A lot of times, I’ll be doing research for a certain topic I wanted to find out more about. Then I’ll totally forget it — the thing is, I never use the Bookmark folders, because they’re all way too convoluted and terrifying to navigate around. Bundlr is a great alternative to organize and store all [...]
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It’s often very difficult to keep in touch with new music. I don’t have a car and definitely don’t have an FM radio anymore, which leaves me with music blogs and internet radio. What about local concerts, or shows near me? Or what if I wanted to explore new music that wasn’t in the top [...]
Dropbox is a great ‘social’ way of sharing large files via the cloud. But Dropbox is not entirely in the cloud. There is a small app that resides on your desktop and if allowed boots up with your system. Personally, I hate installing a new software for a one-off exchange, or just because the herd [...]
The web these days is all about sharing. From social bookmarking to URL shortening, there are umpteen ways to share a liked webpage. But none of it is really personal with a capital ‘P’. The most you can do is add a message with the link. Enter Bo.lt. Bo.lt is a new kind of page [...]
“I want more!!” are the three words I usually utter out loudly when I am buying a gadget online or planning a trip for the next weekend. The “more” here refers to more information, like content, videos, images et al. In the process I open several pages from various distinct sources. Sometime I get all [...]
Portable devices like iPhones and iPads may be denting your wallet, but if used wisely they can make up for it by providing food for your brain. I am talking about their use as eBook readers. There are a score of eBook readers in the market vying for your eyeballs. Booki.sh, a sleek browser based [...]
You’re struggling. You don’t know whether or not that new piece of writing looks a bit unusual to readers, and you’re peeking over your shoulder because you know your name shows up on Google and all the employers can find you somehow. Yet you want to publish these thoughts to the world. They’re important and [...]
Google has quite a few web services tucked away behind the gargantuan white search facade. Some we are aware of. Some like the Google Hotel Finder need a directional prod. Google Hotel Finder is still tagged as ‘experimental’ but the promise is in its potential for the habitual traveler who wants to quickly search for [...]
On Facebook if someone accepts your friend request it makes it a point to notify you with pomp and show either by showing it on your wall, your notification area or even an update to your mailbox, but if someone unfriends you, there’s absolutely no indication of it anywhere on your Facebook profile. If you [...]
If you like minimalism and simplicity, then you will love Minus. Even the name of this drag ‘n’ drop file sharing tool suggests the very same thing. However, the simplicity of Minus does not take anything away from its effectiveness. Let’s look at the plusses of this free web application. Minus.com is another way to [...]
It’s only a month since Google Plus was launched but the charts of its growth and popularity are rising exponentially. Still in invite only beta phase, it has managed to win the hearts of a huge number of people through innovation in sharing and communication. Though most loved Google Plus, many still favor good ol’ [...]
Image effects web apps existed long before Instagram. In fact, even before applying funky effects and showing it off on social profiles became a trend, Photoshop filters were the go-to tools for the job. But then the Instagram phenomenon came in the wake of the iPhone. All of us don’t tote an iPhone, so the [...]
As a matter of convenience, you might fire up good ol’ Microsoft Excel to create great looking charts. But an online tool is a failsafe if you are on the road and don’t have Excel installed in your computer. Online chart tools are a crowded breed on the web. We have covered some of them [...]
The way web browsers have evolved in the last decade is amazing. Formerly they were just a basic tool to browse the World Wide Web but now they are so much more. Chrome has revolutionized the concept of browsers and with the integration of web based apps it has turned it into a mini operating [...]
When it comes to URL shortening services, bitly is probably the ‘Google’ of its niche. It offers a slew of features; and releases more new ones with the same briskness as the search giant. You probably never stopped to ponder that so much could be done around a shortened URL. Bitly has been king of [...]
With the majority of media players having the ability to play formats across the board, audio file converters are a class of tools you won’t need every day. But if you do, then the free online audio converter called Switchr could be among the helpful ones. Serious audiophiles would prefer a desktop based audio converter [...]
You see the same ol’ stuff on Facebook all the time that make you cringe — low-resolution webcam photos, or a photo of you taken by yourself with a camera reflecting in the mirror. I’m not pointing fingers, but as Drake said recently: I’m just saying you could do better. Here are three easy, free, [...]
In one of our previous articles, we demonstrated how a user can backup all his data from Facebook on his local computer. We used Mozilla Firefox with ArchiveFB plugin installed on it to do the trick. The only setback was that the above trick worked with Facebook alone and did not provide any solution if [...]
