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Scott Hewitt, the entrepreneur behind Norfolk-based design and development firm Real Projects, has compiled a list of the top 40 tools and websites which businesses can use for free.
Check out the list below:
1 The Awesome Highlighter: Highlight text on web pages
2 Ning: Lets you create and join new social networks for your interests and passions
3 The OpenLearn website: Gives free access to Open University course materials
4 Primo PDF: Create PDF files for free
5 Twitterfall: Set up tags to view twitter trends. Great to use at conferences or in classrooms
6 Xtimeline: Creates your own timelines
7 Zamzar: Free online file conversion
8 Wordle: Create beautiful word clouds
9 Spezify: Visual search
10 Visuwords: The online graphical dictionary and thesaurus
11 bubbl.us: Mindmapping tool
12 Free Skype-to-Skype calls: Low-cost international calls and a free iPhone app
13 IBM INNOV8 2.0: Resources for business
14 Wordpress: Get a free blog, 1000s of free graphic themes
15 Hot Potatoes Home Page – create interactive quizzes and puzzles
16 Welcome to Wikispaces: Free Wikis for everyone
17 FreeMind; Free mind mapping software
18 Gliffy: Diagram software
19 Prezi: The zooming presentation editor
20 Free PowerPoint to Flash converter
21 Upload and share PowerPoint presentations and documents
22 Xtranormal: Create your movies
23 Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
24 Animoto: The end of slideshows
25 Provide feedback on websites
26 PhotoPeach: Free photo slideshows with music
27 BigHugeLabs: Do fun stuff with your photos
29 OpenSim: Create your own virtual worlds
30 Scratch: Create your own animations and games
31 Udutu: Online learning simulations made easy
32 SurveyMonkey.com: Powerful tool for creating web surveys. Online survey software made easy!
33 Create free online surveys and polls with PollDaddy.com
34 Pageflakes
35 Online Meeting, web conferencing, desktop sharing and remote support with Mikogo
36 Audacity: Free audio editor and recorder
37 Dosize: Resize digital photo images online
39 OpenOffice.org: Free and open productivity suite
40 Go! Animate: Create your own cartoons and animations
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