www.thisismyjam.com

This Is My Jam is a music related service that promises to be a great way to discover new artists and songs. The website lets you share your favourite music, one song at a time, and also listen to tracks chosen by other people. Simply create an account, choose a song that you like, personalise it, and then share it with the world; this is your jam, and it’s yours for up to seven days, although you can change the track whenever you feel like it. You can also find out what other people have picked as their jams. All you have to do is follow people if you like their music, and then play all their jams with one click; in effect you can “listen to an evolving radio station of the best music, handpicked every day by your friends”. This Is My Jam is a simple service that music fans will definitely appreciate.

www.hometips.com

HomeTips.com is “one of the web’s top home-improvement sites”. The portal offers “more than 2000 free expert articles for do-it-yourself home improvements and repairs, buying guides, and much more”. The website has guided millions of visitors with original, expert advice for over a decade. So if you’re a DIY enthusiast or have a specific query about building, design, appliances, safety and security or any other home improvement related topic, then a visit to HomeTips.com might help.

www.agame.com

Agame.com hosts lots of free online games, with an ever expanding catalogue of action, adventure, board, card, puzzle, racing, skill, sports, and many other games. The games are fun and varyingly addictive, but the highlight of the website is its multiplayer games section, as it lets you battle other players in various online quests. You can “play games with friends, train your inner valet in parking games, get virtually fit with sports games and soccer games, live on the edge through race games and war games, or indulge in classic Flash games like Bubble Shooter, Mahjong, and board games”. Rate the games you play, share your favourites with friends, embed a game in your own website or blog, and enjoy hours of fun!

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l Windows 8 preview launched: The final test version of Windows 8 has been released by Microsoft. The new operating system, which is expected to be released later this year, nearly three years after Windows 7, aims to offer improved performance as compared to its predecessors and comes with a new user interface. The Windows 8 Release Preview is available for download in 14 languages from the Windows website (preview.windows.com).

l Twitter expands tweets: Micro-blogging website Twitter has added more features within tweets, allowing users to expand even more content besides YouTube videos and Instagram photos. According to a post on the company blog (blog.twitter.com), a number of websites will now “also deliver rich content inside tweets containing a link to those websites”. Expanding a tweet linking to a news article from these sites will show “a preview with the headline, the introduction and sometimes the Twitter accounts of the publisher and writer”.