Use Short Games in Place of Captcha
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 5:50 am
Practically everyone on the Web hates Captcha. Most of the time, the words are nonsensical and illegible. Users spend 2-4 tries in decoding Captcha messages, all in an effort to make the website owner’s life just a touch better by avoiding spam. Obviously, this is not customer-oriented Web design.
However, most website owners are not ready to delete Captcha codes altogether. For those who feel they need spam protection, but understand the frustration associated with Captcha, try Are You a Human—a Captcha replacement that asks users to complete a very short game to prove they are not robots.
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Share Converted Text-to-Speech with a QR Code
Posted on January 12, 2012 at 5:55 am
QR codes are convenient for smartphone users because scanning the code directs the phone’s browser to a specific website without the phone user having to type a URL. We see them everywhere now, from item descriptions in electronics stores to the back of ketchup bottles.
A new way to use a QR file is to have it direct to an audio file. If you have typed text you want to convert to speech, you can share the generated audio file as a QR code with QR Voice.
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Backup Documents in the Cloud Automatically
Posted on January 11, 2012 at 9:57 am
Cloud backups are a trend that is here to stay—at least until something better develops. We can store everything on the Web now, from movies to music to iPhone data. While cloud backups give us peace of mind, many services require us to remember to back up file periodically.
If you are forgetful or just plain lazy about backing up your documents, SurDoc can keep them safely backed up in the cloud with little effort on your part.
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Find Factory Reset Directions for Your Device
Posted on January 10, 2012 at 5:07 am
Over time, our once lightning-fast phones start to slow to a snail’s pace. Our beloved MP3 players start locking up when a particular song is played. E-readers eventually begin to hang on the start screen. When these problems happen, the best solution is to reset the device back to factory default settings.
To find the factory reset directions for your device try looking in the Factory-Reset.com database.
From the FactoryReset.com homepage, click the List Equipment Types link on the far left.
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Track Who Unfollows You on Twitter
Posted on January 9, 2012 at 7:23 am
Twitter users have deep anonymity when it comes to who they unfollow. Keeping a detailed record of your followers’ names to compare when you see your number of followers drop is about the only option for figuring out who unfollows you. Very few people have the time to keep such records.
TwitQuit keeps that detailed record for you, then alerts you when someone unfollows you. Alerts include the name of the person who unfollowed you.
Click the red Sign in with Twitter button to start using TwitQuit.
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Download Original Thumbnails for any YouTube Video
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 5:56 am
YouTube is one of the most popular and most linked to sites on the Web. Generally, when you link to a YouTube video, you are stuck with the default thumbnail originally chosen by the video’s creator as your linkable icon. Sure, you could watch the video and try to capture the perfect screen shots, then resize them to thumbnail size, but that takes time and effort.
If you want to find the originally generated choice of thumbnails for any video on YouTube, you can do this easily with the YouTube Thumbnail Generator.
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