Archive for the ‘web tools’ Category
Creating Tests Online Made Easy With Zoho Challenge
(Full Disclosure: The author is currently working as an intern at Zoho)
Zoho Challenge is a nifty web application that will let you generate tests online in a breeze. Zoho Challenge’s test generator helps teachers by letting them create tests online. They just need to add questions in the question bank, and at the click of a few buttons, they can create tests and assign them to students. Read the rest of this entry »
Add Real Time Search Options to Google Search
Real time search is what everyone wants these days. Google does provide options using which you can restrict search results to web pages published within a specific time frame (like 24 hrs, a week, etc.). All you need to do is go to the advanced search options page to specify the date range. Doing this everytime you do a Google search is pesky and that’s when a Greasemonkey script comes handy.
Find Out The Language Used In a Piece of Text
What Language is This is a neat web based tool that helps you find out what language a piece of text is in. All you need to do is paste a piece of text and click the ‘Go’ button and the tool does the analysis for you, identifying the language used in the text.
How To Clear Clutter From Web Pages?
Very so often, you end up landing on web sites that are cluttered with ads and widgets that take away the attention from real content. The web pages are cluttered and you’ll have a tough time reading the real stuff.
Get Dictionary Meanings on Google Talk quickly
Last week, we wrote about @twitlookup, a Twitter bot that can look up meanings and definitions for you via Twitter. Now, Keith D’Souza has created another bot that works from Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM and Windows Live Messenger and helps you find meanings.
Display Twitter Updates In Your Orkut Profile
Twitkut is a cool Orkut app that lets you display your Twitter updates in your Orkut profile. Once you add the app from here, go to the settings page for the app and type in your Twitter username.
Free Jinni Invites
Jinni is a new site under private beta where you can watch movies, TV Shows, short films and other online videos based on your mood. Head on to How-To Geek to read a review of the service.
I signed up using their form, and I have around 10 free invites for Jinni to give away. If you need a free invite for Jinni.com, just leave a comment with a working email address so that I can send you the invitation.
Update: Please look for Jinni invites elsewhere. All invites used up.
Protect Your Email Address When Displaying It On Your Site
One of the reasons why people use contact forms instead of providing email IDs on their sites is that they fear that their email addresses could be harvested by hackers and spammers for obvious purposes. Almost everyone refrains from providing their email IDs in their websites for this very threat.
How to Design Custom Shirts Online?
Shirts My Way is a cool site that you can use to design custom shirts for yourself. You can literally customize every aspect of your shirt – the dimensions, the design and the fabric itself. You can then save the t-shirt design, add it to your cart and order it online.
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Free Hunch Invites
I’ve got three Hunch invites to give away for free here. If you need one, please leave a comment with a working email address. I’ll give them on a first come, first served basis.
For those who are not aware of Hunch, read ReadWriteWeb’s review of Hunch here. It’s a site that lets you make decisions easily.
Update: Invites sent out and we have none remaining!
