Category: Internet

GIF is a special type of image format that embeds a series of images which give an effect of an animation being played. Creating GIF animations usually requires a picture editor like Adobe Photoshop or GIMP. But these are difficult to work with and have a long learning curve. If you want to create a GIF animation, then you can quickly create GIF animations using the free online service GIFPAL.

Google is always introducing new and better ways to make your internet experience more fun and secure. Now Google has come up with an interesting and fun way to login to your Google account using a smartphone. Now you can logon to your Google account on a PC by scanning a QR code using your smartphone. This sounds confusing at first but once you start doing it, you realize how secure and fun it is.

Google Chrome is a lean and mean web browser and I like it very much. But there is a feature in the Opera which is often missed in Chrome browser – the ability to change the zoom level of a webpage. But now you can add a similar functionality to your favorite Chrome browser using the Chrome extension called iZoom. The iZoom extension for Chrome lets you automatically change the zoom level to fit browser window width with three different zooming modes.

Firefox is a very flexible web browser. This great flexibility comes through different add-ons which may add more features to the already feature rich Mozilla Firefox. But sometimes some add-ons may not act as they should and interfere in the normal working of the Firefox web browser. It is for the times like this, Firefox offers a simple and easy way to restart Firefox without add-ons. Starting Firefox without any add-ons may resolve add-on related problems.

You work all day long and it becomes quite boring after some time. It is not uncommon for some of you to start playing online games or watch some videos in the middle of the work load. It helps you relax but if your boss finds out about it then it may have some consequences. Good news is that now you can quickly hide a browser tab in the Google Chrome browser using the Disguise Tabs extension.

I remember the days when my mom used to switch off the video games I used to play and told me to finish my homework when I was a kid. Sometimes we get too much addicted with such time wasters and pay not attention to our actual work be it school or office unless interrupted by someone else. But when using the internet, you are usually alone and there is nobody to make you stop wasting your time. But worry no more, now you can block the online time wasters using the Cold Turkey.

Twitter is an online micro-blogging service that everyone is familiar with. Twitter is popular for sharing of news and messages that we cannot in many other ways. For example, Twitter was the only channel of contact during recent earthquake in Japan for many hours. Similarly, Twitter helped the people of countries like Turkey when the dictators banned all other methods of communications for public.

Modern lifestyle has turned us into a vegetable. We spend most of our time on chairs and couches these days. This leaves almost no time to have some healthy activities in the day. If you are also living the life of lazybones, then you should know about the Daily Challenge. The Daily Challenge is a free online service that sends you an e-mail everyday.

If you are looking for living in a new place, then you usually look up for a new apartment in the newspapers or consult the real estate agents. But you can find a new apartment for yourself using Apartment List online service based on your interests. The Apartment List online service asks you about various interests like if you watch movies alot, how many books you read in a week etc. Then it locates an apartment in a neighborhood suited for your particular lifestyle.