Category: Internet

These days the shortened URLs are flooding the internet. But sometimes the spammers and scammers make use of these short URLs to hide their malicious URLs behind them. You really never know where a shortened URL is going to take you. But if you are a firefox user, then you can make use of the Cool Previews add-on to see a preview of all the links and images on a webpage.

Jumpshare is a free online file sharing service. This is different from other file sharing services as it allows you to upload files directly from your browser with the drag and drop interface. It also shows the previews of your uploaded files before you download them, making it easier for you to identify the files that you really want to download. The Jumpshare offers simple browser based interface and you do not have to download and install any software on your PC for it to work.

The new Outlook.com would not interfere your older hotmail account in anyway, but would present you with a plethora of newer features inspired by the Windows 8 modern user interface. The Outlook.com interface is based on the tiled Metro UI (Modern UI) that you would find in Windows 8. If you want then you can also get a new email address ending in Outlook.com domain while still keeping the older hotmail email address. This is done by creating an outlook.com alias.

The Download Cleaner add-on gives you option to automatically clean the downloaded files history immediately after the download is finished or when you close the Firefox browser. The option for disabling only the download history does not exist in Firefox. This is why Download Cleaner is a very useful Firefox add-on when you do not want to clean all the browser history, but just the downloaded files history.

Adding vintage effects to your pictures is increasingly becoming a new trend as it gives you the feeling of nostalgia of the time gone by. You might think that it would take some advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop to apply such vintage effects, but a free web app Instant Retro makes it so easy that even five graders can do it in seconds. The Instant Retro is a web app allows you to add a variety of effects giving your pictures a retro look.

The 3Dnator extension is able to create stereoscopic 3D object from any image. Of course, you only need a red-cyan 3D glass for viewing the converted images in the 3D. This extension uses HTML5 to convert the plain images into 3D anaglyphs. You can create 3D from your own images or photos from the internet. Then you will see 3D objects with special color glasses on your screen.

Google invented Google+ so many years later after its other already popular services like Gmail and Youtube. Now Google is trying to integrate Google+ back to these services. In this series, now Google is allowing you to use your Google+ picture and name on your Youtube account. This way you can post comments with your real name and picture beside it. Any videos you upload would also carry your real name as displayed on your Google+ profile.

Instagram is a free photo sharing program with social networking integrated into it. Lately many celebrities like Lady Gaga have also started using Instagram extensively. With a flood of high quality pictures from celebrities, you sometimes wonder what if I could download all of them on my hard disk. You can use the Free Instagram Downloader to download all the pictures of any Instagram user.

If you are using Google, then you can hover over a website in search results to see its preview but it requires action on your part. The SearchPreview addon for Chrome and Firefox browsers adds the preview functionality to Yahoo!, Google and Bing search engines. It displays website snapshots as thumbnails along with your regular Google, Yahoo! and Bing search results. This allows you to get a small preview of the site without having to visit it first.

Now Mozilla Firefox has also created in-built PDF support starting with the version 15 of the browser. Using this feature, you can view PDF files right inside the Firefox browser without having to need any third party software like Adobe Acrobat or Foxit Reader. By default, this in-built PDF support is not enabled in Firefox. But you can enable it using few simple steps.