 1.5 GB still isn’t sufficient for your needs, then… There’s one last step you can take.
Purchase one of their premium packages. Then you can have 10+ GBs. Since I don’t write posts to promote anyone, nor am I writing about apps that are not free, I won’t go into much detail here, but you can see the rest on their website. I covered the free part which I think will be useful to most of the average need users.

One downside of it all

The limit for sending files directly using web app is 150 mb. If you need to send files larger than 150 mb, you’ll have to use their desktop app. It’s still free, and fast to download, but still, it’s one additional step, which I didn’t like.

Finally, the link to their website is below

Go to KickSend and send huge files.

Find, Move or Delete Duplicate Files on Your PC

Dennis — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:24:26 +0000

I do my best to have files on my PC organized and sorted so I know where every file is. And yet, when I ran this free software, during 3 minutes it found 1038 duplicate files on my system totaling 39 GBs. What a surprise! Imagine then how many duplicate files you have if you don’t pay much attention to organizing files on your PC?

Removing duplicate files from your PC will boost your system performance and speed it up immensely. Whether it be photos, mp3 files, text documents… Removing those files will enable you to have more disk space, reduce antivirus scan time, reduce the time it takes to defragment your hard drive and help you easily organize your files.

DuplicateFinder is a freeware program that will detect all the cloned files that you might have on your computer.

DuplicateFinder uses optimized detection algorithms and file filters so the scanning time is greatly minimized. The detected files can be removed in no time with the help of the automatic file selector and the predefined set of actions (copying, moving or deleting).

I must say it was pretty fast and efficient. Now I have additional 39 Gigabytes of space available when I cleaned up the unnecessary files in just 3 minutes. Of course, if you don’t want to delete them right away, you can always group them into a folder using “Move” option, and there you can see whether you want to keep some of them.

It works on Windows NT 4.0, 2K, XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

You can download Duplicate Finder here. (scroll down the page for download links)

Download Free ZoneAlarm 9.1 Firewall Fully Compatible With Windows 7

Dennis — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:20:23 +0000

Here’s a great freebie for you. I don’t know whether you heard it or not, but the new version of Zone Alarm has been released on November 24. And it is now available free for download.

It is kind of strange though, that the official announcement of the release hasn’t yet spread fully over the net. Even the link to download the latest version of ZoneAlarm on their official website leads to a page at Download.com where you can download only version 8 (I hope they will fix that soon).

It seems that the news about the new version of ZoneAlarm doesn’t seem to have got past the ZoneAlarm forum…Yet. But who cares. You can download it right now and enjoy the internet security that this famous firewall provides.

So what are the major changes and add-ons in the latest version of ZoneAlarm (9.1)?

1. One of the most important things is that this version of ZoneAlarm is now fully compatible with Windows 7. That means you can relax and don’t need to worry whether it will crash your system or cause any conflicts with other installed software on your computer (which could, yet again, lead to system failure).

2. There is a new browser security toolbar included with installation. This is helpful if you happen to go to some malicious website that tries to install some kind of malware on your pc. But I also think this browser toolbar will suck in additional RAM memory and if you have many add-ons installed (Firefox anybody?), then it could become pretty messy. (but only for those with less RAM capacity)

So let’s sum up the features that this ZoneAlarm Browser Toolbar has:

- Spy site detection
- Signature and heuristic phishing detection
- Website safety check and rating (pretty useful)

That’s it! Here’s the link to official download page of ZoneAlarm 9.1 where direct download is available.

Download ZoneAlarm 9.1 Windows 7 compatible.

20 Creatively Artistic Wallpapers To Spice Up Your Desktop

Dennis — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:58:09 +0000

We all need creativity, no matter what job we do, at some point of the day it is pretty relaxing and inspiring to just minimize all your desktop windows and enjoy and admire your wallpaper for a second…

As I promised you, I will be featuring new, fresh wallpapers every month so you will not be bored with your desktop. And here we go!

This month we have 20 creatively artistic wallpapers to spice up your desktop. Many of them are in 1680×1050 screen resolution (so it’s high quality) and there are a few lower res, like 1280×800.

If you would like to see some of the earlier round-ups of monthly wallpapers, take a look at the following:

40 Official and Unofficial Windows 7 Wallpapers

80 High Quality Mozilla Firefox Wallpapers

12 Cool Typography Desktop Wallpapers

And here are this month’s featured wallpapers. Enjoy!

15 Great Gmail Sidebar Gadgets You Won’t Find in Labs

Dennis — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:24:22 +0000

I think Gmail is the best e-mail client available on the web. It’s better than most ‘premium’ e-mail clients that demand monthly payment or subscription.

One of the great things in Gmail is of course Google’s Gmail Labs where many developers showcase and test their creative and useful gadgets.

Amongst those you can find pretty great features that can really make your inbox more functional, and sometimes more fun. Like the one that enables you to add Twitter to your Gmail inbox in 3 steps or even these 5 Cool Gmail Apps.

But here’s something you need to know. Gadgets you can find in Gmail Labs are not the only ones available on the web. There are far more of them out of Labs, and to find those, you will need to put some effort and search for a while. There are some real gems out there, believe me.

To save your time, I made a search and compiled a list of 15 great Gmail gadgets that will add some social media juice to your inbox and make it easier for you to stay tuned on all your online profiles, directly from Gmail. You can stay in your inbox 24 hours a day now! Everything you need will be there! :)

But first you need to enable “Add any gadget by URL” functionality on Gmail Labs.

To do so you need to go to Settings > Labs and switch to ‘Enable’ button next to “Add any gadget by URL” gadget. After that you will be able to add gadgets by submitting the URL in the Settings > Gadgets page.

Below every gadget, I will post an URL to it, so you get that URL and paste it in Gadgets page, as explained above. Nice and easy.

So here they are, the great 15!

Twitter Gmail Gadget

There are several Twitter gadgets you can use but I found that this one works best for me. You can post instant tweets straight form the Gmail and browse your friend tweets. I would say that this gadget turns Gmail into pretty decent Twitter client.

URL: http://twittergadget.appspot.com/gadget-gmail.xml

gBook Facebook Gadget

gBook offers all the basic functions so you will never loose contact with your Facebook friends. You can update your status and see email and notifications straight from your mailbox. Feel free to search for other Facebook gadgets as I found this my favorite but there are few more if you prefer.

URL: http://www.francesco-castaldo.com/fb-gadget/gBook.xml

FriendFeed

Keep track on your friend activities on the web using FriendFeed gadget. Everything is simple, nothing fancy – just the way you like it. On the other hand it would be great to see better Gmail implementation as in general it is an iGoogle gadget.

URL: http://friendfeed.com/embed/googlegadget/spec

Zoho Gadgets

Zoho have built several gadgets for different tasks. You can find Zoho Docs gadget for creating, editing, sharing, viewing all your documents. There are also mail, calendar, tasks, planer and notes gadgets. You can find more information on Zoho gadgets page or just try them out.

URL: http://gadgets.zoho.com/zc/index.do

Remember The Milk

Yes you can use Zoho tasks what I described before, but I think this one is pretty great. It truly is “The best way to manage your tasks”. With the gadget you can review your existing tasks, create new ones, overdue and postpone them. Check out all the other features in Gadgets page.

URL: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/gmail/gadget/

Digg

With this gadget you can quickly browse all the popular stories on Digg. You will always be well informed on latest events and friend activities.

URL: http://digg.com/goog/ig.xml

MySpace

Pretty similar gadget to the Facebook but will enable you to stay connected with your friends over at MySpace.

URL:http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/100080069921643878012/myspace.xml

Delicious

Simple gadget to display Delicious hotlist on your Gmail sidebar. Easy to browse bookmarks of different users. It’s great especially if you use Deliciouss often as I do.

URL: http://www.labpixies.com/campaigns/delicious/delicious.xml

World Clock

This gadget is designed especially for Gmail and offers possibility to add current time of different places of the world. Pretty neat.

URL: http://gad.getpla.net/poly/clock.xml

bit.ly URL Shortener

Small but useful gadget that will convert your URLs into short ones using Bit.ly service.

URL: http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/107368512201818821991/bitly-shortener.xml

Calculator

Very nice looking calculator for your Gmail if you quickly need to count some numbers or do more advanced calculations.

URL: http://www.poturi.net/gadgets/calc/calc.xml

Google Map Search

Great gadget to find your desired location fast. With combination of Google maps it works really well.

URL: http://www.google.com/ig/modules/mapsearch.xml

Toodledo To-Do

Very powerful and feature rich gadget for organizing to-do lists. Provides better organizations

URL: http://www.toodledo.com/widget/gmail.php

Ask A Word

Search Thesaurus, Dictionary and Encyclopedia without leaving Gmail. You can also use built in spellchecker so you won’t make a single spelling mistake next time.

URL: http://www.openinventions.com/spellcheck/openinventions_spellcheck.xml

That’s it! I hope you find some (or prefferably all) of these helpful and fun to use. Enjoy!

100 Twitter Tools to Go to The Top – Ultimate Collection!

Dennis — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:00:37 +0000

If you have read the previous post about skyrocketing Twitter followers, you can see, if you already didn’t, how much power there is within social media, and especially Twitter.

People use it for all kinds of stuff. They use it for fun, for business, marketing, networking with like-minded people, driving traffic to their blogs, killing boredom, spamming (yes, even that), earning lots of money (more about that sometimes later), promoting their company or brand, etc…

There are really many things you can do on Twitter and it can be amazingly powerful, once you learn how to use it to it’s fullest potential.

To help you discover all the things you can do with Twitter, and to make your tweeting much easier and more fun, I have compiled a list of 100 Twitter tools that will definitely help you with whatever you want use Twitter for (like one of those things above).

You should really bookmark this post because it will save you bunch of time later on, when you need some of these tools (and you surely will), so you don’t need to look for them separately. Just open this list and find what you need. And I’m sure you will!

I have organized them in categories, and for every tool there is a brief explanation of what it does, so you can find what you need easier and faster.

Twitter Analysis

If your goal is to be popular and influential on Twitter, be sure to check out these tools that will tell you how you’re doing.

Twitter Grader: Learn your Twitter grade, your local Twitter Elite, and find new people to follow through Twitter Grader.
Twitterholic: Check out the top Twitter users and find out your Twitter stats on Twitterholic.
TweetStats: TweetStats offers a graphical analysis of your Twitter stats.
Twitter Friends: Carefully measure your Twitter conversations using Twitter Friends.
Twinfluence: Twinfluence will measure your Twitter influence based on reach, velocity, and social capital.
Tweetwasters: Find out how much time you and other users waste on Twitter.
Tweet-Rank: Learn about the quality of your tweets by finding out which ones won or lost followers.
Mr. Milestone: Get a tweet when you reach various milestones using this Twitter tool.
Retweetrank: Find out how many retweets you and other Twitter users have through this service.

Information Gathering

With these tools, you and gather information for market research, blog posts, and your own simple curiosity.

Tweetbeep: With Tweetbeep, you can set up alerts that will help you keep track of keywords on Twitter.
@myflightinfo: Use @myflightinfo to stay updated on your flight’s status.
Twitterverse: Check out archived timelines and tweets through Twitterverse.
Twitscoop: Twitscoop shares what’s hot on Twitter at any given moment.
Twitbuzz: Twitbuzz tracks the latest conversations as well as popular Twitter links.
StrawPoll: Use StrawPoll to make sharing your opinion as easy as sending an @reply.
Retweetist: This service ranks the hottest links being retweeted on Twitter.
Monitter: Get real time keyword monitoring on Twitter from Monitter.
TweetNews: TweetNews ranks stories based on the amount of related tweets.
TwitterBuzz: TwitterBuzz will tell you what’s being linked to the most on Twitter.
Tweetscan: Set up Tweetscan to make sure you don’t miss any @replies, and to get alerted of your search queries.

Network Building & Management

Find more relevant Twitter users with the help of these tools.

Twitter Local: With this service, you can see tweets from Twitter users in a specific location.
Twubble: Twubble will expand your Twitter bubble, picking out people you may like to follow.
MyCleenr: Sort your friends by their last tweets, and you can get rid of the inactive and useless accounts you’re following.
Follow Cost: This tool will tell you how much effort it takes to follow someone.
Tweepler: Use Tweepler to organize your tweeps based on whether you’re following them or not.
Just Tweet It: Find Tweeple, tools, Twitter bots and more through this directory.
TweetWheel: TweetWheel will help you discover which of your Twitter friends know each other.
SocialToo: SocialToo will help you keep track of all of the people who have followed or unfollowed you.
Twitoria: Reduce your clutter on Twitter by finding your friends that haven’t tweeted in a long time.
TwitDir: With TwitDir, you’ll be able to search for people, and exploring categories including top followers and updaters.
Who Should I Follow?: Using this site, you can get good recommendations for Tweeps to follow.
Nearbytweets: Learn about all of the Twitter users in a specific area with the help of Nearbytweets.
Twellow: Find Twitter users in a specific industry using this service.
Mr. Tweet: Mr. Tweet is a personal networking assistant for Twitter, helping you find relevant followers.
Qwitter: Qwitter will help you manage your network by sending an alert when a person unfollows you.

Twitter Management

Save your time and grow your Twitter followers with the help of these tools.

Summize: Retrieve information on Twitter quickly to search Twitter in real time.
Tweet O’Clock: Trying to reach someone? Tweet O’Clock will help you find the best time to get their attention.
Just Signal: Set up a filter using Just Signal to get only the tweets that discuss the keywords you’d like to read about.
TweepSearch: Put your Twitter network to good use and search your followers for specific parameters.
Friend or Follow: Manage your Twitter contacts and find out who’s not following you back through Friend or Follow.
TwitResponse: TwitResponse makes it easy for you to schedule the delivery of your tweets ahead of time.
TwitterSnooze: Put the pause button on a particular user for a while with Twitter Snooze.
Twitterless: Get notified when someone stops following you with Twitterless.
Twilert: Track specific keywords to receive alerts for using Twilert.
Tweetdeck: Tweetdeck has a groups function that will help you more efficiently follow the people you really want to listen to.
Twalala: Put the mute button on certain people and topics for a while if you are receiving lots of updates you’re not really interested in.

Sharing Tools

Promote your business, share photos, and more using these Twitter tools.

Tweetburner: Use Tweetburner to share links, and you can track their usage.
Twitpic: Twitpic makes it easy to take mobile phone photos and share them using your Twitter account.
TwitterHawk: Get targeted marketing on Twitter through TwitterHawk.
Acamin: Acamin makes it easy to share files on Twitter with your followers.
Glue: Post links to books, movies, restaurants and more on Twitter through Glue.
Ping.fm: This service will update all of your social networks at once.
TweeTube: TweeTube makes it easy to share videos on Twitter.
twiggit: Use this automated service to share the articles you digg on Twitter.
Twisten.fm: Share what you’re listening to on Twitter through Twisten.fm.
Newsider is a news sharing app for twitter. Rate, comment and share news. Top users can earn 80% Adsense revenues on their news stories.

Organization & Productivity

These Twitter tools will make your life a bit more streamlined.

Twittercal: Link your Twitter account and Google Calendar to easily keep up with your events and appointments.
Timer: Use Timer to get reminders about tasks through your Twitter account.
TwitterNotes: Organize your notes using Twitter with TwitterNotes.
Remember the Milk: Use Remember the Milk on Twitter to update your to do list.
Tweetake: Tweetake will back up your Twitter timeline for archiving and more.
Nozbe: Nozbe makes it easy to add and update your to do list on Twitter.
Toodledo: This popular to do list app integrates nicely with Twitter.
TrackThis: Send TrackThis your tracking number, and you’ll get Twitter messages every time there’s a change in location.
Joint Contact: Get project management productivity on Twitter using Joint Contact.
Tempo: This time tracking tool allows you to send in updates from Twitter.
Tweet Later: Tweet Later offers a great way to set up alerts, schedule tweets, send thank you DMs, and more.
OutTwit: OutTwit will make it easy for you to use Twitter inside of Outlook.
Jott: Jott makes it easy for you to tweet without ever having to type, transcribing your voice message to Twitter.

Life and relationships Tools

With these tools, you can work on relationships, life tracking, and more.

MyMileMarker: Keep track of your mileage with info sent via Twitter every time you fill up.
21Tweets: 21Tweets offers personal coaching on Twitter.
TwtTRIP: Organize your travel plans and find other Twitter travelers on your way with TwtTRIP.
Tweet Answers: Twitter Answers makes it easy to ask questions and get answers on Twitter.
Twtvite: Twtvite is a simple event organizer that will help you create a tweetup.
Vacatweet: Set up an autoresponder for your Twitter account with Vacatweet.
plusplusbot: Share when someone goes out of their way to help you, or otherwise make your feelings known using plusplusbot.
TrackDailyGoals: Use this site and the #dailygoals hashtag to keep track of your goals every day.
ConnectTweet: Put the voices of your group or business together through ConnectTweet.
Tweeteorology: Find tweets about the weather in any location through Tweeteorology.
DreamTweet: Keep a reminder of your dreams and nightmares, and follow the dreams of others through DreamTweet.

Business & Finance

Use these tools to improve your business and finances through Twitter.

Chipin: If you’re raising funds on Twitter, make use of Chipin to set a goal and let your supporters track the progress of the campaign.
Xpenser: You can Twitter your expenses to Xpenser and they will be recorded for you.
Twittertise: Schedule your tweets and track their clickthroughs with this app designed for Twitter advertising.
TwtQpon: Create simple Twitter coupons for your business with TwtQpon.
CheapTweet: Get all of the deals, sales, coupons and more being discussed on Twitter through CheapTweet.
Tipjoy: Like Chipin, Tipjoy offers a way to create social payments for your cause, content, or people.
SalesTwit: Get contact management for Twitter with the help of SalesTwit.
Tweet What You Spend: Track your cash in a really effective way using Tweet What You Spend.
StockTwits: StockTwits shares the investment discussions on Twitter in real time.

Health related

Track your health using these Twitter tools.

Qwitter: Update Qwitter to shame yourself into quitting smoking.
TweetPlot: Use TweetPlot to chart your food and fitness statistics.
Tweetwhatyoueat: Keep a food diary to track what you’re eating every day using Tweetwhatyoueat.
gtFtr: Use the gtFtr tool to record your exercise activity on Twittr.
SugarStats: Track, monitor, and share your blood sugar through Twitter with SugarStats.
FoodFeed: This Twitter-based food log makes it easy for you to track what you’re eating.

Blogging and promoting your blog posts

Bring your blog life and Twitter life together with these tools.

Add to Any: Get your posts shared on Twitter by using Add to Any on your WordPress blog.
TwitThis: Make use of this plugin to send Twitter messages about your blog post.
MyTwitter: Use the MyTwitter plugin to display your Twitter status on WordPress.
Twitpress: Twitpress will send out a Tweet every time you post a new blog entry.
TwitterCounter: With this plugin, you can display the number of followers you have on Twitter.
TwitterFeed: Announce your blog post on Twitter with a customized message using TwitterFeed.

Stay tuned, I will update this list regulalry with new apps and tools. Enjoy!

If you still do not know what Twitter is (although I doubt it), you can read What Is Twitter And How Does It Work – Beginners Guide.