I had earlier posted about the service Spambox.us which enables you to setup a free email redirect in order to prevent spam emails. This is a service which is based on the topic of emails, but using this, you are able to create a free personal contact form online, by simply providing your email ID only. You could consider it a free contact form creator, but thats not all there is to it.

The signup process is pretty straightforward.

Simply enter the required details and click on “Create link”. After that you would be receiving a confirmation email at the email address you entered. You will also be provided with (more…)

Most would have heard about flight simulator from Microsoft. Now Google introduces its own version of flight simulator in Google Earth. You heard it right, with the latest version of Google Earth you can fly a plane or rather simulate flying one. Google did expand Google Earth with Google Sky last week and this seems to be an unpublicised, but most welcome add-on to the service.

How to get the Flight Simulator:

• Download the latest version of Google Earth
• Use it for some time by simply exploring around
• Then press Ctrl+Alt+A on PCs or Command+Option+A if you are running on OSX

You get the above screen. Select the options you want and start your flight. A full set of flying controls is also given by Google themselves. The controls are a bit jittery though and you don’t get a view of the aircraft or the cockpit. But it is the first version after all, so a lot can be expected soon.

Once you have entered flight simulator mode for the first time, you can re-enter the mode by choosing Tools > Enter Flight Simulator. So, the feature was hidden only for the first time, the next time onwards you needn’t use the shortcut to access the Flight Simulator.

Also, with a good internet connection the landscapes will render faster so as to keep up with the speed of the aircraft. Otherwise, you may not get a clear view of the ground and landscapes. The ‘game’ can also be played using Joysticks or Gamepads and also supports Force Feedback (vibration etc.).

I am sure everybody is as excited about this as I am. Let me know what you think of this new innovative feature from Google. A Microsoft Flight Simulator killer in the making perhaps?

Screenshots:

Full Credit to Marco Gallotta for the amazing find.

This site, as the name suggests provides you with screenshots of your website (or any other website for that matter) in different browsers and operating systems.

What is this?

Browsershots makes screenshots of your web design in different browsers.
It is a free open-source online service created by Johann C. Rocholl.
When you submit your web address, it will be added to the job queue.
A number of distributed computers will open your website in their browser.
Then they will make screenshots and upload them to the central server here.

This is primarily to ensure if your website design is compatible with the major browsers and also displays correctly in each of them. There are also options to set several parameters for the browsers as well, such as Javascript enabled/disabled, Flash enabled/disabled and Java enabled/disabled.

You can also (more…)