Time’s 50 Best Websites of 2011

Time Magazine has released its annual top 50 Best Websites of 2011 dividing them into various categories: music, family, sports, news, finances, shopping, travels, health, education, games and social media. Some of the websites are known, others have been flying under the radar, but all have distinguishing qualities. Checkout 5 highlighted sights below.

1)      Get Human – http://gethuman.com/

Get Human lists phone numbers of various customer service companies and helps you skip all the automated messages.

2)      Join.Me – https://join.me/

Join.Me is a great tool for meetings that take place in different locations. It allows you to share documents, enable screen sharing and chat with your fellow colleagues.

3)      Evernote – http://www.evernote.com/

Evernote helps you stay organized. You can capture files, pictures and voice notes from the web, your computer or phone all into one program.

4)      Khan Academy – http://www.khanacademy.org/

Khan Academy provides a range of educational videos and practice exercises to help you learn anything about history, finance, science and math.

5)      Freerice – http://freerice.com/

Free rice is a site to help out those in need. Answer basic vocabulary questions and for every question you get right, the site donates rice!

For more information, checkout:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2087815,00.html

Submitted By: Arcelia Jimenez

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