Here you go, the best 93 websites for all your needs. We’ve taken the effort to categorize the websites and picked only those we believe to be the best ones and which will most likely be useful to you. Spread the word!
MOG (USA only)  The most-praised music site. For ony 5$ a month MOG gives you access to 10 million CD-quality songs. Access and play songs from computer, iPod, iPhone or Android phone. Recommended! [View] | IMDB  Most popular online source for everything related to movies. Moview ratings & reviews, various top rated lists, HD movie trailers, news and lots more. [View] | Netflix  Leading online subscription service for movies & TV shows. For only $7.99 a month, members can instantly watch unlimited movies & TV episodes. [View] | |
Hulu (USA only)  On demand streaming of TV shows and movies. Lots of free stuff. But for an unlimited access you will have to pay. 100% Legit. [View] Check out our Hulu tips. | Pandora (USA only)  New age online radio. Enter a song or an artist you like and Pandora will play similar songs in a playlist. Vote on individual songs to further train Pandora about your tastes. [View] | Grooveshark  Excellent music search and streaming service, allowing users to listen to favorite music free of charge that can be played immediately or added to a playlist. Over 100 million track plays per month. [View] | |
Spotify (avail. in 7 countries)  Download free Spotify player to your computer and get access to over 13 million tracks. Any track you like, at any time. Create as many playlists as you like. [View] | ZumoCast  Stream music and videos stored on your computer from the iPhone, iPad, and any other computer; without the need to upload anything. [View] | ||
Flickr  Best photo sharing site on the net. Upload photos from PC or mobile. Share photos with friends, see their photos and add comments. [View] | Instagram  An easy way to share photos with friends on Facebook, Twitter or Flickr from an iPhone. [View] | Picnik  Easily edit your photos online. Resize or apply ready effects. Upload photos from PC or your social profiles. [View] |
Google News  Automatically collects breaking news articles from popular news sources and sorts them by topic and popularity. [View] | Google Reader  Most popular RSS reader online. Lets you Easily follow latest updates from favorite sites on a daily basis. Highly recommended. [View] | Popurls  Popurls nicely presents highest voted stories, pics and videos from the most popular social news sources as well as highly regarded news sites on a single page. [View] | |
Hacker News  Social news website site for technology stuff or “anything that gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity”. Users submit links. Submissions can be voted up. Highest voted stuff appears on top. [View] | Reddit  Cool news source for interesting and offbeat stuff. Users submit and vote on the links to interesting stories and decide, through voting, what’s good. Highest rated links appear on the homepage. [View] | Wikileaks  Controversial non-profit organization that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified information from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers. [View] |
BBC iPlayer  BBC iPlayer is an internet TV and radio service developed by the BBC. Watch live BBC TV or catch up on the last 7 days of BBC programmes. [View] | LiveStation  Watch over 20 top international news channels online. There is a desktop player that lets you watch those channels right on your desktop. [View] | Myp2p.eu  Watch live Football, MLB, NHL, NBA, Cricket, Tennis etc. events and games online. It also offers a downloadable client that can be installed on your desktop. [View] |
Evernote  The only app you will ever need when it comes to taking notes. A “note” can be a piece of text, a webpage, a photo, a voice memo, or a handwritten “ink” note. Organize, annotate, edit, and search notes. [View] | Gmail  The best online email service. Lots of useful fetaures not found elsewhere. Extremely fast. Plus, we have a cheat sheet for it. [View] | Nudgemail  Your must-have email companion. Forward any email to NudgeMail and it will send it back when you want it. It can remind you about that email in an hour, day, month, or even a year. [View] | |
Google Calendar  Online calendar from Google. Create multiple calendars. Share calendars. Get event reminders via email or SMS to your mobile phone. [View] | Wakerupper (USA, Canada)  Wakerupper is the web’s easiest telephone reminder tool. Schedule reminder calls on the web. It couldn’t be simpler. [View] | Remember The Milk  One of the very first and leading online to-do list manager. Store and manage tasks. Get reminders via email or SMS. Share tasks. Works even offline. [View] |
Facebook  No need to explain this one. You might want to check out a MakeUseOf Guide on Facebook privacy though. [View] | Twitter  This one doesn’t require a description either. If you’re on Twitter or planning to start using it make sure to check out out Twitter guide. [View] | Tumblr  Extremely easy way to start your own blog. Post text, images, videos, links, quotes and audio. Users may set their blogs to public or private modes. [View] | |
Pipl  The most comprehensive people search on the web. Search for people by email, name, phone number or even username. [View] | Meebo  Chat with friends on AIM, Yahoo!, MSN, GTalk etc. in a single buddylist, right from your browser. Includes features like games, video chat, file transfer and conversation history. [View] |
YouTube  Everyone knows about Youtube. MakeUseOf covers cool tips for Youtube on a regular basis: from top stand-up comedians to most disliked videos. [View] | Vimeo  Video-streaming site of choice for creative types. Basically it is the place for shorter and artsier clips. [View] | KeepVid  Allows you to download any Youtube video in 3GP (mobile), FLV or MP4 (iPhone, iPod, iPad etc) formats. Includes a single click download bookmarklet for any browser. [View] |
OpenDNS  OpenDNS is the easiest to setup internet safety and parental control suite. Control which websites are being accessed in your home. Block unsafe and adult websites. Over 20 million users. [View] | HideMyAss  Free online proxy and Premium VPN service provider to surf anonymously and bypass blocked websites. Hide your IP, secure your connection, access Facebook where it’s blocked and more. [View] | Mailinator  Next time you need to signup for something where you don’t want to reveal your real email just use any Mailinator address. Then go to the site and retrieve the email. [View] | |
Reputation  Control what’s being said about you online. It removes your personal info from websites that sell it, alerts you about content that exists online about you as well as tell you who is searching for you. [View] |
Newegg  Popular online marketplace for everything computers and software. Best prices for hardware and software. Its slogan is “Once you know, you Newegg.” [View] | Amazon  Buy everything from electronics to clothing at affordable prices. Amazon gives you chepaest offers for each product as well as used ones sold by previous owners. [View] | Etsy  Primary online marketplace for handmade or vintage items. These items cover a wide range including art, photography, clothing, jewelry, edibles, bath & beauty products, quilts, knick-knacks and toys. [View] | |
Woot!  The first and extremely popular one-deal-a-day website. Woot offers one discounted item each day, often a piece of computer hardware or an electronic gadget. [View] | Zappos  Founded in 1999, Zappos has grown to be the largest online shoe store. Next time you need to buy shoes try Zappos. Lots and lots of great feedback from users. [View] | eBay  One of the most popular shopping destinations online. Ideal marketplace for used as well as new products in every category. Available in several countries. [View] | |
WatchCount  Discover which eBay items have attracted the most interest and see how many people are watching them. Bargain hunter. [View] | ChinaBuye  Buy gadgets and other electronic goods directly from China. Worldwide shipping. [View] | FatWallet  Popular deals and coupons site. Browse deals by category, store, or today’s best. [View] |
Groupon  Cool deal-of-the-day website that features discounted gift certificates and coupons usable at local shops, restaurnats, service providers and more. [View] | LivingSocial  LivingSocial sends you one fantastic deal every day with discounts of up to 90% at one of your local restaurants, bars, spas, theaters, and more. [View] | Yelp  Fun and easy way to find and talk about great (and not so great) local businesses near you. Check out local restaurants, bars, shops and see real reviews from users like you. [View] | |
Foursquare  Discover cool places in your city. Restaurants, shops, bars and pretty much anything that has something interesting to offer. [View] |
Symbaloo  Symbaloo gives you a nicely designed and easy to use startpage for the web. It’s like a favorites bar on your browser but nicer. It holds your favorite sites as well as a number of useful web tools. [View] | iGoogle  Get yourself a custom online startpage from Google. Your startpage can have everything from latest articles from your favorite websites to weather reports, stocks, games, daily jokes, calendar and lots of other cool widgets. [View] | Diigo  The only bookmarking tool you will ever need. Easily bookmark and organize webpages, highlights, notes, screenshots etc. Access your bookmarks from anywhere. [View] | |
Google Translate  By far the best online transaltion tool. Allows you to translate text or webpages while you browse them. [View] | TinyURL  Create a tiny URL for long links that are too long to be included in the emails or elsewhere. TinyURL can create a short link for any page you are currently at. [View] | JustPaste.It  Simple online clipboard. Copy and paste any piece of text and instantly get a private web link to share that text with friends. Supports text styling and images. [View] |
Project Gutenberg  Over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. [View] | GoodReads  Probably the largest social network for book enthusiasts. Keep track of what you’ve read and what you’d like to read. Highly recommended by book lovers. [View] | ManyBooks  This free website offers nearly 30.000 ebooks in many different formats. Whether you want to read the ebook on your iPad, iPhone, smartphone or ebook reader, you can get it here. [View] | |
DailyLit  Read books only short parts a time. Choose a book you want to read and you will receive short installments by email or RSS daily (or days your prefer). You may read books on any computer or mobile device. [View] |
Mint (USA, Canada)  Fully automatic spending tracker and budgeting tool. Mint tracks your budget, monitors your spendings, advices on how you can save, and lots more. Highly recommended. [View] | Yahoo! Finance  Top financial news and research website in the US. Get stock quotes, stock exchange rates, corporate financial reports, and check out popular message boards for discussing a company’s prospects and valuation. It also offers some hosted tools for personal finance management. [View] | Pageonce  Another good service to manage your budget. Watch account balances, track bills and payments, monitor credit card purchases and deposits, stay in the loop with real-time alerts, etc. Optimized for mobile usage. [View] | |
Google Finance  Google’s alternative to Yahoo Finance. More or less similar feature set but not as popular. [View] |
MakeUseOf  MakeUseOf maintains its own top 100 best software lists for Windows and Linux. Check them out. [View] | CNET Downloads  Biggest software download resource on the web. Users may browse software by popularity and/or category. Includes both free and commercial software. [View] | SourceForge  Biggest online repository of open source software. Nearly 300,000 free open source programs. [View] |
MakeUseOf Answers  Whenever you have a computer problem or need an assistance on anything tech head on to MakeUseOf Answers. We have an active community that answers 95% of all posted questions.[View] | Quora  Quora is a place to ask anything you have on your mind and get answers. Users may answer as well as vote and suggest edits to already posted answers. You may follow sertain questions and only get to see discussions on topics that interest you.[View] |
Google Search  It’s Google. Enough said. Cheat Sheet: Must-know Google Search Shortcuts | Wolfram Alpha  Cool answer search engine that answers factual questions directly rather than giving you a list of webpages that might contain the answer. [View] | Torrent Butler  Torrent search engine for movies. Comes with a cool user interface as well as the option to filter results to HD quality only. Useful. [View] |
TED  Watch inspiring talks and presentations by remarkable and highly successful people on various topics. Includes some of the best presentations ever made. [View] | Khan Academy  What once was only a handful of algebra lessons now turned into a library of over 2,100 quality educational videos on various subjects including math, physics, biology, test preparations and educational talks and interviews. [View] | Wikipedia  Free encyclopedia and your quick reference guide for everything built collaboratively by people like you. [View] | |
National Geographic  The NatGEO’s corner on the web. This sites brings you some of the most interesting articles as well as some really amazing photos on a daily basis. [View] | Instructables  One of the first how-to sites on the web. Find easy instructions on how to make all kinds of cool stuff ranging from anonymous survelliance cameras to home-made potato bazookas. [View] | WebMD  Your online reference to health and better living. [View] |
Mozy  Fully automated program to backup your files. Set it up once and forget about it. Mozy will keep a backup of selected folders online and regularly sync them without bothering you. [View] | SugarSync  File sync and online backup for all your devices including PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and more. The files can be easily shared with others as well. [View] | Dropbox  Dropbox lets you sync selected folders between your computers. Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to all of your computers, phones, and the Dropbox website. [View] | |
Google Docs  Store and share documents, spreasheets and presentations online. Edit and view your docs from any computer or smartphone. Collaborate on documents with others. [View] | Zamzar  Extremely easy to use online file converter. Here you may convert office documents (doc, docx, pdf etc), images, audio and video files and ebooks between different forrmats. Recommended. [View] | YouSendIt  YouSendIt makes easy to email large files. You may send files and folder up to 2GB in size in one go. [View] |
StumbleUpon  Stumbleupon shows you cool stuff discovered by people like you. You select topics that you find interesting and start stumbling: every click on the Stumble button takes you to some interesting site, photo or video. Pretty cool. [View] | Cracked  Hugely popular humor site with stories often going viral on Facebook and Twitter. From saddest things people do to look smart to things gay people are going to hate about gay marriage. [View] | The Onion  A popular entertainment magazine featuring satirical news articles and videos. [View] |
Wunderground  Get a comprehensive weather report with a-7 day forecast. Check weather using your zip code, city, state, airport code or country name. [View] | Google Maps  Get directions from one place to another. Get custom routes based on how you plan to commute: by car, train, walking or bicycle. [View] |