Cool Websites and Tools [July 19th 2012]

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i2symbol – Have you noticed your friends sharing status updates that include special characters you do not know how to type? For example, inverted text, or special untype-able symbols. If you have noticed them, then you probably want to make such updates yourself too. Here to help you post these updates is a web service called i2symbol. Read more: i2symbol: Get Fancy Symbols & Text Effects For Your Status Updates

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UC Browser – While web browsers for computers have come a long way, web browsers for smartphones still leave a lot to be desired. Many browsers, for example, do not support multi-touch gestures nor do they have native support for voice commands. There is one smartphone browser however that incorporates these features into itself, called UC Browser. Read more: UC Browser: A Browser For Android That Supports Multi-touch & Voice Commands

 

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MySeatFinder – is a website built for people who travel a lot and people who have the bad luck of always getting on a plane and getting the seat they hate the most. MySeatFinder solves all of your seat problems. Once you make an account on my MySeatFinder, you can configure the settings of your account and choose the desired order of your seating preferences. Read more: MySeatFinder: Find The Best Available Flight Seats Online

 

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PDF Maker App – There is often a need to create a PDF document but the high cost of Adobe software becomes the major hurdle. PDF Maker App is a free web service that solves this issue by letting you create PDF documents online from text, images or HTML content. Simply enter the content using the provided rich text editor, give your PDF a name and you are all set. Read more: PDF Maker App: Create A PDF Online From Text Or An Image

 

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ScrapShield From CloudFlare – Site owners who post original content on their sites prefer for the content to remain where it is rather than be copied and shared on other sites. There are numerous tools available for webmasters that helps protect the content on a site through various means. One of the more competent of these tools is ScrapShield. Read more: ScrapShield From CloudFlare: Protect Website Content From Thieves

 

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  • Vaibhav Bakhshi July 20, 2012
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    This is a section that I wait for almost every day. Some of the suggestions are really cool. Thanks for crawling the web and bringing these to us.

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    • Kelly Buchanan July 20, 2012
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      ditto! Thanks!

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  • Andrei Anikin July 20, 2012
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    I subscribe! Always great finds!

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  • Francisco de Gusmão July 20, 2012
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    Those last 2 suggestions seem very useful. Many thanks!

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  • Joe Phillips July 20, 2012
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    The PDF one is really useful

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  • Achraf Almouloudi July 20, 2012
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    Do you use Cloudflare on Makeuseof as it is essential and works great I’d recommend it .

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    • Aibek Esengulov July 21, 2012
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      CloudFare is a useful service. We were very interested to use it on MakeUseOf at the beginning but decided not to use it as it would make our content delivery highly dependable on the uptime of the Cloudfare

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  • Laureen Mendoza July 20, 2012
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    Nice! I’m gonna use i2symbol.

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  • Kristine July 20, 2012
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    Nice article I didn’t know about i2symbol! I came across Bitrix24 last week and I’m using it now in my business. It’s a complete company intranet tool that works in real time.

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  • Adjei Kofi July 20, 2012
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    I’ll try out the i2symbol. seems cool

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  • Damien Garcia July 20, 2012
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    i2symbol was great! That one I am really going to use. Helpful. Thanks.

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