Archive for the ‘ToolBox’ Category

PDF is a powerful file format that can hold lot of text and images in compact form. It is widely used for document transaction on professional level. Adobe PDF Reader is most used for accessing PDF files.

However, at times Adobe PDF Reader can be real slow and tacky. Besides large setup file size, it can take lot of space on the hard drive. While there are ways to speed up Adobe Acrobat, in case you have given up - then checkout following alternative to ever so slow Adobe PDF Reader.

1. Foxit Reader - It is a free PDF document viewer and printer, with incredible small size (only 2.55 M download size), (more…)

Comments (0) Posted on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

“…Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”

Twitter is here to stay, how about extending your Twitter experience with loads of Twitter tools. Here goes cool list of more than 40 Twitter tools for that extended Twitter experience.

1. TwitSpy -It allows you to view real time updates on Twitter. It is similar to Digg Spy which lets you see in real-time as new Digg stories are posted to that site. With Twitspy you can view public and (more…)

Comments (6) Posted on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Are you tired of reading and more reading? You can for sure find relief by stop reading and take rest. And listen to the content you would have normally read. There are number of free web services that can read out your favorite blogs, wikipedia articles, RSS feed content and much more.

Besides online reading, you can download audio of the text content in mp3 format. You can listen to this audio on your mobile phone or mp3 player. Possibilities and alternatives are many - you only need to identify, which one works best for you.

Here is cool list of 5 free web services to convert text into speech and further download and save in Mp3 format and much (more…)

Comments (0) Posted on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Most of us click through Google to search for stuff we need. What about search for audio files and musical loops? Yes, Google can for sure dig them out. But, are there any specialized alternatives?

Yes, there are few online web services which specialize in searching the web for audio sounds and loops. You can search web using these services and download the sounds bites you need. Here are five web services that should help in your endeavour to search sounds.

1. SoundSnap -It allows you to find and share free sound effects and loops, legally. It is a collection of original sounds made or recorded by its users and not songs or sound FX found on commercial (more…)

Comments (0) Posted on Monday, April 21st, 2008

Urge and need to stay connected is never ending. With mobile scene getting bigger, more and more people are trying to interface communication between ‘the web’ and ‘mobile phone’.

Sending Free SMS via web to mobile phone is new fab which is slowly turning into fashion of sorts. There are number of online services that allow you to send free SMS.

Nothing is FREE, someone - somewhere is paying for your SMS. Read on to discover ways to send Free SMS and of course why & how it is FREE. (more…)

Comments (1) Posted on Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Spam, spam, spam… who loves it? Well, love it or hate it - most of us tend to receive lot of spam or unwanted emails be it yahoo(high vol) or gmail(little less).

In case you want to stay protected from spam, then start using a temporary & disposable Email Services. Using these free services, you get a unique email ID which is valid for few hours or days.

Emails from this ID are forwarded to your actual email ID. By the time spammers get hold of this email address, it expires. Here is huge list of more than 40 Temporary & Disposable Email Services. Take your pick… (more…)

Comments (7) Posted on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008