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Send a virtual gift

The Internet can be a good source of gifts for Christmas. Think about it: no traffic, no long lines and no short tempers because of the crowds. We’re not
virtual gifts, which you can get from talking about online shopping here but
the Internet for very little cash or free.

A virtual gift is a collection of pixels that looks like a real present except that you can’t really touch it. But as they say, it’s the thought that counts. While most of these virtual items are free, some cost at least $1 eat Without any special occasion at all, make someone feel special by giving him/her a gift regardless of the distance between you. Planetwrapper (www.planetwrapper. com), with a tagline “wrap the Web”, is an interactive gift shop that offers

Internet users a category of gift items and a line of colorful wrappers and ribbons to send online. The gift will be sent through e-mail and the receiver gets a downloadable image. You may also personalize your gift by downloading your own photo of choice, wrap it and send it online.
a virtual postcard, HiCards (www. hicards.corn) offers personalized greeting cards for free. Its “Celebrate the Day Trivia Newsletter” (www.hidates.com)
feature also gives Internet users daily fun celebrations and reasons to send gifts.

Free virtual gifts are also available at VirtualGifts4U (www.virtualgifts4u.com); Comments101 (www.comments101.com), in which you may post the gift publicly cm the receiver’s profile page on a networking site; and Virtual Chocolate (www.virtualchocolate.com), which chocoholics are sure to enjoy.

Social networking sites feature virtual gifts for their members’ profile pages. In 2007, Facebook introduced its first virtual gift shop. The prices of each item (starting at $1) correspond to a number of virtual credits, depending on the item price. Facebook also offers free virtual items.

Early this year, the birthday virtual gift was launched with Facebook Gifts application, which shows an array of virtual gifts available for sale from the site’s gift store. It can be seen by default on one’s birthday.

Other social networking sites like Twitter also launched their own virtual gift shops like “twesents” and “tweetgift.”

Edited: November 15th, 2009

5 other social networking site

1. jaiku (www.jaiku.corn) — Probably because it’s part of the Google empire, it has more Web 2.0 components than Twitter. More tech-savvy netizens prefer it due to its intuitive interface. The services, however, are pretty much standard.

2. Spotjots (www.spotjots. com) — What makes this platform different is its geotagging capabilities. Information is geolocated and mapped out in real time.

3. 12seconds (12seconds.tv) — This microblogging site is essentially a vlogging service (video logging). Instead of YouTube’s 10-minute limit this innovative little devil trims ft down to merely 12 seconds. That’s not a lot of time, so being concise and creative is important.

4. Posterous (posterous.com) — An account isn’t even necessary for this service. ft’s very versatile—you can simply post anything you want and attach pictures, music and videos, or you can make it into a full-fledged blog

5. MicroBlogr (www.microblogger. corn) — This microblogging community again makes communication and updating friends easy. But it takes ft to a whole different level by incorporating SMS features that allow instant correspondence and collaboration.

Edited: October 20th, 2009