Not Essential But A Useful Add-On - Google Unread Meassage Count

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Gmail Unread Message Count in Favicon

Features:

  • Displays a message count in the Favicon
  • The icon glows more with every message you get.
  • Really useful if you keep having many tabs opened at the same time.
  • As I installed it it caught my attention much faster then the mail notifier add-on I had before.

Where To Learn More:

lifehacker.com

Track Your Work The Easy Way With FruitfulTime

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FruitfulTime

Features:

  • Automatically tracks your activity.
  • You can both track program activities and websites visited.
  • You can identify time-wasting habits and reduce them.
  • Automatically generates time-sheets.
  • It’s totally private

Screenshot:

Where to learn more:

fruitfultime.com

Traveling Has Been Made Easier - Track Everything On Your Cell-phone

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Traveas

traveas

Features:

  • You can use it just to find information about your flight.
  • You can specify a date, the flight and if you give them your mobile number, you will get alerts (SMS)
  • Also updates you if anything has changed - if your flight was canceled or delayed.
  • It is still a beta version read more about it here

Where to learn more:

traveas.com

Scribus - The Open Source Alternative To Microsoft Publisher

Of course if you say open-source, you know that it’s for Free. You can’t find too many applications of this kind for free that’s why it’s worth mentioning on this blog.

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Scribus

Features:

  • Scribus

    The most important feature is that it’s available for Linux, Windows and Mac.

  • It’s not a perfect application but many features are to be added since it’s available to developers.
  • It’s for free.

Where to learn more:

cogniview.com

Ever Sent An Email Without The Files You Wanted To Attach?

I never thought that someone could actually create something that useful. Many of os have to send that email when you say like: “Oops, forgot to attach the file…”

And sometimes it’s quite embarrassing, but bow you can be sure that you will never make that mistake again.

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Outlook Attachment Reminder

Features:

  • It reminds you that you forgot to add an attachment.
  • If you try to send a message with the word “attach” in it, it will prompt you that you might have forgot to attach a file.
  • It isn’t as easy to install (You know: Next, next, next…finish), but the tutorial explains everything plus you have an image attached and you can make sure you did everything right.

Where to learn more:

mark.bird.googlepages.com

Kick YouTube - Downloading Videos Without Installing Any Software

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Kick YouTube

Features:

  • You don’t have to download any application to be able to get your favorite YouTube Videos
  • It’s a video download and converter software at the same time, because you can choose in what format you want to download the video in.
  • You can also download only the sound in .mp3 format.

Where to learn more:

Watch this video:

Simply wonderful! I wonder when they’re going to shut this site down…

Evernote - On The Web, On Your Phone, On Your Desktop

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Evernote

Features:

  • Every note you take synchronizes between your devices.
  • You can save task, to-dos, notes and even images(snapshots) and business cards.
  • You’ll never have to worry about checking multiple devices for your notes.
  • Available both for Mac and Windows.

Where to learn more:

evernote.com

Just a Quick Tip

The news:

Google included magazines into the Google Book Search. This is not necessarily a productivity tip but it’s good to know…

Today, we’re announcing an initiative to help bring more magazine archives and current magazines online, partnering with publishers to begin digitizing millions of articles from titles as diverse as New York Magazine, Popular Mechanics, and Ebony.

Where to learn more:

googleblog.blogspot.com (The Official Google Blog)

Which One’s More Useful For You? Simple Or Complicated? - Time Tracking Software Reviewed

It’s always good to trach the time you or/and your co-workers spend on a project and there are quite a few options when it comes to software that does it for you. You can choose a simple application with a few features (few but useful) or you can choose a more complicatied application which has more features. It depends on the type of business.

Here are a few options:

Simple:

  • Not too many options, just basic functions like timer and break counter.
  • Very useful for small businesses.
  • You can enter the name of the projects you’re working on.

Learn more

Complicated:

  • Easily create, send and manage invoices
  • Track time and expenses (for you and staff)
  • Send invoices by snail mail or email
  • Accept payment with PayPal, Authorize.Net, & more
  • Automatically send invoices & late payment notices
  • Create robust reports and import/export your data

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You can choose the one that fits you best. Good luck

BoxShot 3D - Create Your Own Boxshot Easily

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BoxShot 3D

Features:

  • Software to create your own box-shot easily. Very useful if you have a product to sell or an e-book to promote.
  • The box shots you create will look very realistic as you can see on the image.
  • Available for Windows and Mac users.
  • Where to learn more:

    boxshot3d.com

    Some Screenshots: