59 Cool Websites

All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option).

(1) Doodle - Next time you need to schedule a meeting, try Doodle: it’s smart, simple, fast, and doesn’t require any sign-up.

(2) MyVoipProvider - Compare VoIP calling rates to any country worldwide. MyVoipProvider looks through hundreds of popular VoIP providers (Skype, VoipBuster, Jajah etc.) and lists them based on the calling rates.

(3) PhoneSpell - Ever wonder what the letters that are associated with your phone number spell out. This is the place to find it out.

(4) phpForm - Great online form creator for those who aren’t sure of HTML. Create forms quickly and efficiently.

(5) Pingie - Free RSS to SMS service that allows users to forward RSS feeds to mobile phones.

(6) SwarmSketch - Online sketch board where 1000s of people collaborate on all kinds of sketches. Each week SwarmSketch randomly chooses some popular search term and makes it the sketch subject for the week.

(7) SubwayMaps - Find and print subway and metro maps for almost any city that has a subway. In addition to maps you can also get such info as hours of operation, ticket price, related subway images, etc.

(8) WebFormFactory - Every online form needs a backend code, something that grabs the input data and processes it. WFF is an open source online form generator which automatically generates the necessary backend code to tie your form to a database. Combine it with above phpForm, and you have everything you need to design and place forms on your website.

(9) WhatTheFont - Online font recognition tool that identifes the font type (Arial, Helvetica, Time New Roman, Tahoma etc.) by scanning font image.

(10) YouTorrent - Newly launched torrent search site that enables users to search and compare torrents from 12 popular torrent engines (Mininova, The Pirate Bay … ) simultaneously.

(11) ATMLocator - Instantly locate and get address details for nearby ATM Cash Machines in almost any country worldwide.

(12) BrowserShots - Web-based browser combatibility check tool that allows designers to preview website look in all popular browsers at the same time.

(13) Digby - Use your BlackBerry to find, browse and buy popular merchandise including books, music, DVDs, flowers etc.

(14) Meemix - Online music recommendation service that serves you custom playlists (aka ‘Mee stations’) based on selected songs or artists. Create stations, share stations with friends, tune-in to stations created by other members, etc.

(15) MobSaver - Lookup (compare) product prices on Amazon and eBay via text messaging. Just text UPC or ISBN number of any item to ’save@mobsaver.com’ and shortly after you should receive a text message with the item prices on Amazon and eBay.

(16) PDFHammer - Extremely useful online tool that lets you merge and rearrange PDF documents online.

(17) PriceHub - If you are in the market for a new car, or want to sell one, you can use PriceHub to get a fairly good idea about how much other people have paid for a similar car.

(18) PrintFreeGraphPaper - Create and print custom graph paper sheets. Perfect for science and math students, craft projects etc.

(19) ScrubIT - Free DNS service that offers a bunch of useful improvements to your internet connection. These include better connection speed, automatic blocking of malicious websites and domain typo fixer.

(20) toRead - Tiny browser bookmarklet that sends current webpage to your email address. Just click on ‘toread’ button on yout toolbar and the page will be forwarded to your email.

(21) Bodocus - Love to watch documentaries ? Bodocus is a documentary movie directory where you can freely access and stream over 650 documenatary movies.

(22) CanYouRunIt - One-click web utility that inspects your computer’s hardware and configuration settings to determine whether or not your system can run a particular game. Must-have bookmark for any gamer.

(23) CoverItLive - Stream live commentary onto your web pages or blog so your readers can follow you in real time. Extremely useful for live coverage of events, conferences, interviews etc. In addition to commentary you can also post polls, youtube videos, images from Google, accept questions from viewers, etc.

(24) IM-History - Desktop application that lets your save and sync your IM conversations for multiple instant messengers in one place. Whether you’re on Skype, MSN, AIM, ICQ, at work or at home, you can have all chat conversations securely stored in one place.

(25) InstaSaver - Free web-based screensaver maker that lets you transform your favorite photos into a Windows screensaver.

(26) PixDrop - Easily send pictures from a computer to your mobile phone. If you need a new wallpaper for your phone PixDrop is one of the faster and free ways to get it.

(27) SendMeRSS - Simple ‘RSS to email service’ that allows you to receive latest posts from your favorite blogs or websites by email. SendMeRSS checks each of the websites you’ve selected at least once in every two hours. If there is something new it gets instantly forwarded to your email.

(28) SurfTheChannel - Yet another online destination for streaming popular TV content for free. Stream TV shows, movies, documentaries, anime shows, etc.

(29) Taskado - Online project manager and collaboration tool for teams: collaborate on projects, delegate tasks to others, assign different priviledges to each collaborator, etc.

(30) TimeBridge - Fully automated meeting manager that can schedule and organize meetings for you. It’s free, takes less than a minute to sign-up and fully integrable with M. Outlook and Google Calendar.

(31) Adobe Share - Online document storage and sharing service from Adobe. Store and share office files from one centralized location and access it from any PC.

(32) Clip2Net - Must-have for anyone who frequently deals with screenshots. It’s a small desktop client that lets you easily capture and annotate screenshots (add highlights, arrows, …) and embed ready screenshots on any webpage. It’s also an excellent file sharing client.

(33) MeBeam - The simplest way to setup informal video / audio conference calls with with up to 18 people simultaneously. No sign-up or download required.

(34) Keybr - Quick and easy online training tool to practice your touch typing skills.

(35) Morale-O-Meter - Keep track of your morale, health, sleep, alcohol and caffeine consumption on a daily basis. Plot everything on a graph, share graphs with friends, compare your stats against others, and so on.

(36) Nymbler - Smart baby name guide to help you find the ideal name for your newborn.

(37) OhDontForget - Free mobile text messaging service with the option to schedule SMS delivery on any date and time you want. No registration required.

(38) reQall - reQall helps you remember stuff when you’re on the go - ideas, appointments, phone numbers, anything. Just dial provided toll-free number and ask reqall to remember it.

(39) Visual Dictionary - Visual dictionary from Merriam-Webster.

(40) Web-Alerts - Watches your favorite blogs or websites for updates and texts you as soon as there is something new.

(41) AirlineMeals - “The world’s first and leading site about nothing but airline food”. Excellent community where travelers submit, review and discuss airline meals.

(42) CameraSummary - Web-based image data extractor that extracts additional information from the JPEG images. Just upload your picture and it will instantly tell you what model of digicam was used, image creation date, camera resolution settings and lots of other details.

(43) CuePrompter - First of a kind, online teleprompter (autocue) service. Copy ‘n paste some text to CuePromter and it will run an enlarged line-by-line copy of it.

(44) Google Mobilizer - Free tool to mobilize any website and make it accessible from your mobile phone or PDA.

(45) Kwout - Handy web-based quote maker that allows you to quote a webpage (or part of it) as an image with an image map (screenshots that can have links in them).

(46) MoDazzle - This service allows you to access Facebook, LinkedIn and dozens of other web services (local directory services, weather, stock quotes, etc.) via email or mobile text messaging (sms): Update your Facebook ’status’, get ‘un-read’ messages from your Facebook inbox, get someone’s profile info from LinkedIn, request driving directions, read restaurant reviews, get location of the nearest Starbucks, and more.

(47) NetworkText - Free texting service for groups. Upload your contacts, organize contacts into groups, and send free group text messages both from web or mobile phone.

(48) OSLiving - Nicely organized collection of best open source software package in one place.

(49) PicMarkr - Finally, free online service to watermark your images. PicMarkr allows you to protect and brand your images by adding a custom image or text watermarks.

(50) Resolio - Free service to create and publish professionally looking resumes online.

(51) StumbleUpon - StumbleUpon’s service lets users bookmark and discover new sites they love.

(52) Twitter - Twitter, the new addictive microblogging platform.

(53) Netvibes - Based in London, Tariq Karim and Freddy Mini’s Netvibes has made waves in the U.S. as a top personalized web portal.

(54) Meebo - Meebo made instant messaging ubiquitous by bringing it online. They then developed it into a platform where anyone could add chat to their applications.

(55) Zoho - Zoho’s comprehensive online suite of 14 business applications ranging from document editing to CRM continues to lead the way in the move away from desktop computing to working in the cloud.

(56) iMedix - iMedix combines search and social networking to change the way people find health information online. Users are encouraged to help each other by sharing health experiences and links from around the web.

(57) ZapTXT - Get RSS feed updates in your IM program with ZapTXT.

(58) MetrO - Métro is a free worldwide public transport guide can be used on the web and on most existing smart phones. Download the program for over 250 cities wordlwide and have an easy subway, bus and tram station guide rite on your phone. It lets you calculate travel time, major landmarks (in major cities), shortest distances and of-course travel direction between any stations.

(59) TripIt - TripIt is a handy itinerary planner for those going on an independent trip. Simply forward your individual booking confirmations, reservation emails etc. TripIt recognizes these emails and creates a master itinerary that puts together all the individual pieces, provides extra information where appropriate (maps, weather information etc), enables the user to add notes and ultimately share and collaborate on this master itinerary with others.

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