View Full-Size Images In Google Search

A Google Chrome extension, that helps you skip the Preview page.


Straight To Full Size For Google Images is a Chrome extension that skips the page that previews images, in Google search.

After installing this extension, you will directly be linked to the image itself. This helps avoid the image preview, as well as the background loading of the webpage on which it was found.

Install Straight To Full Size For Google Images [Only for Google Chrome]

Short Simplified Links #3

Useful links, to help get work done.


Create temporary email addresses with Guerrilla Mail. The service offers a temporary email address that lasts for 60 minutes, and can be used to avoid giving away your genuine email address to a potential spam website or otherwise. [Also see: 10 Minute Mail]


iTools is a simple website that contains the best possible tools that one can use, on the internet. Ranging from real-time search engines to dictionaries to tools that provide information on websites, iTools offers a wide variety in a plain theme.


Shorten URLs with Google’s goo.gl and track the number of clicks on them with the analysis given below. The improved URL shortener offers detailed analysis of web addresses.

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Short Simplified Tips #2

More Useful Links

Boomerang for GMail – Boomerang is an add-on to the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers that allows you to schedule the sending of your emails. You can select from the options given, or can provide your own specified time. [More Add-Ons]

Read It Later – Creates a reading list for you to read web pages later. You can also save web pages and read offline. It is available for most web browsers, and mobile operating systems.

TBUZZ – Is a bookmarklet that allows you to instantly share web pages on Twitter, and also check if the web page you are sharing is already being talked about on the microblogging platform. [More Bookmarklets]

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VLC Media Player For iPhone

Download VLC for iPhone and iPod Touch.


Popular open-source media player, VLC, is available for free download in the iTunes App Store. It can play almost any media format.

Transfer videos and music from the Apps tab, when you connect your iPhone or iPod Touch to your PC or Mac.

Download VLC Media Player

Tall Tweets

Compose long tweets, send them as short ones.


Tall tweets is a web-based Twitter application that gathers a long tweet from you and slices it into short tweets of 140 characters or less.

Head to Tall Tweets, sign in with your Twitter handle or email address and compose a long tweet. The tweet will be split into parts and appear in a reverse order on the Twitter timeline. The service also shortens hyperlinks with bit.ly.

Related Reading: More on Twitter

Google Scribe – Get AutoComplete Suggestions

The experimental Scribe offers word suggestions as you type.


Google Scribe is a text completion service from Google Labs. It offers suggestions for words and phrases which could be correct or alternative to what you type.

The service works for the English language and can be used with GMail, Blogger, Wordpress or other websites where text editing may be needed.

The best way to use the service is to add the Scribe bookmarklet in your browser bookmarks When needed, hit Ctrl+Shift+J to enable/disable the service.

Related Reading: More Bookmarklets

vChatter – Facebook Video Chat

Chat with your Facebook friends via video.


vChatter is a Facebook application that enables video chatting in Facebook’s instant messenger.

Head to vChatter and connect the application with Facebook. Once in Facebook, enable chat and you can then ping any of your friends who are online at that instant. Allow access to your computer’s web camera and start chat.

Related Reading: More on Instant Messaging

Windows Live Messenger For iPhone

Download the official Windows Live Messenger for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. For free.

Microsoft has released an official edition of the Windows Live Messenger for users of its Hotmail service.


You can download the app for free from the App Store. The service is also linked with Facebook, where in you can comment on your friends’ statuses from Windows Live.

Download Windows Live Messenger for the iPhone here.

Related Reading: More Apple Tips

FixIt – Instantly Resolve Common Windows Errors

Microsoft’s new tool helps you fix common Windows errors. With a click.


FixIt is a free Microsoft tool that automatically resolves common Windows errors, offering instant troubleshooting.

Simply head to FixIt Center and download the freeware. The Center offers a list of common Windows problems and the option to solve the issue with a single click.

You can view details of the errors and view reports of how specific errors were resolved, and which are yet to be resolved.

The tool is similar to another freeware called FixWin. You can read about it here.

Latest: The Beta test is currently closed. Watch this space for updates.

Take Screenshots Of Webpages

Ever wanted an instant screenshot of a webpage? Try Super Screenshot.


Looking for a website screen and can’t find one? Try Super Screenshot. Simply enter the URL of a webpage and Super Screenshot will give you a screenshot of the page.

You can choose between various sizes and between the JPEG or PNG image formats.

Docs Pal – Convert Files For Free

Convert files to any format for free, with Docs Pal. 


Docs Pal offers options to convert text documents, Excel spreadsheets, Powerpoint presentations, images and archives.

Simply upload the file, choose which format you want to convert the file to and obtain the desired output. You can additionally select to have a copy of the file sent to your email account.

Google Follow Finder

Google’s new experimental service helps you find new Twitter followers.

Google Labs has come up with a web service to allow you to find people on Twitter that are worth following – Google Follow Finder.

It analyzes the people you follow and the follow lists to come up with suggestions. Just enter your Twitter handle and the Follow Finder will do the rest.

Related Reading: More Twitter Tips

Echofon For Mac

Popular Twitter client Echofon is now available for the Mac OS.


Echofon has released a Mac version of it’s popular client for Firefox, iPhone and iPod Touch.

The Twitter client is available for a free download on it’s website. You can also sync the client with your iPhone’s Echofon to have unread tweets available on the iPhone.

Related Reading: Twitter Tips

Get Your Website Spell-Checked

Spellr.us – Check your website for spelling errors.


If you have a website written in English, and which could have possible spelling mistakes, then you should try Spellr.us.

It is a useful web-based service, that checks your website for spelling errors. This is a useful tool to get your entire website checked for spelling mistakes.


If multiple people are operating your website, then this tool is a particularly useful way to get the website spell checked.

Spellr.us returns a report with the total number of errors, their likely corrections and the exact URL where the mistake has occurred.

How To Create A Strong Password

A couple of tools that help you in coming up with passwords.


Ever wanted to be aided in coming up with new, strong passwords for your usernames across the web? Try these two free web tools that help you come up them.

1. Create A Password

In the Create A Password service, you can specify the number of words you want in your password, along with the need for numbers and symbols, and Create A Password will come up with a password for you.

You can also provide a custom password, or test the strength of your current one.

2. Easy Password Generator

Easy Password Generator asks you to provide a password of your choice, and then substitutes the easy-to-remember parts with symbols, digits and letters.

5 Fun Twitter Tools

A few more Twitter tools.


1. Favotter

Favotter allows you to see who has faved your tweets on Twitter. The service displays a simple list of all the people who have done so.

2. Twitter2Gtalk

Twitter2Gtalk sets your tweets as your status message in the Google Talk instant messaging service.

3. Sleeping Time

Sleeping Time is a fun web-based service, with which you can find the estimated sleeping time of your Twitter friends.

4. Twitalyzer

Twitalyzer analyzes your Twitter influence and presents you with statistics regarding the same.

5. Tweetreach

Tweetreach shows you how far your tweets have travelled, in terms of them being re-tweeted.

Related Reading: More Twitter Tools And Tips

Google Reader Play

Access the most interesting stuff in Google Reader, through their experimental Reader Play.

Reader Play is a new experiment in Google Reader, that offers easy access to the most interesting reads that are doing rounds on the web.


To try the service, simply head to Reader Play and an attractive interface will appear with simple scroll buttons to access the other interesting items in Reader Play.

Give it a try, if you frequent Google Reader.

Related Reading: What is Google Reader?

[Via Google Reader Blog]

FixWin – Fix Windows Issues in Seconds

Fix common Windows issues with a single click.


FixWin is a lightweight application that corrects common Windows errors with a single click.

The utility basically lists over 50 common errors that your Windows operating system might be having, and repairs them with a single click (as shown in the screenshot above).

The makers of this useful tool suggest that a system file check is first done, after which you should setup a restore point (basically a point to which you can come back in case you have made changes to your operating system you do not like) and then proceed to fix issues.

It is also recommended that you reboot your system in between fixes.

The tool offers fixes in your explorer, internet, media tools and other system tools.

Download FixWin [Free download for Windows operating systems Vista and 7].

Related Reading: 30 Ways to Instantly Speed Up Your PC

RocketDock Application Launcher

RocketDock – a useful desktop application launcher.


Ever wanted an Apple Mac-style dock for launching applications instantly, instead of a normal desktop full of icons? You can try RocketDock.

RocketDock is a completely customizable application launcher, that is very useful in launching commonly used Windows applications and folders instantly.

The application would contains links (as shown in the screenshot above) of applications that you choose to put in the dock. The application is available for download, free of cost.

Related Reading: Launch applications in seconds with Launchy

Twitter Extensions For Google Chrome

Tweet from the Google Chrome web browser, with these two Twitter extensions.


If you are a user of both Twitter and the Google Chrome web browser, you can tweet using these two extensions for the web browser.

1. Chromed Bird


Chromed Bird is a Twitter extension that offers most of the features you would need in a Twitter add-on. It appears with the necessary timeline, mentions and the direct messages tabs. You can also shorten URLs while tweeting. 

2. Chrowety


Chrowety is another useful Twitter extension for Google Chrome. Chrowety offers more features than Chromed Bird. It is multi-lingual and you can even see photos or videos that have been tweeted.

Related Reading: Twitter Tips | Google Chrome Tips