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3 Really Useful And Informative Educational Websites
Today we are listing here 3 Really Useful And Informative Educational Websites. I hope these sites can help you to find and search the useful information you would love to know. All of them are huge sites and full of information.
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Read Print is a free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. This is an amazing website with over 8,000 online books by 3,500 authors at your fingertips.
Webopedia is a free online dictionary for words, phrases and abbreviations that are related to computer and Internet technology. Webopedia provides easy-to-understand definitions in plain language, avoiding the use of heavy jargon when possible so that the site is accessible to users with a wide range of computer knowledge.
Google For Educators support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. They’ve assembled the useful information and wonderful tools that you can find there.
Discover The Best World Heritage Sites In 3D With Vizerra
Vizerra is a free software which allows you to visit famous historical and architectural monuments from your home. You will have an opportunity to go for a virtual walk through incredibly precise 3D models of the best landmarks in the world.
This is first of its kind 3D educational software application. It combines high quality 3D locations, full editorial description for every location, a fully functional map service all in one software application.
Vizerra client application has three main functions. First, it’s an interactive world map where the places available for visiting are marked. Second, it’s a virtual encyclopedia which contains information on locations and regions available for download. And, there are 3D models which enable you to explore the landmarks by yourself or with the help of a virtual guide.
Why is Vizerra.com useful for end users?
The project Vizerra.com is absolutely irreplaceable if you want to:
- Distract your mind from the daily routine, take a break and relax, walk through precise virtual copies of the best sights of the world;
- Know something new about the world, and obtain the information in a relaxed, easygoing manner;
- Get your child interested in history, geography, architecture and art.
Who will benefit from Vizerra?
- School children who will learn history and geography while wandering through the virtual world.
- Parents whose children will study with pleasure.
- Educational institutions which will be able to plan the course of lessons on the grounds of interactive models of world landmarks.
- Travelers who will be able to see the places of future destinations beforehand, and to choose new interesting destinations.
- Publishers of tourist guides which will help tourists to choose their destinations.
- City halls and tourist councils which will be able to use our product to draw attention to local tourist attractions.
- All people who are interested in 3D development and world-famous landmarks.
What does Vizerra allow?
- Browsing 3D models of landmarks from all sides.
- Access to interesting information about objects, provided by leading museums and art history specialists.
- Visiting the most interesting locations with the aid of a video guide.
- Plunging into the atmosphere of the place of your choice with the help of photo-realistic graphics and rich sound effects.
“Self-Trained” Website That Can Help You Make Smart Decisions
What should I be for Halloween? Do I need a Porsche? Should I dump that loser? Is Phoenix a good place to retire? Whom should I vote for? What toe ring should I buy?
In 10 questions or less, Hunch will offer you a great solution to your problem, concern or dilemma, on hundreds of topics. Hunch’s answers are based on the collective knowledge of the entire Hunch community, narrowed down to people like you, or just enough like you that you might be mistaken for each other in a dark room. Hunch is designed so that every time it’s used, it learns something new. That means Hunch’s hunches are always getting better. It’s absolutely free and easy too so why you are not trying it? You can create your account here.
The theory behind using collective knowledge for decision making
Take, for example, expertise about colleges or cars. In a random, large group of people, most probably know something about a few examples (say, the college someone attended or the car they currently drive) but are not experts on the topic as a whole (as a college guidance counselor or auto executive might be). If you were able to collect and organize all the various bits of individual knowledge that the large group possesses, you’d have a pretty complete picture of the topic overall.
The theory in practice: The Hunch algorithm
The algorithm is always asking itself, “What can I ask you next which will lead to the best possible result for this decision?” The choice of which questions to ask and when to ask them will vary based on what you’ve already been asked (and how you’ve answered) so far, the same way that a human expert would adjust a line of questioning based on your responses. The idea is that if someone says they’re a vegetarian, you don’t want to then immediately ask them how they want their steak cooked.
User contributions are mostly what makes Hunch smart
As you answer questions, Hunch can narrow down your possible decision outcomes because each outcome can be “trained” to correspond with each question’s answers. Any logged in user can set initial training or correct existing training, in addition to proposing new topics, questions to ask, and decision outcomes. This is how Hunch is truly a collection of common knowledge. So whether you happen to know a great question that would lead someone to a Sancerre vs. a Pinot Grigio, or you’d like to clarify that “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” is probably more of a “campy” than a “cult” movie, Hunch absorbs your input and uses it to provide smarter decision results for the next user.
Hunch also uses machine learning based on statistical inferences
Besides users explicitly training and contributing to Hunch, there’s a second way that Hunch learns, especially for what we call ‘Teach Hunch About You’ questions which have more to do with you as a person than with your preferences for a specific topic’s objective decision criteria. When a user clicks “Yes” or “No” to indicate whether or not they like a decision result, Hunch incrementally strengthens or weakens the mathematical correlation between that result and any ‘Teach Hunch About You’ questions that have been answered so far. So over time, Hunch might learn that people living in cities tend to prefer diet sodas, or that SCUBA divers tend to like bicycles with lots of gears.
Hunch is designed to soak up collective knowledge and then organize it in a useful way to help you make smart decisions. Hunch proposes custom decision results for you that it wouldn’t necessarily give to somebody else. But at its core, Hunch’s decision making algorithm is just a mathematical framework. It’s the users of Hunch who give the algorithm proper training and personality by contributing to it and making it clever, funny, and nuanced…. but most of all very useful in helping everyone to make smart, efficient decisions.
Now Make Your Job Search Process Efficient & Effective Than Ever With ResumeBear
As today’s career marketplace requires job seekers to be ever more proactive. ResumeBear is a great free service that can help you to make the job search process easier, more efficient and more effective for your dream career. ResumeBear allows you to activate alerts so you will know in real time when your resume has been opened and is being read. This allows you to act quickly to secure that initial interview. If the recipient forwards your resume to someone, you will have that information as well. ResumeBear offers statistical information on your dashboard that allows you to track what is happening to your resume at any time. Was it opened? Who opened your resume? How long was it open? Was it printed? Was it forwarded? All this information is available too. Click here to see the sample resumes.
If you are you new to computers, email and/or resume writing? ResumeBear takes you by the hand and guides your every step towards a perfect resume. With all the Internet security risks in the world today, many recipients will not open attachments. Your resume is hosted on their dedicated servers and viewed through a safe, web browser. It’s easy, reliable and secure.
Before ResumeBear was created, job seekers were compelled to send out resumes by the hundreds, never knowing if their resume was read or even if it was received. Once activated, ResumeBear will let you know immediately the status of every resume you send. With this information you may contact the recipient while your information is still fresh in their mind. This gives you a greater chance at securing the all important initial interview.
ResumeBear is compatible with many top job posting website like monster, yahoo hotjobs etc
11 Popular Websites I Love To Visit Everyday, How About You?
Maybe it’s not surprising that I am one of those guys who spend at least 18 hours of my day on internet. I have many things to do online but there are few must have stuffs for me for everyday. I believe most of you should also have to do some same routine stuffs on internet. What if we all share our daily footprints on the internet? Today, I am showing you 11 Popular Websites I Love To Visit Everyday and would love to ask “How About You?”
You are welcome to share where do you would love to visit on internet in your day? Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at SmashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well.
When I want to search out anything on internet or even want to get a solution of my problem, I always visit to Google without wasting my time anywhere else.
At Digg.com, Its really a fun to explore all the great contents discovering from all over the web. All the content and stories are very diversified and belongs to almost every parts of the world.
Twitter is the best way to communicate and exchange of information with friends etc in very simplest and fastest way.
I am proud that I am one of the Gmail lover who can’t live without it. My email address on gmail.com is the primary address that I never afford to uncheck any day.
StumbleUpon is the best combination of human opinions and machine learning to immediately deliver relevant content. Information on the Internet changes rapidly. With StumbleUpon, I keep an eye on top of this ever-evolving pool of knowledge.
CNN.com is my first stop to get instant update with latest news and happenings going on worldwide. I also like their technology section that covers almost all the new stuffs.
As a designer and a lover of creative artwork, I really love to spend my most of the free time on deviantART to get inspirations, to appreicate others work and to share my work.
I never used any other rss reader other than Google Reader, There are many reasons for me to use it but I can use it online from any computer and this is my routine to use atleast 2 different computers all the day so it will not be a trouble for me if I want to keep an eye on the updates of my subscribed websites from any location.
Facebook is became very necessary for me to get in touch with the group of my class fellows who are engaged in different professions and that’s why we could not get a chance to meet with each others easily. Facebook always connected us wherever we are.
If you are wondering that why Alexa is in this list so it’s because I am an internet savvy and addicted surfer as well as webmaster. I visit many sites and blogs everyday and would love to know more about them for their traffic, visitors, countries where it’s popular etc. Alexa is my ultimate choice.
Last but not least, YouTube is a real fun partner in my free time at the end of the day. I love to watch animation sequences, trailer of upcoming movies etc. It’s really refresh me when I get tired.
22 Motivational And Excellent Photography Dedicated To The Labor Day
Labor Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from the labor union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. The majority of countries celebrate Labor Day on May 1, and it is popularly known as May Day and International Workers’ Day. But why we are talking this? Because today, Labor Day is celebrating all over the world, and we are trying to take part by giving labors a warm tribute. Today, we are posting another post that probably will make you look twice. In this post we are listing 22 Motivational And Excellent Photography Dedicated To The Labor Day. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about Labor Day and motivate you to appreciate them. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.
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HARDWORKED HAND by Cristian Naidin
Traditional farming by Janusz Wanczyk
The Sweets-Maker by Mitchell Kanashkevich
Sand Collector by Mitchell Kanashkevich
Hard at Work by Mitchell Kanashkevich
Tea Maker by Mitchell Kanashkevich
Working at the Ijen Crater by Mitchell Kanashkevich
Pulling out the morning catch by Mitchell Kanashkevich
A Fisher of Fish by Robert Larson
The Chilly Bearers by Prateek Dubey
The Long March by Richard Ford
Men in the Farm by Christian Aslund
Horsemen. Calcutta by Claude Renault
28 Beautiful And Inspiring Photographs Dedicated To Earth Day
Yes, we know that SmashingApps is dedicated to designers and developer but I think it would be good if we can be able to give some awareness and knowledge to our readers for some environmental issues. Today, Earth Day Network is celebrating a Earth Day all over the world, this is a day when they try to create awareness and educate people about keeping their environment clean and motivate them to Go Green for their sorroundings. Today, we are posting another post that probably will make you look twice. In this post we are listing 28 Beautiful And Inspiring Photographs Dedicated To Earth Day. I appreciate to all those talented photographers who taken these excellent photos with their efforts, imaginations and creativity to give us a chance to see these photographic wonders from their creative eyes. This list is not long in numbers but I promise you that when you start browsing them in details it will surely refresh you and force you to know more about Earth Day and motivate you to save your planet. These are the wonder creations of photographers who use their creativity with a different angle and approach to get the result that makes a difference.
You are welcome if you want to share more creative photography that our readers/viewers may like. Do you want to be the first one to know the latest happenings at smashingApps.com just subscribe to our rss feed and you can follow us on twitter as well. Click on the images to go from where the images has been taken and learn more about their creators and to appreciate them.
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Earth from above by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Goðafoss by Ragnheidur Arngrimsdottir
Morning impression by Przemyslaw Wielicki
Flowing Water & Ice Formations by Doug Roane
A Reflective Morning by John Parminter
Morning line by Janusz Wanczyk
Mountain Waves by Alan Czekierda
Dream about a green valley by Janusz Wanczyk
Autumn curve by Janusz Wanczyk
Morning valley by Janusz Wanczyk
Elf’s Land by Alexander Maslarski
In the mist’s sea by Janusz Wanczyk
The Sky Goes All the Way Home by Mark Broughton
Strolling on the Dolomites by Robert Strahinjic
Glacier Formation by Axel Gimenez
The Other Side by Stefan Bingham
Seljalandsfoss by Henrik Spranz
Let’s Find Out, What’s Being Copied From Your Site?
Each time a user highlights or copies text or images from your site Tracer records the user action, and automatically adds a link back to the original content when it is pasted. Now, you can see what is being copied from your site and benefit from the additional traffic generated by each copy.
Tracer is a brand new way to generate more visits and page views. You can get credit when content is copied from your site. It will help you to measure and understand user engagement and Improve your search engine ranking.
Tracer allows you to identify the most popular content on your site so you can
- Provide high quality data to your advertisers, over and above page view stats.
- Track Virality. Learn which stories users forward most using our copy/paste technology.
- Produce content more closely aligned with what your users are interested in.
- Optimize your search terms or keywordss.
Tracer automatically adds a link back to your site when content is copied and pasted. When your content is pasted onto a blog, Twitter, or another web site it has a direct impact on your search ranking. By seeing what words and phrases users are copying from your site you can better understand how you might select your keywords, meta-tags,tags, and even ad-words.
Also, Tynt.com is an increasingly popular place for people to find interesting web sites and content and generates visits to your site when content is copied.
13 Simplest Free Web Tools That Are Absolutely Useful
Today, we are publishing another list of 13 online free web based applications that are very helpful for you to process your daily work. They are too much simple in terms of their usage because many of these do not need to register with them to use the service. Whether you are designer, developer, office worker, manager, supervisor, student, home user, etc. But we make sure to add something interesting for everyone. Most of them are not very well-known, but they are really amazing in respect to their features. Just take a look at them and share your thought here.
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CopyTaste enables you to create your own private URL with the data you wish to share with your friends or colleagues. You can paste codes, tips or stories into the text editor, upload an image or a video file, or share a video link from any video streaming site. And the best part is that you can do all of these at once without any registration required.
BurnURL lets you take a long URL and turn it into a short one, in the form of http://burnurl.com/bFuAHm. You can do this either on the homepage or by using our bookmarklet, which lets you “burn” a URL from anywhere. Short URLs fill an increasingly big need on the Web, as people share links on character-limited services like Twitter and Facebook, in email, and over IM.
Voxli is the easiest way to voice conference online. You can voice chat with up to 200 people at a time. You do not need large download and no server setup. Just invite your friends by sending them the URL of your voice conference through email or instant messenger. You can use push to talk to control when you are speaking even if you are outside the browser.
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.
imgur.com is the simple image sharer. It’s the best way to host your image, and is always completely free. Sharing your images has never been easier.
Server Check is the online server checking resource. You can check if a website is working or if a server is offline, lookup a server’s IP address, search for other domain names and websites hosted on a server
DocJax is a search engine for documents, which allow you to search documents and e-book from everywhere, preview them and even download them for free.
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.
Answering Machine For Instant Messaging
This is an auto answering machine for instant messaging. Answer.IM allow you to stay online even when your PC off. They support icq, msn, aim, yahoo, google talk, myspace and others.
With this free service you can write a letter to a friend or relative and send to anywhere in USA. They will print, envelope, stamp, and send your letter via regular U.S. postal mail 100% free of charge. You pay nothing. After you write your letter you will be asked to accept one of their free offers. This is at no cost or hassle to you and takes truly no time.
Pict.com is a free image hosting service that lets you upload and share your images with one click. You can upload images up to 3.5Mb, JPG/PNG/GIF formats supported, it has automatic image resizing, multiple uploading & much more…
It’s a simple service to convert the web pages to PDF files. You do not need to install applications on your computer. It’s free and without registration.
A fast service where you can copy/paste your code, recipe, anything else and give the link to your friend. You can select your preferred languages and possibility to edit pastes. This service support for a large number of syntaxes that you would need.
8 Excellent Free Websites To Enjoy Your Weekend Or Just For Fun
What do you do normally on weekends? Find a way to get busy in something to refresh your minds? This post will make you busy on your weekends to spend your time in more interesting way. Here we are listing down few of the unique free websites that are fun to use for everyone of you. This is the post in which you will know about 8 Excellent Free Websites To Enjoy Your Weekend Or Just For Fun.
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With Hollywood Hair Makeover, you can try on your favorite star styles and colors before you make a trip to the salon. Just upload your photo or choose a model and let the transformations begin. Print your favorite looks and e-mail them to friends.
IMVU is a new way to hang out and have fun with your friends online. Just like an old-school text-based messenger, you download IMVU’s software onto your PC. But with IMVU you can create your own avatars who chat in animated 3D scenes. You can browse for new clothes, shoes, hairstyles, accessories, pets, furniture and more in the IMVU catalog. All the products are created by IMVU users and thousands of new items are added every day.
You can watch your favorite videos right from your browser, anytime, for free. With full episodes of TV shows both current and classic, full-length movies, web originals, and clips of just about everything, Hulu is the place to watch and enjoy premium videos from the biggest names in entertainment.
The World Golf Tour experience allows golf enthusiasts to play the world’s most challenging and exclusive courses through superior HD graphics on a PC or Mac platform for free, no download or software needed. WGT’s online community allows friends, families and golf fans to play a round of golf simultaneously, competing in tournaments for prizes, sharing scores, testing out the newest equipment and reading the latest news in the golfing world.
Weather Bonk is a mashup that lets you view real time weather information on a map. This can provide some very interesting information, particularly in areas with microclimates. The data comes from a combination of personal weather stations that are run from homes and schools as well as national weather services.
Kinset is for those of us who like to shop. Stroll down an aisle with hundreds of items on display. Pause when something catches your eye. Browse and linger while discovering new things. That’s what real shopping is about, and that’s what makes Kinset the first online shopping that’s truly enjoyable.
Mashade.com is the exclusive website for editing video game trailers and in-game footage. Why just watch your favorite video game trailers when you can mash them, mix them, and make them your very own? Once you have created your original masterpiece, share it with the world by posing it to your own website, blog and/or social network.
PicArtia helps you to create your photo mosaic online for free. It is popular for being fast, easy and free. Photo Mosaics are great gifts for friends, family members and even yours. Most of their users would print it in large size and use it as a poster for their office or room wall. Some users even use it in their blogs, websites or post it as an online gift to their friends on different occasions like school gatherings or birthdays.
