A startpage is usually meant to provide easy access to the sites and services you use frequently everyday so that you don’t need to type their URLs in the address bar each time. FortySevens or 474747 is one such startpage which is like a directory of the best websites in diverse categories, all on one [...]
Explaining the Internet to a web illiterate or somebody who is new to computers is not easy. Teaching them how to reach their email, online photos, or social networking account can be quite difficult. To simplify and ease the process, you can get help from a site called Internet Buttons. Internet Buttons is a free [...]
There are millions of websites available for browsing but only few ones that an average internet user visits almost every day. These are the websites that comprise of most of the internet browsing so it completely makes sense if they were accessible from a single platform. SyncBay gives you that platform and much more. SyncBay [...]
With the number of useful web services increasing daily, it has become become hard for an average user to keep track of different usernames and password combinations for these services. One option is to keep the same username and password for all the services, but that is usually never recommended for security purposes. An ideal [...]
Bowser startpage users who like to keep it simple will instantly fall in love with MyFav.es. MyFav.es (derived from “my favorites”) is a minimalist start page website that delivers great functionality in its simple design. If you do not know what a startpage is, it is a collection of web shortcuts shown in a thumbnail [...]
Kadaza is a website which can replace your current startpage. It has all the popular websites up as thumbnail shortcuts. You will also find shortcuts to most of your bookmarks on the Kadaza homepage. Many startpages show only a few website shortcuts. Take fav4 for instance, it is minimalistic and shows only four shortcuts. This [...]
Many of us have set our homepage to Google. While the minimalist style of the Google homepage suits everybody at first, users of Google’s other services require more. For example Google Calendar users will find it convenient if the Google homepage had a Calendar link on the side. Gpanion provides something similar. Gpanion is a [...]
Our bookmarks are important to us therefore having a portable bookmarks list is always beneficial. Like Chrome, some of the latest web browsers include a built in portable bookmarks feature. For people who use other browsers or want an out-of-the-browser bookmarks online backup option, Sitehoover is a great tool. Sitehoover is a free to use [...]
News aggregators like Google News are popular because not only do you get all the world’s news sources in one place, but they also allow you to customise what news appears on your page. Don’t like fashion or celebrity gossip? Then just filter it out and never see it again. iCurrent also follows [...]
If your idea of a quality homepage includes weather updates, RSS feeds galore and various flash games you’ll never play, Fav4 is not for you. Instead, Fav4 offers a fast loading, clean and simple homepage featuring four glossy icons. That’s it. You can customize the four links, picking from some of the most popular pages [...]