Archive for February, 2011
Six Useful Google Code Labs Products For People Who Develop Websites
There are many web apps out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why I am sharing some Useful Google Code Labs Products For People Who Develop Websites. In Google Code Labs, you’ll find developer products that are experimental but can become useful. Some of these will one day graduate out of labs, others may remain experimental or even be shut down. That’s what a lab is for. Read each entry in the list and see which tool suits your needs best.
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Google Safe Browsing API
The Safe Browsing API is an experimental API that enables client applications to check URLs against Google’s constantly updated blacklists of suspected phishing and malware pages. Your client application can use the API to download an encrypted table for local, client-side lookups of URLs that you would like to check. If you use this, you can warn users before clicking on links that appear in your site when they lead to malware-infested pages and prevent users from posting links to phishing pages from your site.
Google URL Shortener API
The Google URL Shortener at goo.gl is a service that takes long URLs and squeezes them into fewer characters to make a link that is easier to share, tweet, or email to friends. The Google URL Shortener API allows you to develop applications that interface with this service. You can use simple HTTP methods to create, inspect, and manage goo.gl short URLs from your desktop, mobile, or web application.
reCAPTCHA
reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that protects your site against spam, malicious registrations and other forms of attacks where computers try to disguise themselves as a human; a CAPTCHA is a Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Human Apart. reCAPTCHA comes in the form of a widget that you can easily add to your blog, forum, registration form, etc.
BigQuery
BigQuery is a web service that enables you to do interactive analysis of massively large datasets. Scalable and easy to use, BigQuery lets developers and businesses tap into powerful data analytics on demand.
Google Font API
The Google Font API helps you add any high quality web fonts to any web page available at Google Font Directory. Applying a font is easy: just add a special stylesheet link to your web page, then use the font in a CSS style and you are
done.
Google Sites API
The Google Sites API allows client applications to access, publish, and modify content within a Google Site. The API is available to both Google Account and Google Apps users. You can create new sites or copy existing sites as well as
retrieve, create, modify, and delete pages, comments, attachments and can do much more…
Eight Great Tools Windows Users Would Never Want To Miss
There are many apps out there for you, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why I am sharing The Eight Great Tools Windows Users Would Never Want To Miss. Read each entry in the list and see which tool suits your needs best.
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Pandora Recovery
Pandora Recovery allows you to find and recover recoverable deleted files from NTFS and FAT-formatted volumes. Pandora Recovery will scan your hard drive and build an index of existing and deleted files and directories (folders) on any logical drive of your computer with supported file format.
BatteryCare
BatteryCare is a software created to optimize the usage and performance of the modern laptop’s battery. It monitors the battery’s discharge cycles and helps increasing it’s autonomy and improving its lifetime.
AllDup
AllDup is a tool for searching and removing file duplicates on your computer. The fast search algorithm find duplicates of any file type, e.g., text, pictures, music or movies. The powerful search engine enables you to find duplicates with
a combination of the various criteria.
System Explorer
System Explorer is a great software for exploration and management of system internals. This small software includes many usefull tools which help you keep your system under control. With System Explorer you get also fast access to
file database which help you to determine unwanted processes or threats.
Simnet Registry Repair
Simnet Registry Repair is a powerful tool for windows that allows you to scan and repair registry problems easily. Registry problems are the main reasons of windows system errors which can get your computer slower and less stable.
Registry Repair scans your entire registry for those problems and removes them safely.
Disk Defrag
Disk Defrag will speed up your computer by optimizing file system. It can defragment files, consolidate free space and move system files to the faster part of the disk. With AML Free Disk Defrag you’ll get the maximum out of your hard drive performance. It is supplied with a powerful engine and smart algorithms which allow Disk Defrag to run much faster than similar tools.
dupeGuru Picture Edition
dupeGuru Picture Edition is a tool to find duplicate pictures on your computer. It is specialized for duplicate pictures matching. dupeGuru PE runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. dupeGuru PE is efficient. Not only can dupeGuru PE find exact matches, but it can also find duplicates among pictures of different kind (PNG, JPG, GIF etc..) and quality. On Mac OS X, dupeGuru PE can scan your iPhoto library too.
Data Recovery Wizard
Free and powerful data recovery software to recover 1 GB data free of charge. It solves all data loss problems and recover files emptied from Recycle Bin, or lost due to software crash, formatted or damaged hard drive, virus attack,
lost partition and other unknown reasons under Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008 / 7. It recovers data from formatted partitions with original file names and storage paths.
10 Most Insightful Infographics About Internet
This post is dedicated to the creative examples of infographics with revealing facts and statistics about internet. With the help of these infographics, you will get an idea in one place that how bigger is the Internet and how amazing all the statistics are. The execution of these infographics are quite well with easy to understand presentation in creative manner. This list is not long in numbers, but I promise you that when you start watching them it will really amaze you.
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Internet Statistics
Internet Penetration Around The World
How The INTERNET Works
The Internet
How Bigger The Internet Would Become By 2020
The State of the Internet 2010
How The World Spends Its Time Online
The Awesome Evolution of the Internet
The Awesome Size Of The Internet
Is the Internet Hurting Our Environment?
7 Excellent Web Apps You Might Not Know About (But Should)
There are many web apps out there, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why I am sharing The7 Excellent Web Apps You Might Not Know About (But Should). Read each entry in the list and see which tool suits your needs best.
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Lockbin
Lockbin is a free service for sending private email messages. You can use it to send things like credit card information or confidential information.
Colorhat
Colorhat is currently a time management and time tracking software. Whether you are a developer, designer, teacher, student, engineer, or just a person who wants to keep track of your training sessions or hobbies, You can use Colorhat.
NeedASig
NeedASig is one of the best free signature generator. You can create beautiful and stylish email signatures and icons using NeedASig. It has more then 1500 different styles to choose from.
EmailTheWeb
EmailTheWeb is the only web-based service that allows you to email any web page to any one. The entire web page is emailed in a flash and is captured as it is now. Your recipient will see the same exact page as you.
Free login to any site
This service is made for you to save your time on registration for many sites. You can not register at all sites, so just type the name of site for which you need to enter login and password and click «Get».
Temporary Inbox
A temporary inbox is a disposable email address, which doesn’t require registration and can be used to avoid spam. Use this email address in forums, lotteries, erotic sites or wherever. The spammers will never find out your private email address. You can also use their forwarding email address to register at websites/boards/lotteries and so on.
pleasenotify.me
pleasenotify.me is a simple, free service to let you send tasks to people, and be notified when they’re done. You can use the form to email someone a task. If they don’t mark it complete by the time you specify, both of you will be notified. You’ll both be reminded daily until it’s finally completed. It’s the simplest project management imaginable.
Web Hosting Accounts Giveaway From Zyma
Zyma.com is running a contest, where 10 winners will get the web hosting accounts with unlimited web space. Well, you guys know what they are offering? Lets say it once again for n00bs.
Zyma.com is one of the fastest growing web hosting companies in the UK. Their industry leading web hosting package offers the most attractive and comprehensive features for one the best prices on the internet. With their low cost web hosting package, You can host your website on superfast hi-speed servers, supporting over 70+ scripts and technologies.
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Each hosting account comes with unlimited web space, unlimited web traffic, unlimited email accounts, 99.9% uptime guarantee and unlimited add-on domains! You can find a full list of features by visiting the feature list.
This contest will run from February 22, 2011 to March 4, 2011 and we will select the winners randomly by running MySQL query. Result can be announced any day before March 8, 2011 so keep visiting here or subscribe to our rss feed to get the latest updates. To participate in the contest and win Web Hosting from Zyma, All you have to do is :
1. Just leave a comment.
2. Use valid email ID in the email box.
3. Make sure that you are following @SmashingApps on twitter and subscribe our rss feed to track this contest and for future updates.
4. And that’s it!
So, what are you waiting for now? Let’s participate in the contest and good luck!
45 Free And High Quality (X)HTML/CSS Website Templates
Design templates come handy when you need to create a good web design in the shortest possible time. This is the reason why these design templates have become the latest trend of the designing arena.
With the passage of time different techniques have been used in the web design that arise the need to be up-to-date with the latest technique in use. These days, CSS and XHTML is the popular web design trends which have been followed world over.
In this post, we have collected a comprehensive assortment of Free CSS and XHTML Web Layouts that you can download for your use. These design templates not only give you inspiration but also let you get back to your creative track.
Feel free to share your opinion with the designing community. Comments are welcomed!
960.GS CSS Photography Template
Five Essential Free iPhone Apps That Can Come In Handy At Any Time
iPhone owners have a large option of applications available to them. These apps range from every day utilities to games. Many of these apps are so useful that quickly become a necessity if you want to take full advantage of your phone.
Being an iPhone owner myself, I thought it’s best to share my top 5 iPhone apps with my readers. The following 5 applications are absolutely must-haves for all iPhone owners. Check out each entry in the list and see for yourself why these apps are necessary.
iHandy Flashlight Free
We all use our phones to light up a dark space. But having an application built specifically for this purpose can be a great help. The Flashlight application will help you light up a room with the camera’s flash. Alternatively you can get an all-white screen to light up a space. Other lighting options include viewing a spiral on the screen, having a neon-type display, or having a glow-stick type display. In other words, this application provides multiple ways of lighting up a dark space and will be the only flashlight application you need. Download Flashlight from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ihandy-flashlight-free/id368504562?mt=8
Fake-a-Text
Faking a text conversation on the iPhone can be surprisingly helpful. Whether you want to have fun by fooling a friend or use the text conversation as an excuse for something, Fake-a-Text will serve perfectly. You can create custom messages that will be sent to your phone; the sender’s ID will be whatever you choose. As your reply to the fake texts, the app keeps sending the custom texts in the order you specified thereby faking a complete text conversation. There is no limit to the number of fake texts that can be specified. Download Fake-a-Text from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fake-a-text-free/id366024390?mt=8
Free Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi is a greatly handy application that does exactly what its name suggests: it finds free Wi-Fi spots nearby your current location. Your location along with the hotspots are displayed on a map. Using the app you can quickly access free internet to check your emails or peform any other internet activity. Free Wi-Fi can be downloaded from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-wi-fi-finder/id307217005?mt=8
SpeedTest
When you find Wi-Fi networks through the Free Wi-Fi, you can test which one of them has the fastest speed through the SpeedTest app. Using the app you can test the download and upload speed of the network you are connected to. If you find that the network speed is too slow, you can switch to other available Wi-Fi networks. SpeedTest can be gotten at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speedtest-net-mobile-speed/id300704847?mt=8
Road Trip Lite
With the rising cost of fuel, owning a car has become quite expensive. Because of the high costs involved, you need to closely monitor the mileage, fuel economy, and maintenance expenses for your car. This is why Road Trip Lite is an essential application for everything iPhone owner who has a car. You can keep a log of your car’s maintenance costs and mileage within the app. Unlike similar apps, this app does not limit the amount of data you can specify. You can download the app from http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/road-trip-lite-mpg-mileage/id299392794?mt=8#
55 Breathtaking Examples Of High Speed Photography
High Speed Photography is getting very popular day by day. High speed photography produces awesome results because of a relatively faster shutter speed. This form of photography comes into play when we want to capture those scenes which cannot be witnessed with bare eyes.
We have already published a post about 40 Stunning High Speed Photographs and that was greatly appreciated by our readers. Now we have gathered another great collection of High Speed Photography. This round-up contains 55 most stunning and appealing high speed photographs which demonstrate the remarkable skills of the photographers who have taken such amazing snaps. Full list after the jump.
Golf Splash 1
Smash!!
The blind golfer hits an egg
Bananas to the beat
By Lee Delaunay
High Speed Photography3
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Splash
C-Break
Splash
Lime Drop 2
Red Rain
Breaking Free
High Speed Balloon Popping
Colt Government Airgun Meets Mr Plum
More Broken Christmas
Whiplash!
Mega Fountain for Mega Tower
High Speed Lighter 3
Lights Out
Coffee Splash
Suspended
Lemon Splash
Year 2008
Another high speed try
Eggsplosion
A One Cent Martini
Crash
Through the Looking Glass
Bam! (Fist)
Banana shot 1
Orange
Quarters
Distortion
Water balloon No # 2
Coffee & Splash
Crazy drops
tea
Santa Better Watch Out
The Endless Summers
By Lee Delaunay
By Lee Delaunay
Another Crown
Stawberries and milk.
Fun with marbles and colors
Micro-Stroboscopic Drop Collision Sequence
Glasnost
Shattered Glass
High-speed photo balloon test
Splash!
Paintball meets Light Bulb! – Series #2
High Speed Photography (Attempt #1)
Blue tit in Flight
Near Death Experience
Bullet Art
Beautiful Collection Of Landscape Wallpapers For Your iPhone
Just bought your new iPhone? Want to decorate it with beautiful wallpapers? Here you are! We have collected a list of some beautiful and most eye-catching iPhone wallpapers for you which are based on landscapes theme.
So without a further ado, here is the complete list of 35 most attractive iPhone wallpapers. These wallpapers are available in 320×480 pixels resolution and can be used on the iPod Touch as well.
Feel free to choose one or more for your device and download it for free.
Eiffel Tower by night iPhone Wallpape
In Clarity By ethankillianDemon145
Tower iphone ipod touch wallpaper
Chomolonzo Peak Kangshung Glacier Tibet
Old Spinifex Rings Little Sandy Desert Australia
Dusy Basin Kings Canyon California
Seven Tools To Start Your Hassle-Free HTML5 Project
There are many tools out there for designers and developers, but getting by free and good ones is not that easy. That is why I am sharing Seven Tools To Start Your Hassle-Free HTML5 Project. Read each entry in the list and see which tool suits your needs best.
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Don’t Forget To Check These Out
Eight Absolutely Interesting HTML5-based Apps
10 Addictive Games That (ACTUALLY) Demonstrate The Power Of HTML5 Technology
Initializr
Initializr is an HTML5 templates generator to help you getting started with an HTML5 project. It is built on HTML5 Boilerplate, a powerful HTML5 template. It will generate for you a clean customizable template based on Boilerplate with just what you need to start.
Modernizr
Modernizr adds classes to the <html> element which allow you to target specific browser functionality in your stylesheet. You don’t actually need to write any Javascript to use it.
HTML5 test
The HTML5 test score is only an indication of how well your browser supports the upcoming HTML5 standard and related specifications. It does not try to test all of the new features offered by HTML5, nor does it try to test the functionality of each feature it does detect.
What’s my IP
This site helps you find that which HTML5/CSS3 features are supported by your browser and which are not.
SproutCore
SproutCore is an HTML5 application framework for building responsive, desktop-caliber apps in any modern web browser, without plugins.
SwitchToHTML5
When you create new websites or converting old ones to a new language, You may find that a framework is a very handy thing to have, so here is a useful script, which is written in PHP. It will provide you a usable HTML5 framework every time you want to start your new HTML5 project.
When can I use
This is a another worth checking out compatibility reference guide for support of HTML5, CSS3, SVG and more in desktop and mobile browsers.
