Hop 255

Fotoflexer

Nice site for touching up photos.

Metro map of the internet

It is said that many more people used the various underground rail systems once stylised, rather than actual, maps were introduced. Hop255 doubts the same effect for the Internet but here is such a map.

Video conversion

Youtubex and Vixy are two of the freely available services.

.mobi tool

Interesting tool, from .mobi, which allows users to see a website as it would look on a mobile together with data on download times and pricing estimates.

Gigatribe

Gigatribe file sharing between friends. Free basic version or US$3.99 per month or US$24.99 one time payment.

Speed Test Global Statistics

Speed Test has extended their range of statistics with global reporting for countries, regions and cities. Access here.

Digital Ethnography

An anthropoligist's view of new web 2.0 participation tools and how they have changed the web in respect to text, video etc. And a critics take.

Grand Central

Grand Central provides a single number for managing telephone traffic. Techcrunch say accounts created are free for 60 days and cost $25 for 1000 minutes or $15 per month for unlimited use. There will also apparently be a free, 100 minute per month option indefinitely.Presumably unlimited is cheaper than 1000 minutes because that is a monthly fee. Interesting a service like this can only work in mobile party pays countries such as the US or Canada because of low mobile termination.  In Europe they would have to charge per call as it appears to be essentially a call forwarding service.

African Connectivity

ICFA report on African connectivity can be found here.

Slingcatcher

Slingbox has plans for a slingcatcher which will allow users will be able to watch videos streaming online directly onto their TV sets. Meanwhile Joost -- pronounced "juiced"  is on the way from Skype founders.