Select five applications that you have not heard of before from Popular URL's Web 2.0 awards or the webware awards and describe on your blog page how they could be useful to a business.
www.wufoo.com- Wufoo is an online site which allows you to create online forms easily and quickly. It also will organize the received data so that it can be understood and will also allow you to build graphs and create reports and filter data. A Wufoo form can be integrated into a website as well. The service ranges from being completely free through to $199/month.
This is an invaluable tool for businesses wanting to get data from their clients. A form can be done by anyone in minutes and can be transferred onto the company website as well. This allows the company to quickly receive information about customers and customer trends. The data can also be put into graph form and be turned into a report for easy presentation.
www.grooveshark.com- Grooveshark is a free online jukebox service. Users can search for tracks and listen to them right inside of a Web-based player. Similar to software jukebox applications, users of Grooveshark can control music tracks as if they were playing them right off a hard drive. It also lets you save and create playlists, and mark songs as favorites.
This could be useful for radio station or music industries listening to new talents. Its free so can lower costs and is easy to operate.
www.hulu.com- Hulu is a Web video service from NBC Universal and Fox Entertainment Group. Designed as a deterrent for online privacy, Hulu lets users watch full-length movies and TV shows right in their browser, and with limited commercials and other on-page advertising.
Unlike sites like YouTube, everything on Hulu comes directly from the content providers, and not from users. Another thing that sets it apart from most other video sites, is that content is set to expire after a certain amount of time on the service. This is in part to encourage users to watch programming while it's on TV, as well as boost DVD sales.
This could be useful for movie reviews or for movie makers who want feedback on a movie or tv show
www.zoho.com- Zoho is a suite of more than 20 Web-based productivity applications, nearly all of which are completely free to use. Many compete directly with Google's online productivity and office tools and give users a way to work on projects entirely on their browser.
In addition to having a slew of consumer-oriented applications, Zoho has dipped into some SMB applications including a CRM tool, invoicing service, and Zoho People--which is a recruiting tool. The company has also been known to embrace the latest Web technologies including Ajax-heavy editors and compatibility with offline data access using Google Gears.
This could be very useful for people who move locations a lot for their work. It could also be useful for companies who have different software packages. Eg apple laptops by windows computers in the office.
www.opentable.com- OpenTable is an online reservation service. It lets people find reservations at local restaurants and book them from their computer or mobile phone; all the while, not having to use the traditional system of calling or visiting the restaurants in person.
Along with its reservation system, OpenTable also maintains a database of restaurant information and reviews from both its users and partners. Similar to Yelp and CitySearch, this lets people recommend or discourage restaurants in OpenTable's database. Those reviews show up to other users when they do a search or while they plan to book a reservation.
This could be very useful for event managers who need to make reservations. It would save them alot of time as they can review and compare the different restaurants without having to physically visit them all.
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