Cool Websites and Tools [January 24th]

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Viber â€" is an application for iPhone that helps users make free international calls to other iPhone users who have this app installed. The official site of this app lists certain advantages of using Viber over other VoIP tools like Skype. Like, there are no hidden costs (except for data charges), no registration required, no buddy list to maintain, missed call notifications, ability to receive calls anytime. Read more: Viber: Make Voip Calls Over 3G/Wifi (iPhone)

Free Boat Plans â€" Boats serve many purposes and are one of the most sought after modes of transport after cars. FreeBoatPlans is a great web resource that provides DIY plans to create several kinds of boats with minimal help. These boats range from Simbo, created from a single sheet of plywood, to a 12 foot skiff. The website provides detailed step-by-step instructions along with photos to construct many types of boats for various purposes. Read more: FreeBoatPlans: Free Boat Building Plans

stk8.co â€" is a simple online service that helps you create stacks (a collection) of links and text which could be shared whenever you want. It offers a bookmarklet which can be used to quickly save URLs to your stack. It can also directly embed youtube videos and information from sites like Flickr and Amazon. Each of those items have their separate short URLs. Once you are done creating your stack, you can give it a custom short link and then share it. Read more: Stk8.co: Create Easy Shareable Link & Text Stacks

FriendLynx â€" Facebook and Twitter are probably the two most popular social networks right now, therefore it is likely that you have friends on both of them. If you intend to see which of your Facebook friends are on Twitter whom you havenâ€™t followed yet then you can use this Facebook application called FriendLynx. It uses the filterweeps.com website to locate such people automatically by their names. Read more: FriendLynx: Easily Find Facebook Friends On Twitter

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