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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

101 Most Useful Websites And Web Apps You Must Know

Presenting the 101 most useful websites on the internet. These sites, well most of them, solve at least one problem really well and they all have simple web addresses (URLs) that you can memorize thus saving you a trip to Google.
1. http://www.ctrlq.org/screenshots – for capturing screenshots of web pages on mobile and desktops.
2. http://www.dictation.io – online voice recognition in the browser itself.
3. http://www.zerodollarmovies.com – find full-length movies on YouTube.
4. http://www.screenr.com – record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube.
5. http://www. – shorten long URLs and convert URLs into QR codes.
6. http://www.unfurlr.come – find the original URL that’s hiding behind a short URL.
7. http://www.qClock – find the local time of a city using a Google Map.
8. http://www.copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard.
9. http://www.postpost.com – a better search engine for twitter.
10. http://www.lovelycharts.com – create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc.
11. http://www.iconfinder.com – the best place to find icons of all sizes.
12. http://www.office.com – download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents.
13. http://www.followupthen.com – the easiest way to setup email reminders.
14. http://www.jotti.org – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
15. http://www.wolframalpha.com – gets answers directly without searching – see more wolfram tips.
16. http://www.printwhatyoulike.com – print web pages without the clutter.
17. http://www.joliprint.com – reformats news articles and blog content as a newspaper.
18. http://www.ctrql.org/rss – a search engine for RSS feeds.
19. http://www.e.ggtimer.com – a simple online timer for your daily needs.
20. http://www.coralcdn.org – if a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through coral CDN.
21. http://www.random.org – pick random numbers, flip coins, and more.
22. http://www.pdfescape.com – lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself.
23. http://www.tubemogul.com – simultaneously upload videos to YouTube and other video sites.
24. http://www.scr.im – share you email address online without worrying about spam.
25. http://www.spypig.com – now get read receipts for your email.
26. http://www.sizeasy.com – visualize and compare the size of any product.
27. http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont – quickly determine the font name from an image.
28. http://www.google.com/webfonts – a good collection of open source fonts.
29. http://www.regex.info – find data hidden in your photographs – see more EXIF tools.
30. http://www.livestream.com – broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen.
31. http://www.iwantmyname.com – helps you search domains across all TLDs.
32. http://www.homestyler.com – design from scratch or re-model your home in 3d.
33. http://www.join.me – share you screen with anyone over the web.
34. http://www.onlineocr.net – recognize text from scanned PDFs – see other OCR tools.
35. http://www.flightstats.com – Track flight status at airports worldwide.
36. http://www.wetransfer.com – for sharing really big files online.
37. http://www.hundredzeros.com – the site lets you download free Kindle books.
38. http://www.polishmywriting.com – check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors.
39. http://www.marker.to – easily highlight the important parts of a web page for sharing.
40. http://www.typewith.me – work on the same document with multiple people.
41. http://www.whichdateworks.com – planning an event? find a date that works for all.
42. http://www.everytimezone.com – a less confusing view of the world time zones.