We all keep hearing an age old adage ‘There are no free lunches in this world’. Here is a website which not only defies it, but is just too good to be true. Pictures of family, friends and those cherished moments of life are a priceless treasure. We normally keep them safe and revisit the album over and over again to relive those beautiful times. SnapTree is a new startup which provides digital photo prints and that too completely free of cost. There are no hidden charges like shipping charges to spoil the fun!!
The obvious question which definitely would pop up is the motive of the website. Why would they go out of their way to provide you free services which would cost them a bomb? The catch is that there would be a tiny advertisement on one corner of your photo. The advertisers pay the website owners and you get your photo prints without spending a penny.
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We had often find ourselves in a situation where we had to help out our friends or family numbers to carry out some operation on their PCs over the phone or through on-line chatting. But we find it difficult to do so because we are not able to see what is exactly going on their computer screens. So there is this web application known as ShowMeWhatsWrong.com that can be used by them to make a video of what’s going on their screens and that screen recording can be sent to you via email and you can figure out the issue at hand and offer the best possible solution.
How This Application Works?
Step 1 : create a URL by entering your name and email address in specific tabs and clicking the ‘Generate’ button that you can see on the home page of ShowMeWhatsWrong.
Step 2 : share this URL with your friends and relatives whom you like to help out
Step 3 : This step needs to be performed by the person seeking help. He/she needs to click on the URL created by you and then start their screen recording and uploading it and thereafter sending it back to you. The length of the recording can be up to 5 minutes.
Step 4 : You will be then receiving a email with a link of a playback page on which you can see the video of their screen recording. You can also download it on your PC.
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We have been reading volumes about the success story of Twitter. There are a gazillion start-ups seeing the light of the day and happily riding on the success of this hugely popular micro-blogging site. Here is one more very useful application for all those people who just can’t do without twitter, but are a little overwhelmed by the huge range of topics this little tweety bird has in its kitty.
Twitter recently released its long-awaited and much needed new feature called “Twitter lists” to filter down your search to just the topics which interest you. However, the onus is on you to manage that list effectively. This is where Beta.tlists saw opportunity and the result is up, running and ready for you to use. TLISTS allows you to look up the existing lists depending on the topic you enter in the search button. You can closely follow the list, apply to the list and even index the list in your own collection. You essentially need to have an account on twitter to be able to utilize these services.
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Often budding talents slowly fade into dark morbid lanes of oblivion unable to find a platform to showcase their products and talents. IndieMart is the perfect online avenue for all the talented but still struggling artists, musicians, craftsmen, store owners or for that matter anyone out there dying to show his product to the world. This virtual market is essentially for all the aspiring businessmen with no money to invest on setting up a stage for selling their product.
The owners of the website have tried to make it cost-effective by following a very simple revenue model. No money is charged for listing up to 10 products and reasonable fees is charged once you start selling your products. You have to become a registered user on the website and have a “PayPal” account to kick start your business.
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The birth of a child is the harbinger of a new beginning, inestimable happiness and moments which get etched in the memory for a lifetime. Are you experiencing the ecstasy of holding your little and delicate “bundle of joy” coupled with pangs of nervousness and anxiety about his well-being? Often parenthood comes with a whirl of emotions and the huge responsibility of proper baby care. Managing a career and a new-born baby become extremely stressful. Sometimes highly successful women succumb to the pressures and give up their career or go through an everyday guilt- trip while leaving behind their little tots in the care of forgetful, careless and money minded nannies or day care centers.
Baby-Connect is just what you need to keep all the stress, anxiety and guilt at bay. This wonderful application allows you to closely monitor your baby schedule and everyday activities. You can schedule and keep track of basic baby activities like nappy changing, feeding, baby’s mood, temperature, games your baby is playing, sleep pattern, GPS location, drop off and pick-up time.
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Imagine when one billion minds compete to solve a problem, it would undoubtedly lead to some phenomenal, incredible and path-breaking solutions. Still wondering what we are talking about? This is the crux of our useful website OneBillionMinds which has already created quite a stir in India with its unique and powerful idea. Most of the startups focus on technical innovation while this website has beautifully conceptualized Social Innovation guided by a strong desire to give back to the society.
OneBillionMinds aims at connecting Corporations and Non Profit Organizations to the talented and energetic students and alumni of top universities. The Corporations and non-profits post challenges in varied fields like Design, Engineering, Business, Science, Computer Science and Social Innovation for the students who battle it out with their winning solutions. Most of the problems are real-life issues based and give students an amazing opportunity to get exposed to the global professional world. The winners get instant recognition in the form of awards, interview opportunities for exciting full time and internship positions and even cash prizes!
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