Find Who has Access to your Google Drive Files and Folders

Find Who has Access to your Google Drive Files and Folders

The Drive Auditor scans your Google Drive and prepares a detailed report revealing who has access to your files and the permissions they have over shared files

the files and folders in your Google Drive are private by default until you decide to share them. You can share your documents with specific people or you can make them public and anyone on the Internet can view the shared files. Google Apps users have the option to share files and folders within the organization while restricting access to anyone outside the domain.

You can not only control who has access to your Google Drive files but can also assign the level of access they have on the shared files. You can set the access permissions to either view (read only) or edit (read & write). For instance, if you are to send a large file, you can upload the file to Google Drive and share it in view-mode with the recipient.

Who Can View or Edit your Drive Files?

You may have a number of documents, spreadsheets and other files in your Google Drive that are accessible to other users. These users could be your contacts, someone within your Google Apps domain or some of the shared files could be public meaning they are available to anyone on the web who have the link (URL) to the file.

Would you like to know which files and folders in your Google Drive are shared with other users and what kind of access permissions they have on your files? Google Drive, unfortunately, doesn’t offer an easy option for you to figure out who you are sharing the files with either inside or outside your organization.

Meet Permissions Auditor for Google Drive, a new Google add-on that scans your entire Drive and then generates a comprehensive report revealing who has access to your shared files and what kind of permission they have on the files. If you have been collaborating with people for some time, the Drive Auditor is probably is the easiest way to find out what you’ve shared in Google Drive and sanitize it.

Here’s a sample audit report.

Google Drive – File Permissions Report

Getting started is easy. First, install the Google Drive Auditor add-on and authorize it. Internally, this is a Google Script that runs inside your Google Account, reads the files found in Google Drive and writes their access details in the spreadsheet. Not a single byte of data every leaves your Google Account.

Watch the video tutorial (download) for a more detailed guide.

After the Drive Audit add-on is installed, go to the Add-ons menu inside the Google Spreadsheet, choose Drive Permissions Auditor and select Start Audit. It will open a sidebar where you need to specify a query and all matching files that match the query will be analyzed by the add-on.

Some sample Google Drive Search queries include:

• “me” in owners and trashed = false (all files owned by except those in trash)
• modifiedTime > ‘2016-01-01T12:00:00’ (file modified since Jan 2016 UTC)
• mimeType = ‘application/vnd.google-apps.spreadsheet’ (scan the access permissions of only Google Spreadsheets in my Google Drive)

Once the audit is complete, the report will reveal detailed information of every file including:

• When was a file created and last modified
• What is the file size and MIME type (file extension)
• Who is the owner of the file
• Who has edit, view and comment permissions on the file
• Where is the file located in Google Drive

You can click the File Name in the spreadsheet to directly open the corresponding file in Google Drive. Also, you can use the find function or even filters in Google Spreadsheets to display specific files that match a certain criteria. For instance, if you wish to know about all files that are public, you can apply a filter on the Access column in the spreadsheet.

The Drive Permissions Auditor add-on works for both Gmail and Google Apps accounts. If you are a domain administrator, you can install the Drive Audit add-on for all users in your domain through the Google Apps Marketplace.

How to Embed Facebook Message Buttons in your Website

How to Embed Facebook Message Buttons in your Website

You can embed the Facebook Messenger button in your website and receive messages from anyone who has a Facebook account. People can message your Facebook page or your personal profile

Email has always been the preferred mode for reaching out to people on the Internet. Websites would put their email addresses on web pages and made them clickable hyperlinks using the mailto protocol. Things have changed and while email is still considered important, the new generation is known to preferinstant texting apps like Facebook Messenger over email. For them, writing an email is as boring as creating a résumé.

This step-by-step guide explains the various techniques that you can use to easily embed the Facebook Messenger button in your website. When someone clicks the Message Me button, it will directly launch the Facebook Messenger app on their mobile phone or the messenger.com website if they are on the desktop. You can choose to receive messages in your Facebook profile or your Facebook page, if you have one.

A: Simple Facebook Messenger Link

The default Facebook Messenger button is rendered using JavaScript but you can also write them in pure HTML without requiring JavaScript. The advantage is that these buttons (see demo) would show up even if the user has enabled ad blockersand second, you can embed message links inside email newsletters.

All you have to do is replace “XYZ” in the snippet below with your Facebook vanity username. If you don’t have a username yet, you can use your numerical Facebook profile ID instead. The link may be customized with CSS to resemble a button as seen in this live demo.

<a href="https://m.me/XYZ"> Message us on Facebook </a>

Tip: If you are not seeing messages sent to your Facebook profile, it is because Facebook automatically hides messages from people that are not in your contacts / friends list. Go to facebook.com/messages, click the “More” dropdown and choose “Filtered” to see all messages that are not in your main inbox.

B: Facebook Messenger Button

This is the default Facebook Messenger button (see live demo) rendered with JavaScript. Unlike the previous option that allows messaging to personal profile as well, this button is only available to Facebook Page owners for them to receive messages from other Facebook users.

To get started, copy-paste the following snippet in your blog template but remember to replace “XYZ” with the numeric ID of you Facebook Page. You can set the color as white for a blue text on white background button.

<script> window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId : '95100348886', xfbml : true, version : 'v2.6' }); };  (function(d, s, id){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); </script>  <div class="fb-messengermessageus" messenger_app_id="95100348886" page_id="XYZ" color="blue" size="large"> </div>

Tip: If you are unable to use the Facebook Messenger button, it is likely that your Facebook Page is configured to not receive messages. Go to your Facebook Page settings, choose General, Messages and turn on the option that says “Allow people to contact my Page privately by showing the Message button”.

C: Facebook Messenger Box

You have seen the Facebook Like box embedded in websites but did you know that the same box can also include an inline form allowing any Facebook user to contact you without even leaving your webpage. Here’s a live demo.

In this case you need to replace “XYZ” in the snippet below with the vanity username or ID of your Facebook Page. Anyone who is logged into Facebook can message you from your website itself, similar to regular contact us forms.

<script> window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({ appId : '95100348886', xfbml : true, version : 'v2.6' }); };  (function(d, s, id){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); </script>  <div class="fb-page" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/XZY/" data-tabs="messages" data-width="400" data-height="300" data-small-header="true"> <div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"> <blockquote></blockquote> </div> </div>

Domain Registration with Google Apps – Things You Should Know

Domain Registration with Google Apps – Things You Should Know

When friends ask me which service should they use to register new web domains on the Internet, I always recommend Google Apps. Here’s what you should know before registering domains with Google Apps

When friends ask me which service should they use to buy new web domains on the Internet, I almost always recommend Google Apps and here’s why:

#1. Domain registrations done through Google Apps will cost them $10 per year and this includes free email, calendar, online office suite and other Google goodies.

#2. Google provides ‘private’ domain registrations by default and this means, people won’t be able to read your contact information through the WHOIS record of your domain.

#3. You can set Google Apps to auto-renew your domain registration a week before the expiry date and the renewal charges are a flat $10 per year.

I have registered quite a few domains in these years and they’ve all been purchased through Google Apps for the reasons stated above.

Registering Domains with Google Apps – Things You Should Know

If you have never used Google Apps before but are planning to use the service to register your next web domain, here are three things that you should know:

1. Google Apps is (still) Free

If you visit the homepage of Google Apps, all you see is the business edition that costs $50 per user per year. Is Google App no longer free?

Well, for some reason Google has decided to hide the free edition of Google Apps from their homepage but you can still access it using the following link:

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/new

Select the tab that says “I want to buy a new domain name” and enter a domain name that has not been taken. You can buy .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz domains¹.

2. Choose your Domain Registrar

Google itself is not a domain registrar but they have partnered with eNom and GoDaddy   to make the process as seamless as possible. Thus, when you buy a domain through Google Apps, you are actually buying it from GoDaddy or eNom.

It really doesn’t matter who you are buying the domain from since both are ICANN accredited domain registrars but in case you have a preference, say it here:

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/domain/providers

Select any one of the domain registrars, then type a domain name and hit buy!

3. Try Google Apps without buying a Domain

This is one useful feature that not many people seem to be aware of. If you would like to test the various features of Google Apps, you can actually do that without even having to buy a domain.

https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/sample/new

Just visit the above page, type in your email address and Google Apps will create a dummy Google Apps account for that email address to help you try out the various features without spending a penny.

[1] You can also use international domains with Google Apps but in that case, you’ll have to buy them separately from another domain registrar.

Essential Apps and Utilities for your Mac

The 2015 collection of the best Mac apps and utilities that will let you do more with your Mac. The apps in the list are mostly free and compatible with Yosemite, the most recent edition of Mac OS.

Whether you are a new Mac user or seasoned veteran looking to do more, here’s a collection of essential Mac apps & utilities that you must download on your computer. These apps, most of them are free and created by third-party developers, will help you get more productive and do things that are otherwise not possible on your Mac.

The Best Mac Apps & Utilities

The Mac collection includes mostly lesser-known apps so the usual suspects likes Evernote, Dropbox, OneNote, or Google Drive are all missing from the list. Also, all the apps listed below are compatible with Yosemite, the current version of Mac OS.

Let’s get started.

1. Infinit.io – Easily send files and folders of any size from your Mac to another device be it a Windows PC, iPhone, iPad, Android phone or a Mac itself.
2. Spectacle – This is a useful windows management app for Mac that lets you move and resize windows with configurable keyboard shortcuts. You can also move windows between multiple displays too.


3. Duet Display – Use your iPad or iPhone as an extra display for your Mac. Connect the iOS device to the Mac with the USB cable and use the touch-screen to interact with your Mac apps.
4. Knock – You can unlock your Mac by simply tapping your iPhone screen or your Apple Watch without having to type any passwords.
5. ImageOptim – Always run your images through ImageOptim before upload them on to your website. The Mac app will crush the size of your image files without affecting the visual quality.
6. HiddenMe – If your Mac desktop is cluttered with folders and files, you can hide all the icons with a single click or with a keyboard shortcut.
7. Site Sucker – Download entire websites includes images, PDF files and mirror them on your local disk for offline browsing. Like wget but with a visual interface.
8. App Cleaner – Deleting the .dmg file is not enough. If you are to properly uninstall any Mac app, you need to delete the residual hidden files as well and that’s where App Cleaner can help.
9. Download Shuttle – A download manager for your Mac that splits the file into multiple parts and downloads the individual parts simultaneously for faster downloads. Can pause and resume downloads too.
10. Toggl – Time tracking software for your Mac that sits in the status bar for quick access. Add #hashtags to tasks and your tracked hours are also synched with the web.
11. Fluid – This will turn your favorite website into a real desktop app for Mac that will reside in the Applications folder and you can launch from Spotlight search.
12. Transmit – The perfect FTP client for Mac OS X that just works. You can create droplets to instantly upload files to your favorite destinations from anywhere.
13. Caffeine – It helps your Mac stay awake. Click the Caffeine icon in the menu bar to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep or from dimming the screen while you are watching videos.
14. NoSleep – Your Macbook goes to sleep as soon you close the lid. The NoSleep extension will keep the screen awake even when the lid is closed so you can continue downloading files over the network.
15. Air Browser – This will put your favorite websites in the menu bar so you can access them from any screen with a single click. The sites can be configured to auto-refresh on open.
16. MacDropAny – You can easily sync any Mac folder with Dropbox or Google Drive without having to move them to a common folder.
17. Self Control – Stop procrastinating. This open-source Mac app that will temporarily block access to time-wasting websites, emails and everything else that you find distracting.
18. Gas Mask – This is a hosts file editorfor Mac that can help you permanently block access to certain websites from your computer.
19. Authy – Not exactly a Mac app but a Google Chrome extension that you cannot do without. It lets you log into online accounts that require 2-factor authentication without requiring the phone.
20. Pixel Winch – An easy-to-use screen measurement app where you take a screenshot of an area and then use the built-in controls to measure the dimensions of any element inside no matter how tiny it is.
21. Buffer – You can easily publish status updates, share links and photos to multiple social websites in one go from the menu bar itself.
22. Hocus Focus – It helps keep your Mac desktop screen clutter free by automatically hiding app windows that are inactive or haven’t been used for a while. You can even choose to hide windows as soon as they lose focus.
23. AirDroid – It connects your Android phone to the Mac. You can access messages, manage photos, transfer files and more, wirelessly.
24. PushBullet – A universal copy-paste solution for all your devices including the Mac. Copy something on your phone and it instantly becomes available on the Mac’s clipboard and vice-versa.
25. Unarchiver – A useful compression utility for Mac that can handle all the popular zip formats including RAR, TAR, MSI, EXE, GZIP and even ISO file. It can extract sounds and images from Flash and PDF files too.
26. iBrowse – Access the files and folders on your iPhone or iPad inside this Finder-like app and copy images, videos and other files from the iOS device to your Mac easily.
27. GIF Brewery – This helps you convert video files and screencasts into animated GIFs and offers tons of options to fine-tune your GIF images.
28. Karabiner – A key mapping application for the Mac that lets you remap existing keys to perform a different command. For instance, the CAPS lock key can be configured to work as an Escape key.
29. Better Touch Tool – It lets you easily configure the behaviour of existing gestures of your Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad or define new multi-touch gestures.
30. Hazel – A folder monitoring app that lets you specify rules and the files added to these watched folders are automatically arranged based on your rules. You can run complex rules too, like run Apple Script, when a file is added.
Also see: Print Files on Mac with Dropbox
31. Helium – An Always on Top like app but for your Mac. The browser window will float on top of other windows and you can also change the translucency level.
32. Dropzone – It make it easy to copy or move files to your favorite folders and you can also upload files to web destinations right from the menu bar.
33. RSS Bot – Access your favorite RSS feeds from the Mac’s menu bar. Get notifications when new items are available and apply filters to only show articles that match certain keywords.
34. XMenu – It provides Finder like access to your favorite folders and Mac apps from the menu bar. You can launch apps, access documents and files inside folder right from the menu bar.
35. Flux – It automatically dims the brightness of your screen based on the time of the day – warm at night, bright during the day – so your eyes feel less strain. Also see the 20 20 20 rule.
36. EVE – The app helps you learn Mac keyboard shortcuts. Every time you use the mouse to perform an action, the app displaying the equivalent shortcut as a notification. Also see CheatSheet, it display all the available shortcuts for the currently active app.
37. BootChamp – If you have installed Windows on Mac through Apple Bootcamp, BootChamp will save you a few clicks. It adds an icon in the menu bar that will you restart your computer into Windows mode directly without having to press any keys during start-up.
38. aText – A text expander program that accelerates your touch typing by replacing pre-defined abbreviations with corresponding phrases. For instance, say ;sig to add your rich signature in the Gmail window.
39. Flashlight – It adds more power to Spotlight search on your Mac. You can search different, quickly add events to your calendar, create reminders, run terminal commands and more all from within Spotlight.
40. Alfred 2 – Apple has vastly improved Spotlight with Yosemite but Alfred is still a better app at finding files both on your local disk and online.
41. Disk Inventory – If your 256 GB SSD on the Macbook is running low on space, use the Disk Inventory app to quickly discover large files and folders that are hogging up the space.
42. Sync – From the makers of BitTorrent, Sync helps you keep files and folders on all your computers and mobile devices in sync with each other but without using the cloud. There are no size limitations either.
43. Bartender – If you have too many app icons cluttering the menu bar of your mac, Bartender can bring some order. It lets you hide the menu item you don’t need or you can push them to the secondary bar that will not show by default.
Also see: Clean your Mac Open-with Menu
44. CloudUp – From the company that develops WordPress, CloudUp lets you quickly upload and share local files and screenshots from the menu bar.
45. Filepane – The invisible app improves your drag and drop workflow. Select one or more files and the app will offers a list of actions that you can perform from resizing the files to sharing via AirDrop to moving it to another destination and more.
46. Unclutter – A clipboard history manager for your Mac that preserves snippets copied to the clipboard and also gives you quick access to your frequently used files and folders. Use ClipMenu or CopyClip if you only need a basic clipboard manager.
47. TextBar – You can specify terminal commands and the app will add the text output of those commands to the menu bar that can also be configured to auto-updated at set intervals. For instance, ‘ipconfig getifaddr en0’ will print your current IP address in the menu bar. You can also have these as desktop widgets with Übersicht.
48. Handbrake – Whether you are looking to convert videos from one format to another or need to extract videos from a DVD, HandBrake is probably the only utility you need. FFmpeg is powerful too but works only from the command line.
49. Soundflower – If you are to record the Mac audio, like the sound coming out of the speakers, you would need SoundFlower to route that sound to the recording app instead of the speakers.
50. QuickCast – Record quick screencasts of any area of your desktop screen and save the video files locally or publish them online. It can record mouse clicks and sound too. The other alternative is QuickTime.
51. MuteMyMic – Like the speaker volume, you can now reduce the volume or completely turn off the mic from the menu bar or through keyboard shortcuts. Should come handy for online meetings and voice chats.
52. Onyx – It provides access to hidden settings, you can perform system maintenance tasks and also configure system apps like Finder, Spotlight and Dock. TinkerTool is also a good alternative.

The 100 Top Most Useful Websites

The 101 Most Useful Websites

The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet is a frequently updated list of lesser-known but wonderful websites and cool web apps.

Here are some of the most useful websites on the internet that you may not know about. These web sites, well most of them, solve at least one problem really well and they all have simple web addresses (URLs) that you can memorize thus saving you a trip to Google.

And if you find this list useful, also check out the expanded version – The Most Useful Websites – which now offers a collection of 150+ undiscovered and incredibly useful websites to enhance your productivity.

The Most Useful Websites and Web Apps

1. ctrlq.org/screenshots – for capturing screenshots of web pages on mobile and desktops.
2. dictation.io – online voice recognition in the browser itself.
3. zerodollarmovies.com – find full-length movies on YouTube.
4. screenr.com – record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube.
5. goo.gl – shorten long URLs and convert URLs into QR codes.


6. unfurlr.come – find the original URL that’s hiding behind a short URL.
7. qClock – find the local time of a city using Google Maps.
8. copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard.
9. codeacademy.com – the best place to learn coding online.
10. lovelycharts.com – create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc.
11. iconfinder.com – find icons of all sizes.
12. office.com – download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents.
13. followupthen.com – the easiest way to setup email reminders.
14. jotti.org – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
15. wolframalpha.com – gets answers directly without searching   – see morewolfram tips.
16. printwhatyoulike.com – print web pages without the clutter.
17. ctrlq.save – save online files to Dropbox or Google Drive directly.
18. ctrql.rss – a search engine for RSS feeds.
19. e.ggtimer.com – a simple online timer for your daily needs.
20. coralcdn.org – if a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through coral CDN.
21. random.org – pick random numbers, flip coins, and more.
22. pdfescape.com – lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself.
23. – simultaneously upload videos to YouTube and other video sites.
24. scr.im – share you email address online without worrying about spam.
25. spypig.com – now get read receipts for your email.
26. myfonts.com/WhatTheFont – quickly determine the font name from an image.
27. google.com/webfonts – a good collection of open source fonts.
28. regex.info – find data hidden in your photographs – see more EXIF tools.
29. livestream.com – broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen.
30. iwantmyname.com – helps you search domains across all TLDs.
31. homestyler.com – design from scratch or re-model your home in 3d.
32. join.me – share you screen with anyone over the web.
33. onlineocr.net – recognize text from scanned PDFs – see other OCR tools.
34. flightstats.com – Track flight status at airports worldwide.
35. wetransfer.com – for sharing really big files online.
36. hundredzeros.com – the site lets you download free Kindle books.
37. polishmywriting.com – check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors.
38. marker.to – easily highlight the important parts of a web page for sharing.
39. typewith.me – work on the same document with multiple people.
40. whichdateworks.com – planning an event? find a date that works for all.
41. everytimezone.com – a less confusing view of the world time zones.
42. gtmetrix.com – the perfect tool for measuring your site performanceonline.
43. noteflight.com – print music sheets, write your own music online (review).
44. imo.im – chat with your buddies on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, etc. from one place.
45. translate.google.com – translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents.
46. kleki.com – create paintings and sketches with a wide variety of brushes.
47. similarsites.com – discover new sites that are similar to what you like already.
48. wordle.net – quick summarize long pieces of text with tag clouds.
49. bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser.
50. kuler.adobe.com – get color ideas, also extract colors from photographs.
51. liveshare.com – share your photos in an album instantly.
52. lmgtfy.com – when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own.
53. midomi.com – when you need to find the name of a song.
54. google.com/history – see your past searches, also among most important Google URLs
55. bing.com/images – automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles.
56. faxzero.com – send an online fax for free – see more fax services.
57. feedmyinbox.com – get RSS feeds as an email newsletter.
58. ge.tt – qiuckly send a file to someone, they can even preview it before downloading.
59. pipebytes.com – transfer files of any size without uploading to a third-party server.
60. tinychat.com – setup a private chat room in micro-seconds.
61. privnote.com – create text notes that will self-destruct after being read.
62. boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps – alternative.
63. mondrian.io – create vector drawings in the browser
64. draw.io – create diagrams and flowcharts in the browser, export your drawings to Google Drive and Dropbox.
65. downforeveryoneorjustme.com – find if your favorite website is offline or not?
66. ewhois.com – find the other websitesof a person with reverse Analytics lookup.
67. whoishostingthis.com – find the web host of any website.
68. labnol.org – software tutorials and how-to guides.
69. disposablewebpage.com – create a temporary web page that self-destruct.
70. urbandictionary.com – find definitions of slangs and informal words.
71. seatguru.com – consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight.
72. unsplash.com – download imagesabsolutely free.
73. zoom.it – view very high-resolution images in your browser without scrolling.
74. scribblemaps.com – create custom Google Maps easily.
75. alertful.com – quickly setup email reminders for important events.
76. picmonkey.com – Picnik is offline but PicMonkey is an even better image editor.
77. formspring.me – you can ask or answer personal questions here.
78. sumopaint.com – an excellent layer-based online image editor.
79. snopes.com – find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam.
80. typingweb.com – master touch-typing with these practice sessions.
81. mailvu.com – send video emails to anyone using your web cam.
82. timerime.com – create timelines with audio, video and images.
83. stupeflix.com – make a movie out of your images, audio and video clips.
84. safeweb.norton.com – check the trust level of any website.
85. teuxdeux.com – a beautiful to-do app that looks like your paper dairy.
86. deadurl.com – you’ll need this when your bookmarked web pages are deleted.
87. minutes.io – quickly capture effective notes during meetings.
88. youtube.com/leanback – Watch YouTube channels in TV mode.
89. youtube.com/disco – quickly create a video playlist of your favorite artist.
90. talltweets.com – Send tweets longer than 140 characters.
91. pancake.io – create a free and simple website using your Dropbox account.
92. builtwith.com – find the technology stack to know everything about a website.
93. woorank.com – research a website from the SEO perspective.
94. mixlr.com – broadcast live audio over the web.
95. radbox.me – bookmark online videos and watch them later (review).
96. tagmydoc.com – add QR codes to your documents and presentations (review).
97. notes.io – the easiest way to write short text notes in the browser.
98. ctrlq.org/html-mail – send rich-text mails to anyone, anonymously.
99. fiverr.com – hire people to do little things for $5.
100. otixo.com – easily manage your online files on Dropbox, Google Docs, etc.
101. ifttt.com – create a connection between all your online accounts.

Changelog and Updates

The following websites were part of the original list but they are either no longer available or have been replaced with better alternatives.

1. virustotal.com – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
2. isnsfw.com – when you wish to share a NSFW page but with a warning.
3. truveo.com – the best place for searching web videos.
4. tabbloid.com – your favorite blogs delivered as PDFs.
5. warrick.cs.odu.edu – you’ll need this when your bookmarked web pages are deleted.
6. tempalias.com – generate temporary email aliases, better than disposable email.
7. whisperbot.com – send an email without using your own account.
8. errorlevelanalysis.com – find whether a photo is real or a photoshopped one.
9. google.com/dictionary – get word meanings, pronunciations and usage examples.
10. wobzip.org – unzip your compressed files online.
11. namemytune.com – when you need to find the name of a song.
12. snapask.com – use email on your phone to find sports scores, read Wikipedia, etc.
13. pastebin.com – the site has been blocked in India.
14. encrypted.google.com – Google now redirects all logged-in users to the https version of google.com by default so this is no longer necessary.
15. bounceapp.com – replace this with a version that works on mobile.
16. dabbleboard.com – a online virtual whiteboard that will shut down in August 2012.
17. chipin.com – helps you raise funds online for an event or a cause (closed).