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MobileRSS syncs with your Google Reader so you can keep up with all of your favorite blogs and websites at all times.  There’s a free version and a pro for $2.99 (iTunes links) which I’ll show you in the screencast.

After you install it and sign in with your Google account it will automatically sync up.  All of your folders, tags, shared and stared items will be in place along with people who you follow.  MobileRSS works a lot like Google Reader and you can also share items via email, Twitter, Facebook, Instapaper, and more.

I installed both the free and paid-for versions and am happy with both.  If you’re unsure about spending the money then install the free version, it works great and will give you a feel of what you get for your money.

To see MobileRSS in action, watch the screencast below:

Flavors.me is a great service for anyone who wants to build their own Website  to share all of their profiles on the Web.  It allows just about anyone to design a personal site, even those of us without design skills.  You can test out Flavors.me for free but for $20.00 a year you can have access to even more design customization, use your own domain and get informative stats on who is visiting your site.

To learn more about Flavors.me, check out the screencast below:

Adobe Ideas (iTunes link) is an app for the iPhone and iPad that helps you quickly sketch out design ideas on a blank canvas or a photo.  There’s also a handy color palette generator for use on a new photo or an existing one. It’s completely free so even if you’re not very creative (you’ll see my level of creativity in this screencast ) it’s still fun to use and can be useful for sharing simple design ideas with others.

To see the Adobe Ideas app in action, watch the screencast below:

I love that there’s one day a year dedicated to celebrating our wonderful Mother Earth.  One day a year when people will remember to bring their reusable grocery bags to the supermarket, think twice before buying that ginormous bottle of water imported from Fiji and one day when people will remember to put down the lid on the toilet.  Do you know how much water can evaporate out of the toilet when the lid is left open? Do you?? And thank goodness there are a ton of “green” iPhone apps to help us do our part. (Yes, I’m being snarky but I really am a hippy vegetarian so it’s OK   )

Here are my two favorites that I stumbled upon today:

Cruelty Free (iTunes link) is a helpful app for people who want to be sure that they are buying products that are NOT tested on animals. 

Find Green (iTunes link) is an app that helps you to find green businesses in your area.

Check out the screencast to learn more about the Cruelty Free and Find Green iPhone apps:

Photoshop.com Mobile iPhone App is a free and easy to use photo editor.  You can use it with new photos you take or on photos already in your camera roll.  Use it to quickly add effects, crop images and more.

Check out the screencast to see more:

CameraBag ( iTunes link) isn’t free, but it’s so fun to use that I  think it’s worth the $1.99 price tag.  It allows you to add awesome filters to your pictures almost instantly.

Check out the screencast to see more:

TiltShift helps you take any scenic photo and make it appear as if it’s a miniature scale model.  At just $0.99, I couldn’t pass it up.

Check out the screencast to see more:

ZipList is a service that helps you quickly throw together your shopping list in a seriously organized manner.  You can use it at home on your computer or on the go on your mobile phone.

You can create many lists and each item that you add will automatically be placed into the correct category of where you can find it in the store.  For example, typing in “milk;cheese;bread;tomatoes” will result in 3 categories: dairy, bread, and produce.  Each item will go into the correct category for you – preventing you from having to run back and forth around the store.

You can use the ZipList bookmarklet to easily add recipes to your recipebox and add items from that recipe to your list.  You can also choose to send your shopping list to a mobile phone or email address.

To see how I used ZipList, watch the screencast below:

Remember the days of sending out real paper invitations to your friends and then waiting patiently by the phone for them to call with their response?  OK, so some of you are probably too young to remember those days, which is unfortunate since it’s a much more personal way to introduce your event to your friends and family.  Evitations are the norm these days and, sadly, the chance of actually receiving an invitation in the mail is very rare.

RSVPhere is a site that wants to blend the convenience of online party planning with the ever-so-rare paper invite.

All you need to do is create an RSVPhere account and add all of your event details.  You can even ask questions of your guests that they’ll need to answer when responding – Things like, “What type of wine do you prefer” or, “Do you have any dietary restrictions” are extremely helpful when planning an event.  After you’ve added all of your info you’ll create a code that guests will need to respond to your event online.  This code, along with an event ID, will be printed on your paper invites that you send to your guests.  Instead of sending out a response card (and hoping that nobody loses it or forgets to drop it in the mail) your guests can simply enter the code into the RSVPhere site and respond with a few clicks.  They don’t need to sign up for anything and it just takes a minute.  As the party planner, you also save some cash on stamps.

To see all of the great features of RSVPhere, watch the screencast below:

If you’re one of the unlucky (or lucky, depending how you look at it) individuals that is required to put on a clean, crisp dress shirt every day – and often find yourself struggling to find a shirt that actually fits correctly – then Blank Label may be just what you’re looking for.

Blank Label is a web-based application that allows you to pick the fabric, style, and measurements to create your very own custom dress shirt.  It took me about 10 minutes to create a shirt the first time I used it, and the price seems relatively fair – even though I’ve never actually bought a mens dress shirt before.

To learn more about Blank Label, watch the screencast below:

When I logged into Gmail this morning I finally saw what I really wanted to see yesterday afternoon – “Buzz”.  It was right where everyone said it would be, under my inbox tab.

After spending a few hours poking around and (unsuccessfully) searching for some help topics on exactly who can see what, I think I finally got the gist of Google Buzz. Oh, and just in case you’re wondering, I like it. I like it a lot.

To learn how to get started using Google Buzz, watch the screencast below:

If you’re a freelancer you may find it hard to determine a fair hourly rate to charge your clients and still make a decent living.  You don’t want to overcharge because you need to remain competitive – however, if you undercharge clients you won’t be able to to do things like pay rent and buy groceries.

That’s where the FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator comes in.  It helps you calculate what you spend annually on business expenses, personal costs for things like rent and car repairs, and how much you want to put into savings each year.  It combines this information with how many days and hours a year you work, along with the percentage of hours you can actually bill people, and spits out an estimate of how much you should be billing your clients.

To see how the FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator can help you make more money, watch the screencast below: