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Cool Websites 

The coolest websites on the Internet that will make you smarter and productive. 

❖ archive.is​ — take a snapshot of any web page and it will exist forever even if the 

original page is gone. 

❖ autodraw.com​ — create freehand doodles and watch them magically transform 

into beautiful drawings powered by machine learning. 

❖ fast.com​ — check the current speed of your Internet connection. 

❖ slides.com​ — create pixel-perfect slide decks and broadcast your presentations 

to an audience of any size from anywhere. 

❖ screenshot.guru​ — take high-resolution ​screenshots of web pages​ on mobile 

and desktops. 

❖ dictation.io​ – accurate and quick voice recognition in your browser itself. 

❖ reverse.photos​ — upload an image and find similar pictures on the web. 

❖ copychar.cc​ – copy special characters and emojis that aren’t on your keyboard. 

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❖ codeacademy.com​ – the best place to ​learn coding​ online. 

❖ noisli.com​ — ambient noises to help you improve focus and boost productivity. 

❖ iconfinder.com​ – millions of ​icons​ for all kinds of projects. Also try ​icons8.com 

and ​flaticon.com​. 

❖ jotti.org​ – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses. 

❖ wolframalpha.com​ – gets answers directly without searching – see more 

wolfram tips​. 

❖ flightstats.com​ – track flight status at airports worldwide. 

❖ unsplash.com​ – the best place to ​download images​ absolutely free. 

❖ videos.pexels.com​ — an online library of free HD videos you can use 

everywhere.  

❖ everytimezone.com​ – a less confusing view of the ​world time zones​. 

❖ e.ggtimer.com​ – a simple online timer for your daily needs. 

❖ random.org​ – pick random numbers, flip coins, and more. 

❖ earn.com​ — replace your email with a mailbox that pays when you reply to 

someone’s email. 

❖ myfonts.com/WhatTheFont​ – upload an image of any text and quickly 

determine the font family. 

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❖ fonts.google.com​ – the best collection of ​open source fonts​ that you can use 

anywhere without restrictions. 

❖ fontstruct.com​ — draw and build your own fonts and use them in any 

application. 

❖ calligraphr.com​ — transform your handwriting into a real font. 

❖ regex.info​ – find data hidden in your photographs – see more ​EXIF tools​. 

❖ youtube.com/webcam​ — broadcast yourself live over the Internet without any 

complicated setup. 

❖ remotedesktop.google.com​ — access other computers or allow others to 

remote access your computer over the Internet. 

❖ homestyler.com​ – design from scratch or re-model your ​home in 3D​. 

❖ pdfescape.com​ – lets you quickly ​edit PDF​ in the browser without Acrobat. 

❖ draw.io​ – create diagrams, wireframe and flowcharts in the browser. 

❖ web.skype.com​ — make voice and video calls in your browser with Skype. 

❖ onlineocr.net​ – recognize text from scanned PDFs – see other ​OCR tools​. 

❖ wetransfer.com​ – for sharing really ​big files​ online. 

❖ file.pizza​ — peer to peer file transfer over WebRTC without any middleman. 

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❖ snapdrop.com​ — like Apple AirDrop but for the web. Share files directly 

between devices in the same network without having to upload them to any 

server first. 

❖ hundredzeros.com​ – the site lets you ​download free Kindle books​. 

❖ app.grammarly.com​ — check your writing for spelling, style, and grammatical 

errors. 

❖ noteflight.com​ – print music sheets, write your own music online ( ​review​). 

❖ translate.google.com​ – translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents. 

❖ kleki.com​ – create paintings and sketches with a wide variety of brushes. 

❖ similarsites.com​ – discover new sites that are similar to what you like already. 

❖ bubbl.us​ – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser. 

❖ color.adobe.com​ – get color ideas, also ​extract colors​ from photographs. 

❖ canva.com​ — make beautiful graphics, presentations, resumes and more with 

readymade template designs. 

❖ lmgtfy.com​ – when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own. 

❖ midomi.com​ – when you need to ​find the name of a song​. 

❖ history.google.com​ — see all your past Google searches, also among most 

important Google URLs 

❖ faxzero.com​ – send an online fax for free – see more ​fax services​. 

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❖ tinychat.com​ – setup your own private chat room in micro-seconds. 

❖ privnote.com​ – create text notes that will self-destruct after being read. 

❖ domains.google.com​ – quickly ​search domain names​ for your next big idea! 

❖ squoosh.app​ – compress images on the fly. Site works offline as well. 

❖ downforeveryoneorjustme.com​ – find if your favorite ​website is offline​ or not? 

❖ gtmetrix.com​ – the perfect tool for measuring your ​site performance​ online. 

❖ builtwith.com​ — find the web hosting company, email provider and ​everything 

else​ about a website. 

❖ urbandictionary.com​ – find definitions of slangs and informal words.

❖ seatguru.com​ – consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight. 

❖ flightstats.com​ – Track flight status at airports worldwide. 

❖ mymaps.google.com​ – create custom Google Maps with scribbles, pins and 

custom shapes. 

❖ snopes.com​ – find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam. 

❖ typingweb.com​ – master ​touch-typing​ with these practice sessions. 

❖ todo.microsoft.com​ — a beautiful todo app and task manager. Also see ​Trello​. 

❖ minutes.io​ – quickly capture effective notes during meetings. 

❖ talltweets.com​ — Turn Google Slides in animated GIF presentations. 

❖ ifttt.com​ – create a connection between all your online accounts. 

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❖ namechk.com​ — search for your desired username across hundreds of social 

networks and domain names. 

❖ gist.github.com​ — create anonymous and secret text notes and ​much more​. 

❖ flipanim.com​ — create flipbook animations, includes an onion skin tool to let 

you see the previous frame as you draw the next one. 

❖ powtoon.com​ — create engaging whiteboard videos and presentations with 

your own voice overs. Also see ​videoscribe.co​. 

❖ clyp.it​ — Record your own voice or upload an audio file without creating any 

account. Also see ​soundcloud.com​. 

❖ carrd.co​ — build one-page fully responsive websites that look good on every 

screen. 

❖ spark.adobe.com​ — make stunning ​video presentations​ with voice narration 

and wow everyone. 

❖ anchor.fm​ — the easiest way to record a ​podcast​ that you can ​distribute on 

iTunes​ without having to pay for hosting. 

❖ duolingo.com​ — learn to speak Chinese, French, Spanish or any other language 

of your choice. 

❖ webmakerapp.com​ — an offline playground for building web projects in HTML, 

CSS and JavaScript. 

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❖ pixton.com​ — create your own comic strips with your own characters and move 

them into any pose. 

❖ gravit.io​ — a full-featured vector drawing tool that works everywhere. 

❖ vectr.com​ — create vector graphics and export them as SVG or PNG files. 

❖ twitterbots​ — create your own Twitter bots that can auto-reply, DM, follow 

people and more. 

❖ headspace.com​ — learn the art of meditation and reduct stress, focus more 

and even sleep better. 

❖ forms.studio​ — receive files from anyone in your Google Drive with ​File Upload 

Forms​. 

❖ class-central.com​ — a directory of free online courses offered by universities 

worldwide. 

❖ googleartproject.com​ — discover museums, famous paintings and art treasure 

from all around the world. 

❖ instructables.com​ — step-by-step guides on how to build anything and 

everything. 

❖ flowgram.com​ — make data-driven graphics, charts and infographics. Also see 

adioma.com​ and ​eas.ly​. 

❖ marvelapp.com​ — create interactive wireframes and product mockups. 

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❖ slide.ly​ — make marketing videos and branded stories for Instagram, Facebook 

and YouTube trailers. Also see ​animoto.com​ and ​biteable.com​. 

❖ photos.icons8.com​ - make your own stock photographs in high-resolution with 

custom backgrounds, models and facial expressions. 

❖ gohighbrow.com​ — Take bite-sized courses on a variety of topics, chapters are 

delivered by email every morning. 

❖ htmlmail.pro​ - send rich-text emails with ​gmail mail merge​. 

❖ wirecutter.com​ — whether you need a vacuum cleaner or an SD card, this is the 

best product recommendation website on the Internet. 

❖ camelcamelcamel.com​ — Create ​Amazon price watches​ and get email alerts 

when the prices drop. 

❖ mockaroo.com​ — download mock data to fill the rows in your Excel 

spreadsheet. 

❖ asciiflow.com​ — a WYSIWYG editor to draw ASCII diagrams that you can embed 

in emails and tweets. 

❖ buffer.com​ — the easily way to post and schedule updates on Twitter, 

Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+ and Facebook. 

❖ 10minutemail.com​ — create disposable email addresses for putting inside 

sign-up forms. 

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❖ whereami​ — find the postal address of your current location on Google maps. 

❖ sway.com​ — create and share interactive reports, newsletters, presentations, 

and for storytelling. 

❖ apify.com​ — the perfect web scraping tool that lets you extract data from nearly 

any website. 

❖ thunkable.com​ — build your own apps for Android and iOS by dragging blocks 

instead of writing code. Also see: ​glitch.com​. 

❖ zerodollarmovies.com​ — a huge collection of free movies curated from 

YouTube. 

❖ upwork.com​ — find freelancers and subject experts to work on any kind of 

project. 

❖ duckduckgo.com​ - a clean alternative to google search that doesn’t track you on 

the Internet. 

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