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Get the Best Price on Your Business Schwag with PrintingChoice

This post is part of Mashable’s Startup Review series, which highlights great unsung startups. The series is made possible by Sun Startup Essentials.

Company Name

PrintingChoice

20-Word Description

PrintingChoice is a price search tool, similar to Travelocity or Kayak, for finding low prices for printing things like brochures.

CEO’s Pitch

There are a lot of online printing companies out there, and researching the best price for your business cards, postcards, flyers, and etc. can take forever. PrintingChoice makes it easy for you to find the lowest prices based on your product, dimensions, options, and turnaround time. You enter your specs into a form, and you get instant results, sorted by price, along with reviews and a link to buy directly from the printing company you choose. This tool makes printing easy for small businesses, entrepreneurs, franchises, and even people who need to print wedding announcements or their own Christmas cards.

Mashable’s Take

PrintingChoice fills a void in a fairly big niche market of the Web: printing services. The company has indexed prices for around a dozen leading sites like Vistaprint and iPrint to allow you to search for the best deals on printed business and promotional materials. The result, as the company puts it, is like a Travelocity for business cards and brochures.

The search function of the site lets you first select the type of product you need printed (brochures, business cards, door hangers, etc.) and then choose from one of several standard sizes. You can then input the # of sides that need to be printed, the quantity, and how quickly you need the materials to arrive. Click “search” and PrintingChoice will return all of the online vendors and their prices, listed from lowest to highest. In addition to its price comparison tool, PrintingChoice offers articles about printing to help you make the best decisions, as well as links to current deals and specials that the various vendors are offering.

While I generally think PrintingChoice is a decent idea, there are current a couple problems in my mind. For one, ordering print materials is a decision that is usually based on a combination of quality and price, not just one of the two. While PrintingChoice offers user reviews, it’s currently not enough to get a sense of each printer’s quality. Additionally, PrintingChoice liters its site with AdWords, which, is sort of lame and unnecessary considering they’ll also make money on the referrals they drive through to the printing sites.

Business cards and other schwag is still one market that I think is best served by your local brick and mortar print shops, but if you need stuff in a hurry, a price comparison tool like PrintingChoice could be useful. That said, I’ve always been curious where all of the reliable, high-end online printers are. If you know of one, add it to the comments.

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WARNING: Twitter Phishing Attack Underway

If you get a Twitter direct message today reading: “check out this funny blog about you”, we advise you don’t. The link leads to a fake Twitter login page that attempts to steal your Twitter login. Particularly susceptible to this attack are Twitter users who get their DMs delivered by email: it’s perfectly natural to be prompted to log in after clicking through from your email account.

You can follow updates on the attack by subscribing to the Twitter topic #phishingalert

A Good Sign for Twitter?

Ironically, this may be a coming-of-age for Twitter: nobody phishes where there are no phish to catch. In other words: while stealing passwords is a vile activity, the fact that such attacks are being embarked upon would indicate that Twitter is now large enough to be a viable target…even if its savvy early-adopter audience may be wise to such scams.

Almost exactly one year ago today, we reported on the first serious Facebook hack: an attempt to install adware via a Facebook app. Facebook, of course, was one of 2008’s biggest gainers on the web. We can confidently expect rapid growth - and the malicious attacks that accompany it - for Twitter in 2009.

(Thanks to all the Mashable readers who let us know about this.)

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Apple Reveals New iTunes Pricing Structure

Apple has confirmed the rumors that iTunes will be moving to a variable pricing structure. Top tracks will carry a $1.29 price point, while other, less popular songs will be available at $0.99 and $0.69. Along with the new price points, all tracks on iTunes will be DRM-free by April.

So who are these changes good for? For one, the record labels, which stand to make more money on releases from expensive, top 40-type artists. Meanwhile, as I wrote last night, the drop in prices is good for consumers whose musical tastes fall more into the long tail of iTunes’ huge music catalog. But, for the millions of people who fuel downloads of iTunes’ most popular tracks, this change marks a 30% price increase, which, adds up to a lot of money on an annual basis.

Another footnote to add to the DRM-free iTunes store: as Ben Drury, CEO of 7Digital points out to us in an email, “Downloads from iTunes are still in the AAC file format regardless of whether they are DRM-free … the AAC file format is only compatible with iPods/iPhones and a limited number of other devices. So consumers who buy downloads from iTunes are still restricted to where they can play that music regardless of whether it’s DRM free or not.”

While that only effects a very small subset of iTunes users, it is an interesting piece of fine print on news that will be viewed by many as the signal of the death of DRM.

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Top 10 Free iPhone Apps to Lose Weight

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Even if you didn’t make a resolution to lose weight this year, you probably have some fitness goals you would like to achieve in the new year. To help, we’ve put together a list of the top 10 free iPhone apps to help you lose weight and get into shape.

From calorie trackers to fitness tutorials, you can find pretty much anything you could ever want for managing your diet, weight, and fitness goals — best of all, they’re all free. Now you have no more excuses. Download one or more of these apps and get going. Here’s to staying motivated in 2009!

Tell us about your favorites in the comments.

Calorie Tracker

Calorie conscious? Calorie Tracker is an incredibly handy free app from LIVESTRONG.com, Lance Armstrong’s health and fitness website. Users can look up and track daily caloric, fat, carbohydrate, and protein intake.

The app pulls from LIVESTRONG.com’s Daily Plate nutritional database with over 450,000 food and restaurant items. And if you want your physical activity to factor into the mix, just use the app to calculate burned calories for a variety of exercises. Users can also use the app in conjunction with the website for support groups, forums, and Q&A. (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Lose It!

Set goals, create a daily calorie budget, record food and exercise, and view graphs of progress with this full-featured weight management app. After you enter your stats, you can create a custom plan, with an end date in mind, based on how much weight you want to lose per week. So for my weight loss goal, should I stick to my 1279 daily calorie budget, my loss should be realized by April 17 of this year.

Since the app is incredibly easy to use and approaches weight loss in an easy way for me to manage, I think I’m going to stick with this one until I reach my goal; I’ll let you know how that goes. (App Store Rating: 3.5 stars)

40·30·30

Calorie trackers are great, but how do you make sure that you’re getting the right nutritional balance? The 40·30·30 app is a one trick pony that will really come in handy if you need to quickly calculate the percentage of carbs, protein, and fats in your meal.

Just scroll through the weight (in grams) options for each nutritional element to view your ratio. (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

iPump Free Workout

Created by Exercise Physiologist, Declan Condron, this free alternative to iPump, has two full body workouts targeting major muscle groups, as well as sample exercises from each of the other iPump apps.

Each workout is designed specifically for maximum results, and lets users listen to music, watch video demonstrations for each exercise, and record activity to a workout log as they go. (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

StepTrackLite

When logging activity just doesn’t cut it, use StepTrackLite as a simple pedometer to measure and track physical activity while strolling, walking, or running.

The app works whether your iPhone is in your pocket, on your belt, or even in your backpack, and you can listen to music as you get your workout on.  (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

iMapMyRun

iMapMyRun utilizes the iPhone’s GPS technology for real-time distance, time, pace, and speed tracking. It even integrates with Twitter, should you want a quick way to advertise your fitness regime.

Once you setup your account (you can use an existing MapMyRun.com account), you can save your runs, bike rides, and walks to a training log, with maps, for future reference. Additional features include the ability to sync with the website and use voice feedback to coach you as you go. Note: as with all apps like this, you do need to leave the app open for the entirety of the workout. (App Store Rating: 3 stars)

iSPINNING

Mountain and road biking fanatics listen up, iSPINNING is powerful app that lets you design workouts to see and track heart rate, time in target zones, calories burned, cadence, speed, distance, and power.

The app is compatible with a variety of fitness sensors, and lets you customize your workout dashboard metrics for each ride. You will need additional hardware, like the SMHEART LINK, for creating a wireless bridge between your iPhone and your fitness sensor. (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Pret-a-Yoga Lite

Pret-a-Yoga Lite is the perfect app for yoga beginners who might be threatened by the gym environment, or advanced yogis looking to take their routine on the go.

Pret-a-Yoga Lite is like having your own personal yoga instructor, minus the slightly awkward touching, to guide you through each breathe and pose with both images and audio instructions. (App Store Rating: 3 stars)

2Fat

If all you need is to calculate your body fat percentage and BMI, then the 2Fat app might be just the right fit.

The scroll wheels make it incredibly simple and fast to use. All you need to do is select your sex, weight, and waist measurement and wait for the bad news. (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Heartbeat

If you need to take a quick heart rate census during or after a tough workout, use Heartbeat to help you manually track your heart beats per minute (bpm).

To calculate your heart’s bpm, just tap the heart on the screen every time your heart beats — it’s that easy. The app would be incredibly cool if it could automatically calculate your heart rate, but it still is a handy tool for heart rate monitoring on the run. (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Interested in more resources? Check these out:

- “Lose the Blogger 15: 25+ Web Apps for Dieting and Getting in Shape”

- “40+ Free iPhone Music Apps”

- “50+ iPhone Apps to Enhance Your Photo and Video Experience”

- “15+ Free iPhone Apps to Navigate Your World”

Image courtesy of iStockphoto, evirgen

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Are Paid Online Dating Sites Dead?

A recent launch suggests that the web’s love affair with paid dating sites may be coming to an end. DowntoEarth is a new, completely free dating site with an interesting pedigree.

According to DowntoEarth’s Privacy Policy, this new, free entrant is “part of the IAC/InterActiveCorp family of businesses.” IAC, of course, acquired Match.com in 1999, and is also behind Match.com’s spin-off site Chemistry.com. Despite its success with paid dating, then, IAC is testing the waters with a free model.

Markus Frind, CEO of rival free dating site (and startup anomaly) Plentyoffish.com, somewhat self-servingly claims the move is a victory for free dating sites. He writes: “Downtoearth is headed up by Jacob Solotaroff, the former Director of Product Management and Member Integrity at Match.com…It looks like the project was started back in June 2008,” and “It looks like match.com realizes they are losing marketshare fast and paid sites don’t really have a future.”

Despite his obvious bias, Frind may have a point: the incredibly low cost of providing a dating service makes it difficult to justify payment for the basic level of service. Which leads us to ask: Are paid dating sites a thing of the past? If you are paying for Match.com, does the new free alternative appeal to you, or are you happy paying for the more established service?

Let us know what you think in the comments.

More Online Dating Resources From Mashable

-Top 5 Online Dating Site Trends

-20+ Dating Sites for Geeks and Freaks

-Plentyoffish Not in Danger of Over Fishing, Increases Market Share

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10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009

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Rachel Cunliffe runs blog design company cre8d design and is co-founder of TV community network Throng.

In 2008, Twitter really started to hit the mainstream and bloggers began adding widgets to their sidebars to display their latest tweets.

In 2009, Twitter will become much more tightly integrated with the rest of the blog in a variety of ways - watch out for tweetbacks and tweetstats to make their debut, and tweet comments to TwitterRolls to start appearing on blogs. Here are 10 ways Twitter will impact blogs this year.

Have your own predictions? Add them to the comments.

1. Tweetbacks

Bloggers will start to add “Tweetbacks” to their blog posts. The simplest version will show the number of people who have tweeted this post (including all reverse engineered tinyurls). Tweetbacks are not yet available.

Options will include:

Showing what tweeters are saying about the post

Replies to those tweets from others

Showing who is tweeting the post

Showing the tweeters’ avatars

Ordering tweeters by Twitter influence

Mixing tweets in with comments, rather than displaying them separately

2. Tweetstats

In addition to “most read,” “most commented” type sections in blog sidebars, bloggers will add “most tweeted” and “recently tweeted” blog posts sections. These Tweetstats are not yet available.

3. TweetThis

Some bloggers will ditch catch-all social networking plugins AddThis and ShareThis and just use TweetThis, finding this to be the most effective way of sharing new links online. Watch Twitter move up into the first tab of the ShareThis plugin.

4. Tweets move out of the sidebar

More bloggers will mix blog posts and tweets into a single column together a la Tumblr, rather than keeping them in the sidebar. More new themes will have a built-in style for displaying tweets in an elegant way amongst blog posts. Wordpress users will find the Twitter tools plugin useful.

5. Tweet comments

Blog visitors will be able to comment on tweets displayed within a blog - whether they are a Twitter user or not. Wordpress users will find the Twitter tools plugin useful.

6. BlogTweet feeds

Blog feeds will have the option of including or excluding tweets - made simple thanks to Yahoo pipes. Follow this video tutorial to see how to do it.

7. Blog comment form changes

Some bloggers will add a form field for people to fill in their Twitter account name when adding comments on blogs. Others will change the common “website” label to “website/Twitter page.” Useful for visitors without their own blog or website but who use Twitter. See the WP-Twitip-ID Plugin Wordpress plugin.

8. New sidebar widgets

Favorites widget - display recent favorite tweets

This day in history widget - display a user’s tweets from a year ago (or longer) Not yet available.

9. TwitterRolls

In addition to blog rolls, bloggers will list their favorite tweeters and optionally a short note on why they’re worth following to help others discover new tweeters.

10. Blog design influenced by Twitter themes

While many bloggers change their Twitter theme to match their blog’s themes as closely as possible, this will also work in reverse. Influenced by Twitter’s design, bloggers will use more background images on their blogs and use the limitations of theming their Twitter page to influence how they design their blog. Expect to see more blog headers rotated ninety degrees anti-clockwise and more blog sidebars on the right hand side.

More Twitter Resources from Mashable

- “HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter”

- “HOW NOT TO: Build Your Twitter Community”

- “HOW TO: Win Friends and Twinfluence People”

- “Tweets to Go: 35+ More Twitter Resources for Your Phone”

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Steamiest iPhone Apps: iFog vs iSteam

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We could have never predicted that our coverage of the iSteam iPhone app would result in a battle between apps that let you blow air on the mic to add steam, or fog-like effects to photos and backgrounds. But Tomy Schoenfeld, the guy behind the iFog app, obviously felt that we (mainly me) had done his app, which launched 10 5 days prior to iSteam, a huge injustice.

Schoenfeld’s decry, “I would appreciate if you could make changes to your original post and include a description of our application. this is a competitive market and we believe that better products, like iFog, should be promoted to make the public aware of it.” Competitive market, who knew? Well Tomy, we’ll give iFog its day in court, and we’ll let our readers (not me) decide the verdict.

iFog

On the positive side of things, iFog [iTunes link] comes pre-loaded with nicer background images, lets you select different brush sizes for writing on images, and has a fog-free writing feature for stealth messages that your friends can decipher once they fog up your phone with their breathe. You can also save photos to your library and take pictures from within the app.

Before you give your vote to iFog, consider the known issues like the fact that iFog doesn’t function as well in noisy environment, and occassionally shows a white screen while trying to switch backgrounds. Something I noticed is that the images aren’t as responsive to touch when attempting to access the options screen.

iSteam

In iSteam’s [iTunes link] favor are the beads of sweat that drip down your steamed-up screen, and the eclectic sound effects that accompany your drawing endeavors.

If saving photos, not being able to take a picture within the app, and creating secret messages are must haves, than iSteam might be a deal breaker for you. And for the superficial types, you might be turned off by iSteam’s interface, which looks like the ugly friend when compared side to side with iFog.

Winner Takes Fog (or Steam)

Now that you, the public, are aware of both iSteam and iFog. You tell us, which app steals your steamy desires?

Which app would you rather use (ie. blow on)? ( surveys)

More iPhone App Resources From Mashable

- iPhone Smoking App: Should It Be Banned?

- 18 iPhone Drinking Apps to Get the Party Started

Image courtesy of iStockphoto, bns124

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Twitter App Database: Will You Use It?

It seems like every day there’s at least five new Twitter apps popping up. The news of a shiny new Twitter toy gets dispersed through Twitter streams everywhere, hits critical mass, news dries up a bit, and then, if you’re like me, you forget about it completely.

So where do you turn when you need to reference multiple Twitter apps, see what others think, or view app ratings? You could ask your Twitter friends, do a quick search, or wander over to the Twitter Fan wiki, but there should be a better way, right? Given that Twitter doesn’t offer a Twitter app store (and why the hell not?), Twitdom has jumped into the fray to be the answer to your twreams (twitter dreams) with their Twitter applications database.

With Twitdom, you can browse apps in categories like mobile, plug-ins, and desktop clients, read descriptions, rate, and add your own comments. Twitdom currently lists 63 Twitter apps, which seems like a relatively small number (Twitter Fan Wiki has Twitdom beat number wise), but having images, descriptions, and ratings all in one place is certainly very helpful. There’s also plans to add an additional 100+ apps in the near future, and developers who want their app listed can submit them on site.

Twitdom certainly isn’t perfect, there a few kinks that still need to be worked out, but it’s definitely a resource that will come in handy as more and more apps are released in the Twittersphere.

What do you think of Twitdom? Is it just another Twitter resource, or will it be your go to reference guide for all things Twitter? Take a look around and then let us know what you think in the comments. Of course, if you think there’s a better way to find and search for apps, we’d love to hear about that too.

More Twitter Resources from Mashable

- “HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter”

- “HOW NOT TO: Build Your Twitter Community”

- “HOW TO: Win Friends and Twinfluence People”

- “Tweets to Go: 35+ More Twitter Resources for Your Phone”

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HOW TO: Track the Israel Gaza Conflict Using Social Media

As the conflict continues in Gaza, where do you turn for up to the minute information? If you’re like us, you want a mix of information from traditional media outlets and social media sites alike. You probably already know about Twitter Search, but are you using custom searches, social searches, grabbing RSS feeds, looking at the aggregate view, or having alerts delivered to you?

If you need a little help tracking news as it develops, use this post to find a few quick tips and tactics, then leave us a comment and let us know how you’re staying informed.

Aggregate View From CrisisWire

CrisisWire, a site we covered in November after initial launch, was created by Nate Ritter and the San Diego Refresh for specifically this purpose. CrisisWire tackles information overload by doing the dirty work for you. Each crisis page is setup in a matter a minutes by an admin user who configures feeds, videos, and more. The end result is a single page with a Google map, official resources, weather conditions, Flickr images, vetted news sources, blogs, and micro-publishing.

In the case of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the CrisisWire page brings you right into the streets of Gaza without you even lifting a finger. The site provides a sobering view of the crisis, with links to news stories from major media outlets sandwiched next to tweets related to the conflict. If the world were perfect we would never need CrisisWire, but because disasters, emergencies, and crises do happen, this site is proving to be an invaluable resource for tracking things like Gaza as events unfold.

Real-Time Social News

If you’d rather skip the aggregate view and dive straight in to social media mentions, you’ve definitely got a few options.

WhosTalkin

You may remember our recent post on WhosTalkin, a social search site that scours over 63 social media sites to return results that match your query. It turns out that this site is also incredibly useful for tracking real-time developments from across the web. According to Joe Hall with WhosTalkin, the first batch of results, “come from a handful of sources…we hand picked the sources for this section to optimize speed and to give the user a more well rounded collection of results.” Given how incredibly fast results are return, WhosTalkin should be on your list of must-see informational resources.

To get the most of WhosTalkin, and other social search sites, you’ll want to create custom queries. In the case of this particular conflict, start by creating a query with multiple keywords. Use OR to include any of the keywords specified, and AND for results with all the keywords specfics. Two searches I like are “gaza OR israel OR palestine OR hamas” for an all inclusive search and “gaza AND israel AND palestine AND hamas” for a narrower search.

Social Mention

Social Mention is very similar to WhosTalkin, though slower to return results, but a great utility if you want to grab the RSS feeds from your queries and use them elsewhere (see below). With Social Mention, just remember to skip the search operators OR and AND, which don’t seem to be supported, when doing your search. Enter spaces to include all keywords, and quotes around specific phrases. I found the search results for - gaza israel palestine hamas “breaking news” - to be pretty darn impressive.

Take RSS Feeds With You

Maybe you’d rather stick to the tried and true sites you love like the New York Times for traditional news, Digg for popular crowdsourced news, Twitter Search for real-time micro messages, or FriendFeed for news in lifestream form. Whatever your preference, if there’s an RSS feed then you can take that news with you to consume at your leisure, and all the sites mentioned offer the ability to get RSS feeds for custom results.

Remember to create a custom search, and keep an eye out for that RSS icon.

Once you find the RSS feed, grab it. You can choose to add it to your feed reader of choice, plug it into a number of gadgets, or use various alerts oriented sites for a few additional great options.

We like Notify.me for email, IM, SMS, and desktop app alerts, see our previous coverage for more in depth information. To get your updates where you want them, just navigate to the “Sources” tab and enter your preferred feed. With Notify.me you can specify where you want each feed to update you. Whatever you choose, you’ll be able to take a proactive approach to tracking news and developments from Gaza.

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10 Free Music Based Games for the iPhone & iPod Touch

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Music-based games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have become wildly popular, so it only makes sense that similar games are being created for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Both devices have a plethora of gaming apps, but only a handful of those are free and based around music. Here are 10 - perfect for long hours stuck in airports, commuter trains, and so on.

What are some of your favorite music-based games for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and which do you wish existed?

Aero Drum Free

While it may not be as exciting as beating the skins of an actual drum kit, Aero Drum Free will still help you work out some of your frustrations by beating out a sick rhythm. Just follow the dots to play snare, cymbal and bass drum and try to beat the scores.

As with all of the “X Game Free” versions, this is a trial version, and there are more features in the paid app.  (App Store Rating: 2 stars)

Aero Guitar Free

At some point or another, everyone has “played” air guitar, but with the help of Aero Guitar Free, now you can actually feel like you are accomplishing something!  This free version of the app will allow you to sample the game before you buy the full one, and will teach you the basic of up strokes, down strokes and basic tapping.

Another rhythm action game, but at least it makes you feel like you are doing more than just tapping.  (App Store Rating: 2 stars)

Aero Synth Free

Ever wish you had the mad skills of a club DJ?  Well, more than likely you never will, but Aero Synth Free will at least help you live out that fantasy a bit more. Tap along as the electronic music plays and keep the beat going, but if you miss one of the bubbles in the four streams, the music goes back to its original intro until you are on track again.

The side scrolling nature of this game is a bit prohibitive as your hand can hide the lower streams.  (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Chrimbell

There is nothing quite like the sound of bells playing along with a Christmas carol, and with Chrimbell you can reproduce that sound to go along with some old time hits.  Choose from Christmas carols like “Away In A Manger” or “Jingle Bells” and then choose your bell and get to playing.

It appears it does need the built-in speaker of the iPhone or iPod Touch version 2 to work as I couldn’t get any sound on my iPod Touch 1.  (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Mardo’s Music Trivia - Lite Version

Who doesn’t love to test their knowledge of trivial facts?  With Mardo’s Ultimate Music Trivia you can see how well you do across a whole range of musical genres from punk to country.

The lite version is very lite, but it will give you a feeling for how the full version plays and if it will even interest you.  (App Store Rating: 2 stars)

rePete Lite

Harking back to the days of the Simon electronic game, rePete Lite allows you to choose a playing grid of 4, 6 or 9 light boxes and then uses lights and sound to show you the pattern you need to remember.

As with most memory games out there, watch out for the addictive factor.  (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

synthPond Lite

A fairly complex app, synthPond Lite allows you to place different types of nodes around the screen to create synthetic music.  You can change their pitch, speed and a whole lot more.

While most lite versions of games really scale back on their features, this one seems to be complete in all the right places.  (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Tap Tap Revenge

Have a desire to tap your iPhone or iPod Touch screen to a rhythm?  Then Tap Tap Revenge is your answer.  With a name obviously inspired by Japan’s mega-popular Dance Dance Revolution, the actual game play takes its cues from the addictive Guitar Hero.

While the music is generic in this version, that is what allows them to keep it being released for free.  I personally find the game a bit frustrating, but then I have huge fingers and am not exactly known for my ability to keep a beat.  (App Store Rating: 3 stars)

ThumbStruck Free

Compared to other rhythm-based games, ThumbStruck Live has you hitting the musical elemental balls on three bars instead of the usual one.  Your thumbs will be dancing all over the board to keep up with this one.

This game definitely steps up the rhythm-based genre by requiring you to be a lot more agile and coordinated to hit all three sections of the board.  (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Xmas In Space: Play-a-Long Christmas Carols

Who knew they had Christmas on other planets?  Well, according to Xmas In Space:Play-a-Long Christmas Carols, they do, and they have sent you a music app that allows you to play along with bells or harps to some of your favorite Christmas carols.

Though the game has no way to measure how well you did, the song mixes are cute, and the fire crackling sound is oddly comforting.  (App Store Rating: 2.5 stars)

Interested in more resources? Check these out:

- “100+ iPhone Games That Use the Accelerometer”

- “12 Great Free Games for the iPhone and iPod Touch”

- “40+ Free iPhone Music Apps”

- “Top 10 Free iPhone Apps to Lose Weight”

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My Twitemperature Reveals World’s Hottest Twitter User

Twitter’s ability to virally spread ideas has given rise to many fads. The latest to set Twitter abuzz: gauging your “Twitemperature“, a mysterious measure of your engagement in the community. Who then, is the world’s hottest Twitter user?

Not Mashable, alas: we’re stone cold. According to the service, a little known Twitterer named DaMav tops the temperature scale, with a rating of 873°F.

How this Twitter member, with a mere 62 followers, became the world leader is down to Twitemperature’s unique formula. Writes the developer:

Twitemperature ignores meaningless points of measure like number of followers and number of people you are following, and instead focuses on what you’re actually saying, now. We poll your last several hundred tweets and score what you’re saying against what everyone else is saying in current hot conversations on Twitter and elsewhere.

DaMav, is seems, has taken to adding the hashtag #gaza to his frequent Tweets: this is a hot Twitter topic and may go some way to explaining why this unknown user has topped the charts.

How about you? What is your temperature, and do you agree with our take on how DaMav won out?

More Twitter Resources from Mashable

- “HOW TO: Build Community on Twitter”

- “HOW NOT TO: Build Your Twitter Community”

- “HOW TO: Win Friends and Twinfluence People”

- “Tweets to Go: 35+ More Twitter Resources for Your Phone“

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