Dear Steem community, 😉

Hello friend and welcome to the magical lands of STEEM.

Top Apps:

#	Author (Website)	Description
1	@ekitcho (Busy.org)	Busy.org is a non-profit organisation offering open-source projects on Steem, which aims to bridge the gap between the old economy and a new economy giving value back to people. Their goal is to develop the best tools and strategy to bootstrap this thriving eco-system and to enable billions of people to take part in this revolution. They aim to connect everyone to the best social network platform that can bring value back to users in a peer-to-peer and decentralised way using the power of the Steem blockchain and cryptocurrencies. I think It is to be the "Facebook of Steemit". For Busy.org you can also check @busy.org
2	@jesta (Chainbb.com)	ChainBB is a discussion forum style interface on the Steem blockchain. It uses many of the same mechanics that steemit.com uses, but presents the information in a much different way. All posts on the Steem blockchain are available via chainBB, just as they are on steemit.com. I think chainbb is a great forum to let people post their own post here. It provides a good platform for those who have similar interest to have discussions in the forum.
3	@heimindanger (DTube)	DTube is an application fully written in javascript, that runs in the browser, that allows you to upload and watch videos on top of the IPFS Network. Moreover, it uses STEEM as a database and enables earning rewards from your uploads. Here's a post to get you started: Introducing DTube: a decentralized video platform using STEEM and IPFS by @heimindanger. I think dtube is to be the "Youtube of Steemit".
4	@zombee (dManial)	dManial is basically 9GAG on Steem. You can post memes, funny pictures, gifs or your favorite cute kitten pictures. dMania allows you to browse through those pictures in an easy and user friendly way. Because dMania is based on the Steem blockchain, you can make money by posting, commenting or upvoting posts. That means you can actually make money with memes.
5	@good-karma (eSteem)	It is mobile and desktop application for Steem! eSteem is offering some of the unique features (Bookmarking, Post Drafts, Image upload/capture, Personal Gallery, Notifications, many more). I am a huge fan of eSteem app.
6	@zappl (Zappl.io)	Zappl claims to be the "Twitter of Steemit" and will create a decentralized micro-blogging platform built into the STEEM blockchaink. I think, It is a great way to give people a simple & easy spin on how SteemIt works. No need to create a very long blog. Just post a few words and give SteemIt a try! Looking really sweet! Zappl Open Beta Launch OCT 20th - OCT 23rd
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• The login page takes you to SteemConnect.com (with HTTPS of course). You can sign-in to Busy.org, Chainbb.com, DTube, dManial, eSteem by using your Account Name and Posting Key from the Steem blockchain.
• Many people are okay with typing their active key on Steemit.co. However, not many people know that SteemConnect is actually a project sponsored by Steemit.com. It was developed as a collaboration between Busy and Steemit. This gives me enough of a guarantee to ease my paranoia, as @ned and the @steemit team back the project.

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Have Fun & Steem On!
@hien-tran