Cool Websites and Tips (makeuseof extra #65)

Cool Software and Websites: (All FREE unless stated otherwise)

• Amnesty Generator (Win, Mac) - utility to convert web embeddable widgets – designed for blogs or MySpace – into desktop gadgets for your Vista Sidebar or Mac Dashboard.
• Blinksale - create, print, manage and send professionally-designed invoices online.
• Babelgum - IPTV service. “… allows users to enjoy free, on-demand, personalized channels. Choosing from niche and mainstream content, users create their own TV channels. Instead of user-generated clips, Babelgum features professional video material on a broad range of topics from lifestyle to sports.”
• Expensr - online personal finance manager to track your spendings. Features include: categorize your expenses, visual tracking aids (pie charts, bar graphs, etc.), compare your spendings with others, option to import your bank statements, and more.
• ExtremeTracking - free traffic stats tracker, provides bunch of advanced features necessary to picture your visitors. Conveniently arranged numbers, percentages, stats, totals and averages.
• Lumosity - cool brain fitness program that claims to improve your memory, attention and processing speed. Make sure to take their 10-min LumosIQ brightness test (free only while in beta).
• Maestro - access, share and manage you music remotely.
• Particls - a smart, highly customizable and quite sophisticated RSS reader that will display, prioritize and rank incoming news based on the reading history, subscribed feeds and several other details. View Demo
• TechBargains - fresh tech deals, bargains and coupons on a daily basis.

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