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Gaming

5 Websites to Play Online Game for Free

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We have already talked about Mario which is one game that you can play on your browser online and offline and here we are adding more into our list of Online gaming. There are many Websites which let you play interesting flash online game for example miniclip and  there are many more such Websites in the market.

We have shared few browser based games with you to enjoy your break and you can play those games easily in your office too. But if you don’t want to bind yourself with browser games then here I am sharing few cool websites where you can play lots and lots of online games of your choice.

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Play Online Games with These Interesting free sites:

There are endless such websites but before you use any of these online flash game sites, I suggest you to make sure the site is clean and free of spyware. Specially. avoid installing toolbar and spyware these sites offered, as most of them are bundled with some stock app, which will slow down your computer. Simply, go to any of these online game site and start playing game, without installing anything. You also don’t need to have a gaming PC to play these games, as such online game could be played on any computer with minimum configuration. For better experience, I suggest you to download Chrome browser, which will give you better game play experience.

AddictingGames:

It’s one of my favorite website to play games online because it provides me lots of different category which includes sports, racing, Broad, puzzels and lots more.

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GameGum:

Here you can see the ratings of all the games by players. You can also discuss about games in community and search different games through categories.

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MarioGamesFlash:

Are you a Mario lover, I am one and if you are too then MarioFlash is for you. MarioFlash is dedicated for Mario games. There are links to other different types of games too, which you can play according to your wish.

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CandyStand:

CandyStand is another website for gaming addicts and it allows you to save your favorite games, scores and win exciting prices.

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Bored:

Bored gives you a brief introduction about the games with rating and number of times a game is played. I like the neat and clean interface of bored.com which makes it easy to select the game.

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If you know more such sites which let us play online game, do let us know via comment. Also let us know your most addictive online game, that you are addicted to right now.

iPhone Applications

Music Ringtone Maker : Customize iPhone Ringtones

We have been talking a lot about iPhone ringtones maker and today we will look into one more useful app call Music ringtone maker which also let you customize ringtones on iPhone.

If you don’t like to listen boring generic iPhone ringtones and find it complicated to create a ringtone then we have few options for you. You can either create ringtone via iTunes or you can use free Audiko for creating ringtones. But if you are looking a reliable and easy to use application for your iPhone and there is an good option.

Music Ringtone Maker App for iPhone:

This is a free ringtone maker app for iPhone and you can download it from here. This app will let you create ringtone from your iPhone music library. This app is compatible with iPhone, iPod and iPad. Before we look into the features of Music Ringtone maker app, I suggest you to check out tools to make iPhone ringtone, where we have listed various tools and apps which you can use.

Music Ringtone Maker

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Here are few key features of Music Ringtone Maker app:

  • The app works with unprotected audio files such as AAC/M4A, MP3, AIF and WAV.
  • It select up to 30 seconds from a song.
  • Automatic fade-ins/out features for perfect sound.
  • You can create unlimited ringtones.
  • You can assign the ringtone to any specific contact number or all the contacts.
  • You can set the alarm sound with the created ringtone.
  • No irritating ads will interrupt you while creating ringtones.

This app is available on iTunes to download for free. Even if you hate that boring ringtones and want customized and rocking ringtones which you can keep changing that too unlimited times. I have tried few free ringtone app for iPhone but they never met my expectation and this one I found worth sharing. I have tested this app on iOS5 and it works great.

Once you have created a ringtone, you can preview and directly add it on your iPhone. Else, you can select other song from your iPod library and start making another one.

Do let us know which free app you are using for making and customizing ringtones directly on your iPhone. Also check out how to use Cydia ringtones on iPhone.

Internet

10 Free Online Tools to Test Internet Speed

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Internet has moved from .3gp to HD and now print media is going digital with Youtube channel integration and so on. To enjoy the life of online media, it’s important to have a good broadband connection. Now, a good broadband connection doesn’t mean only faster speed, but the DNS should also be faster for better speed. Here I’m sharing few online tools to test Internet speed, which will give you an idea about how your internet connection is performing.

I usually do internet speed check, thrice at one time and use the average to calculate the upload and download speed. Being a Blogger, I not only opt for a broadband connection with higher download speed but also look for decent upload speed.

We do need to download useful software or torrents very often thus it is important we should be having good internet speed. Either you want to download files, browse files or watch videos online it is very important that you must have good internet connection.

Free Web tools to Test Internet Speed

SpeedTest:

SpeedTest is a tool to test your internet speed and you can share the results with your friends also via social networking websites and email.

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Speed.io:

Speed.io doesn’t require any kind of information to enter before starting a test. As soon as you will land to Speed.io website and click Start it will begin internet speed test and you can share the results with others in the form of text as well as graph.

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BandWidthPlace:

BandWidthPlace also provide you the result with download and upload speed like other internet speed testing tool. It’s simple and quick to use.

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Test Internet Speed:

Test Internet Speed provides you internet speed as well as free system scan. Many times internet speed also gets less because of errors and virus. So you can take both the test for free.

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CNET Bandwidth Meter:

CNET Bandwidth Meter provides you Internet speed of all kind of connections like satellite, broadband, cable etc. It will ask you the location you are using your connection i.e. home, office, school to provide you accurate results.

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iSpeedOMeter:

iSpeedOMeter is providing online tool to check your internet speed as well as iPhone app for checking your internet speed even when you are travelling. Here is the link to iPhone app in iTunes store.

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AuditMyPC:

The best part of this online tool is that it checks speed of all kind of internet connect such as broadband, cable, DSL etc but for using this tool you need to have latest java version on your computer.

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Broadband expert:

We need to fill the entries like which connection we are using, service provider, rating the provider, our state etc before starting the test.

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Reohnix:

It helps you to check out upload and download speed of your internet connect. You can also test the test of your internet connection with other servers.

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2Wire:

It’s quick and simple. As soon as you will land to website, it will start testing the speed of your internet connection and provide you the results.

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Well, these are some of those online tools which I tried and tested for testing Internet speed. Many ISP’s offer default tool in their panel to check internet speed, but I still prefer and recommend to use these public speed check hubs, as they will give more unbiased result.

If you are aware of any such online tool to check internet speed, do share with us.

Internet

5 Websites to Detect Invisible Yahoo Users

If you feel that your online friends are hiding from you or too busy to stay online on Yahoo messenger then there are few tools which can detect invisible yahoo friends when they are online on Yahoo messenger but have their status as offline. All the tools listed here are free and quick to use.

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Useful Online tools to detect invisible yahoo Friends

Invisible.ir

It’s very easy and quick to find who is online on Yahoo messenger. You just need to enter the Yahoo ID of your friend and press enter, instantly you will get the results that the user is online or not.

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Detect Invisible

This web app is similar to invisible.ir. It also gives you quick access to find out the status of yahoo messenger users. It also saves your buddy list whose status you checked recently.

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4invisble

4invisible is also a web based tool, you can check your Yahoo messenger friends easily just by typing Yahoo ID. It also provides other information like profile details, avatar etc.

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Invisible Scanner

Invisible scanner do same task as the above web app. No need to register or sign in with your yahoo ID You can easily detect invisible yahoo friends by entering their Yahoo ID. Unlike DetectInvisible, it does not save your search history.

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MySpytool

MySpytool is bit different from above Invisible yahoo users detector tool. You need to sign up on MySpytool but it is very easy to sign up and you don’t need to go ahead any confirmation process. It also shows you the status of Yahoo user just by entering the Yahoo ID.

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Do let us know which website do you use to detect invisible yahoo users. How do you handle those people who intentionally stay invisible on Yahoo messenger.

Internet

3 Free Online Tools To Send Anonymous Emails

Many people have to send anonymous emails either because of personal reason or to inform about illegal activities. You can also use these services when you are using any public computer and don’t want that your email ID or password get saved. The reason for using fake emails can be because of good reasons and for bad reasons. It’s up to you how you prefer to use it. I came across few of such free services which allows you to send anonymous emails quickly without any hassles. Check them out right now:

Send-email:

Send-email is an easy and quick way to send anonymous emails, you just need to enter message, email address and CAPTCHA. Click on send and your email will be sent in seconds. The mail won’t be having your email ID instead it would be “Free Email Service” in FROM section.

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Anonymouse:

It’s same like Send-email, you don’t need to enter your personal Email ID. Another good part you don’t have to enter CAPTCHA also. There is a drawback of this service, sometimes they send email a bit later.

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Anonymailer:

This is something for people who love to play prank as it allows you to send mails via any Email ID, your friend’s or your boss. But it will add a line “This email was sent via Anonymous email service for free.”. You can remove this line by being a paid member.

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If you love to prank people with fake emails or use anonymous email services for some good cause then do share with us which free online service you use?

iPhone Applications

3 Free Calculator Apps for iOS Devices

In school and colleges math was not favorite subject of many of the students. But we need to do many calculations in our daily life and sometimes its too tacky to carry calculator everywhere specially when you have a smartphone with you. Few of the smartphones don’t provide you all solutions to your calculus problem but iDevices are way smart to provide solutions to your calculus problems quickly and easily. Here I am listing 3 calculator apps for iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad which you can grab for free.

Pcalc Lite Calculator:

This app is for everyone who want to solution for small or large calculations. This is an scientific calculator which gives you options like unit conversions, RPN mode and lots more. I like the neat interface of app. Worth trying out.

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Tutor.com to go:

As the name says, It’s helps you to solve lots of different calculus problems. It is useful app for job seeker and students as it provides lots of notes, homework and test prep and videos which will help you to understand and get solutions to your problems easily.

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Calculator+:

This is again a simple, user-friendly calculator app which have few scientific features and can display both equation and solution simultaneously.  It have redo and undo option and also supports handwriting.

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Check out more useful apps:


For all the above iOS apps you don’t have to pay a single penny and students can use it as education app as well as businessmen can keep track of their accounts on go. If you are using any calculator app for iPhone then do share with us.

Google

Customize your Boring Start Page in Chrome with Incredible StartPage Extension

Love Google Chrome? Now you will be having one more reason to love Google Chrome as I am going to share a very useful extension of Google Chrome which will help you to customize your Home page and to get more productive.

Incredible StartPage is a Google Chrome Extension which gives a complete makeover to your start page. It is colorful, includes different options and very easy to customize. Check out the screenshot below:

Incredible Startpage Extension
There are three different panes which includes:

  • Closed Tabs: Lists of Websites you closed recently. You can recover recently closed tabs
  • Favorite Bookmarks: Lists your important bookmarks and provide you different options to make bookmarks easy to access.
  • Bookmarks/Apps: It includes the bookmarks in which are in your bookmark toolbar but it doesn’t include your folders, they are hidden. You can also drag and drop important bookmarks to right side pane to open easily. You can easily manage and open Chrome Web Apps with this option.

Apart from three panes, this extension gives you features like:

  • Notepad: Similar like Sticky notes to take down your notes. You can also post notes to Google/Gmail/Google App accounts. It also allows you to sync across different computers via chrome sync.

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  • Theme Option: You can choose from 5 different theme schemes and also change the background wallpaper of bookmark pane. The wallpaper are fetched from Flickr API and you can select from 5 different keywords like start, cloud, sunset, nature and custom, You can also change the color of font to black or white.

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  • Advance Option: Here you can customize notepad fonts, notepad saving option, number of columns and closed websites number display and lots more.

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Few must have Google Chrome Extensions:

Overall I enjoyed to explore Incredible StartPage extension of Google Chrome and I would recommended to every Google Chrome user who gets bore with same start page every day. Now make your start page interesting by installing Incredible Startpage extension for Google Chrome and do share your feedback with us.

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Google Introduces New Chat Feature in Google Docs

Google Docs is coming up with new features very often and I am very exited to share a very useful new feature in Google Doc. Google rolled out a new advanced chat feature in Google Docs which will allow you to chat with multiple people simultaneously. You can invite people to chat just by adding thier email address like @[email protected] People can also edit the document simultaneously.

You can easily resolve the chat and when someone replies to chat, you get an email notification in your Inbox. Getting email notification is very handy but if you think that it’s creating spam in your Inbox then you can change the notification setting also.
Here is what Google have to say about the new feature in it’s official blog:

With this feature, we want to encourage rapid and seamless discussions, help the right people participate, as well as integrate discussions with email in an intuitive way

Here is the detail on how to use this awesome feature in Google Docs:

  • When you will create a new doc ( Right now the feature is only enabled in newly created docs), you will see an  option ‘Discussion”.

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  • Discussion option allows you to enable discussion on that doc and you can even change the notification settings of discussion.

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  • When you will select any content on the document and Right-click it, you will notice comment option.

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  • Clicking comment options, you can start the discussion with other people. If you want to add new people to discussion, you can use the format : @[email protected] That person will get the invitation to join discussion via Email.

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  • Whenever you will get new reply in thread, you will get an email notification ( By default) and you can reply via email itself.

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  • Another good part is that you can resolve the discussion also and reopen it by clicking “open discussion” option.

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Check out the video below to know better:

I tried this featured and found it useful and clutter-free. It’s is useful for everyone who is using Google docs as collaboration tool for sharing content and projects with thier team and friends because it makes easy to share views and makes discussions fast and easy.
So, explore the new feature of Google docs and do share your feedback with us.

 

Browsers

5 Firefox Add-ons to Increase Your Productivity

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We have shared a lot about Google Chrome Extensions because Geeks at our blog are Chrome lovers but we can’t forget that Firefox also as even Firefox also provides lots of add-ons to make your tasks easier. Many add-ons on Firefox makes it little slow but then also these add-ons are useful too.

Here I am sharing 5 such Firefox add-ons which are worth trying:

CoolPreviews:

I just love CoolPreview Add-on because it gives a preview of web links, images, videos without even leaving the page by just mousehovering any link. It also bookmarks and send links to friends with just a click and very easy to customize.

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ReadLater:

Many times it happens that we find any article useful but we dont have time to read then rather adding to bookmark,you can use ReadLater Add-on to save that page. You can read it when you are offline or you can sync the whole list to your ReadItLater mobile apps and other computers too.

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TreeStyleTab:

If you are use to open lots of tabs then this Add-on is for you. It will allow you to arrange your tabs automatically that it new tabs opened from the links will be attached to the current tab in a tree-style form and you can browse web easily.

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AutoCopy:

As the name says,it copies the content automatically that is after installing AutoCopy add-on, whenever you will select any text it will be automatically copied to the clipboard and you don’t need to use mouse or shortcuts to copy content.

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Leechblock:

A must have add-on for people who spent their maximum time online surfing websites which causes distractions at work. LeechBlock gives you lots of options like which website to block, what time to block, when to block, how to block and lots more.

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If you are using Firefox Browser as your primary browser then do share with us which is your favorite Firefox add-on?

Internet

Verify Email Address with These 5 Awesome Sites

It happens that we received email address of someone, may be new client or any other person about whom you are not sure that he/she is giving you real email address or not then rather than sending a test mail, its better to Verify Email Address via email verification tools.
Email verification tools are available online and that too for free. You don’t have to register to use such email validator tools, just enter the email address you want to check and hit enter. The tool will give you the result that the give Email ID exist or not?
Following are 5 such free online email verification tool which are user-friendly and gives you accurate results:

VerifyEmail:

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EmailChecker:

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Validate Email:

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Verify Email Address:

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More Free Online Tools:

Hexillion:

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With such tools you can easily get rid of dead and fake email address. It’s quick and simple way to verify Email address. If you use any email verification tool or trick then do share with us. We would love to learn new tools and tricks from you.