Collection of the best websites in the world

Free Office software suite, reliable system tools . the following 40 great websites collection will save you time, manage your budget effectively and improve productivity.

The Web is a huge treasure trove of the latest and greatest online knowledge and services that no one can browse, currently has about 300 million websites and is continuing to grow. If you don't have a lot of time to browse the wealth of knowledge, follow this article with the 46 best websites collected by US PC magazine editors all over the Internet, from Travel, search, shopping, dining sites to financial and news sites . These special websites help find everything you need. In addition, the article introduces other websites that provide services and guides that leading websites do not have. Some websites may not be accessible or usable in Vietnam, but this idea may be useful for Vietnamese service providers.

Office application (Office)

Over the past few years, the Web-based Office suite has developed from an unattractive set of tools to become a tool with many features and flexibility near the application installed on a computer. Google is at the forefront of developing Office on the Web, in which Docs is a popular tool, although Google's rival Zoho also has an easy-to-use Office suite and many features. While most of the online Office suites have an unfriendly interface, the launch of Microsoft's Office 2010 Web application has a familiar interface, which is integrated directly into Office on a desktop computer, far removed from it. both other online competitors.

Most people are "addicted" to word processors and spreadsheets on computers, so it is hard to rely heavily on the 'cloud' system. But Microsoft's free version of Office Web Apps can provide good for both places. Combining Office, the application allows you to work with the Office suite installed on your computer, such as saving, accessing and editing documents online.

If you are a Gmail user and your needs are not high, you can choose Google Docs (free, docs.google.com) as a second option. Google Docs is not compatible with the Microsoft Office file format, but it is possible. good integration with Gmail, making it worth a try. If you want to use the Office suite on the full service cloud, then selecting Zoho is reasonable. Zoho is free for personal users (zoho.com), providing everything from accounting to human resources management.

Storage

One of the biggest challenges of mobile phones is how to store your essential files online, accessible and synchronized from all devices. Dropbox (free, dropbox.com) allows online storage of up to 2GB of data, allowing synchronization with apps on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.

If you need 25GB of online storage, use Microsoft SkyDrive (free, skydrive.live.com). This service does not support mobile well, but works well on Windows and gives you a clear Web interface on Mac and Linux computers. SkyDrive now allows sharing photos via mobile phones using Windows Phone 7 and allows access to other files.

Want to store unlimited to backup the entire hard drive?Trend Micro SafeSync (trendmicro.com/safesync) lets you do this and provides the ability to share files and folders with others on the web, priced at US $ 60 (~ 1.2 million), possible SafeSync's unlimited storage is only half the price of Dropbox's 50GB data storage service.

Eating

Yelp (free, yelp.com) is one of the good websites for finding places to eat and drink. Some Android and iPhone apps allow you to identify eating places near your area and provide some food tips.

To make reservations, you can visit the completely free OpenTable website (opentable.com), which can help you book at 15,000 restaurants around the world. When you travel, use the free Opentable app on Android or iPhone to book and confirm the place.

Travel

Great travel websites are sites that offer many interesting destinations for you.Kayak (free, kayak.com), helps you choose any destination, then the site will search all major travel websites, making it easy for you to compare prices quickly. The drawback is that Kayak opens quite a few windows for search results on the screen, which can be a bit confusing.

If you just want to find the best flight for the upcoming holiday, Hipmunk (free, hipmunk.com) will help search all major airlines at once and display the results visually about the airline. , ticket price, stop station, departure time, arrival time, . Want to find a hotel for your trip, visit the Hotels website (free, phone support 24/24 hours) ).

Of course, not everyone wants to stay in a hotel during a trip. If you are looking for holiday homes near the beach, rental houses, VRBO (free, vrbo.com) are websites to visit. Through VRBO, you can contact and contract directly with the landlord. VRBO provides some reference reviews of those who have rented that house and even VROB employees themselves.

Email (email)

Google's Gmail (free, mail.google.com) is almost dominant in email, allowing you to store 7.5GB and attachments up to 20MB. Not only that, Gmail also integrates online applications such as Google Calender, Docs and other Google applications.

However, you can choose another email service.Yahoo mail (free, yahoo.com/mail) currently offers unlimited storage space. Currently Yahoo mail also integrates popular web services, making it easy to connect Yahoo email accounts with Evite, Flickr, Pay Pal, Photobucket .

TV and movies

The Web has made great strides since YouTube launched. Today, you can not only watch movies and online TV on your computer but also watch TV.

Netflix (netflix.com), costs US $ 8 per month (~ VND 160,000), leading in services of providing online TV and movies to computers and other devices such as decoding boxes (set- top box) Roku, Apple TV, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Blu-ray player, HDTV. Netflix's ability to choose movies is not really impressive, but Netflix still satisfies the growing demand for watching movies, TV shows and movie and television listings.

Hulu Plus (hulu.com/plus), Hulu's $ 8 (~ 160,000) fee, is a service that provides movies and TV similar to Netflix, but Hulu Plus allows the option of TV shows and movies More convenient. Hulu Plus service can provide movies and TV for Roku devices as well as tablets and phones running iOS and of course, computers running Windows, Mac and Linux.

For the latest movies that you can't search on TV and movie sites, visit Amazon Video On Demand (pricing depends on requirements, Amazon.com/videoondemand). Amazon Video On Demand helps select the latest movies, TV shows. You can watch movies online on your computer or Mac or on TV via a decoder like Roku XD or some other set-top boxes.

If you just want to watch 'safe' movies and TV for young children, visit Kideos.com. This free website will filter out unhealthy content from YouTube, to provide age-appropriate content for children (from birth to 10 years).

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Cooking

You can access a lot of cooking websites on the Internet. Allrecipes.com is a community site, bringing together recipes of chefs around the world. If you look for vegetarian recipes. Does not matter. You need to learn how to 'handle' octopus for dark food? Allrecipes.com will give you many options. You can also view reviews, comments from other people before making a meal as directed. In addition, the website allows you to easily print out recipes to save for future use.

In addition to the above cooking website, you can access Epicurious (free, epicurious.com). This is the website of Bon Appetit and Gourmet magazine editors, offering many chefs' recipes and cooking instruction videos, making it easy to follow.

If you want to make a dinner right away without buying out. Visit FoodPair website (free, foodpair.com). This website offers you a lot of recipes depending on the type of food you currently have.

Manage personal finance

Since popular computers, personal financial management software has been installed on computers at families. Similar to the Quicken software package, which dominates the home financial software market, Intuit continues to launch free Mint.com online personal financial service, allowing you to track all investments and my bank account. In addition, the Mint service also helps you monitor your budget and achieve your savings goals.

When you want to review the financial options you intend to implement, visit CalcMoolator (calcmoolator.com). This service allows you to calculate, compare mortgages, auto loans, .

Search

During the past decade, every time you need to search, everyone immediately thinks of Google. In order to compete with Google for search, Microsoft launched Bing services.

These two search giants have different strengths. For basic search needs, instant results, Google (free, google.com) is the right choice. Google is also effective in finding images. Searching for movies, Bing (for free, bing.com) is a better choice. Bing's search engine displays results in a grid format, which is quite intuitive and allows you to view the movie right away when moving the mouse over it.

Music

There are thousands of music websites on the Internet today. One of the US PC editors' favorite websites is Grooveshark (groovesharks.org). This site (free of charge, has ads) allows searching and listening to any song you like on your computer web browser. If you use a mobile device, you must pay a fee of less than US $ 3 (~ VND 60,000) / month. Another favorite music site is Pandora (free, pandora.com), which lets you create playlists and artists you search for. Pandora allows you to listen to music for free from the music player application on your mobile device. If you need to search for your favorite song, visit Last.fm (free). The site uses a technique called ' scrobbling ' by site developers. Last.fm's download application will record your favorite songs on your computer, Mac, iPhone or Android phone. When you want to quickly find a song, use Google.

Reference sites

In addition to all the 'tabloid' images and movies, the biggest prospect of the Internet is always for education. If you don't keep staring at the 'hot' things on YouTube, you'll find a lot of knowledge treasures looking forward to discoverers.

Wikipedia (free, wikipedia.org) is a web site containing huge knowledge stores collected by people. Although this open online encyclopedia is sometimes criticized for improper content editing, most of the content on Wikipedia is a great repository of knowledge for everyone.

When you need a quick search on a topic, ignore Google and Wikipedia and use Wolfram Alpha (free, wolframalpha.com). This reference site uses a unique algorithm structure that allows you to quickly find information about the topic you are looking for. For example, typing 'Hochiminh city', Wolfram Alpha will display a list of important population, economic data, and links to major sources.

Snopes.com (free) is an essential resource to help you understand the truth behind the rumors, the most popular exaggeration on the Internet. If everyone knows this site, they will definitely not have to 'round their eyes' for exaggerated information.

iFixit (ifixit.com) is a reference site for technical issues. Here you can find many technical guides on upgrades and repairs, as well as links to websites for official manuals of technology products. If you have technical problems and don't know how to handle them, visit the website, ask questions, the user community and the technical experts on the site will help you.

Share pictures and movies

Sharing photos and movies at home is easy: simply upload photos or movies to Facebook (free, facebook.com), your images, videos will show to allow people in your friends list. can see. Facebook allows high-resolution photo downloads and it is currently a popular mobile app on smartphones, so Facebook is the ideal place to download all photos and movies. If you want to edit photos online, visit the free Picnik website (picnik.com), which gives you extremely simple tools to edit photos, even remove red eyes for your beloved dog. without asking you to register.

Shopping

You know Amazon sells almost everything you need. But if you need a purchase with a high discount, visit Groupon (free, groupon.com). This website offers discounted products, clearly showing discounts on every product. When a sufficient number of buyers is requested by the site, the transaction will be established. In Vietnam, similar business forms can be found at websites like muachung.vn, nhommua.com . you can refer to the details of 'Groupon fever, page 22 of this.

Want to find used goods in your area, Craigslist (free, craigslist.org) is a 'must walk' website (this site is very popular in the US). If you already know how to search by pages by each topic, you will definitely know how to bargain goods or even find things for you. Angie's List, $ 29 per year (~ 600,000 VND) angieslist.com, provides reviews and comments about service providers in your area. These reviews are made by users who have posted the service. Angie's List charges fees from customers, so it is not affected by service providers.

If you're looking for something unique, don't 'crash', visit Etsy (free, etsy.com). This site has thousands of unique products, made by hand. If you visit the site and work hard, spend time searching, Etsy may give you a reward.

Sync storage lists (bookmarks) and passwords

Some tools, plug-ins, add-ons, ads will help you sync bookmarks and passwords, but they are not sure to do both.

Xmarks (free, upgrade to Premium version for $ 12 / year (~ 240,000 VND) allows to sync all bookmarks and passwords in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.It allows you to create profiles (separate profile) lets you set bookmark options for home or work and you can easily change your profile online Xmarks is a must-have add-on for most web users.

Social network and 'all in one'

You have used Facebook. You also have accounts on LinkedIn, Twitter, IM. You want to access only one place but can access these accounts.

Visit TweetDeck (free, tweetdeck.com), you'll easily manage and access all Facebook, Foursquare, Google Buzz, LinkedIn, MySpace and Twitter sites in one place. TweetDeck provides customers using mobile devices and computers on different platforms and allows to schedule automatic updates of new information from social networking sites.

With chat, Meebo (free, meebo.com) is the ideal service. This service runs on the browser so you can chat anywhere without installing the application to your computer.

Thanks to Facebook, very few people have to 'take care of' traditional blog pages. However, when you need to post certain information for everyone to see, use Posterous (posterous.com) or Tumblr (tumblr.com). These two services are completely free and very easy to use. You can send an e-mail right on your phone to write a blog.

Work schedule and work plan

Google Calendar (calendar.google.com) is a free website, integrated with Gmail. You can create separate calendars and share this calendar with many people.

Although Google Calendar has a task list feature, it's too simple. You can use Remember The Milk (free, rememberthemilk.com) integrated into Google Calendar, Gmail and some other services. Remember The Milk's design is quite flexible, making it easy to create a list of jobs to track. You can use the Remember The Milk app on your iPhone or Android, but it costs $ 25 / year (~ 500,000 VND).

If you want better service than Remember The Milk, use Toodledo (free, toodledo.com). This site is a great project and work management system, integrated with many mobile applications used on Android, iPhone and iPad.