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Firefox

  • Foxmarks bookmarks and passwords sync, repository and backup.
  • Better Firefox Extensions: Better Flickr, Better GCal, Better GMail, Better GReader, Better Lifehacker, Better YouTube.
  • FoxyTunes. Control almost any media player and find lyrics, covers, videos, bios and more. More music tools, and FoxyTunes Planet, a personalized music aggregator of music videos, photos, news, bios and much more from the best music sites all over the Web into one convenient place.
  • NachoPhoto.
  • Zotero, easy-to-use, powerful research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources (citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects), and lets you share the results of your research in a variety of ways.
  • Open IT Online. Firefox extension that enables you to open and edit several types of documents directly in Firefox without needing any software to be installed: *.doc, *.rtf, *.odt, *.sxw, *.xls, *.csv, *.ods, *.sxc,*.ppt, *.pps, *.odp, *.sxi, *.jpg, *.gif,*.png.

Mass Media

  • MP3tunes. Your music everywhere.
  • Jango free internet radio. Stream your playlists from your Jango jukebox.
  • 8Tracks free streaming playlists.
  • Deezer. Free music on demand.
  • imeem: Discover, interact, share media.
  • Last.fm
  • SpiralFrog free legal music.
  • XBMC award winning media center for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media.
  • Orb. Unfortunately, not yet a Mac version. With Orb, an always-on PC is a personal media broadcaster (including TV, with a tuner card), then you login to Orb with any internet device with a browser (cellphone, laptop, etc) and enjoy your PC's videos, photos, music, etc.
  • Flickr free/premium photo sharing.
  • Picasa web albums, free web albums.
  • Zooomr free/premium photo sharing. Unlimited uploads. Square, thumbnail, small, medium, large and original sizes.
  • SmugMug photo-video sharing.
  • Gravatar free global avatars.
  • Get Tube.
  • Hulu. Watch your favorite TV or movies, anytime, for free.
  • Vimeo video sharing.
  • Odeo audio-video media directory, search engine and social network.

Productivity / Organization / Communication

  • Google apps.
  • Zoho apps (personal favorite). Free/premium doc, spreadsheet, database and reporting, notebook, presentation, planner, project, wiki, CRM, webconferencing, GUI'd web app creation, chat, invoice, file repository/share, HR, business, marketplace, candidate evaluation, polls, 24X7 website monitoring.
  • Plaxo.
  • Highrise.
  • Backpack free/premium small business organizer.
  • Remember the Milk free online to do list and task management.
  • Checkser free checklists.
  • Evernote. Free. Remember everything: Capture information in any environment using any device or platform, accessible and searchable anytime, anywhere.
  • SlideShare.
  • Treasuremytext: Save/archive your SMS. Create an account then just forward your messages to standard rate numbers, that's it.
  • yoName free people / web / records search.
  • Meebo instant messenging everywhere.
  • GrandCentral transforming how you use your phone.
  • YouMail visual voicemail.

Whiteboards / Bulletin Boards / Noteboards

  • Stixy Stixyboards. Free, fun, flexible, online collaboration and sharing.
  • Writeboard. Shareable web docs that let you save every edit, roll back to any version, compare changes, and collaborate.
  • skrbl: easy to share online whiteboard.

Resources

  • 50 Web Tools with Elegant Design: Actually, 'Elegant Design' belies the functional or usefulness significance of these web apps, i.e., the best apps are often the best designed.
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Utilities

CRMs / Customer Service

Project Management

  • Zoho Free/premium project, wiki, webconferencing, GUI'd web app creation, chat, invoice, file repository/share, HR, business, marketplace, candidate evaluation, polls, 24X7 website monitoring.
  • Huddle online project management, group collaboration and document sharing.