Thursday, December 29, 2011

News - Cool Websites and Tools


Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. Most of the listed websites are FREE or come with a decent free account option. If you want to have similar cool website round-ups delivered to your daily email, subscribe here.

Soapbox – Many audience members often shy away from asking questions or challenging the speaker publicly. SoapBox easily solves that problem by creating a portal that lets audience members indicate their level of understanding along with asking questions to the speaker. It is totally online so nobody has to raise a hand or stand up. Read more: SoapBox: Make Your Lecture Interactive With Real Time Audience Participation

Moably – Blog design is one of the most important things for any webmaster or blogger. Nowadays, many people browse the web from their smartphones and your design may not be optimized for different mobile devices. But to design a professional mobile-compatible blog/website, you need to have vast coding knowledge which many bloggers do not possess. Read more: Moably: Create A Mobile Friendly Website/Blog Without Any Coding


TumblRSS Beta – Are you looking for a way to automatically post your blog posts on your Tumblr account? If yes, you should give Tumblrss Beta a try. Tumblrss is a useful application for Tumblr users which allows them to import posts from other blogging platforms to Tumblr through RSS feeds. Read more:TumblRSS Beta: Import RSS Feeds to Tumblr Automatically


AvatarHarmony – Having multiple social networking accounts online means having to individually update your profile picture on each network. But you can easily get rid of that inconvenience, thanks to a web service called Avatar Harmony. It works for users of Facebook, Twitter, and Gravatar. Read more: AvatarHarmony: Synchronize Your Profile Picture Across Multiple Networks


Incapsula – Websites are often targeted by hackers and bots. When these penetrate a site’s defenses, important data can be lost and even if you have made a backup, the site downtime can cost you a lot of valuable time. What you need is a method by which hackers and bots are never allowed access to your site. This method is provided by a service called Incapsula. Read more: ex.fm: Incapsula: Protect Your Site From Hackers & Bots By Routing Traffic Through Incapsula Cloud

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