Angry Birds Rio – What happens when everybody’s favourite fierce fowl get caged and shipped to Rio? They get very angry!

Verbling – Make use of live one on one video calls to learn new languages with the help of native speakers, and teach others your own language. Instantly connect with native speakers worldwide using your webcam!

Veetle – Veetle provides the next generation live broadcasting platform that can deliver extremely cost-effective streams at a massive scale with unprecedented quality. This unique platform therefore enables content owners, broadcasters and websites to reach millions of concurrent viewers with the highest fidelity content possible, at little or no additional cost. Our Beta website is already attracting millions of visitors per month.

Before diving into broadcasting your own channel, start with this Broadcasting 101 brief.

Thankuz – This free service makes it simple and fun to create and send thank you letters to whoever you wish. Choose a template, customize the text and appearance to your liking and make it your own. Saying Thank You means a lot – much more than you think. Thankuz makes it super easy and fast.

TuneTug – TuneTug is a new service that lets everyone be the DJ at parties and events. TuneTug allows your guests to ‘Tug’ up and down songs with their mobile phone that they want to hear. To set up TuneTug you need an internet connected iPhone, iPod or iPad – WiFi is suggested but not required.

Users on most any type of mobile device can vote and see the playlist live. TuneTug Voting has been tested on recent smartphone devices including: iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

To learn more about TuneTug and how to make the most of it, see the video below.

HardlyWork – The name couldn’t have been a more appropriate choice of words. HardlyWork offers all the perks of checking in on your Facebook friends -on Facebook- but with the false appearance of a 100% work oriented spreadsheet. Simply sign in via Facebook log in button and see the magic happen before your eyes – away from your bosses’. Here’s what the Facebook spreadsheet looks like:

As you can see, the Excel formula bar is actually where you search for friends names. Hovering your mouse above likes and comments shows you their content and the person who made them and, if you need to log out, simply hit the X sign you usually click to close windows. It’s so simple and cunning we should expect an overwhelming expansion of hard working spreadsheet employees all over the country in no time…

Mocavo – Discover your family’s rich history with Mocavo’s ancestors and genealogy search engine. As opposed to other family history/tree sites such as Ancestry.com and Geni where you can upload family members and trace your ancestors, Mocavo scans all the genealogy sites on the Web to give you results for your ancestor inquiry. Think of it as Google Search for ancestry…

Codeacademy – HTML, CSS anyone? The bewildering world of programming seems so far fetched to most non-engineers, including myself. But I do know programming brings magic in terms of website appearance and infrastructure. Codeacademy is here to make the frightening and peculiar world of coding a simpler topic to learn. It offers “a better, more interactive way to learn how to program.” Thanks to Codeacademy creators Ryan Bubinski and Zach Sims, learning to code is now more accessible -and fun- than ever.

The lesson framework in Codeacademy is a step by step process that ensures high retention rates and increases your chances of learning while having fun! Although these lessons are quite basic they meant the world to me, a common Java illiterate! And look, I managed to code an alert message as you can see below.

Start with Codecademy’s eight lesson plan, and then sign up to online courses to maintain and perfect your training. You know, I never thought I’d ever say this but programming is fun!

Sneakerpedia – Powered by Footlocker, Sneakerpedia is a unique platform for sneaker fans where they can contribute their favorite shoes’ history brief with their own personal story twist. What do your sneakers mean to you? Browse the gallery to find your own pair of sneakers, and if it’s missing, add it. Follow other proud sneakers owners and learn the history behind the classic shoes.

So what does a Sneakerpedia spotlight looks like? See for yourself below with the Air Max 1 example.

Photovine – This social app by Google is a community of iOS users centered around photos shared with the world. Each photo starts a “Vine” -a thread of conversations users can add their own photos to and comment on.

Photovine is a well thought out application, and being an active member of the Photovine community depends on your compliance to the app’s guidelines. For that reason, photos submitted via Photovine should be original, meaning pics you took yourself while on the beach, at a party or other interesting, meaningful place. And no, nude pics are not OK and will be removed.

With Photovine you can follow Vines and interesting people through their photos. Interact with and contribute to the community and explore the cherished moments of many people worldwide. To learn more about Photovine, see the video below.

Formspring.me – Don’t let the simple design of this site fool you. Formspring.me is a useful tool that helps people find out more about each other through sharing interesting & personal responses. Direct Q & A is the key concept of Formspring.me and results can be both surprising and insightful. Use this tool to find out more about the university or college you applied to, maybe even a restaurant you thought about trying, or a company you would like to work at.

Anyclip – I can’t even remember the number of times I searched the Web for a certain moment in a film I’ve seen, in an effort to recapture that memorable script line or background song. It’s not impossible to do, but let’s face it, it’s not easy and you’d have to dedicate much time and effort to find exactly that particular moment in the film. Anyclip is here to make our lives much easier, offering high quality clips that play back smoothly. Above all, Anyclip allows you to search for any moment in the film.

Anyclip is not just another scene finder -you can use YouTube for that even though you will have rather limited scene selection. Anyclip also offers music identification for that specific moment in the movie you’re after, in addition to the clothes brands characters wore at that moment. These two features alone make Anyclip absolutely amazing in my opinion. In addition, the platform labels every conversation in its movie database to make it simple for you to find lines you found inspiring, even if these aren’t the signature quotes everyone else associates with the film.

Search for your favorite movie moment by providing the title, names of actors or the film’s director. And now, please give a big round of applause to my favorite moment in The Big Lebowski (directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 1998), of the bowler Jesus. I apologize for not embedding the video right here – Anyclip had some issues with their embed option for this particular segment.