If you are a user of the Google+ social network, check out G+ Notifier. It is a useful downloadable Windows utility, which sits in the notification area of Windows and alerts you to new notifications in your Google+ network. To use it, simply download and extract the zip file into a folder on your computer [...]
When you get your credit card statement at the end of the month, most likely you don’t check and analyze every charge billed to your card. Now there is a service that does it for you, called BillGuard. It is a free personal finance tool that scans your credit card’s activity and looks for hidden [...]
When using a computer that is not yours, leaving a USB drive behind can mean much more than just the loss of the physical drive. The information on the drive can lead to identity theft and many other hassles. USB Alert is a Windows only software that alerts you if you try to lock or [...]
In times of an emergency, it is best to let all your close contacts know of your situation quickly. Here to help you do this in a speedy way is a service called “I’m OK”. I’m OK is a service that lets you notify your contacts if you are alright or if you are in [...]
Numerous web apps and desktop apps keep you updated on the RSS feeds you have subscribed to. But these apps provide a dedicated interface. If you are looking for something that displays RSS feed notifications without disturbing your current work, check out a free web tool called RSS Alerts. RSS Alerts is a browser extension [...]
People who enjoy reading books might find that they particularly like books on a particular topic or by a particular author. While tracking your favorite author’s upcoming books is easy, this is not the case with books on your favorite subject. Here to help you keep in touch with the latest books that you will [...]
Many people have at least once forgotten their credit cards at a store, left their tab open at the bar when they left, forgotten to collect their coats from the coats check section, etc. To help remember our things at stores, a location-based alarm application “Remember It App” was created. Remember It App is an [...]
If you are always eager to read a new book from that favorite author of yours, BookBuzzes is a tool you will love. When you sign up for a free account and specify your favorite authors, the tool will send you an email any time that author releases a new book. You can further customize [...]
All of us have been in situations where we miss our bus or train stop because we fell asleep or were too engrossed in our music or book. TravAlert is an app that saves you from missing your stop by setting an alarm specific to your destination. Once you download the app for your iPhone, [...]
A simple reminder can be very helpful in ensuring that chores and tasks do not slip your mind. Numerous web services let you set up reminders for different tasks. One of the fastest and simplest of these tools is MsgMe.at. MsgMe.at is a simple and free to use web service that helps you quickly set [...]
Anniversary Alert is a free anniversary reminder service that lets you set up important anniversary alerts and be notified in advance of important dates. To set up an alert, simply fill out the anniversary name, date, type, alert advance time (1, 2 or 4 weeks) and email where you want to be notified, and click [...]
Most of us set weight loss goals but soon forget about them. To prevent this from happening, something that constantly reminds us of our weight loss plans would be greatly helpful. textWeight is a nifty weight loss reminder tool that provides you with that. After you sign up with the service using your phone number [...]
You wake up each morning looking forward to accomplishing your goals. But your long term goals are at times forgotten because of your hectic daily routine. Wake-up List is a neat goal reminder that helps to remind you of those long term goals. After creating an account on the site you can use it to [...]
There are many apps that let you set reminders, but since pretty much most of our time online is spent using an email client, it just sounds logical to use email for setting and receiving reminders. NudgeMail lets you do exactly that. To set up a reminder, just send an email to nudge@nudgemail.com and specify [...]
Music fans do not stick to an artist or two. Their list of favorite bands and singers is a long one. To keep up with the releases of many bands is not an easy task but a convenient way to do this is provided by Music2Mail. Music2Mail is a free to use website that helps [...]
Facebook may be the biggest and most feature-rich social network on the planet but it still lacks some features it should have. For example, the ability to send yourself daily email alerts for the upcoming birthdays of your close friends on Facebook. You can either opt for a consolidated weekly email or need to check [...]
Are you a student? If so, how many times have you forgotten an assignment submission date or the date of an important test? When this happens, you keep on wishing for something that would remind you of such important dates ahead of time. With Remind 101 you get just that. While you can use your [...]
Because of our busy schedules, we often forget important dates and events. For example some people read emails and plan on replying 2 days later but they forget to do so. To make sure that people do not forget, FollowUp comes up with an easy solution. FollowUp is a simple web app that lets you [...]
Some sites do not support RSS feeds. People who have got used to getting their updates from feeds might find it inconvenient to manually visit these sites to see what is new. If you are one of these people, then you will greatly appreciate a website update alert tool called “ChangeDetection.” Change Detection is a [...]
If you are a shopper on Amazon, it is useful to know when the prices of items that you have been watching have dropped in price. Chintzee is an Amazon-based web tool that lets you keep an eye on Amazon price reductions by sending you an alert every time prices drop. You only need to [...]