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"Just send a quick direct message to trackthis and we'll send you a direct message any time your package location changes. "Depending on how your account is set up, you can get the updates for your shipment on the web, through email, IM, or SMS. We support FedEx, UPS, USPS and DHL tracking codes."

Great to-do list and life organizing tool - integrates with gmail, igoogle, google calendar, twitter, iphone and more

Social Media news blog covering cool new websites and social networks: Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. The latest web technology news, via RSS daily.

"TokBox is the simplest way for you to video chat with your friends, family and colleagues. Here at TokBox we're all great believers in the power of face-to-face communication. That's why we created TokBox, the simplest way to video chat with one person or twenty. It's easy to get started. There's no download, so all you need to get started is an internet connection and a webcam. TokBox works with a Mac or a PC and in any browser. Simply go to www.tokbox.com, sign up in seconds and then get video chatting. Our demo will tell you more. Chat with up to 20 people at once. It's easy to invite people to video chat, whether it's one person or twenty. Every call has a unique URL which you can send out via email, Twitter, Facebook or MySpace. You can also invite your other friends who have signed up to TokBox, directly from your contact list."

I decided to avoid the obligatory "What-I-Learned-at-NECC" post, primarily because I did learn so much, and one post would not do justice. Instead, I would like to share my thoughts on a conversation I had with a colleague I met via twitter. He asked me: "With all of these Web 2.0 tools, and everything else out there, what does a teacher absolutely need to be "wired." Great question. So I decided to put together a list of absolute essentials for today's teachers.

Today, Ning is about to deliver some of that functionality to their 700,000 social network creators with Ning Apps, giving them more than 90 new toys - think apps like Qik, Twitter, Ustream, Box.net,  Tokbox, WordPress, Mailchimp, and PollDaddy - that they can use to enhance their individual networks.

drop.io has rich phone functionality. simply hit the 'drop it' button to setup a free conference call line (not recorded) and a voicemail line (recorded). use them as you please. you can even have your voicemail automatically forwarded to email addresses, twitter accounts, itunes (for podcasting), or your blog. learn more

Whrrl v2.0 Whrrl v2.0 is a storytelling application for the web and mobile phone that lets people share and remember their real-world experiences as they happen. Everyone - whether physically present or not - can contribute to the experience. Stories can be published to Facebook and Twitter, and the storyteller controls who can view and participate. Get Whrrl v2.0 in the iPhone App Store or check it out here.

LinkBunch lets you put multiple links into one small link which you can share over IM, Twitter, email or even a mobile phone SMS.