Pidgin- Keeping Chat In Check

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Do you feel like you have too many chat services in use at one time? Do you find yourself switching between services like Google Talk, MyspaceIM , and Aim, all at the same time? Pidgin has the answer for you! Pidgin is a chat program which allows you to log into many different chat programs simultaneously for free. Its simple to download and is compatible with all operating systems. If you have a Mac, Pidgin will lead you to Adium which is a similar program compatible with MAC OSX. Pidgin supports almost all of the chat network features such as, file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smiley faces, etc. Pidgin supports the following chat programs: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. Pidgin will save you time so you don’t have to switch from one chat room to another, you can keep them all going at once in one program. At Bonzobox, we want you to stay organized while you’re online. So we suggest you use Pidgin to keep your chats organized just as you use BonzoBox to keep your websites organized. While we suggest using Pidgin to keep your live chats well organized, if you plan to share your favorite websites with your friends and keep in touch with Bonzo Buddies, we suggest using the BonzoBox messaging system to share live screenshots as there is no better place on the web to do this.

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The Music Genome Project – Pandora.com

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Online radio just keeps getting more and more sophisticated. Just by typing the name of a single song or artist into Pandora.com a whole personalized radio station is created for you for free. While it seems a bit crazy that you can create up to a hundred different radio stations that are custom tailored to your preferences, we want to let you know how this is done behind the scenes and why its amazing. When you type a song name into Pandora.com over 400 different musical characteristics of the song are analyzed by The Music Genome Project. In the year 2000 the Music Genome Project was started by a group of 50 musician analysts who song by song have gathered the most comprehensive taxonomy of musical information ever. The details for each song analyzed can take up to 30 minutes to collect. Attributes such as the lyrics, melody, harmony, vocals, etc. are carefully detailed and entered into a database which is able to compare one song to another. The Music Genome Project is so cool because by the user selecting a single song it can match its musical attributes up with other songs that are similar and create a radio station for you. As pandora gets to know you better and better by tracking the songs you type in or the ones you give good ratings too, The Music Genome Project will eventually create you the perfect radio stations for each genre of music you like. At BonzoBox, we know you like your homepage tailored to your liking…So if you also like your music tailored to your taste, add pandora.com to your dashboard and watch the Music Genome Project go to work for you!

Yelp Helps!

yelp2Looking for reviews on just about anything and everything that you can purchase? Head to Yelp.com. Founded in 2004, Yelp is a collective community of users who have written reviews on everything from restaurants to pet stores. BonzoBox suggests using Yelp because of the loyalty of its users, the steady amount of traffic that comes through (21 million/month), and its extensive search log. Yelp will find almost any business in any place with a genuine review waiting for you. Want to try the new restaurant down the street but not sure if you will enjoy it? Check Yelp to help you make your decisions before you spend the money. Yelp also allows business owners to post offers, photos, and message customers to help promote their business. Yelp Mobile  allows easy access to instant reviews  on your phone incase your not near a computer. Users can also create their own Yelp accounts and become expert Yelpers! If you’ve ever had the urge to share your opinions about where you’ve been and your experience there with the rest of the world, Yelp is the place for you. Why not spend a little free time suggesting your favorite local restaurant, hair salon, nightclub, or anything else to your fellow citizens. If you hated the food at the hotel you stayed at on your long planned family vacation…why not tell people about it?  If you help other Yelpers, they’ll help you! Get your moneys worth and make an informed decision…Yelp it up!

Hulu.com – The Web’s New TV

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Sick of the unlimited amount of clustered videos on Youtube? Tired of purchasing movies and TV shows on itunes? Check Out Hulu.com and add it to your Bonzobox dashboard. Hulu offers many streaming, HD quality videos online from large networks such as NBC, Fox, Comedy Central and much more. The advantage of Hulu is it’s user friendliness. It is extremely easy to find popular movies, TV shows, trailors, and many other types of online videos. Say you got caught up at work and missed the nights Stanley Cup Finals Game or fell asleep too early to watch the Tonight Show, there is no room to worry when you have Hulu. You can instantly watch commercial supported versions of most TV shows from many different networks that have already aired. You can also stream movies and previews that you have not seen yet. Hulu.com pretty much has it all when it comes to TV and Movies online and best of all, its free! So as long as you don’t mind a few commercial breaks here and there, we at BonzoBox highly suggest you add Hulu.com to your dashboard…especially if your sick of browsing YouTube for hours looking for a single video!

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BonzoBox: Plugging into the Online Social Realm

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The days of standing alone online have long passed. The monopolization of big tech conglomerates has diminished and will continue to. The sudden onrush of start-ups in the tech world are grasping niche markets and providing better services free to the public. In this open-source world that continues to flourish there is one theme that is omnipotent: connect everyone to everyone else. Building an online community around everything and anything seems to be popular demand. Let the creators create, the user enjoy, and the community empower. Collectivism can do extraordinary things for all. Look at Wikipedia for example, a compilation of many individuals who have collectively created the most informational online encyclopedia ever. Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Digg, Flickr, and many other sites have also created communities in which the users have the power to collectively create online social societies that provide unlimited information. At BonzoBox, our community proves to be doing the same. Our continued growth in users is creating a portal for people from all over the world to find and share websites anywhere, anytime in an interactive way. Through tags, sharing, ratings, and searches, BonzoBox allows for a limitless amount of information for users to find and explore websites. BonzoBox distinguishes itself from the rest by providing a homepage portal from which the users can interact with others and explore websites socially, while still keeping their BonzoBox homepage dashboard personal. While our community continues to grow, we hope your knowledge of the web expands by sharing and finding new websites through BonzoBox. Just remember, while BonzoBox is fully engulfed in the online social scene, it also allows you to stay personal with your own customized homepage and privacy settings. Make sure to spread the word, stay connected, and enjoy all that BonzoBox has to offer!