Looking for An Edge in the Digital Age?

Here are 70 Browser-Based Tools Ready to Bookmark Today

Remember the digital dark ages when you had to search for, download, install, register, set up and only then use the software you need? I don’t know how we ever pulled through that. Today, when we use multiple devices running different OS’s, only the web is the common denominator. So the online tools have you covered. Now they can do what was virtually impossible 10 or 20 years ago (up to running Windows inside your browser).

Without further ado, here’s the list of hand-picked online tools for every occasion and any task!

Writing

• Hemingway Editor — Make your writing bold and clear.
• ZenPen — Minimalistic and distraction-free text editor.
• ThePunctuationGuide — A quick reference guide to punctuation.
• Thesaurus — Quickly find synonyms and antonyms.
• CopyPasteCharacter — Copy and paste special characters.
• PolishMyWriting — Writing suggestions.
• PrintFriendly — Create a printer-friendly version of any web-page.
• SmallPDF — A comprehensive PDF editor.
• TitleMaker — A unique headlines generator.
• Headlines Analyzer — Write better headlines.
• EasyWrite — Write using only 1,000 commonly used words.

Images

• Pixlr — An easy-to-use and powerful image editor.
• Canva — Image editor for social media.
• Color Explorer — A simple color picker.
• Picresize — A quick way to resize and crop pictures.
• Postimage — An image-hosting service.
• Background Burner — Remove image background.
• StockPhotos.io — Free stock images collection.
• Screen Capture — Snapshot a whole web page.
• Iconfinder — Find icons of any style and size.
• Gravit — An online Photoshop alternative.

Emails

• LetterWhiz — Business email templates.
• Cold Email Generator — Create campaigns using cold email templates.
• Unroll.Me — The easiest way to bulk unsubscribe from newsletters.
• Testsubject — Test how your email subject appears on mobile devices.
• GuerrillaMail — One-time disposable email address and inbox.

Research

• WolframAlpha — An answer engine for factual data.
• SimilarSites — Find similar sites to the ones you like.
• Woorank — Identify site issues and fix them.
• ReviewSceptic — Spot fake reviews.
• iwantmyname — Search available domains across all TLDs.
• JustReachOut — Search for a topic and find journalists that cover it.
• Pipl — People search.
• Bubbl — Draw mind maps.
• ProductChart — A chart for comparing electronic products and gadgets.
• ManualsLib — A collection of user manuals for almost everything.

Multimedia

• StreamPocket — Save streaming audio and video.
• All-free-download — Download free stock video.
• Keepvid — Download video from popular sites.
• CutMP3 — Cut MP3 files.

Utilities

• Ninite — Bulk installer for popular software.
• B1 Online Archiver — Unpack archives of any format.
• SpeedTest — Check your internet connection speed.
• Mathway — Solve math problems.
• Naminum — Generate a name for your startup.
• ineedaresu.me — Create a beautiful resume.
• downforeveryoneorjustme — Check whether the site is down.
• e.ggtimer — A simple web timer.

Reading

• ReadRuler — Sort Pocket articles based on the read time.
• All You Can Read — A collection of 25,000+ news sources from around the world.
• Top.st — Trending news in real-time.
• BeeLine Reader — A tool for speed reading.

Security

• VirusTotal — Scan sites or files with multiple antiviruses.
• Secure Password Generator — Generate strong random passwords.
• Privnote — Send private self-destructing notes.
• Unfurl — See where a URL really leads.

Converters

• makeagif — Convert video or pictures into animated GIFs.
• OnlineOCR — Convert images and PDFs to text.
• Online-Convert — A comprehensive converter for documents, eBooks, pictures, audio, video and archives.
• ConvertCase — Instantly change text to lower, UPPER or Title Case.
• Yakitome — Convert text to speech and save as MP3.
• Video2MP3 — Convert YouTube video to MP3 file.

File Sharing

• FilePizza — Share files directly from your computer.
• ZbigZ — Download torrents in browser.
• PlusTransfer — Directly send files up to 5Gb.

Fonts

• WhatTheFont — Find out which font is used in a picture.
• Dafont — A collection of free fonts.
• Fontstruct — Create a custom font.

Entertainment

• Game-Oldies — Play retro games online.
• Gaze — Watch the same videos simultaneously with other people online.

About the author — Victor Iryniuk works at NetHunt, a full-featured CRM system for Gmail. He likes sci-fi literature, instrumental music and exploring tech trends.

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