Movies on

Rotten Tomatoes
Want to know whether or not a movie is worth your hard-earned $15? Rotten Tomatoes has you covered. This incredibly popular movie site is the go-to website for the very best movie reviews. Home of the “Tomato-meter,” it provides the most trusted, unbiased, and simple appraisal of movie quality on the Web. The higher the Tomato-meter, the better a movie is. It simply averages thousands of reviews to create a 1-100 number score. Of course, like its competitor IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes also has movie trailers, showtimes, in-depth reviews, and more.
IMDb
IMDb is one of the Internet’s oldest websites. In fact, it was created before the first web browser. Not surprisingly, it’s also one of the most popular websites. It features the world’s largest database of movie reviews, ratings, and fun facts. As such, it’s the go-to place to get the scoop on the next big box office hit, TV shows, video games, celebrity content, and more. if you want to dig deep into a movie or Hollywood in general, IMDb is the place to do it.
Screenrant
Like IMDb, Screenrant is one of those sites that should be bookmarked and religiously visited by any self-respecting, in-the-know movie buff. Filled with the latest movie and television news, reviews, trailers, and more, it’s a nicely edited, insightful publication that covers anything and everything Hollywood-related. If you love movies, you’ll love Screenrant.
Short of the Week
As its name suggests, Short of the Week is a website dedicated to showcasing the best short films. A new short indie film is hand-picked and added to the website each and every week. From killer zombies to love and every other topic under the sun, you’ll find hordes of great film shorts in every genre just waiting to be appreciated. Each short weaves incredible storytelling into a 5-20 minute movie, making it an ideal place to get your entertainment fix in today’s on-the-go world.

Video Streaming on

Amazon Prime Video
A subscription to Amazon prime not only gets you fast free shipping – it also gives you access to Amazon’s top-notch Prime Video streaming service. While it isn’t as polished as Netflix, it’s free with your Prime membership and comes with a ton of great content, movies, and original shows. With deep pockets and exclusivity deals with HBO, BBC, and more, its already impressive catalogue is getting even more impressive by the day. Of course, you also get ad-free music, unlimited photo storage, and access to Amazon Kindle ebooks as well.
Netflix
With a dizzying selection of movies, documentaries, and TV shows available on-demand, it’s easy to see why Netflix remains the world’s leading video streaming site. The site’s catalogue of programming continues to grow right along with its list of subscribers. In addition to giving you access to an endless number of movies and shows on any smart TV, PC, smartphone, tablet, or gaming console, Netflix’s original productions are on par with some of Hollywood’s best.
YouTube Movies
YouTube is much more than the world’s top destination for videos in just about every category. In fact, you could actually make a case for it competing in just about every category on this list. That said, one of the website’s lesser known features is YouTube Movies, which allows you to rent movies and shows on-demand. Of course, being YouTube, there are plenty of free movies available as well. From “Avengers Endgame” to “The Lion King,” you name it and chances are YouTube has it.
Vimeo
To many people, Vimeo is pretty much YouTube’s little stepbrother. However, this Rocky-esque site has managed to defy the odds and carve out a loyal following. As one of the most supportive communities on the Web for indie filmmakers, Vimeo is where you go to stream refreshingly “artsy” films on demand. This isn’t the place to stream “Thor: Ragnarok.” It’s the place to see Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW award winners. Not the artsy type or in the right mood? Don’t worry, Vimeo has a little something for everyone and every mood too.

Books

Audible
The Internet’s most epic source of online audio books, Audible features an insanely huge catalogue of books on audio. From new releases to the classics, you can find almost any title on Audible. In addition to audio books, you’ll also find audio versions of magazines and newspapers, recorded TV and radio programs, and a myriad of high-quality audio courses. Whether you’re at the gym, in the car, or at home and simply giving your eyes a break, Audible’s selection will keep you learning and entertained for years.
Good Reads
Good Reads is a modern-day book club. Well, technically it’s a social network for book lovers, but details aside, it’s pretty darn great. Owned by Amazon, Good Reads is thriving and growing every day, making it a terrific place to connect with fellow readers, share recommendations, read insightful book reviews, and more. Signing up for Good Reads is completely free, so anyone can freely search its vast database and generate a custom reading list in no time at all!
Which Book
Not sure which book to read? Reader reviews are wonderful and certainly insightful in a number of ways, but there’s nothing quite like the power of Big Data, which Which Books uses extraordinarily well. This next generation book suggestion utilizes cutting-edge tech to sort through millions of different factor combinations and suggest the best book for your needs. You simply tell Which Book the type of book you want along with some other information, and it will search through its gigantic library to match you to the book or books that best fit what you’re looking for.
Blinklist
Blinklist proves that big things truly can come in small packages. Rather than having to read hundreds of pages, it breaks down each book into minute-sized chunks, allowing you to gain insights into an endless selection of non-fiction books in under 15 minutes. This is what Blinklist is all about. It condenses over 2,500 top non-fiction books, so you can learn a ton of new things each and every day.
Pixel of Ink
Dying to read a Kindle ebook your friend recommended but don’t want to spend more than a dollar or two? Pixel of Ink is the best place on the Internet for tracking down awesome Kindle ebooks for next to nothing or completely free. With tons of bargain ebooks available for less than $5, $3, and even $1, it can be a real goldmine for bargain-hunting Kindle owners.
Book Riot
Book Riot is a wonderfully unpretentious blog created by book lovers for book lovers. The popular online publication is filled with witty and entertaining book reviews and literary news. Whether you’re looking for can’t miss recommendations of must-read books, commentary on the latest new releases, or the latest scoop on book-reading technology, Book Riot is the place to be.
Project Gutenberg
Speaking of book-reading technology, Project Gutenberg is all about digitizing, archiving, and distributing ebooks. In fact, it has taken it upon itself to digitize as many of the classics and other cultural works of the written word as it can for the current and future generations to enjoy. Best of all, everything on Project Gutenberg is available to read online or download absolutely free of charge.

Finance & Accounting Websites

PayPal

PayPal is the world’s most popular online payment system and without a doubt the biggest player when it comes to receiving and sending money online. Not only does PayPal serve as a safe and secure electronic payment gateway for online money transfers, but a growing number of online service providers and retailers are now accepting PayPal payments, making it a go-to resource for anyone conducting transactions online.

TransferWise

Like PayPal, TransferWise is another website designed to make it easy to receive and send money online. However, the UK-based company specializes in making and receiving payments in different currencies, allowing you to quickly and easily transfer money abroad. While TransferWise does charge a fee for this service, it uses the current, real-time exchange rate and its fees are much lower than PayPal or your bank would charge.

Mint

In addition to being completely free, Mint is one of the best personal finance management sites on the Internet for people living in the US and Canada. It offers a fantastic automatic spending tracker and several great budgeting tools to help you manage your money, keep track of your finances, and improve your credit score. If you want to improve your financial responsibility, do yourself a favor and sign up for Mint today.

Money Saving Expert

Part consumer finance blog and part discussion website, Money Saving Expert is a gigantic resource for everything you could possibly need score some deals and save money. Whether you’re looking for money-saving coupons or low interest credit card deals, rest assured the folks at Money Saving Expert can point you in the right direction. It’s basically a free website created to help you do one thing – save you money. What’s not to like?

Expensify

Want to know where your money is going? Good for you, but to do that you need to keep track of it day in and day out. Expensify helps you do exactly that. With this nifty business bookkeeping site, you can generate free, detailed expense reports quickly and easily to analyze your finances down to the tee. From reimbursements to receipt scanning, everything is automated to make expense reports as headache-free as they can possibly be.

TaxAct

TaxAct is a godsend for millions in the US come January each year. This popular, easy-to-use tax preparation platform makes preparing and filing your taxes as easy as 1-2-3. With TaxAct, you can file both state and federal tax returns; and for simple returns, it’s 100 percent free. Plus, it offers unlimited support, handy step-by-step guides, and a 100 percent accuracy and maximum refund guarantee, so it’s impossible to go wrong.

File Hosting

Dropbox
Dropbox is a popular and easy-to-use cloud storage and file hosting service. You use Dropbox just like any other folder you have on your computer, except each file you save to your Dropbox is synced to any other devices linked to your account. In other words, it’s a modern workspace created to minimize your busy work, allowing you to focus on what matters most. It comes complete with cloud storage, personal cloud, file synchronization, and more.
Mega
Mega is another popular file hosting and cloud storage service offered via a simple and easy-to-use web-based platform. With fast downloads, file encryption, a mobile app, and a whopping 50 GB worth of free storage at signup, it’s arguably the best file hosting and cloud storage service on the Web.
HighTale
I don’t know about you, but I hate those file size caps that make you send multiple email documents when you could have just sent one. HighTale solves this dilemma. In addition to letting you preview websites and documents and keep all of your creative projects in one convenient and secure location, this file host allows you to email large files up to 2 GB in size.

Software

Adobe Creative Suite
From Adobe Reader to Flash and Photoshop, Adobe creates a lot of software programs. Although most people know about the programs I just mentioned, Adobe develops a lot of other programs too. In the past, buying all of the programs in the Adobe Creative Suite would cost a mall fortune, but the suite is now available on Adobe’s Creative Cloud platform on a subscription basis. Plans start from $9.99 a month, making it a great option for those on a budget. There’s a total of 16 programs in the Adobe Creative Suite, so it’s definitely a good deal any way you slice it.
AlternativeTo
Remember when the GrubHub delivery fee was only a buck? No, well I’m not sure if that was ever the case. However, if an app you use has upped its prices or isn’t quite giving you what you need, AlternativeTo is worth a look. With this great website, you simply type in the name of the website or app you want to replace, and it will dish out several similar alternatives to have a go at. For most sites or apps, it will list crowd-sourced recommendations for mobile apps, desktop computer software, and web-based software, giving you dozens of options for almost any app you want to replace.
GitHub
In many eyes, GitHub is one of the world’s best software development platforms. It has brought together some of the world’s best talent to create a gigantic community of program and software developers who use their collective knowledge to build and discover better software. This makes it a popular platform for the development of open software projects. Users get access to contributor stats, downloads, commit logs, version history, and more to collectively create better software.
SourceForge
SourceForge is similar to GitHub. It’s also an open-source platform where you can develop, download, and publish open source software projects for free. As one of GitHub’s main competitors, it also has a huge directory of open source software and applications available for fast and secure download.

News

BBC News
BBC News is a world leader in current affairs and broadcast news. In fact, it’s the #1 broadcast news organization in the world, generating 120 hours or more of TV and radio programming every single day. The BBC News website is equally popular and arguably just as busy. As one of the UK’s top news websites, it’s read by over 25 percent of UK residents and 14 million people worldwide each month. With great written content and a ton of video and radio content as well, it’s the place to turn to stay up to date on what’s going on not only in the UK but the world.
The Conversation
When it comes to in-depth research, analysis, and news on a huge variety of topics, The Conversation is hard to beat. While it sounds like a network morning show, it’s actually a website consisting of nothing but editorials and insightful commentary from professional academics. That said, what’s particularly great about The Conversation is the fact that it often publishes a number of articles on the same topic in order to provide several different angles and perspectives. If you want to stay well informed about the true issues affecting our world, simply join in on The Conversation.
Reuters
Reuters is the place to go for up-to-the-minute news releases. With several Pulitzer Prizes for its international reporting, Reuters is heralded as the least biased news agency in the world, putting it in a class all its own. if you want objective reporting with zero spin and few loaded words, Reuters is worth checking out.
Hacker News
It may seem like a run-of-the-mill technology news aggregator at surface level. However, upon further inspection you’ll discover a technically savvy community full of insightful and unique perspectives on hacker-related news. You won’t find the information at Hacker News at any other major tech news site.
FiveThirtyEight
FiveThirtyEight’s founder, Nate Silver, won appraise for his eerily accurate prediction of the 2012 presidential election. As a statistician, he created FiveThirtyEight to provide a much-needed news blog with a data-centric perspective. With compelling news stories on politics, the economy, technology, sports, and more, it’s great whenever you want a more sober take on the news than the major 24-hour news networks provide.
Google News
Not surprisingly, Google News is one of the globe’s largest news aggregators. It continuously pulls top stories from around the Internet to provide a constant stream of the latest news articles from a massive number of news and magazine publications. As the brainchild of one of today’s top tech companies, Google News also employs a little secret sauce and statistical data to handpick and deliver the articles you’re most likely to enjoy.
Reddit
If the Internet was a newspaper, Reddit would be the front page. It basically serves up the internet’s best articles and news stories in one convenient place. However, in addition to a continuously updated feed of the Internet’s best viral videos, fun stories, and breaking news, Reddit also incorporates a social aspect through the use of social voting and user-generated news. That’s right; at Reddit, anyone can add a description, post a link, and review and rate each link you visit. Just be forewarned, at Reddit, anything goes. So, if you run into some content that’s a little NSFW, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Quartz
Quarts is another great website for news, videos, obsessions, and ideas. In fact, it offers some of the most thought-provoking and intelligent journalism on the Web. In essence, it’s a constantly updated business person’s guide to the global economy. With a decidedly global-centric approach, it provides smart news stories on a variety of hot topics ranging from science and technology to business and the financial markets. At Quartz, you’ll always leave feeling more informed than you were when you arrived.