In this issue, we cover some interesting websites useful for daily use to increase our productivity.
PEXELS.COM
We often need to use photos from the web in our presentations, blogs, brochures or websites. Looking up images online and using them is always fraught with copyright and proprietary risks. You never know when you could be sued!
Pexels is a free stock photo and video website and app that helps designers, bloggers, and everyone looking for visuals to find great photos and videos that can be downloaded and used for free. If you see an image or video you like, simply download it – no strings attached! All photos and videos on Pexels are free for commercial use also. The only condition is that you should not profess that the projected pictures endorse your product or service. Of course, you cannot sell the photos or videos unless you have edited them or added value to the original.
If you wish, you could create your account at Pexels, which would help you create collections, follow photographers you love and get a customized, curated homepage depending on your preferences. And, if you’d like to contribute your work to Pexels, they accept photos and videos from everyone.
So go ahead and get world famous with your pics and videos!
Website: https://pexels.com
Android: https://bit.ly/3uOKzke
iOS: https://apple.co/3BeoZad
REMOVE.BG
This very simple website does what it says – it just removes the background from any of your photos. More often than not, when we have wonderful pics, they are marred by the background, and it is painfully difficult to remove.
In such cases, you need to head to https://remove.bg and upload your pic there, and within seconds, you can get the same pic without the background. The AI engine that drives the entire process is very efficient and can instantly give you the pic with a transparent background. You could use this for portraits, pets and even objects.
And, if you want more than the original with a transparent background, you may automatically turn that image into a design with another elaborate background with a single click! With various embellishments available, you can surprise yourself and your friends with an excellent pic with a background of your choice!
Website: https://www.remove.bg/
EMICALCULATOR.NET
This is a very simple and efficient EMI calculator online. Just enter the principal amount, interest rate, and loan period, and you will instantly get the EMI. It also gives you the calculations and the working for the entire calculation, the principal amount repaid, the interest you are paying each year, and their totals over the entire loan period.
If you are working for a bank or financial institution and have to do these calculations daily, they have a mobile-friendly EMI Calculator widget that you can install on your phone.
If you have a Banking or Financial Website developed on WordPress, they also provide you with a WordPress plugin which you could incorporate directly on your website and allow your users to do the calculations right on your WordPress website.
Website: https://emicalculator.net/
Android: https://bit.ly/3HNrz9B
iOS: https://apple.co/3rGfA86
MANUALSLIB.COM
In this modern age, we purchase and use many devices and gadgets in our homes and offices. They all come with a warranty and a manual. The manual is invariably misplaced and difficult to find when the warranty is over. And after five years, the company website may not have the required manual or may be very difficult to locate.
In comes ManualsLib.com, with manuals of over 3.9 million products belonging to more than 1,07,000 brands. Just type in the Brand Name, Product and Model Number, and you will instantly get a pdf version of the manual you are looking for, no lengthy multi-level searches which may take a while.
They also have an Android App which performs the same function – you may also add manuals and guides to your ‘My Manuals’ list, create folders for easy access and even search inside a document!
A very valuable tool to get your manual instantly at your fingertips.
Website: https://www.manualslib.com/
Android : https://bit.ly/3BinKGX
