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If you are an online shopper, you would have known the frustration of going to multiple sites, comparing prices and then homing on to the best priced product. www.junglee.com helps you avoid the extra surfing effort.

Just visit www.junglee.com,  enter the name of the product you are looking for and there you have choices, with prices, of the same product on multiple websites. They scan multiple sites to get you the best price for whatever you are looking for – a book, a mobile phone, home furnishings, clothing, furniture, etc.etc.

With over 30 million listings from over 2,000+ seller websites and 100,000+ local stores, Junglee.com is the largest online organized selection of products in India. On scrutinizing the site, one realizes that it is a service provided by Amazon, so it may well be an Amazon associate. But if it gets me the best buy, so be it.

 

It’s a jungle out there and junglee helps us figure it all out !

Most of us use the stock browser coming with our Android phone. Few others are convinced that Chrome is the fastest and best browser. For me, after having checked the popular browsers, I find that Opera Mini is the best to use with your smartphone.

It compresses images and data as they come to your phone. So in effect, it becomes blazingly fast and also uses less bandwidth on your phone. Besides, if you have always been looking forward to keep a track on the amount of data used on your Android device, this is the browser for you. Through a dedicated page easily accessible from inside the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers, you’ll be able to keep a tab on how much data you are using and how much money will you in turn be saving with Opera’s data compression tech.

Also, the footprint is small, so it uses less memory on your phone. Try it and if you like it, keep it forever !

When you wish to retire your old computer, you will do well to delete all files on your hard disk before giving it away or selling it. However, you should be aware that deletion of files or even formatting the hard disk, does not remove the data completely from the hard disk. This is where eraser comes in. Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. This leaves no chance for the data to remain on your hard disk and avoids possible misuse. Eraser is a free tool and can be used on Windows XP, Windows 7 and several other platforms. So before you chuck out your old machine, remember to delete ALL your data effectively.

Salient Eye is a home security system which you can setup using your old Android Smartphone. It is very simple to use either at home or at work. Just download the app, set it up on your android phone, and place your phone pointing to a strategic area such as the door or the window where a break-in is most likely. It uses the phone’s camera to detect motion. Once it detects a break-in, it will start taking pics and instantly send the pics to you on email or via SMS as you may have defined to another phone of your choice. Once sufficient evidence is gathered, it will also sound an alarm. So now, your old / used smartphone can double up as a Burglar Alarm ! What next ??

These days, we receive so many mails, some of them well meaning, but sometimes incredible. We need some means to verify whether the stories we get are really true. Snopes.com comes to the rescue in such situations. It is the definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. Use the search box to locate your item of interest, or click the icons to browse the site by category. If you don’t find the story you are looking for, you can even submit a rumor on the site to find out whether it is true or not. Similarly, if you get a photograph which is difficult to believe, you can upload it on http://www.izitru.com and get an instant report on whether the photograph is an original or modified ! Both are very useful tools to satiate your curiosity and be a better informed citizen.

Runtastic features a series of apps which takes fitness freaks to a new level. Runtastic Running and Fitness. It uses GPS to map and track sports and fitness activities, such as: running, jogging, biking & walking. It tracks cardio workout progress (duration, distance, elevation change, calories burned & more) to help you build healthy lifestyle habits and reach exercise goals. It has a personal workout diary and also a live tracking and cheering mode to motivate you to achieve greater heights ! The other apps in the Runtastic Family include those for Mountain Bike, Push-ups, Six Packs, Sit-ups, Squats, Pedometer and many more. If you value your fitness regime and want to achieve your targets, don’t miss this one !

For all those who like to have fun with their Android Phone Camera – Lapse It is a full featured app for capturing amazing time lapse and stop motion videos. It is simple, fast and intuitive. There are plenty of features where you can really customise your sequence of pictures in many different ways easily achieve the desired result. You can even apply different stylish camera effects to them. The new version brings more integration with social networks so you can easily publish your videos or share through the built-in Lapse It gallery, where other users can watch and vote. Apart from clicking wonderful pics, you can import pre-recorded videos to speed them up or slow them down and use any song from your library as the sound track of your video. There is an adjustable exposure, focus, white balance and scene modes. The stunning filter effects make your lapse even more awesome. So go ahead and have fun with your Android cam !

For all you Bollywood song freaks, Gaana.com is a treat ! A giant repertoire of Bollywood songs, searchable by artist, song, album, playlist and radio. You can create your own playlists of your favourite songs / albums or artists. Once you start playing, you can keep it on, in the background, and continue doing what you were doing. You can even share what you are hearing, live on Facebook, so that your friends know what you are currently enjoying. You can also view what your friends’ favourites are. There is a free app to download on your mobile and you can carry your music wherever you go. If you enjoy Bollywood music, you will enjoy Gaana.com !

Word Lens Translator is an Android app which instantly translates printed words with your phone’s camera. If you are in a foreign country and encounter a sign, you can use the app to translate it into English instantly. No network required. Currently, it handles Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese. Extremely easy to use, just like your normal camera, just click and translate. You can even type in the text to look up the translation. Of course the text has to be legible – it does not recognize handwriting or illegible text. Although not perfect, it is able to give the general meaning immediately. A handy tool when travelling !

Charts are a great tool because they communicate information visually. At Onlinecharttool.com you can design and share your own charts online and for free. They support a number of different chart types like: bar charts, pie charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots. You can create your own elaborate charts in a jiffy. Just click on Design Your Chart, Select the Type of Chart, Add Data, Add Labels and Fonts and you are ready to Preview your chart ! You can then Share and Save your chart, download it on your computer, publish it online on Facebook or Twitter and also email it to yourself and others. A simple way to create charts without any technical knowledge / jargon.