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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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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Like a rise of any one family member can mark a rise of the entire family, similarly rise of every single individual can result in the rise of a nation as a whole. India, today is at the threshold of being a Developed nation, on the verge of being an Economic Super Power like USA and Russia. The Youth of this country had never been so outgoing, outreaching and ambitious in the past. They are ready with plenty of outstanding business ideas that are just waiting to flourish given the right environment and incentives. That’s what the "Tech Sparks 2010" is all about.
Tech Sparks is a mega event presented by YourStory.in in association with Microsoft BizSpark to watch out for the potential Product Technology Startup Ventures.
If your technology product startup has what it takes to be recognized as the most promising technology, this event will provide you with the visibility, exposure you would need to scale up your operations.
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There is no shortage of online photo editing tools on the web space and that often leaves us confused over which one to use for editing our photos. Picnik is one similar online photo editing tool but with some difference, with some unique features – fun and creativity. Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. You can tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. Its fast, easy and fun.
So the next time you are out with your family and friends and you have taken some pictures, edit them with wonderful tools offered by Picnik and make them more memorable and appealing to your eyes.
You can also directly grab and edit your photos from various social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, etc.
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