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Google Inside Search: Create Captions For Cartoons With Google

Dave LeClair — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 02:01:50 +0000

If you think you are funny, you should check out this fun feature from Google. It allows users to log on and look at various comics and come up with their own funny captions for the cartoons. The comics are all funny situations where one of the characters is searching for something on Google. As the funny person, it is your job to decide what they are searching for with an entertaining caption.

If you aren’t so funny, and can’t come up with your own caption, fear not, because you don’t need to miss out on the fun. You can vote on other captions and help decide which one is best. Even the people who aren’t funny themselves can still have fun!

Features:

Easily create your own captions for all kinds of comics.
Possibly have your caption featured.
Vote on other users captions to decide the best ones.
Good way to get a laugh with some funny comics.

Find Google Inside Search Captions @ googleinsidesearch.com/captions.html

Pr0nIndex: Get a Pr0n Score For any Word or Name

Israel Nicolas — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:02:06 +0000

If you are like to look up your friends’ names on Google for laughs, then here is a website to detect your name for traces of racy pictures – to say the least. Pr0n Index is a simple search mashup that lets you check how much of a given phrase listed in Google could be about porn.

This rather fun app is really simple. All it does is search Google images for the keyword that you typed in and then get a ratio between the number of results with its safe search on and off. Obviously, a higher percentage means that the keyword could have more non-safe search pics, compared to safe ones. Although the method is too basic to do any serious background check of a person, it does bring out some nice laughs and some wasted time.

Pr0n Index is a nice app for anyone who has some time to kill and just want to find out how dirty his or her name is.

Features:

Search mashup for knowing your porn index score
Tweet results to your friends
Uses Google Images as backend
Cool Related Read: 5 Cool Twitter Search Tricks To Monitor What People Are Saying About You

Check out Pr0n Index @ http://pr0nindex.appspot.com

WatchIt: Notifies You When A Movie Becomes Available On Netflix, iTunes & Elsewhere

TehseenBaweja — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:01:27 +0000

With so many ways to watch a movie, it becomes hard to keep track. WatchIt is a free service that acts like your personal assistant in remembering which movies you want to watch and exactly how you want to watch them. For example, if you want to be notified when the movie “Hangover 2″ becomes available on Netflix or Amazon, this app can do exactly that for you. It can also let you know when a movie becomes available in theaters.

However, notification is obviously just one part of the service. The best part is that it tells where you can watch that particular movie right now. Sources include, Netflix (Streaming and DVD), iTunes, Vudu, Amazon, RedBox, Movies OnDemand on Cable and even theaters through fandango.

Features:

Find where to watch specific movies right now.
Get notified when a movie becomes available on your favorite service.
Sign in with your Facebook account.

Visit WatchIt @ http://gowatchit.com [Via TechCrunch]

Procatinator: Watch Cat GIFs With Music To Pass The Time

Umar — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 01:01:20 +0000

When you are in the mood to procrastinate, you ignore your chores and start spending time on the Internet. But you often cannot decide on a website to spend time on. Since everybody likes cat GIFs, Procatinator was created to help people easily procrastinate.

Procatinator is a free to use website that helps you procrastinate. The site merges cat GIFs with music and presents them to you. All you have to do is visit the site and sit back. Cat GIFs are automatically loaded up one after the other. When a GIF loads up, you see the following image in your browser.

You can also skip to new GIFs yourself. A direct link to the currently playing GIF and a YouTube link for the song are also provided to the site visitor.

Features:

A user-friendly website.
Helps you procrastinate.
Merges cat GIFs with music.
Automatically loads up new GIFs.

Check out Procatinator @ http://procatinator.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Nyanit: Let Nyan Cats Invade A Webpage [Fun]

abhijeet — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:23:29 +0000

If you are a heavy user of YouTube and follow the videos that go super-viral now and then then you probably know about the Nyan cat video that went viral in April of this year. It had these GIF animated cats and the song was Japanese and went like “Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya..” The term Nyan cats became popular after that, and this site called Nyanit lets you have Nyan cats hovering over and ultimately covering a webpage, just like it was in the video. All you need to do is enter the webpage url in the box they provide on their homepage.

You could also directly type nyanit.com/webpageurl, for example nyanit.com/makeuseof.com, and then see the Nyan cats flying from one end to the other of the webpage and slowly growing bigger in size. It’s a fun tool to play with if you like Nyan cats.

Features

Have Nyan cats spread and invade a webpage
Just type nyanit.com/webpageurl to get the effect

Check out Nyanit@nyanit.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

MuppetsMahnaMahna: Create Your Own Mahna-Mahna Clip & Share Online

Hammad — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:01:50 +0000

The Muppets Never Ending Mahna Mahna is a video clip that keeps going on and on as people add video clips to it with them saying Mahna Mahna.

While the video gives out no gifts or anything for being a part of it, it is a funny thing and people just like to be a part of it to show their love and appreciation for The Muppets.

Being a part of the never-ending clip is easy and simple. All a user has to do is click “Start” after which the user will need to enter his/her date of birth and then accepts the Terms of Service. Once done, use the webcam to record yourself saying “Mahna Mahna” and then make it public if you think it is good enough. The video will then be added to the never-ending video clip list.

Features

A funny way to be part of something unique.
Create funny videos.

Check out Muppets Manha Manha @ www.muppetsmahnamahna.com

iFakeSiri: Create Fake Siri Conversations

Hammad — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:01:36 +0000

You must have seen a lot of videos online recently that show just how witty Siri is – and at times, how funny and awkward the answers may be given by her.

iFakeSiri is an online tool that allows you to make mockups of Siri conversations by allowing you to enter the messages you want, and then converting it into a screenshot of the iPhone 4 to depict it being said by Siri itself.

To get started, just go to iFakeSiri.com and read the format in which the conversation needs to be input. Once done, type your very own funny conversation and click the “Create Siri Conversation” button. You will then be given the image, and its link to show your friends and never let anyone know that you created it yourself.

Features

Create funny, witty Siri conversations quickly.
Free to use.
Select different service providers.
Share fake conversation on Facebook and other social networks.
Similar tools: FakeTweetBuilder, TweetForger, iFakeText, FakeiPhoneText .
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Check out iFakeSiri @ http://www.ifakesiri.com (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Watchily: Find Places To Rent Your Favorite Movies Online

Dave LeClair — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:01:11 +0000

Have you ever strolled around the Internet, looking for a movie or TV show, and found it frustrating trying to figure out which rental service has it? Well that problem is solved, with the new service Watchily. Watchily scans all of the major rental services on the web to find which ones have the movie or show you are looking for. It makes finding exactly what you want to watch much easier, and it helps save money by finding it for the best price.

With Watchily you can scan services like Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, Redbox and many others. If you want to avoid the rental stores, this is a service tailor-made for you. Watchily exists for the sole purpose of making your life easier and more enjoyable.

If you don’t know what you want to watch, fear not, because Watchily also features the top movies, and chances are, there is something you will want to watch in there.

Features:

Top five movies at the moment.
Scans most major rental services such as Redbox, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes and Hulu.
Search engine to find exactly what you are looking for.
Share your find with friends using social networks.
Only show results that are under a certain price or a certain rating.

Find Watchily @ www.Watchily.com

WitStream: Find Funny Tweets On Twitter

Hammad — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:01:05 +0000

Are you a Twitter addict and looking for something funny in your Twitter timeline or the trending topics? If the answer to this simple question is yes, then you should give Witstream a try.

Witstream is a web and iPhone app that follows most of the funny people, comedians, professional writers, etc, on Twitter and shows you their latest tweets. The service displays all the funny stuff gathered in one place! You can up vote any tweet you like so that it can come up in the main spotlight section and help the service display the funniest tweets.

The website has four parts – Spotlight, Live Feed, The Black List and Tweet the Press. The funnier ones are present in the Black List and Spotlight (featured) tabs. Tweet the Press is more regarding the current happening events in the world.

The word “aristocrats” is a word that simply describes WitStream’s handpicked contributors. You can even vote a tweet funny or not which probably helps the website display only the funniest of all.

Features

Simple and easy to use.
Finding all the hilarious, witty tweets in one place.
Ability to vote good/bad tweets make the algorithm better.
Retweet funny tweets.
Available on iPhone.

Check out WitStream @ www.witstream.com (Via The Next Web) (By Hammad From TechnicallyDigital)

WhatsNextUp: Discover Upcoming Entertainment Events

Umar — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:01:07 +0000

Finding the next entertaining event to go to is often a time-consuming process. You log onto your computer and spend precious time looking for an interesting movie to watch next, a stimulating book to read, or a great new album to listen to. What you need is a tool that automatically factors in your likes and serves you relevant upcoming events that will interest you. This is precisely what What’s Next Up offers.

Here, ‘event’ refers to the release of anything entertaining you will like such as a game, book, album, movie, etc. All you have to do to start using the service is sign in with your Google ID and then connect the site to your Facebook account. Your likes are fetched from your Facebook account and relevant events are served on your dashboard neatly categorized according to their nearness.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Helps you discover latest entertainment events you will be interested in.
Fetches you likes from Facebook.
Shows release dates for interesting games, movies, music, movies, etc.

Check out What’s Next Up @ http://www.whatsnextup.com/index.jsp (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)