AIS for Income Tax

The Income Tax Department has launched a Mobile app for Tax Payers to view their individual Annual Information Statement (AIS). As you may be aware, the AIS presents to you TDS/TCS information, SFT information, Payment of Taxes, Demand and Refund & Other information. All this at the tip of your fingers.

The AIS has been available, for a while, from the normal Income Tax Website (incometax.gov.in) accessible after several clicks. The AIS app gets you all this information on your mobile, instantaneously. After you install the app, you need to verify your email and mobile no.  (as per your profile registered with the Department) with OTP and can set 4 digit PIN. You can then track your taxes paid, Refunds Due, TDS and more, on the app. All this information is available for your current Financial Year and also for the previous couple of years

It is extremely simple to use and very fast for easy access your information. Just use it once to see the power of the system – Download AIS Now.

Android: https://bit.ly/3TS0Lff

PrintFriendly.com

PrintMany a times we visit a webpage which we would like to print and preserve for future reference. When we try to print any webpage, you will notice that we get a lot of junk, advertisements and distortions. To avoid getting a jumbled page in print, just head to printfriendly.com

Once you are on that website, you can just paste the URL of the webpage that you wish to print, and it will present a Print Preview for you. You can make some more edits / deletes to the webpage as per your requirements and then send it to print. It is that simple.

If you are using Chrome, they also have a Chrome Extension, which does the same thing for the page you are on. This makes the whole process faster, better and easier – there is no need to copy and paste.

The best part of this is that there is no registration, no login and no storage of your webpages on their servers. There is a paid, pro version, but most of the stuff that you need, is already there in the free version.

Go ahead, make your web pages Print Friendly, with PrintFriendly.com

Amazon Price Tracker – Keepa and BuyHatke

If you are a regular shopper on Amazon, it may be a good idea to track price changes for any product you desire. Just install this extension on your Chrome browser and whenever you visit Amazon, select a product and scroll down a bit, you will be able to see the price history of that product. It also indicates price drops for lightning deals and  for prime members. This will help you identify the lowest price of a product and when it occurred and if you are able to see the trend, you may even be able to grab it at the lowest price!

If you shop on amazon.com, there are many more options available – you may visit their website http://www.keepa.com to see the variety of ways in which you can track products and their prices.

And, if you shop regularly on Flipkart, Myntra and other shopping sites, you may like to look at Buyhatke – Price tracker & Price history. This extension works similarly and is very useful for price tracking and price history.

Go ahead, save some money and buy wisely!

Whatsapp (WA) Web Plus Extension

We have all got used to using Whatsapp Web on our computers – it is such a breeze to handle! Whatsapp web plus extension for Chrome enhances the utility of Whatsapp Web dramatically.

Once installed and running, the WA Web Plus Extension allows you to add more tools and options for Whatsapp Web for more privacy and enhanced reliability. It brings all the missing features of Whatsapp Web for personal and business use.

When you are on Whatsapp Web, just click on the WA Web Plus Extension and you will find a host of options – you can blur recent messages, blur contact names and photos, play audio messages without intimating the sender, disable read receipts, hide online status and much more. You can even password protect the app so that no one can access your Whatsapp web. Many other options for customization like pin unread messages to top, highlight online contacts, etc. are available for easy access.

Most of the options are free while some are available for a small subscription fee.

A very useful tool for hardcore, daily users of Whatsapp Web!

Checker Plus for Google Calendar

If you use Gmail and Google Calendar, you would be doing a lot of tab-jumping from Gmail to Google Calendar, especially when you are responding to emails. Even otherwise, when you are online and doing some intensive work, jumping to your calendar from time to time can be quite a chore.

The Chrome extension – Checker Plus for Google Calendar is a great tool to have the calendar at your fingertips. The extension sits neatly on your Chrome Extension panel and you can pop it up any time to get a quick view of your Calendar. It also lets you view upcoming events, get meeting notifications and reminders, and snooze events – all without opening the Google Calendar page. Convenience at the  click of a button!

A very nifty tool to avoid multiple clicks on the Calendar Tab daily.

TinyWow.com

This website has a collection of tools to make business, education and everything in life, simple. You have PDF tools, image tools, writing tools, video tools and file tools.

PDF tools are amongst the most commonly used, best tools in the industry, which allow you to manage PDF files the way you want. Image tools allow you to compress, resize, improve resolution, remove watermarks and much more. Writing tools allow you to rewrite sentences, paragraphs, improve content, generate headlines, etc. The video tools allow you to download videos, compress videos, trim videos, and convert videos. And lastly, the file tools allow file conversions, split files and many more operations.

This is a 100% free website with options for paying subscribers to remove ads. All files processed or unprocessed are deleted completely from their servers after 1 hour to ensure ease of use and privacy.

If you are looking at multiple tools to enhance your online experience, this is the site for you!

https://tinywow.com/

Otter.ai

This is a different kind of AI tool – it helps you record oral conversations, lectures, meetings, etc. and transcribes them  into text automatically. It records meetings, takes notes in real time, and generates an automated summary to share with everyone and to help you remember everything. After getting your notes in text format, you can easily annotate, edit and share them. You can capture all your important conversations and meetings, whether in-person, hybrid, mobile, or virtual. Otter Assistant integrates with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet while storing all notes in one central, secure, and accessible place.

You can use Otter.ai for business, education or personal needs. The application has a plan which is best suited for each purpose. Free plans are available for casual users and if you need to transcribe large amounts of oral conversations, pro plans are reasonably priced for you to get the most out of them.

If you attend a lot of meetings, physical or online, and you hate to take notes, Otter.ai is a must for you. Try it out today!

https://otter.ai/

WordTune.com 

Convert your thoughts into words and say exactly what you mean, through clear, compelling and authentic writing. Add this extension in your browser (Chrome / Edge) and enjoy all the benefits online – whether you are using Gmail, Google Docs, Twitter, Linkedin, WhatsApp Web. Also available on Microsoft 365, Microsoft Word and a host of other platforms.

With the click of a button, you can convert the text you have typed, into multiple versions and select the one that suits you best. Select the text you want to change. Then click on Rewrite and  select from a variety of versions – formal, casual, intimate or official and WordTune will rewrite the sentence or the para for you in the way in which you can express yourself most efficiently.

Further, WordTune Read is an option which summarizes long documents into brief versions, which makes a long story short, instantly.

The free version will take care of your day to day needs. But if you want more, you may like to shift to the premium version, which offers unlimited conversions, converts paragraphs and also summarizes stuff for you for fast and easy reading.

For those who write lots, a must have extension for your browser.

www.wordtune.com

Autodraw.com  

This is a very simple, minimalist drawing tool which is unique in its approach to drawing. It pairs machine learning with drawings from talented artists to help everyone create anything visual, fast. There’s nothing to download. Nothing to pay for. And it works anywhere: smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop, etc.

As soon as you land on the website, you are presented with a blank screen. Start drawing immediately, you need not be precise or accurate. Once you finish, you will be presented with many options on the top panel and you may select any one of them to complete your drawing.

AutoDraw’s suggestion tool uses the same technology used in QuickDraw, to guess what you’re trying to draw. It can guess hundreds of drawings and they are continuously adding more over time.

This is a project of Google Creative Labs and is a must have for quick drawings online. We hope AutoDraw will help make drawing and creating a little more accessible and fun for everyone.

https://www.autodraw.com/

ToffeeShare.com

Sending large files via e-mail is not always possible. Most of the time, we have to resort to third-party tools like WeTransfer or SendThisFile or something similar, where we have to upload our files to the service provider and the recipient has to download it from there. These come with annoying limitations such as file size limits, speed limits or requirements for registration and if you exceed the limits, you may even have to pay for them.

ToffeeShare.com is a peer to peer file transfer solution. With ToffeeShare, nothing is stored online on an external server. You just send your files from your computer or mobile phone directly to the recipient. There are no file size limits or speed limits. If you are on the same network, your data does not even leave the premises. There is no account  creation and sharing of your email address either. It just affords a direct and safe connection which is end-to-end encrypted and private.

Using it is very easy. Just logon to ToffeeShare.com and select the files you want to send. You will be given a link which you share with the recipient. The minute the recipient clicks on that link, the file transfer starts – directly from your device to his. It is lightning fast and just so easy! The only thing you have to remember, is that both the devices have to be online during the transfer process.

They also have an Android app and a Windows desktop app which you can download from the Microsoft store, for ease of use.

A very useful tool for safe, fast, encrypted file transfers.

https://toffeeshare.com/   Android: https://bit.ly/3u8Gjut