Cool Websites and Tools [December 29th, 2009]

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(1) Things You Saw In A Movie – Been wondering what car model Robert Downey Jr. rode in the film Iron Man? ThingsYouSawInAMovie is a website that lists various blockbuster movies and provides a list of products that were featured in these films and instructions on how you can find them. Read more: ThingsYouSawInAMovie: Find Products Used In Movies

(2) Backupify – We leave it up to the cloud to take care of our data without ever worrying about losing them. However, there will be times where you could lose all of it when your account gets hacked, deleted or when a web service goes down permanently. Backupify is a web service that helps prevent such problems by backing up your online accounts automatically. Read more: Backupify: Backup Your Online Accounts Easily

(3) FuelCharts – is a handy app that lets you monitor your energy usage online and helps you find out just how much energy does a house use. It lets you track, chart, and set up reminders for all of your home energy needs. Having this information will allow you to understand where your energy budget is being spent. Read more: FuelCharts: Track & analyze how much energy your house uses

(4) SubscriberWars – Internet celebrity stardom has never been more possible with the advent of new social media websites. Subscriber Wars is a neat web list that lets you follow and discover the most subscribed YouTube, Twitter and Facebook users. You can see a link to the accounts of these so-called social media leaders so you can easily follow them. Read more: SubscriberWars: Lists most subscribed YouTube, Twitter & Facebook accounts

(5) Tixsux – If you are tired of paying endless collection of parking tickets because you always forget to move your car on time, check out Tixsux. It is a Twitter-based web service that helps you to avoid parking fines via reminder calls. Read more: Tixsux: Avoid Parking Fines Through Twitter

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  • http://www.jagonews.com/ Ahsan Malik

    all five of them are superb , but mine most favorite is first one , ” Things which you saw in Movie “. I believe this is the major one’s in all five , how u attract someone to sit for a while

    • http://makeuseof.com Aibek

      Yeah, I really like that one as well.