Posted on 01 August 2010. Tags: 31st, Deals, July, Tech
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Posted on 01 August 2010. Tags: 31st, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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BlipSnips – Sharing a video is super easy nowadays but what if you really want focus on just a couple of specific scenes in a long video? Traditionally, users have to skip the video to get to that part to that part, but BlipSnips is a tool that provides an alternative. BlipSnips lets you tag specific scenes in the video so the viewer can directly jump to that part. Read more: BlipSnips: Tag & Share Specific Parts of Video. |
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LocationBookmark – QR Code or Quick Response code is an easy way for smart phones (Android, iPhone) to decode information quickly. A lot of content can be downloaded easily from the web to the mobile phones using QR codes. LocationBookmark makes use of this to let users generate a QR code for any location. Read more: LocationBookmark: Generate QR Code For Any Location. |
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CriticialPast – is an interesting site that has a collection of more than 57,000 historic video clips and 7 million photos that are royalty-free, available to watch for free online and can be downloaded at an affordable price. You’ll find video clips of the first steam engine, World War II, the Vietnam War and many more. Read more: CriticalPast: Watch Historic Video Clips Online. |
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Zoho Challenge – Zoho Challenge is a new tool that was added recently to Zoho’s impressive suite of online office tools. It is a web based test creation software that can help teachers, private tutors, schools, coaching centers and other similar organizations to easily create a comprehensive online test for students, interview candidates and employees. Read more: Zoho Challenge: Free Web Based Test Creation Software. |
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GlobeTrooper – For the travel enthusiast, Globe Trooper is a must-bookmark website. Basically the site is an online social network for tourism and travel enthusiasts. Globe Trooper lets you explain your planned trip details to other members of the site. Then people who want to join you can tag along. While enjoying your travels, this procedure will help you make new friends along the way. Read more: GlobeTrooper: Easily Organize Group Travel & Make New Friends. |
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Posted on 31 July 2010. Tags: 30th, Deals, July, Tech
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Posted on 31 July 2010. Tags: 30th, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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ShelfLifeAdvice – is a free food reference site that gives advice on how long hundreds of different foods and beverages remain safe to eat in the pantry, refrigerator, and freezer. It also provides food shelf life recommendations and handling techniques to get the maximum of foods, and clarifies how to interpret confusing packaging dates. Read more: ShelfLifeAdvice: Food Shelf Life Guidelines & Recommendations. |
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AllowanceManager – Parents need a way by which their children can earn their allowance; not only will this teach them the value of money, but it will teach them to look after themselves. Allowance Manager is a website that lets you do this with ease. Read more: AllowanceManager: Free Allowance Manager Online. |
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RoboVoice – Sometimes the webpage you are reading contains a lot of text. While some people have no problem reading, others might find lengthy reading inconvenient. For them, RoboVoice will be an excellent tool to try out. RoboVoice is a unique application that can turn text into speech. Read more: RoboVoice: Turns Text Into Speech. |
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FeedLooks – While other feed readers (like Google Reader) present a stripped-down view of each article, Feed Looks shows you each feed entry in all its visual glory. By adding feeds to Feed Looks you can have an overall view of all the new entries in your subscribed feeds. Read more: FeedLooks: Read Your Feed Entries In Their Original Forms. |
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Blastfollow – Although you can follow anyone and everyone on Twitter, following people with similar interests is always a better option. BlastFollow is a Twitter mashup that lets you do exactly that. It asks you to enter a hashtag that interests you and it then shows you the number of users who used that hashtag recently. Read more: BlastFollow: Mass Follow Twitter Users With Similar Interests. |
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Posted on 30 July 2010. Tags: 29th, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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Bounce – Website annotation is a great way of sharing websites when you want to say something about specific parts of a site. You can leave comments anywhere on a webpage through website annotation thereby fully expressing yourself. Bounce is one site that lets you easily perform this task. Read more: Bounce: Tool For Marking & Annotating Websites. |
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FamilyShield – is a great free service that provides protection from phishing schemes. But that is only its secondary object; the primary objective is to block all types of adults websites and save your children from viewing them online. Read more: FamilyShield: Block Adults Websites & Other Malware. |
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Anti-Theft For Mobile – There are a number of phone apps that provide great security for iPhones and Android based smartphones. There are 3 basic features these security apps offer: the ability to know where your phone is when lost, the ability to remotely lock your phone and the ability to remotely wipe all of your phone’s data. Read more: Anti Theft For Mobile: Recover Lost/Stolen Cellphone & Protect Your Data. |
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Wordgames – If you love smart online games, then you should check out Wordgames. This website is a collection of fun word games and puzzles including popular ones such as Crossword, Sudoku, Hangman, and Typing. There are also more complicated word challenges that you can play here. Wordgames features a new game every week. Read more: Wordgames: Comprehensive Collection Of Fun Word Games online. |
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MyJobChart – If you are a working parent then you’ll agree that managing daily household chores and getting kids to do simple tasks is not easy. Before you give up, you might want to try My Job Chart. It’s a nice online tool that introduces a reward-based chore tracking system for kids to get them involved in some daily household work. Read more: MyJobChart: Manage Daily Household Chores With Family. |
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Posted on 29 July 2010. Tags: 28th, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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AirBnB – Hotels are great but they lack that human element. If you are more of a people person and don’t like staying at hotels, AirBnB has something unique to offer. It is a website where you can rent rooms from actual people in their house. Simply choose your city, your stay dates and AirBnB will show you a list of private rental homes and rooms available. Read more: AirBnB: Private Rental Homes & Rooms From Actual People. |
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Yummly – When it comes to browsing and searching for recipes, Yummly is quite intuitive. You can not only search recipes by titles but also by typing the name of any ingredient. With over 50,000 recipes indexed from sites like Epicurus and RecipeZaar, and a very smart recipe search engine, Yummly is a great tool to check out for food lovers. Read more: Yummly: Very Smart Search Engine For Recipes. |
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VidMe – YouTube is the most popular online video sharing network but it does not offer the privacy many of us would prefer. In order to better control who gets to see your videos, log on to VidMe. The difference between YouTube and VidMe is that videos shared using VidMe work only for the intended recipient and cannot be forwarded, downloaded, or made viral without the video owner’s approval. Read more: VidMe: Private & Secure Video Sharing With Selected Contacts. |
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SafetyWeb – While the internet has many merits, there’s no dearth of problems associated with it either. Especially for kids. This is what SafetyWeb aims to address. It’s a new tool that aims to help parents monitor their kids’ online activities, what they are doing and who they are talking to. Read more: SafetyWeb: Monitor Your Kids Online & Keep Them Safe. |
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Gapminder – is a free web service that provides various data and statistics related to different interesting topics and global issues. Gapminder was built to present a picture of the world using a unique approach to reading data. This website also aims to promote global development with the purpose of accomplishing the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Read more: Gapminder: View Interesting Statistics Of The World Development & Global Issues. |
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Posted on 28 July 2010. Tags: 28th, Deals, July, Tech
If you’re in the market for a new computer, laptop, mobile phone, games and other accessories; don’t waste your time searching online. We’ve taken the liberty of locating the best tech deals and unifying them into a single post for your convenience.
For more fresh hot deals, visit our Hot Tech Deals page, which is constantly updated.
- Logitech MK700 Wireless Keyboard & Mouse $49.99via code 3FRBKSHJKS2CTN
- Lenovo ThinkPad L412 Intel Core i3-370 2.4GHz 14in Laptop (2GB/160GB/Win7) $584.10 via code USPTHINKBTS
- Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 Intel Core i3-350M Dual-Core 2.26GHz 15.6in Laptop (4GB/500GB/Win7) $579 via code USPZ53A726
- Samsung 2494LW 24in Widescreen LCD Monitor (1920×1080) $164.99 via code N9B9WPF6CWFTW6
- Logitech G500 Wired Laser Gaming Mouse (Upgraded Remake of G5) $34.99 Free Shippingvia code EMCYVNN28
- ASUS RT-N12 802.11n 300Mbps Wireless N Router (DD-WRT) $29.99 Free Shipping via code EMCYVNV42
- Dell Studio One 19 Intel Dual-Core E5400 2.7GHz All-in-One Desktop w/ 19in Multi-Touch Display $584.24 via codes ?$QNC1?HSKNR9F and ?8CN$RJ?W5TQ0C
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Posted on 28 July 2010. Tags: 27th, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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Asciimo – Creating ASCII art is nothing new, but doing it used to take hours. Asciimo changes that by converting provided text into awesome ASCII art. Using JavaScript, the tool displays ASCII text art as you type and allows you to choose from a variety of fonts. Read more: Asciimo: Create ASCII Text Art Online. |
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BodyCounters – Lots of people claim that the amount of violence in movies has increased over time and it has a really bad influence on our society, especially kids. So how much violence is there exactly in each movie? Well, BodyCounters is a website that try to answer that question by counting the number of bodies that died in each movie. Read more: BodyCounters: Check Body Count in Movies. |
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Retrevo User Manuals – After purchasing a product, many people start using it without keeping its box and manuals safe. As a result, when a problem arises they do not know how to tackle it since they do not have the product’s manual. If you find yourself in a similar situation, before you get worried, head on over to Retrevo User Manuals first. Read more: Retrevo User Manuals: Get Free Manuals For Electronics. |
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Online-Converter – Online-Converter is a collection of all types of file converters. You might have come across individual online services that let you convert a specific type of file across various formats; but Online Converter will be your only stop for any file type conversion. Read more: Online-Converter: Convert Almost Any File Format Online. |
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PearlTrees – The internet has expanded so much that many ideas of socialization and storing information have already been explored. This is precisely why unique ideas like Pearltrees are rare and a joy to find. Read more: PearlTrees: Store, Share & Organize Web Content Visually. |
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Posted on 27 July 2010. Tags: 26th, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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Notepad.cc – When it comes to simplicity, nothing beats good old Notepad. However, the lack of portability and sharing features in the Windows based Notepad often make people look for alternatives. A great such alternative is Notepad.cc, a minimalist cloud based text editor that gives you a distraction-free writing experience. Read more: NotePad.cc: A Simple Cloud Based NotePad Alternative. |
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HowSecureIsMyPassword – Today hackers and malware have considerably advanced and can take down your strong defenses. If you have ever wondered about the strength of any one of your passwords, then HowSecureIsMyPassword has been made precisely for you. Read more: HowSecureIsMyPassword: Password Strength Checker. |
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MyeCoverMaker – eCovers have widespread applications. You could use one for an application you created, your website’s introduction page, or an eBook which you’ve written. While creating an eCover, don’t hire a professional designer. Instead of paying big bucks to him, consult My eCover Maker first. Read more: MyeCoverMaker: 3D eCover Creator Software Online. |
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Browize – Developers often wonder how their site will look on their visitor’s screen resolutions. To know this, they have to test different resolution sizes to put themselves in their site visitor’s shoes. But thanks to Browize, they will no longer have to shift back and forth from multiple screen settings. Read more: Browize: Easily Test Different Resolution Sizes Online. |
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FuelMileage – as the name indicates, lets vehicle owners track fuel mileage and then help them improve it by suggesting various methods. You can register on their site and then add your vehicle details. Multiple vehicles can be added to the dashboard. Read more: FuelMileage.com: Easily Track Fuel Mileage. |
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Posted on 26 July 2010. Tags: 25th, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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jsdo.it – Coders and developers, particularly ones who are not very experienced, can encounter frustrating coding problems that seem to be dead ends. If you are in a similar situation, you should stop fretting and head on over to jsdo.it. jsdo.it is a free to use website aimed at helping web developers with their day-to-day coding problems. Read more: jsdo.it: Write Code, Share It & Get Help From Other Experts. |
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PilotHandwriting – If you love beautiful handwritten letters, and are tired of typing emails in those default fonts which look dull and uninspired, then you could try this innovative web based tool called Pilothandwriting. It enables you to type emails in your own handwriting on the computer. Read more: PilotHandWriting: Type In Your Own Handwriting & Email. |
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BuddyFox – It can be quite time wasting to keep shifting from your web browser window to your instant messaging client’s window. But because of BuddyFox you can now seamlessly integrate instant messaging with web surfing, without any window switching. Read more: BuddyFox: Firefox Based Instant Messaging. |
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MyFav.es – Browser startpage users who like to keep it simple will instantly fall in love with MyFav.es. MyFav.es (derived from “my favorites”) is a minimalist start page website that delivers great functionality in its simple design. If you do not know what a startpage is, it is a collection of web shortcuts shown in a thumbnail view. Read more: MyFav.es: Create Minimalist Start Page With Favorite Website Icons. |
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FunnyFacebook – Unless you are living in a faraway cave, you probably have a Facebook account and are busy updating your status all the time. How would you like to update your Facebook status via your dream mobile phone – a BlackBerry perhaps? And no, you don’t need to spend a fortune buying that phone just to boast about it on Facebook. Read more: FunnyFacebook: Customize Facebook Status Update. |
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Posted on 25 July 2010. Tags: 25th, Deals, July, Tech
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Posted on 25 July 2010. Tags: 24th, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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Invoice Bubble – If you are a freelancer or a small business owner who frequently creates and sends invoices to clients through the web then you might find Invoice Bubble useful. It is a free and simple invoicing program with a nice, intuitive interface, and integrates well with Paypal. Read more: Invoice Bubble: Simple Invoicing Program Online. |
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LogoSnap – If you need a logo and your small budget does not allow you to hire a professional, head to LogoSnap. It is a user-friendly website which can be used by anybody to create logo for free online. Read more: LogoSnap: Create a Logo For Free Online. |
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Tatoeba – Knowing multiple languages is a respectable skill and can help you if you find yourself in a different part of the world than your own. While there are many sites that let you learn new languages, few websites let you systematically help others learn your own native language. One of these rare sites is Tatoeba. Read more: Tatoeba: Learn & Submit Sentence Translations In Any Language. |
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goSnipe – When you place a bid on eBay, other people can see it. In turn, they make a higher bid. This circle keeps on going until the auction’s time limit expires. To get the item, you have to be glued to your eBay account till the very end. goSnipe provides a brilliant solution to this inconvenience. Read more: goSnipe: Increase Your Chances To Win eBay Auctions. |
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Posted on 24 July 2010. Tags: 24th, Deals, July, Tech
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Posted on 24 July 2010. Tags: 23rd, Cool, July, Tools, Websites
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FeedsAnywhere – There are many RSS clients that make it easier to read the feeds by merging them. However most of these applications are targeted at computers; when used on smartphones, they often end up with an undesirable layout. For an RSS reader for your mobile phone, give FeedsAnywhere a try. Read more: FeedsAnywhere: Simple web based RSS reader for mobile phone. |
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eType – is a great replacement for Typing Tutor programs. Typing Tutors help improve the accuracy and speed of your typing through practice; eType, on the other hand, tries to intuitively figure out which word you want to type and helps you choose from a list of narrowed-down words. Read more: eType: Windows Tool To Auto-Complete Words, Spell Check & Translation. |
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Plaud.it – There are a number of online services that provide traffic monitoring statistics for your websites. Site owners usually opt for Google Analytics; however there are other competent alternatives available only waiting to be discovered. One such alternative is Plaud.it. Read more: Plaud.it: Free Website Ranking Statistics Tracker. |
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HTTPS Everywhere – HTTPS connections have clear benefits over HTTP ones. With HTTPS you get a higher level of security because data sent and received is encrypted; 3rd party services cannot decrypt this data and learn about your activities. To take advantage of what HTTPS has to offer, you can use HTTPS Everywhere. Read more: HTTPS Everywhere: Use HTTPS Instead Of HTTP When Possible. |
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EdocZA – While we have reviewed many PDF document search sites before, EdocZA is different because not only it goes beyond just the PDF format which most document search engines stick to, it also lets users search documents in languages other than English. Read more: EdocZA: Multi-Format Document Search Site. |
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Posted on 23 July 2010. Tags: 23rd, Deals, July, Tech
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Posted on 23 July 2010. Tags: 2010, 22nd, July, MakeUseOf, Spotlight, Team
MakeUseOf Team Spotlight is our occasional feature where we profile the work of our writers outside of MakeUseOf. We have some very talented employees who like to spread their talents all around the web and it’s only right that we should recognise and showcase those talents.
In this edition of Spotlight, we will be profiling the work of Steve, Jack, Simon and Jackson. But don’t forget, our team loves feedback and conversation from the readers. If you would like to take part in that conversation, subscribe to their Twitter streams today.
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In this article, Steve talks about the importance of developing a plan for your social media and brand management needs. He offers a few tips you can utilize to become more efficient and organized in your branding efforts, as well as increase your productivity overall. Feel free to share your own ideas too! |
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Yahoo! Meme was shortly dubbed a Twitter competitor. But with a shifted focus on pictures and video, Meme aimed for a different niche in micro-blogging.
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In his last MakeUseOf Spotlight, Jack asked for University students to complete a short survey on how they take lecture note at University. He have now analyzed the results and created a report.
If you would like a copy of the report to see what the best method is and why, you can download it from Jack’s website.
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Choosing the right college can be like picking out your first car. You technically have more than one shot at it but it’s something you want to get right the first time. Also, you want it to be something memorable and that speaks of your personality. Now’s the time to pick the right college for you. And only you know what’s right for yourself. Here are a couple of things you should consider when picking your future college. |
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