Cool Software and Websites: (All free unless stated otherwise)
- AniBoom - it’s all about animations here; lots of free-to-watch animation movies, open competitions, and bunch of tools for producing something of your own
- AppUpdate (Mac) - “…free Dashboard Widget that can automatically check for updates to your installed software. It supports Apple’s software directory, MacUpdate and Version Tracker. It will present you with a tidy link list of all the updates found, enabling you to read release-notes and download the the updates quickly and painlessly.“
- Babelfish - popular web-based translator, not only you can use it to translate text but also translate and browse foreign websites (Chinese, German, Spanish….)
- Firedoodle - firefox addon that lets quickly add sticky-like memo notes to any visited webpage. It can be a personal memo, a note marking a place where you left off, copy of highlighted text, etc.
- Huddle - web-based team collaboration tool: work on documents (no inbuilt document editor), plan projects, add notes, send reminder, etc. Free account option is limited to 5 users and 25 MB of storage.
- Lecturefox - free lecture notes, podcasts and video lectures from several universities all over the world
- OnlineSignOff - handy online tool to manage your agreements and contracts. [Howto: (1) Create a document, attach files, include your terms and send it to your client. (2) Client receives an email with an authorization key and a link where s/he can review the document and accept/decline it. (3) You're notified about client's decision]
- SpeedBit Video Accelerator for YouTube (Windows) - makes Youtube video streams faster and smoother by reducing buffering time, video freezing problems and interruptions. Additionally, lets you bookmark played videos for easy and faster replays.
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