Often, I just want to travel. Just get away. If the price is good and I’m free, I’ll go. I don’t even really care where. For people like me, here are some websites that allow you to do that.

Grooveshark has pretty much every song I want. But sometimes you want it on your iPod. So this is what you do.

Link to web app here.
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/
Links!:
Orbit Downloader Download: http://www.orbitdownloader.com/Orbit-Grooveshark-downloader.htm
Grooveshark: http://listen.grooveshark.com/

I just found out about Jajah after a TC article. They seem to have some interesting tools in terms of VOIP services. Worth a look.

JAJAH.Direct
From any phone, you simply dial a unique local JAJAH.Direct number for each of your international contacts. Save these local numbers in your phone then call the world like it’s local.
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JAJAH.Web
From the web, you can initiate a call with no headset, no download, no software installation required. Use any phone, start saving now!
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JAJAH.Mobile Web
From your web-enabled mobile you can point your browser to mobile.jajah.com. …

I think Vyke’s pretty cool and would be useful if I needed to make a non-VOIP call abroad. It’s a little bit of a hassle but how it works is, you call them and they call you back. Then you tell them who you want to call, so you can cut down your bill by being charged for a incoming call rather than an outgoing call. They don’t have an iphone app yet.

Save up to 75% on international calls
Vyke Callback is a simple and effective way to reduce your phone …

Sorry for the lack of posts. I just got back from a nice trip to Cambridge, hoping for another trip to somewhere in 2 weeks. There’s a lot of cool things I want to write about but haven’t. Here’s an update of Startups, Websites, and apps!

Over the past two days, Techcrunch wrote a lot about what I cover, travel tools for web and mobile. I decided it’s better to link to their detailed reviews directly because there’s just a lot. Here are the cool new travel 2.0 web and mobile apps.

Ed contacted me recently with advice for Aziphone (an iPhone rental service in London), and I found out about his startup, which I think is a really cool idea to explore.
From Taxi.to
taxi² enables you to recognise other travellers who are interested in saving half the cost of their taxi ride from the airport to their final destination. The clever taxi² ticket provides you with everything you need to share a taxi: an easy way to find someone to share with, maps to compare your destinations, instructions to your driver, and …

My friend and I recently agreed to go on a trip. We also agreed it would be way cooler to go to a city where we had a friend already. That way we could stay at their place. Plus built-in social circle. So it’s cheaper and a lot more fun. And you’re multi-tasking.

Truphone recently launched Local Anywhere. I think it’s pretty cool. It allows you to make calls at local rates by purchasing their international sim card, so it’ll be very convenient for frequent travellers. Not having to manage various SIMs and unlocking and searching and topping up would be great.

Isango is a great website for those diversity seeking office lemmings. It makes easy to go on relatively exotic experiences like safari Jeeping, hot air ballooning, deep sea fishing, scuba diving, yacht cruising, and camel riding. And even having Medieval Banquets in London.