Cool Websites and Tools [January 27th 2012]

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Google Image Ripper – is a simple website that makes image searching much more fun. The minimalist layout displays images in thumbnails with a ready download link for each one available, so you do not have to leave the search page to download the image. It also implements a light box script. Read more: Google Image Ripper: Alternative Interface For Google Image Search

 

AllMyBooks – If you love reading eBooks, then you must have a large collection of them stored on your computer. Finding a book from this collection can be problematic if you do not have your collection organized well. Here to help you properly organize things is a desktop app called All My Books. Read more: AllMyBooks: A Desktop App To Organize Your eBooks Library

 

 

Pulse – If you’re looking for a pretty RSS reader or a news reading app in the ilk of Flipboard, then you’d be hard pressed to find anything better than Pulse. This app for iOS and Android is a newsreader on steroids that can transform any website or blog into a colorful, tiled tapestry. Read more: Pulse: News Reader App With Tiled Layout (iOS/Android)

 

 

Can I Stream It – If you are a movie buff, then you already have accounts on web services like Hulu and Netflix. As soon as movies become available for online streaming, you go for them. Here to help you keep track of your favorite movies become streamable online is a web service called Can I Stream It. Read more: CanIStreamIt: Get Notified When Your Favorite Movies Become Streamable Online

 

 

Blither – While Facebook chat continues to become a favorite amongst Facebook users, Twitter account holders have yet to be given a built-in chatting interface by the network. The result is third-party apps trying to provide this feature. One of these apps is a tool called Blither. Read more: Blither: Easily Have Chat Conversations With Your Twitter Friends

 

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Cool Websites and Tools [January 25th 2012]

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Wenovo Pictures To Color – Is there a particular picture on your computer with an amazing color scheme? Would you like to incorporate a similar color scheme into your graphic designs? If yes, then you require the picture’s color palette: a list of all the colors used in the picture. Here to help you get that is a tool called Wenovo Pictures to Color. Read more: Wenovo Pictures To Color: Get The Color Palette Of Any Image On Your Computer

 

24-Hour Countdown Clock – Many of us have extremely busy schedules and we need to get a lot done every day. But completing those tasks requires a level of motivation that not everybody has. If you are looking for a tool to help motivate you and quickly get the day’s work done, you should check out Eugene Baumstein’s 24-Hour Countdown Clock. Read more: 24-Hour Countdown Clock: Get A Timer To Remind You Of The Work Yet To Do

 

 

MailQuatro – Businesses often employ IT companies to create a professional email setup for them. But even custom-made setups lack the efficiency and transparency that an employer wishes. Here to help provide such a professional email setup in just a few minutes is a web service called MailQuatro. Read more: MailQuatro: Get A Professional Email System Set Up In Minutes

 

 

MarkdownPad – Have you ever had the need to write an article, and quickly convert it into HTML? Well, if so, then MarkdownPad is one of the best, freeware software out there for the job. MarkdownPad is a fully featured editor for Windows, which is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Read more: MarkdownPad: A Fully Featured Text To HTML Editor For Windows

 

 

Coupon Yum – This is a free to use website where you can find as well as share coupons from any store. Browsing the site is simple. You can randomly browse the top coupons or search for them according to keyword. The coupons appear without any complicated information. You get to view what the offer is about along with how long it is valid for. Users can click on the PRINT link to print the coupon. Read more: Coupon Yum: Get All Types Of Latest Coupons That Can Be Printed & Used

 

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Cool Websites and Tools [January 23rd 2012]

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ReaderShare – Google Reader was recently revamped with a new interface and new features, and a major development was the phasing out of direct sharing and the introduction of Google+ integration. A lot of people have voiced their grievances against this, and ReaderShare wants to help them. It is a Chrome extension that brings back those sharing options. Read more: ReaderShare: Get Back The Old Sharing Options In Google Reader [Chrome]

 

ButtonParty – Numerous web services offer ways of sharing songs and audio online. But Button Party brings forward an entirely new concept to online sound sharing by letting you create shareable buttons that play audio from YouTube videos. These buttons correspond to various sounds, all linked to YouTube videos and are all created by users. Read more: ButtonParty: Create Shareable Sound Buttons

 

 

Touchpad Dialer – Smartphones let you easily type the first few letters of your friend’s name and their number appears in your contacts. But usually you have to press the same key (number) multiple times to make your desired letter appear. Here to resolve this inconvenience is an excellent app called TouchPal Dialer. Read more: TouchPal Dialer: An App To Find Contacts Quicker [Android 1.5+]

 

 

Decreased Productivity – Are you easily distracted by images, animations, etc, on any webpage? If the answer is yes, you should give the Decreased Productivity Chrome extension a try. It improves the browsing experience by allowing users to control the different elements on any webpage. Users can restrict images, animations, multimedia content and more. Read more: Decreased Productivity. Block Images, Animations & Multimedia Content Any Webpage [Chrome]

 

 

Reading Bear – is an educational project created by Wikipedia’s co-founder, Larry Sanger, that aims to teach beginner child readers about vocabulary and the concepts of English. At the same time, the child is introduced to the main phonetic patterns of written English. All of this is done with the help of creatively crafted media. Read more: Reading Bear: An Effective Way To Teach Your Kids English

 

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Cool Websites and Tools [January 22nd 2012]

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TranslateThis – If you are looking for a good translation tool for Firefox then you might want to give this add-on called Translate This! a try. It’s a simple tool that gets the job done effectively and also offers some extras. It uses Google Translate and you can translate specific text on the page or the entire page using it. You could also directly translate a link without opening it. Read more: Translate This: Quickly Translate Text On Websites [Firefox]

 

Appsylum – Are you a phone apps fan? Do you keep an eye out for new useful apps and try new ones? If yes, then you need a place where you can discover excellent new applications for your device and decide if they are worth trying out. Appsylum is a web service that offers you that place. Read more: Appsylum: The Ultimate Website For Phone App Fans

 

 

Drivia – While driving long distances, it is common for the driver to get bored and inattentive to the road. This can have drastic results. In fact, numerous driving accidents take place simply because the driver dozed off while driving. Here to help avoid that by keeping the driver active is an iOS phone app called Drivia. Read more: Drivia: An iOS App For Staying Alert & Mentaly Active While Driving

 

 

Drawpr – is an online website that allows you to upload and share files with your friends and family with the link provided to you. Unlike other websites, such as Fileserve and Megaupload, Drawpr is pretty fast and does not cap your total uploading limit. Users are free to upload as much as they like. Read more: Drawpr: A Simple Way To Upload Files Online & Share

 

 

LyricStatus – Sometimes, Facebook users make their status the same as the lyrics of the song they are currently listening to. Rather than going to Google, searching for the lyrics, copying them and then posting the status on Facebook, LyricStatus makes this job much easier. Read more: LyricStatus: Search & Post Song Lyrics On Facebook

 

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Cool Websites and Tools [January 21st 2012]

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Clip – is a very simple idea with a great use. We often want to transfer data from one computer to another but the only modes traditionally available are either through storage devices or emailing it to yourself and opening it on a different computer. Clip introduces a new way. It lets you create a temporary text area with a custom URL. Read more: Clip: An Internet Clipboard To Copy Paste Text Between Computers

 

Projeqt – is a very simple web service that allows you to create slides online for free. Whether it’s for business purposes, or just for fun, Projeqt allows you to create smooth flowing slides in a matter of seconds. It goes one step beyond the default “text and image” format, and allows the users to embed videos and even news feeds. Read more: Projeqt: Tell Stories With Attractive Slideshows

 

 

eBabyNames – is an excellent resource if you are expecting a kid. The site contains thousands of baby names, which in itself is nothing unique. However, the easy-to-use interface and navigation of the site makes it better than any other similar ones. You can browse baby names in alphabetical order, quickly viewing its meaning and what gender it is used for. Read more: eBabyNames: Choose & Save Thousands Of Baby Names

 

 

The HDTV Genie – With HDTV being one of the most popular buzz words in the consumer electronics industry, a lot of people get confused as to what is the difference between various HDTVs and which one should they buy. TheHDTVGenie is a slick new tool that can help you decide which HDTV will be best suitable for your needs. Read more: The HDTV Genie: Find The HDTV That Suits Your Specific Needs

 

 

Patternry – When working as a group, designers often have a difficult time creating blocks and snippets of code. Sharing those codes effectively with one another is also a challenge. Here to help developers with those problems is a web service called Patternry, a website that lets you maintain libraries of interface diagrams and their respective code snippets. Read more: Patternry: Communicate Better With Co-Developers Using Virtual Libraries Of Interfaces

 

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Cool Websites and Tools [January 18th 2012]

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ReminderGuru – We all mark important events on our calendars. Yet we forget about important dates and events because of our busy schedules. Here to help remind you of important events is a web service called ReminderGuru. Read more: ReminderGuru: Remind Yourself Of Events Via Email, Texts & Calls

 

IP Notebook – Finding out your computer’s IP address is an essential step in initiating remote desktop connections and performing various other computer networking tasks. Network specialists with particular tasks at hand might also want to keep a track of all the IP addresses their computer has been using. Read more: IP Notebook: Discover & Note Your IP Addresses

 

 

ViBe – People often set their phones to ‘vibrate’ in meetings. But anytime they get a call, they have to take out their phones and have a look at the screen to find out who the caller was and to ensure that it was not an emergency. Read more: ViBe: Get Specific Vibration Patterns On Your Phone For Specific Callers [Android 2.1+]

 

 

NextDoor – Have you ever wanted your very own social network where it’s only you and your neighborhood? True, Facebook exists, but that is more of a global social network. Nextdoor is something for the smaller, sophisticated neighborhood where you can communicate with your neighbors anytime. Read more: NextDoor: A Social Network For Neighbors

 

 

ZoomShift – Workplaces such as restaurants and many other places all have multiple people working together but at different times. In such cases an employee shifts schedule is essential. But writing up a schedule on paper and matching it with other timings can be inconvenient. Here to offer an online alternative is a web app called ZoomShift.. Read more: ZoomShift: A User-Friendly Web App For Scheduling Employee Shifts (Free Licences)

 

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