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Best Web Apps and Resources for College Students

Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by srikanth.

College students are increasingly reliant on computers for online research, job search, assignments etc. Sometimes, students might have to spend money of software, but why would you want to do that?  There are free alternatives available for almost every purpose.

Many of the free applications are web apps that help you organize your stuff with ease. Utilizing web applications will not only increase your overall productivity but also help you save extra space on your computer.

Here are some handy web based applications and resources for college students to collaborate and share documents online, keep track of assignments, improve vocabulary, takes notes and more.

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Keep Track of Your Valuable Comments with BackType

Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by Aravind Jose.

The “Web 2.0″ is often explained as “not a technology, but a radical shift in the outlook and approach towards the internet, enhancing user interaction and engagement, thereby providing a better platform for people to express/make use of.”

Blogs are a phenomenon, so are comments. Once comments were introduced and implemented, you got the chance to talk on anything and everything. Comments enhances the parent post, adding more value to it. Also, commenting is a very good social action.

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5 Tools to Quickly Share Text, Notes or Code over the Internet

Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by Aravind Jose.

You are likely to have experienced at least once, a situation, where you had to quickly send some piece of text/code to many people at once. This happens mostly at places like Twitter (with character limits). What if 140 characters (in case of Twitter), was not enough for you to explain something?!

Well, I have a few solutions to this problem. Just fire up a new tab, get to one of the following Clipboards/PasteBoards on the web, type in your info, grab it and send ‘em the link.

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