https://wpshout.com/category/software-and-tools/ A hub for advanced WordPress users, developers & savvy business owners. Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:11:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://wpshout.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-main-icon1x-32x32.png https://wpshout.com/category/software-and-tools/ 32 32 https://wpshout.com/convergence-ai-review/ https://wpshout.com/convergence-ai-review/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:00:35 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=147852 According to the internet lately, AI agents are the next wave of innovative AI tech that's going to make us more efficient, make our lives easier, take our jobs, or end the world. Okay, maybe not that last one, but still, the point is that there are a lot of opinions flying around about AI agents.]]> https://wpshout.com/convergence-ai-review/feed/ 6 I Tried My First AI Agent - Convergence AI - and Let's Just Say... Have you been dying to try an AI agent? Well now you can (for free). Convergence AI recently released "Proxy." Here's my review of it. convergence ai review Convergence AI Proxy https://wpshout.com/deepseek-ai/ https://wpshout.com/deepseek-ai/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:35:24 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=147178 The new DeepSeek R1 model from China launched last week. If you're into AI or even into technology more broadly, it was hard to miss the news. Everyone was talking about it. But it's not just that. It's the way everyone was talking about it. I was left with the impression that DeepSeek is going to drive a stake through the heart of OpenAI and Anthropic.]]> https://wpshout.com/deepseek-ai/feed/ 6 DeepSeek R1 https://wpshout.com/open-ai-sora-review/ https://wpshout.com/open-ai-sora-review/#respond Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:07:07 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=146392 If you haven't tried Sora yet (or are in a region where it's not currently available) and you're curious about it, then keep reading. I will begin with an overview of Sora's usage limits, its UI / UX, and the different ways you can make a video with it. Then I'll share samples of the videos I made - both good and bad - and I'll review some of Sora's additional features that you can use to edit your videos.]]> https://wpshout.com/open-ai-sora-review/feed/ 0 I Tried OpenAI's Sora Video Generator https://wpshout.com/grok-free-version-plus-aurora/ https://wpshout.com/grok-free-version-plus-aurora/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:16:07 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=145892 Despite the lack of official announcement (as of the time of this writing), X’s signature AI tool – Grok – is quite different from what it was less than a week ago. Let’s take a closer look at the new free version of Grok and also the premium Aurora feature.]]> https://wpshout.com/grok-free-version-plus-aurora/feed/ 2 quiet Changes to Grok AI https://wpshout.com/best-smtp-providers/ https://wpshout.com/best-smtp-providers/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:31:20 +0000 https://wpshout.com/blog/?p=23379 Do you use email as one of the puzzle pieces in your overall online business strategy? If the answer is yes, and it probably indeed is yes, then you should look into what some of the best SMTP providers can do for you – and that's both in terms of giving you new tools to make your existing tasks easier, as well as revealing totally new possibilities.]]> https://wpshout.com/best-smtp-providers/feed/ 11 Best SMTP Providers https://wpshout.com/i-installed-wordpress-on-raspberry-pi-my-experience/ https://wpshout.com/i-installed-wordpress-on-raspberry-pi-my-experience/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:27:09 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=135549 I explain exactly how to install WordPress on Raspberry Pi with a simple, step-by-step tutorial and thoughts on its overall usefulness. I planned to backup my version of Home Assistant currently running on my Raspberry Pi 4 and walk through the entire process of setting up a local WordPress environment using a Raspberry Pi. To my surprise, this setup was fun and simple enough once I sifted through the barrage of convoluted tutorials online. I also found a myriad of useful reasons to install WordPress on Raspberry Pi.]]> https://wpshout.com/i-installed-wordpress-on-raspberry-pi-my-experience/feed/ 3 Install WordPress on Raspberry Pi. https://wpshout.com/best-youtube-banner-maker/ https://wpshout.com/best-youtube-banner-maker/#respond Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:34:36 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=82916 You don’t really need a specialized YouTube banner maker to create your channel art. However, if you’re looking to keep visitors on your channel page longer, you might want to work with nothing but the best YouTube banner maker.]]> https://wpshout.com/best-youtube-banner-maker/feed/ 0 Best YouTube banner makers https://wpshout.com/hubspot-alternatives/ https://wpshout.com/hubspot-alternatives/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 12:15:00 +0000 https://wpshout.com/?p=113383 As someone who's in the market for HubSpot alternatives, you've probably had a taste of the platform and seen for yourself just how complex its architecture is. It features multiple advanced tool suites, all of which can be difficult to wrap your head around. In this article we'll introduce you to simpler (and cheaper!) sales and marketing solutions that might fit your needs better.]]> https://wpshout.com/hubspot-alternatives/feed/ 0 hubspot alternatives