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With over 3 billion Youtube videos watched every single day and 48 hours of footage uploaded every single minute to the world's most popular video sharing website we wanted to produce a useful guide for getting the most out of the service. You'll struggle to find somebody who uses the web and who doesn't watch Youtube videos on a daily basis but there is so much more to Youtube than just little funny videos of cats. The list also provides tips and tricks for publishers who are the people who make the site what it is today. Over the coming years we can expect Youtube to continue it's growth especially on mobile and possibly even on to our smart TVs in the future to form a core part of our daily entertainment experience. Here is how you can get much more out of Youtube… Leanback Youtube introduced this feature so as you could watch all the great footage on Youtube tailored to your tastes without every having to click a button. It serves you up videos based on what you have watched before and the idea is that you can "lean back" and just enjoy the content without worrying about searching for new videos. Disco Great way of using Youtube to serve you up an endless playlist if all the music you love. All you have to do is think of the name of your favorite band or artist and click the disco button. It will automatically create a playlist for you featuring only tracks from that person or band. It's a great way of getting free music and just leaving it playing in the background. Charts You simply have to bookmark this page if you want to get the best videos on Youtube. It is essentially a chart system that shows videos depending on the amount of views, ratings, comments etc that they get and you can choose to view it by day, week, month or by all time. It's a great way of finding all the latest content with the crowd doing all the hard work to filter though the billions of videos for you. Create You may have seen some of the animation videos on Youtu

" Author of 20 Great Youtube Features And Tricks You Need To Know 20 Great Youtube Features And Tricks You Need To Know June 7th, 2011 by Niall Harbison in Video inShare124 With over 3 billion Youtube videos watched every single day and 48 hours of footage uploaded every single minute to the world's most popular video sharing website we wanted to produce a useful guide for getting the most out of the service. You'll struggle to find somebody who uses the web and who doesn't watch Youtube videos on a daily basis but there is so much more to Youtube than just little funny videos of cats. The list also provides tips and tricks for publishers who are the people who make the site what it is today. Over the coming years we can expect Youtube to continue it's growth especially on mobile and possibly even on to our smart TVs in the future to form a core part of our daily entertainment experience. Here is how you can get much more out of Youtube… Leanback Youtube introduced this feature so as you could watch all the great footage on Youtube tailored to your tastes without every having to click a button. It serves you up videos based on what you have watched before and the idea is that you can "lean back" and just enjoy the content without worrying about searching for new videos. Disco Great way of using Youtube to serve you up an endless playlist if all the music you love. All you have to do is think of the name of your favorite band or artist and click the disco button. It will automatically create a playlist for you featuring only tracks from that person or band. It's a great way of getting free music and just leaving it playing in the background. Charts You simply have to bookmark this page if you want to get the best videos on Youtube. It is essentially a chart system that shows videos depending on the amount of views, ratings, comments etc that they get and you can choose to view it by day, week, month or by all time. It's a great way of finding al

" Twitter #analytics and much more... Get detailed and visual analytics on anyone's tweets, retweets, replies, mentions, hashtags... Browse, search, filter and get insights on the people you follow and those who follow you Monitor your interactions with fellow users of Twitter: mentions, retweets, favorites... Backup/export any user's tweets to an Excel spreadsheet in just one click Monitor tweets from your favorite users, lists and keyword searches Find out easily those you follow but don't follow you back Easily add & remove people you follow to your lists Get the list of the followers you don't follow back Add and remove people in batch to your lists Browse, search, filter and sort your lists Track clicks on the links in your tweets And much more..."

The morguefile filter has been designed to help you find images quickly and easily. It's super simple. Start by clicking a filter on the left or enter a search term and click add to search.

Instant screencasts: Just click record

to launch the screencast recorder and record a screencast directly from you browser, please click the button on the right. I don't think there is a way to download the vid from the app.

" Screenr's web-based screen recorder makes it a breeze to create and share your screencasts around the web. Just click the record button, capture your screen & voice, and share the link. Some people even call it fun!"

"BeFunky simplifies photo editing and effects for everyday people. Marvelous Photo Effects Choose from our constantly growing library of photo effects to turn your ordinary photos into extraordinary art with virtually no effort. Smart Photo Editing Photo editing made smart. Fix your common photo problems like bad lighting, digital noise, fuzzy colors and details with one click. Design Goodies Give your digital creations a whole lot of character with BeFunky Goodies. Add speech bubbles, frames and more..."

Added by Katie Lepi on 2013-05-03 56 Creating custom timelines is an age old school project, especially for history classes (since history is basically a giant timeline, after all!) Way back in the day, when I was a student, I remember drawing out my timelines with colored pencils on pieces of taped together construction paper (to make the line long enough). We've come a long way since the late '80′s, and there are a lot of web tools and apps out there that help users make much more advanced timelines than I could crank out with my awesome colored pencils. Whether you're using them to chronicle well known historical events, or your own personal history, these tools can bring together audio, video, photos, text, and more to showcase a well rounded, multimedia timeline to tell your story. Time Toast timetoast Time Toast also offers uses free, unlimited timelines and easy Facebook integration. The interface is extremely simple - just click 'add an event', and you can add text, links, or photos. While it doesn't offer some of the audio/video options that some of the other products we mention in this post do, it offers a lot more simplicity. Of note, there are a number of ads on the site - which can be expected with a free tool - but just something to keep in mind. Meograph meograph Meograph's tagline is 'Four Dimensional Storytelling'. It offers a simple interface that allows users to combine news, history, travels, life events, photos, videos, audio, etc to create a multifaceted timeline. It offers easy sharing options and a web based interface. Users can purchase usage by the class with three different options starting at $19.99. Capzles capzles Capzles is similar to Meograph in that it allows users to integrate information from a variety of different sources (video, audio, photos, text, etc) into one multifaceted timeline. Free to join, Capzles is also working on an Indiegogo project that will allow them to develop a similar tool th

Added by Katie Lepi on 2013-05-03 56 Creating custom timelines is an age old school project, especially for history classes (since history is basically a giant timeline, after all!) Way back in the day, when I was a student, I remember drawing out my timelines with colored pencils on pieces of taped together construction paper (to make the line long enough). We've come a long way since the late '80′s, and there are a lot of web tools and apps out there that help users make much more advanced timelines than I could crank out with my awesome colored pencils. Whether you're using them to chronicle well known historical events, or your own personal history, these tools can bring together audio, video, photos, text, and more to showcase a well rounded, multimedia timeline to tell your story. Time Toast timetoast Time Toast also offers uses free, unlimited timelines and easy Facebook integration. The interface is extremely simple - just click 'add an event', and you can add text, links, or photos. While it doesn't offer some of the audio/video options that some of the other products we mention in this post do, it offers a lot more simplicity. Of note, there are a number of ads on the site - which can be expected with a free tool - but just something to keep in mind. Meograph meograph Meograph's tagline is 'Four Dimensional Storytelling'. It offers a simple interface that allows users to combine news, history, travels, life events, photos, videos, audio, etc to create a multifaceted timeline. It offers easy sharing options and a web based interface. Users can purchase usage by the class with three different options starting at $19.99. Capzles capzles Capzles is similar to Meograph in that it allows users to integrate information from a variety of different sources (video, audio, photos, text, etc) into one multifaceted timeline. Free to join, Capzles is also working on an Indiegogo project that will allow them to develop a similar tool th

For creating shortened urls and QR Codes, click the details link of the link that you shortened to view the qr code.

This is another awesome infographic creation tool that is very easy to use. Just drag-and-drop shapes from an extensive library and point-and-click your way to format. No expertise needed.

"This is a *free service to generate QR codes in colour with embedded animations online for social media and custom branding QR codes. Upload your animation and click on the 'Generate Animated QR Code' button. Note: Supported animation types are multi-frame gif animations only. Looping and animation speed is supported. Transparency of animations is implemented."

"Mouse Mischief integrates into Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, enabling you insert questions, polls, and drawing activity slides into your lessons. Students can actively participate in these lessons by using their own mice to click, circle, cross out or draw answers on the screen. "

for our pc's ?

"Screencast-O-Matic is the original online screen recorder for one-click recording from your browser on Windows, Mac, or Linux with no install for FREE!"

"Voice Search provides a method to search by speaking. For example, just click on the microphone and say "kittens" to search for kittens. If you specifically want pictures of kittens, say "google images kittens". Want to learn more about World War II? Say "wikipedia world war two". "

Search the global map for online newspapers.

Enter an image and you can apply any of these operations with a single click. host:  imgur · juvo.se · imageshack · overpic · stooorage reverse / similar search:  tineye · yandex · cydral · baidu share:  flickr · vi.sualize.us · weheartit · more hidden data:  EXIF / GPS · http headers · http headers (2) edit:  pixlr · sumopaint · aviary · picnik · fotoflexer · drpic · iaza · pixenate · snipshot · lunapic · resizer animated GIFs:  player · reverse · split frames · -90° · 90° · 180° convert:  data URI new! · HTML · JPG · GIF · BMP · PNG · PDF · TIFF · EPS · HDR/EXR · SVG · TGA · WBMP optimize:  smushit · dynamicdrive · sitereportcard effects:  improve · round corners · b&w · painting · polaroid · ancient · motivational · ASCII · ASCII(2) · cube · mustachify special:  what the font · what font is · OCR · decode QR-code · error level · color palette · palette 2 · border-image · zoom.it · tester specialized reverse:  faces · anime · anime+ · anime2 custom:  edit personal links more coming soon... suggest a new tool More:  ImgOps only links to tools which directly accept an image URL.  For an extensive directory of other online apps, try these links to MakeUseOf.com.   · image editing   · photos

"The new updated version is now out. This resource should help you understand the changes through clear examples. Click here to read about the 2009 MLA updates. "

"our school subcription. Click here and then "passwords" to log in to get this password."