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FourSquare X: Can I Play FourSquare on My Laptop

Until very recently there was no way to play Foursquare unless you had an iPhone or similar. Now there is a slick new app called FoursquareX that lets you play the popular geolocation game FourSquare on a MacBook, iMac, or similar.

FoursquareX has the ability to track your friends as they check in at different places, but if you have a mobile computer like a MacBook Pro, you’ll be able to check in, track other checkins, and play the game as you move around.

To get started, you need to start out by getting a Foursquare account, which you can do by going to the company’s Web site at PlayFoursquare.com. If you have an iPhone, Android phone or Palm phone, grab the app too: it’s pretty darn fun.

Now grab the FoursquareX application and start it up.

VDownloader: Download and Convert YouTube Videos for Free

Vdownloader is a 100% free piece of software that lets users download their favourite videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, Google Video, DailyMotion, Yahoo! Video or any other major video sharing website whenever and wherever you please? With VDownloader, you’ll be able to:

  • Play video or audio on the road or on vacation on your MP3, mobile device or laptop.
  • Watch videos without annoying advertisements, captions or other distractions.
  • Make backups of online videos in any possible format; they might be lost or removed!
  • Skip queueing and buffering thanks to the automatic video download accelerator.

We have tested out the software and it completely safe to use as much or as little as you would like.

Cmune: Great 3D Browser-based Multiplayer 3D Shooter Game

cmune-logoThe other day I came across a great new multiplayer 3D shooter game. The site is Cmune and they claim to have the first browser-based multiplayer 3D shooter built to be social.

Cmune allows users to play a 3D paintball shooter game within any web browser. Additionally you can play the game in either Windows, Mac or even within Facebook. The game itself is very simple, a user needs to just download a small plugin and then they can create or join in on a game. Paradise paintball has very simple controls and is easy to use and graphics are ok but nothing out of this world.

When the site first opens you are able to choose which game you want to join or even able to create a game and play against your friends. Cmune is a great time waster!!

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Dell Download Store Launches With Games, Music and Software at Great Prices

dell-logo-online-newDell has finally launched their new download store. Dell has partnered with French company Nexway to release the download store which offers music, games and software. The Dell download store allows all worldwide users to purchase games and software, but there currently is a restriction on music because of “publishing and licencing agreements with [Dell's] digital music partners.”

The music files will be available from major labels and will include leading artists, all without digital right managements solutions as MP3 files.

The store currently sells the Brit Awards 2009 for £9.99; both Play.com and Amazon did not have the album available for digital download.

Single tracks are available for 79 pence but the user interface lacks the intuitiveness of other available solutions like 7digital.

Does Branding Play a Part In a Site The Size of Crenk?

There hasn’t been a post on here for a few days so I thought I would just have a bit of a rant. Here at Crenk the theme of the site has changed several times in the last year. Currently for the last few weeks I have been thinking about re-branding the site and actually changing the theme again. This time I have thought against changing the site. My basic thought process was that a site like Crenk needs to improve to a certain level and then branding has more of an affect, but at the present size it is really more about content and basic usability of the site. I was wondering if this was the thought process of most blog owners or am I in the minority?

We7 Launches Out of Beta with a Bang and a lot of New Features

After spending months in public beta and lots of changes to the ad supports music service, We7 is about to launch out of beta with a bang.

We7 have launched with a “Big Listen” campaign. This new service has some great new features including Free on-demand, unlimited access to full tracks and albums, “Search, Click & Play”, A ‘Celestial Jukebox’ with several million track, ‘Play Anywhere’ – a link and play system for blogs and websites, Users can create playlists, share with friends and buy mp3’s, Payments to rights owners and artists.

The first thing you will notice with the new site is that they have a completely new design. Other new additions include a Magazine, Blog and a much improved list of advertisers. Im sure we will be hearing a lot more from We7 in 2009!