Apr 23

35 Incredibly Useful Facebook Applications for Better Connectivity

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35 Incredibly Useful Facebook Applications for Better Connectivity

Facebook is a leading social networking site with over 120 million members. There are now many Facebook applications that allow it be used productively in education and business. The success of many of these facebook applications is a testimony to the effectiveness of Facebook as a great platform to distribute networking services and connect with friends and colleagues. There are thousands of Facebook apps out there, however there are ones you can use to launch your Facebook profile.

Here are more than 35 of the best facebook applications that could be useful and make your profile efficient and appealing as possible. Please Don’t forget to share with us your favorite facebook application and tell us your thoughts about the ones listed below.

I just started to pay some attention to my Facebook Profile, feel free to add me so i can actually know what do you guys have in mind.

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Feb 15

40+ Useful & Handy Web Designer’s Web Services & Tools

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40+ Useful & Handy Web Designer’s Web Services & Tools

Nothing can be more useful than handy tools you can use “on the fly” in your design process. Whether you’d like diagramming application, create vector images, format or optimize CSS code, generate patterns- you can use dozens of tools to make your life easier. Today we wanted to share with you a comprehensive list of more than 40 online tools that will really make your life easier and on the fly.


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Feb 5

Readers Pick: 30+ Incredibly Useful Mac Apps for Web Design

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Readers Pick: 30+ Incredibly Useful Mac Apps for Web Design

Last week i wrote a post called “15+ Incredibly Useful Mac Apps For Freelance Web Designers“, i asked our readers to tell us what is their favorite Mac App and why do they love it.

In today’s post, we will showcase your suggestions: 30 incredibly useful Mac Apps for freelance web designers & developers to get their website or application styled in a fraction of the time it took before and help them manage their project efficiently to get their job done.

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Jan 29

15+ Incredibly Useful Mac Apps For Freelance Web Designers

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15+ Incredibly Useful Mac Apps For Freelance Web Designers

In today’s post you will find 15 incredibly useful Mac Apps for freelance web designers to get their website or application styled in a fraction of the time it took before and help them manage their project efficiently to get their job done.

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Jan 6

Top 20 iPhone Apps for Bloggers, Designers & Freelancers

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Top 20 iPhone Apps for Bloggers, Designers & Freelancers

This week I’d like to share with you 20 iPhone apps you might find interesting if you are a designer, blogger & freelancer.

Some apps seems odd at first, but works surprisingly well once you get going. So below you will find some useful organizational tools, others we thought might help inspire or motivate creativity, while the rest we have included simply because they will keep you connected with your team or your clients effectively while you are on the go.

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Nov 19

20 Twitter Status Design Tutorials, Icons & WP Plugins

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20 Twitter Status Design Tutorials, Icons & WP Plugins

Twitter has their own method for displaying your Twitter status on your website but they rely on Twitter-hosted scripts and generally hold up the page load. That’s why i would like to showcase some of the best tutorials and WordPress plugins that will display your twitter status on your blog or website. Also you will find high quality twitter icons to spice up your status area.

Below, we present 20 Brilliant Twitter Status Design Tutorials, beautiful twitter icons & WP Plugins to display your twitter status easily.

You might be interested to check this amazing collection of 25 Useful Twitter Tools and Firefox Plugins

I’ve been enjoying the Twitter thing more and more lately. Here is my Twitter page nourayehia if anyone wants to follow.

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Oct 8

25+ Incredibly Useful Twitter Tools and Firefox Plugins

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25+ Incredibly Useful Twitter Tools and Firefox Plugins

Twitter is an amazing service that we all love, everyday we notice a new twitter tool or service that makes using it more easy and fun. Today we wanted to highlight more than 25 of our favorite Twitter add-ons, tools and services that won’t resist. This list is not intended to be all-inclusive, let us know your favorite twitter tool and why you like it.
I just got my new twitter account nourayehia, feel free to add me if you want to know what we are up to.

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Sep 24

Top 20 Greasemonkey Scripts to Boost Your Google Experience

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Top 20 Greasemonkey Scripts to Boost Your Google Experience

Greasemonkey Firefox extension adds a bit of Javascript to certain web pages and runs it every time you visit, to change the functionality and appearance of those pages.

There are thousands of scripts that you can install to customize just about anything you can think of. However, there are a few scripts that are quite useful and popular that you should consider using if you’re not already doing so!


So Today, we’ve brought together the top 20 Google related Greasemonkey scripts to enhance your Gmail, Google Reader and Google search experience.

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Sep 9

20 Firefox Add-ons to Enhance your Web Development

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20 Firefox Add-ons to Enhance your Web Development

There are lots of free extensions and add-ons available on the internet for Firefox, but which are the best add-ons that can Really help you as a web developer or designer in terms of time and effort?

Many of our readers suggested some great add-ons in our previous post, Designer´s Toolbox : 15+ Time Saving Tools- What´s your Secret? . Today i would like to highlight your suggestions and other add-ons that will help make your web development process quicker and more productive. So here’s 20 extremely useful Firefox Add-ons that can help developers create websites more efficiently.


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Sep 3

Designer´s Toolbox : 15+ Time Saving Tools- What´s your Secret?

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Designer´s Toolbox : 15+ Time Saving Tools- What´s your Secret?

Every Designer has his favorite tools and add-ons that definitely comes in handy when needed. What is more useful than simple, time-saving and handy tools you can use in the development process? Here is a roundup of 15 tools, services and add-ons that is worth your time.

Let us know your experience with the tools listed here or and others that you use to keep you going.

I would like to create a gallery here on Noupe to showcase the best Tools, Services and Add-ons that will definitely save time and effort for designers and developers.

Let us know your favorite tool, just add its link and why do you like it.


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