30 Useful (and Unknown) Web Apps You Need to Bookmark
Mint is a popular financial planning web app, with a whole suite of functions for keeping track of your money. The fact that you’re entrusting information about your bank account, investments and other assets may make some wary, but Mint has a strong track record, and a compelling featureset. With a Mint account, you can see a breakdown of your monthly spending by category, and you can define your own budget and see if you’re sticking to it.
Lovely charts is a truly lovely webapp that lets all you visual types make simple charts and diagrams in a flash. The diagramming is all drag n' drop, and Lovely Charts infers what you're doing to streamline the process. Once you're done, you can export your diagram to JPG or PNG, with a basic account. We like that you can use keyboard shortcuts to make the whole process even faster. A basic account is free. A premium account for professional users is 29 Euros a year (that's $39.45 for most of us).
Fonolo is one of those webapps you never knew you needed. It allows you to bypass those annoying phone menus you hear every time you call big companies, like your cable operator or an airline company. This simple webapp lets you visually browse the menus for hundreds of companies using deep dialing, record your calls, and even save your account information. Never press '1' to get your call answered in English or listen to a laundry list of options again!
Who needs Photoshop these days. Well, some of us probably do, but when you're looking for something simpler than Photoshop or are away from your home computer, Aviary offers just the ticket for editing your photos. In fact, Aviary edits more than just basic images - it lets you edit audio, vectors, and even color palettes. We love that Aviary's image editor has layers, masks, and an undo history, just like Photoshop. You can even collaborate with other artists in the community!
If you want to send a file to somebody that’s too big for your office’s email server, and you don’t want to mess with the wait times associated with one-click hosting services like RapidShare, look into YouSendIt.
YouSendIt lets you upload a file (up to 100 MB for free, or up to 2 GB with a paid account), then email a link to that file to the intended recipient.
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