Cool Websites and Tools [June 7]

Jun. 7th, 2009 By Aibek

Check out some of the latest MakeUseOf discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory.

(1) GroceryWiz – Website for creating grocery shopping lists and managing them in one place online. Created lists can be shared with a group of people (family, roommate etc) allowing everyone to add items they need into the same list. Quite useful when planning parties. Read more: GroceryWiz: Create Grocery Shopping List

(2) Gickr – Online app that lets you quickly create animated GIFs online. To start, simply upload images from your computer, Flickr account or YouTube, select the width of the image, set the animation speed and then click on the “Continue”. When the animation is ready, you can preview it online and if satisfied, download it as a GIF image. Read more: Gickr: Create Animated GIFs Online

(3) Hyplet – Web service for creating embeddable signatures, ID’s and web flyers. The site provides you with variety of templates to choose from. Just pick one and fill in your credentials like Name, Title, Email, Phone Number, IM, social networking identities, etc. You can also upload your image and customize text color and font. Read more: Hyplet: Create Personal Signatures, ID’s & Web Flyers

(4) Navify – New web service that makes Wikipedia better. It lets you browse each Wikipedia article along with relevant images (from Flickr) and videos (from YouTube) in one place. Similarly to Wikipedia, you can anonymously contribute to content by adding more images and videos. Read more: Navify: A Better Wikipedia (with Images & Videos )

(5) PDFtoWord – Free and very accurate PDF-to-Word converter that claims to have the most precise conversion technology than other similar tools, including expensive desktop alternatives. It tries to preserve the formatting and page layout of the original PDF file as much as possible, so that you don’t waste time reformatting the retrieved content. Read more: PDFtoWord: Accurate PDF To Word Converter

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