Finding definitions of some words and terms and can be a cumbrous task in case you always have to dig into various dictionaries and other text sources. So, to save on the ample amount of time you tend to spend looking up for vocabulary words, a guy named Prabhav Jain came up with the idea of EasyDefine-a simple and fast way to look up for various definitions. He launched EasyDefine in 2009, in association with Chris Choi, while the two were in Torrey Pines High School.
With this website there is no need to spend countless hours looking up definitions. All one has to do is copy and paste the word list and all the words will be extracted and defined. Definitions are taken from Princeton’s WordNet 3.0.
Its very easy to use this online tool. Simply copy and paste a list of words into the text box. Your list can be in virtually any format. The heuristic algorithm used in this application will extract the words from the list you’ll give. The procedure is also illustrated with example to make its use more easy.
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Screenshots have essentially been one handy resort to understand complex things. They are extensively used as a learning aid and also to seek help from people in case of doubt. Often screenshots ease the process of understanding the problem which we face in verbal or written communication. However, sometimes just sending a screenshot does not serve the purpose as you want to convey some additional inputs. But what if it is not practically possible or you are too wary of having a long discussion followed by another round of detailed mail in writing? The whole idea of sending a screenshot goes for a toss.
The most common thing which people tend to do is to take a screenshot and then go to MSPaint or Photoshop to edit the picture. Not many of us have enjoyed the whole experience of doing that additional work and one of the major deterrents is the skill both these screenshot editing options require. Owely is an extremely simple and easy to use quick fix to all your screenshot related woes. The web-based tool has a simple 4 step process and your screenshots would be edited and in ready to share state.
- Create an account on Owely.
- Download the free desktop client.
- Capture the screen and edit it.
- Send link to your friend or colleague.
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“A picture is worth a thousand words” Really ????
Do you disagree to this rhetoric age old commonly used quote and yearning for something more tangible and less imaginative? We have found a web based tool which, true to its words, makes a photograph talk. Fotobabble is what you need if you want to create talking photographs for a lifetime. Still amazed with the whole idea of going to the next level of sharing wonderful snaps with an audio track. Read on as this web based tool is a complete piece of cake for all those people with tech-phobia!
Fotobabble is a utility which facilitates addition of your own voice to the photographs which are close to your heart. Here is how simple it is to get a photo which talks :
- Upload a photograph.
- Record your voice for the uploaded photo directly through your computer.
- Share the talking picture with friends via Facebook,Twitter or you can even embed into a blog or website.
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All the Gtalk users are aware of the ‘Custom Message Bar’ right at the top of the Gtalk tool page above the list of our friends on Gtalk. In this bar, depending upon our individual tastes and preferences, we can write whatever we wish like-any favorite quote, one-liners, any message or we simply use it to signify our status online at that particular moment with various options like ‘busy’, ‘idle’ or ‘available’. Therefore, its also known as ’status message’.
Now, Twitter2gTalk is a simple web service that sets your tweets as the ’status/away’ message on Gtalk.
The procedure is quite simple. To begin with, you have to ‘login’ and fill up the ’settings’ form. After filling in the basic details, just click on the ’submit’ option and you are good to go thereafter. Updates on this app are available every 30 minutes. Tweets that start with ‘@’ will not be sent to Gtalk.
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With Globalisation taking a toll over all the economies of the world, each and every individual is being continuously affected by it. In large MNCs, you never know when your boss sets you on an international assignment and asks you to leave for any part of the world. So you are there the next moment, amidst foreign people speaking their native language and you start believing yourself to be an alien. What you must be doing them? Doing a crash course in that particular foreign language? No way- will you have the time to do that and how many will you learn? Try NiceTranslator. Its a wonderful online application that will translate the words/sentences in any language to one or more other languages as desired by you.
It’s pretty simple and straight-forward to use NT. First, select the languages you would like to translate into. Nice Translator allows you to translate into multiple languages at once, so you may add as many Translators as you’d like. If you have cookies on, Nice Translator will remember which translators you like to have open for later.
Nice Translator will auto-detect the language you are translating from; you can just begin typing in the main input box at the top of the screen. As you type, your translators will go to work and begin translating your text. If for some reason Nice Translator misses a few words on the end once your done typing, just hit enter to complete your translation. When you’re done with your translation, you can just hit the ‘Esc’ Key to clear your input and start a new one.
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Here’s an web based application known as ‘ilovepdf’ that can enable you to merge different PDF files into one or split one PDF file into different documents.
How To Merge PDF Files?
Simply go to “merge PDF files’ section of the website, select the desired PDF files that you want to merge from your computer. You can select upto 10 PDFs and the maximum weight of each must not exceed 8MB. The order in which you will select the files will be the order in which the files will merge. After selecting all the PDF files click on ‘Merge PDFs!’, then wait a few seconds and you can download your file. Remember that the merged file will remain saved on the website for just 15 minutes during which the link to the PDF file that appears in the download page can be shared with everyone. The file merged file will be automatically deleted after 15 minutes. Do take care of this fact.
How To Split A PDF file?
Go to section ‘Split PDF’. Click on the select button PDF file and select a file from your computer. The weight of the file can’t exceed 8MB. Once selected choose if you want to extract only one page or page ranges, you can choose up to 10 different ranges. Once you are ready click on ‘Split PDF!’, wait for a few seconds, and you can download your separated PDF files. The same time constraint of 15 minutes apply here as well.
Only the PDF files with following features are applicable to be merged/split by this tool:
- PDF files up to version 1.7.
- PDF files with named objects, internal links and annotations.
- PDF documents with forms.
- Password protected PDF files (requires password).
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