Posts filed under 'Tools'

Opera Software today released the final public release of Opera 9.5 Web browser, and increased competition in the browser race with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Claimed to be the most powerful Opera browser yet, it blurs the boundaries between computers and mobile phones by enabling a seamless Web experience from device to device. (more…)

Microsoft Task Market connects small businesses with freelancers for marketing and other document help such as graphic design, writing and editing, document translation, and creating or enhancing presentations and spreadsheets. Currently the Task Market is a “tech preview” and still in early stages of development. (more…)

DMOZ, the Open Directory Project turned 10 years old on June 5, 2008 and continues to grow at a rapid pace, all due to the tireless efforts of an amazing community of dedicated volunteer editors. Dmoz ODP is still the most comprehensive human edited directory of the Web. (more…)

Want to add more interactivity in your Youtube videos? They have introduced a new feature called video annotations that allows you to add background information, create branching stories or add links to any YouTube video, channel, or search results page at any point in your video. (more…)

Want to fly around the virtual world Second Life streaming on your mobile phone. Now you can try the Vollee SecondLife beta, a free tool that lets you access Second Life on mobile devices whenever and wherever you want to. (more…)

We use Sitemeter to track site traffic statistics, and it does a great job of site wide traffic analysis easily. Thus, I was surprised to see that yesterday statistics showed only 30% traffic came our way, which made me think anxiously about another hosting downtime. (more…)

SixApart has launched TypePad AntiSpam, a new Open Source tool for effectively blocking comment spam on blogs. The great part is this not only works on Typepad blogging platform, but also in MovableType and Wordpress! (more…)

CNN Shirts let you wear the news headlines. CNN now lets its online visitors buy Tshirts with the latest headlines on their site, all timestamped and ready to wear. (more…)

Which is the most popular RSS news aggregator? Everyone is buzzing about Google Reader, but the old time favorite Bloglines is still leading the charts. A Hitwise study reveals that Bloglines is still the most popular web-based feed reader based on share of US visits, though Google Reader is growing in popularity and closing the gap to Bloglines. (more…)

TinEye is an new image search engine currently in private beta. Upload an image or give it a photo url, and it will tell you where the image appears on the web! (more…)