There are so many things that we as a students, workers, business owners, freelancers or even housewives have to manage, and we are constantly looking for tools and services to make our lives easier. Whether that be a tool or service to cope with your workflow, to change your profile picture – or even something as basic as an online service that helps you write – finding the best and most useful services can be difficult.
I have listed some of the best tools and online services you can use to make your life easier trough the most useful websites that you may not know about.
1. IFTTT
Pronounced as “gift” without the “g,” IFTTT (free) is a very useful online service that simplifies many troubles of modern life. It enables you to synchronize your online experience without any programming knowledge. The service works with more than 100 channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn by involving actions called “receipts” that can be published and shared.
It’s an easy to use website that “makes the internet work for you” by synchronizing your channels, such as; inviting any new phone contact to connect on LinkedIn, updating your Twitter profile picture when your Facebook profile picture changes and saving Gmail messages to Evernote. If your favorite team scores a goal, have IFTTT send you a text alert so you can celebrate.
2. ManualsLib
Have you recently bought a product and lost it’s manual, or need to fix your washing machine but have misplaced the instruction book? Finding it online can be really easy with ManualsLib. This useful web application can save both time and effort for you by offering a massive collection of PDF files for all types of products. The service is quite easy-to-use with an option of entering your query in the search field. Search results include the product name, model number, description, date, size and the number of pages. It also gives you an option to either read it online or download it to your local system.
3. TED
Definitely, the most well-known addition to this list, the reputation, and fame of TED talks is astonishing in recent years, and they now invited some of the leading successful leaders in the world, including Bill Gates, Richard Dawkins and Elon Musk. TED hosts inspiring talks all over the world, covering pretty much every aspect of human experience and you can find all the videos of these talks on TED website. A useful place to gain more knowledge about any subject that grasps your attention.
4. Print Friendly
Does exactly what it says. Print Friendly styles any WebPage appropriate for perfect print experience, eliminating the need to formatting and tweaking sites to fit your office or home printer. This website does it all for you, without any stress. It also removes online Ads, website navigation and junk files, so you save paper and ink when you print. It’s free and easy to use.
6. Pikkup
Pikkup is an on-demand moving service that allows you to book a moving truck on-the-spot or schedule to move goods now or later. Users are able to make the background-check and select insured drivers to transport goods to a chosen drop-off spot at their leisure. The smartphone app camera feature helps users to share the size of the load to select the best driver and truck for the job and to give estimate pricing. A live GPS feed provides users with the facility to track the route taken for the destination.
5. Homestyler
A must visit free Web app intended for anyone in the midst of moving or shifting home, or anyone considering a home remodel. Homestyler is an interactive website that allows you to design a room layout by building it for you, without having the hassle of moving all the furniture multiple times in advance. Numerous other features such as printing the design or sharing it with others in Homestyler will make your life easier.
7. AdvancedWriters
It’s an online site that helps students, writers, teachers, and authors to get unique content, check plagiarism and offers freelance writing jobs. This online service helps people from academia by offering writing services for papers and assignments that students may need assistance with. It also has a messaging system that provides timely information on the jobs available for writers in their areas of knowledge and provides guidance to connect with customers on the go.
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