How Old Do I Look website from Microsoft

Everyone wants to know – Do I look younger or older than I actually am? Well for all those who have this question, there is now a website that can guess you age and your gender from any photograph.

How Old Do I Look

Microsoft recently released a Face detection API. Based on this API, it took a couple of developers just a day to put this website together. This website allows users to upload their photograph. The API then tries to guess the age and gender of any faces recognized in that picture.

Face APIs are a part of Microsoft Project Oxford, which provides state-of-the-art algorithms to process face images, including gender, age, recognition, alignment and other application-level features.

The key components of this website are:

1. Extracting the gender and age of the people in these pictures.
2. Obtaining real-time insights on the data extracted above.
3. Creating real-time dashboards to view the above results.

We also got real-time insights to learn more about how people were using this tool. For instance, we assumed that folks would not want to upload their own pictures but would prefer to select from pre-canned images such as what they found online. But we what we found out was that over half the pictures analyzed were of people who had uploaded their own images, said Microsoft.

The results were not bad too. The website put my age at 47, whereas I am a couple of years older than that.

Go visit how-old.net and see what it has to say about you. Let us know if it guessed correctly about you.

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Most useful Websites on the Internet that you must visit

Most of us surf the Internet daily. But when exploring, how frequently do you came across useful websites? There are a lot of useful websites you may be visiting at least once. But sometimes, you may feel at a loss and wonder which site to visit. In such cases, some of these websites may interest you. Here os a list of useful & interesting websites, some helpful, yet others just for fun. Some of these may interest students as well. Visit them when you are bored!

Most Useful Websites

I will take you through few useful websites among many. I felt really amazed after knowing them and thought of sharing them with you. So, let’s jump in to the list without any further delay.

1. dictation.io

It is an online dictation website. You can start speaking and the words you speak appear on the screen with the help of online voice recognition in the browser itself.

2. zerodollarmovies.com

This website provides you the list of movies which you can watch on YouTube for free. You are also provided with instant search. Watch your favorite movie on YouTube for free!

3. screenr.com

This helps you to record whatever you do on your Windows desktop and share the URL with any one you want. You can even upload the recordings of your desktop straight to YouTube.

4. Wolfram Alpha

Wolfram Alpha is a knowledge-based search engine. It gives you the solutions – not like other search engines, which just give you the links to other websites.. Get to know how best you can make use of Wolfram Alpha.

5. lmgtfy.com

‘Let Me Google That for you’ is very useful if your friend is too lazy to Google. Visit the website, enter the search and share the generated link with your friends. 

6. Rainy Mood

When you are feeling bored or irritated, just visit this website. It generates a rain sound and you will feel comfortable for sure.

7. Soundrown

It is similar to Rainy Mood, but offers some more options. You can listen to rain sound, birds voice, sound generated at coffee shop, train sound and many more sounds all at once to boost your mood.

8. e.ggtimer.com

Use this website as an online timer to complete your daily tasks. You can set the timer for 5 minutes or 10 minutes or any time you want.

9. Microsoft 15 minute webinars

Want to know how to use Microsoft Word, Excel or any other Microsoft Office help? Then, you must visit this website for sure. You will get to know how to use Microsoft Office products.

10. copypastecharacter.com

If you want to use any special character which is not present on your keyboard, then this website will be very helpful. It provides you with a wide variety of special characters.

11. followupthen.com

It helps you the send email reminders. If you want to perform a task at a particular time, then this would be helpful. It will remind you of the task by email.

12. random.org

You might need to generate random numbers or flip a coin and more. This website would help you for sure.

13. tubemogul.com

Wondering how to upload a video to other video sites along with YouTube? Then, this website will help you to upload videos to other video sites like Daily Motion, Vimeo and more, with a single action.

14. hundredzeros.com

Are you fond of reading novels and books in Kindle? This website allows you to download free kindle books.

15. similarsites.com

If you want to find similar sites to the website you are interested in, then this website helps you to find them. Just enter the website address for which you want to find similar sites and it generates a list of similar websites.

16. downforeveryoneorjustme.com

This website will be let you know whether the website you want is down only for your or for everyone.

17. mailvu.com

This one will help you to send to video email using your webcam to anyone.

18. privnote.com

This helps you to create text notes and will self-destruct after they are being read. Create notes, share the link and once the recipient reads the note, it get destroyed. The service will even notify you once the note gets destroyed.

19. mixlr.com

It is useful to broadcast your audio. You just concentrate on what you need to speak and this website will broadcast your audio all over the web.

20. 10minutemail

Want to beat spam? If you want to use an email address somewhere, but are not interested in receiving any updates from the service or website, use this website to generate a temporary email address which will be valid for only 10 minutes.

Useful Websites for Students

Here are some useful websites which may specifically interest students.

1. Create Love Charts

If you want to create neat flow charts, network diagrams and more, you can use this website. It is very easy to create any kind of flow chart.

2. codeacademy.com

Want to learn any programming or need to code online? Visit this website and learn coding online.

3. Essay Typer

Want to correct content for the topic? Visit this website and enter the title. Keep on pressing the “Enter” button and you will see that content being generated for you on the screen automatically. It is advised to read the content thoroughly, before you take it down.

4. polishmywriting.com

Use this website to check grammar and spelling errors. Place the content you wrote in the place provided and it shows you the grammar and spelling errors.

5. Khan Academy

I hope this does not require any introduction. Just head over to the website and there are various free lessons available for most of the courses.

    6. Lumosity

This website provides you puzzle games and brain storming games. Visit this website when you have some time and take up te challenges offered.

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14 Best Websites offering Free Stock Photos

Stock photography is the supply of photographs, which are often licensed for specific uses. It is used to fulfill the needs of creative assignments instead of hiring a photographer, often for a lower cost. If you have been searching for stock images on the internet, there are many sites offering them, but almost all of them offer these photos at a price. And if at all stock images comes free, they might be watermarked.

But you can still find stock images on many sites offering them for free. So here is a list of best websites offering stock photos for free. Although these sites are offering free photos, some of them might require an attribution. So make sure you read the terms on the website before using them. These photos will be licensed under Creative commons licence.

Here are two common licenses you might encounter:

• Creative Commons zero means that you can use the photos both commercially and personal use, without asking permission.

• Creative Commons with attribution means that you can use the photo in any way you want, as long as you credit the creator of the photo. You will need to mention the photographers name and/or link to the website.

1. Stock Snap:

Stock Snap is a useful website offering free high quality stock photos. You can also upload photos. The site offers hundreds of them and new photos are added weekly. You can also browse the collection or search for particular type.

2. SplitShire:

SplitShire is created by graphic designer and photographer and offers delicious free stock photos for personal & commercial use.

3. Death to the Stock Photo:

Death to the Stock Photo offers good collection of personal and commercial use photos every month. You can simply sign up for the email list and photos are curated and delivered to your inbox.

4. Gratisograhy:

Gratisography offers free high resolution pictures which you can use on your personal and commercial projects. Easily download the images with the option available and new pictures are added weekly.

5. IM Free:
IM Free is another great website which offers curated photos for free and commercial usage. You can find templates, buttons, icons and more as well. The stock images are well-organized and grouped by category.

6. PicJumbo:
PicJumbo offers totally free photos for your commercial & personal works. New photos are added frequently into different categories like abstract, animals, architecture etc.

7. Picography:
Picography offers free hi-resolution photos for personal and commercial use. You can also search photos on the site and has the option to submit your own collection.

8. Unsplash
Unsplash is yet another useful site offering free high-resolution photos. The site is updated with 10 new photos every 10 days.

9. SuperFamous:
Superfamous is the Los Angeles-based studio of Dutch interaction designer Folkert Gorter and his photography is available under the conditions of a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. This means that you can use the work for your own purposes including commercial use as long as credit is provided.

10. Jay Mantri:
Jay Mantri is a designer and offers this awesome collection of photos for free and new photos (7 of them) are updated every Thursday.

11. Life of Pix:
Life of Pix offers free high resolution photos without any copyright restrictions. Images available can be used for personal and commercial purpose and new photos are added weekly.

12. Magdeleine:
Magdeleine offers free high resolution images for free. The photos are beautifully sorted into categories and you can even find photos based on the colors.

13. Raumrot:
Raumrot offers free stock photos for your commercial and personal works. All available hi-res/hi-quality pictures you can use on personal and commercial projects.

14. Public Domain Archive

Public Domain Archive is a collection of non-copyrighted images that are free to use both for personal and commercial purposes. The site has uploads weekly and you can check the images in variety of categories. Many of the images on this site are curated from other sites on this list.

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