Some Very Useful Web Sites

Here is a small list of websites, across a wide variety of topics that you may find useful:

1. 280slides.com – create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world

2. alertful.com – quickly setup email reminders for important events

3. animoto.com – assembles stunning slideshows

4. aviary.com/myna – an online audio editor that lets record, and remix audio clips online

5. awesomehighlighter.com – easily highlight the important parts of a web page

6. bing.com/images – automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles

7. bounceapp.com – for capturing full length screenshots of web pages

8. boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps

9. bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser

10. buzzfeed.com – never miss another Internet meme or viral video

11. chipin.com – when you need to raise funds online for an event or a cause

12. citrify.com – supplies quick photo-editing tools

13. copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard

14. coralcdn.org – if a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through coral CDN

15. crimson room – Takagi’s cultish puzzle game

16. cutmp3.com – trims any song to ringtone length

17. dabbleboard.com – your virtual whiteboard

18. dingitsup.com – alerts you via SMS, twitter or email when a website goes down or comes back up

19. disposablewebpage.com – create a temporary web page that self-destruct

20. downforeveryoneorjustme.com – find if your favourite website is offline or not

21. dropbox.com – gives 2GB of storage and syncs files

22. droolr.com – lists the hottest gadgets

23. e.ggtimer.com – a simple online timer for your daily needs

24. encrypted.google.com – prevent your ISP and boss from reading your search queries

25. errorlevelanalysis.com – find whether a photo is real or a photo-shopped one

26. eventful.com – lists happenings in your area

27. evernote.com – captures ideas, notes, or audio

28. everytimezone.com – a less confusing view of the world time zones

29. example.com – this website can be used as an example in documentation

30. faxzero.com – send an online fax for free

31. fb.me/AppStore – search iOS app without launching iTunes

32. feedmyinbox.com – get RSS feeds as an email newsletter

33. filleritem.com – digs up useful but cheap items on Amazon for meeting the free-shipping amount

34. flightaware.com – live flight tracking service for airports worldwide

35. flightstats.com – track flight status at airports worldwide

36. followupthen.com – setup quick reminders via email itself

37. fontsquirrel.com – a good collection of fonts – free for personal and commercial use

38. formspring.me – you can ask or answer personal questions here

39. gasbuddy.com – reports current local fuel prices

40. genbook.com – allows clients to schedule appointments with your company

41. ge.tt – quickly send a file to someone, they can even preview it before downloading

42. goo.gl – shorten long URLs and convert URLs into QR codes

43. google.com/dictionary – get word meanings, pronunciations and usage examples

44. google.com/history – found something on Google but can’t remember it now

45. grooveshark.com – provides diverse music and social features in a slick interface

46. gtmetrix.com – the perfect tool for measuring your site performance online

47. hackaday.com – serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week

48. historio.us – preserve complete web pages with all the formatting

49. homestyler.com – design from scratch or re-model your home in 3D

50. howjsay.com – talking dictionary of English pronunciation

51. huddle.net – helps your workgroup manage projects, and offers online storage

52. humyo.com – provides 10GB of free storage

53. iconfinder.com – the best place to find icons of all sizes

54. imo.im – chat with your buddies on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, etc. from one place

55. isendr.com – transfer files without uploading to a server

56. isnsfw.com – when you wish to share a NSFW page but with a warning

57. iwantmyname.com – helps you search domains across all TLDs

58. jobspice.com – generates attractive online resumes

59. join.me – share you screen with anyone over the web

60. joliprint.com – reformats news articles and blog content as a newspaper

61. kuler.adobe.com – get colour ideas, also extract colours from photographs

62. librophile.com – offers downloadable audiobooks

63. livecage.com – allows live audio and video streaming

64. livestream.com – broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen

65. lmgtfy.com – when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own

66. localti.me – know more than just the local time of a city

67. logmein.com – gives you remote access to your PCs

68. lovelycharts.com – create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc

69. mailvu.com – send video emails to anyone using your web cam

70. measy.com – gives quizzes to narrow down choices

71. memorari.com – reminds you of your important dates by sending out quick notices to your mobile/email/im handle

72. mesh.com – syncs files and gives remote access

73. mint.com – syncs with your financial accounts to help you monitor your budget

74. mywot.com – check the trust level of any website

75. namemytune.com – when you need to find the name of a song

76. noteflight.com – print music sheets, write your own music online

77. nutritiondata.com – details the content of food at restaurants and in recipes

78. nutshellmail.com – Get your Facebook and Twitter streams in your inbox

79. office.com – download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents

80. onlineocr.net – recognize text from scanned PDFs and images

81. opentable.com – makes reservations at restaurants

82. passpack.com – manages all of your online passwords

83. pastebin.com – a temporary online clipboard for your text and code snippets

84. pdfescape.com – lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself

85. pearbudget.com – tracks your income and spending

86. phonebooth.com – provides phone services

87. picresize.com – online picture resizer

88. pixorial.com – presents easy-to-use video-editing tools

89. polishmywriting.com – check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors

90. prezi.com – create astonishing presentations live and on the web

91. printwhatyoulike.com – print web pages without the clutter

92. privnote.com – create text notes that will self-destruct after being read

93. proxify.com – gives you anonymous access to regionally blocked content

94. random.org – pick random numbers, flip coins, and more

95. regex.info – find data hidden in your photographs

96. retailmenot.com – provides store coupon codes

97. runpee.com – let’s you know when the best time is during a movie to go to the toilet

98. screenr.com – record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube

99. scribblemaps.com – create custom Google Maps easily

100. scr.im – share you email address online without worrying about spam

101. seatexpert.com – shows the best seats on any flight

102. seatguru.com – consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight

103. similarsites.com – discover new sites that are similar to what you like already

104. sitorsquat.com – indicates the closest clean restroom

105. sizeasy.com – visualize and compare the size of any product

106. smart.fm – provides free online courses

107. snapask.com – use email on your phone to find sports scores, read Wikipedia, etc

108. snopes.com – find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam

109. speedtest.net – assesses your Internet connection’s download and upload speeds

110. springpadit.com – supplies templates for organizing your personal data

111. spypig.com – now get read receipts for your email

112. sxc.hu – download stock images absolutely free

113. stickybits.com – links digital data to physical objects

114. stupeflix.com – make a movie out of your images, audio and video clips

115. sumopaint.com – an excellent layer-based online image editor

116. syfy.com – everything sci-fi

117. tabbloid.com – your favourite blogs delivered as PDFs

118. tempalias.com – generate temporary email aliases, better than disposable email

119. teuxdeux.com – groups your weekly tasks by date

120. textflow.com – simplifies document collaboration

121. thefind.com – ferrets out obscure products

122. thesocialmediaguide.com – awesome blog on social media!

123. timerime.com – create timelines with audio, video and images

124. tineye.com – this is like an online version of Google Goggles

125. tinychat.com – setup a private chat room in micro-seconds

126. topicfire.com – aggregates news in topics you choose

127. topsy.com – a better search engine for twitter

128. translate.google.com – translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents

129. truveo.com – the best place for searching web videos

130. twitpay.com – lets you raise funds via Twitter

131. tubemogul.com – simultaneously upload videos to YouTube and other video sites

132. typingweb.com – master touch-typing with these practice sessions

133. umbrella.com – tells you whether or not it’s umbrella carrying weather

134. untiny.me – find the original URLs that’s hiding behind a short URLs

135. urbandictionary.com – find definitions of slangs and informal words

136. usestacks.com – organizes tasks by person and project

137. valebrity.com – validates the authenticity of celebrities on social networks

138. viewer.zoho.com – Preview PDFs and Presentations directly in the browser

139. virustotal.com – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses

140. vocaroo.com – record your voice with a click

141. wakerupper.com – makes calls to rouse or remind you

142. warrick.cs.odu.edu – you’ll need this when your bookmarked web pages are deleted

143. wetransfer.com – for sharing really big files online

144. whatdoestheinternetthink.net – let’s you know what the internet thinks about something

145. whatfontis.com – quickly determine the font name from an image

146. whichdateworks.com – planning an event? find a date that works for all

147. whisperbot.com – send an email without using your own account

148. whoishostingthis.com – find the web host of any website

149. wobzip.org – unzip your compressed files online

150. wolframalpha.com – gets answers directly without searching

151. woorank.com – everything you wanted to know about a website

152. wordle.net – quick summarize long pieces of text with tag clouds

153. yammer.com – gives workgroups a private microblog

154. youtube.com/leanback – enjoy a never ending stream of YouTube videos in full-screen

155. yypewith.me – work on the same document with multiple people

156. zoho.com – offers a large variety of cloud-based apps

157. zoom.it – view very high-resolution images in your browser without scrolling

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