Route4Me is different from traditional navigation websites.

When you enter multiple addresses into the system, it will automatically calculate thousands or millions of route combinations to bring back the shortest possible route between all your destinations.

This online service is free and they offer you an iPhone app!

Route4Me

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If you don’t know me well enough to know that I really follow and enjoy all the online tools that Google offers. One of my favorite tools that Google provides is Gmail.

In the last few days, Google has released ‘Buzz’ that is integrated within Gmail. I am testing it, and so far I give it a ‘Thumbs Up’

Buzz lets you share updates, photos, links, and pretty much anything else you’d like with your Gmail contacts; it’s an easy way to follow your friends, too. When you click Buzz in your Gmail account, you’ll see the stream of posts from people you’re following, and a box for you to post your updates. Here’s a run-down of the basic functions:

* Post some buzz: Click in the text box next to your name, and share what’s on your mind.
* Comment: if you see something in your stream you’d like to comment on, just click the Comment link under that post. Your comment will appear alongside it, and the author of the post will be notified.
* Like/unlike: If you don’t have something in particular you want to say, but you just happen to like someone’s post, you can click Like. It will show up on that post that you liked it; if you have a change of heart about something you’ve liked, you’ll see an Unlike link; just click it to remove your name.
* Reply by chat: Click this link if you’d like to send a Chat message to the author of an update
* Delete comments: You can delete comments people have posted to your buzz, or comments you’ve posted.
* @replies: Write @ in front of someone’s username as a way of directing your buzz at that person (it will automatically go to their inbox). You can only use @replies with people who are in your contacts, and other followers won’t be able to see the Gmail username.
* Mute: You can mute buzz that appears in your inbox by enabling keyboard shortcuts and pressing the ‘m’ key while you’re reading it. Muting keeps the update from continuing to appear in your inbox as people reply to it.
* Link to: Click the down-arrow to the right of a post, and select Link to this buzz. This allows you to send a link to this content
* Email: Click the down-arrow to the right of a post, and select Email; a new Gmail message will open with the buzz content in the subject and message body.

Google Buzz

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Snapfish, the home of online digital photo printing, photo sharing, and over 100 personalized photo gifts that you can make from your photos.

You can create a free account today to start uploading and sharing your photos.
Get high-quality digital photo prints at low prices and unlimited, free photo sharing.

You can even use your digital photos to create custom photo books and gifts.

Snapfish

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FilePhile was created with a very specific goal: to solve the person-to-person file transfer problem.

What is the person-to-person file transfer problem? Well, have you ever wanted to send something large to a friend or colleague? First you try e-mail, but it’s too big.

Then you try a web-based service, but those cost too much, have size limits, use crummy browser-based HTTP file upload, or… well… maybe what you’re sending is something confidential and you don’t want to upload it to someone else’s server.

So then, if you or the other party is tech-savvy, you mess around with trying to forward ports, set up FTP servers, and so on. Finally you either cobble something together or give up and mail the person a disk.

That’s the person-to-person file transfer problem.

Check out FilePhile and let me know what you think about it.

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Do you have a lot of gifts to buy and keep up with for Christmas?
Gift Box is an online gift manager. You can gain control over all the gifts and holidays in your life all for free.

With Gift Box you can:

1. track gifts you’ve received
2. track gifts you’ve given to others
3. track where/when gifts need to be returned
4. Compile a wish list of gifts and email it to your friends and family

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