What is a web app?
A web application (web app) is an application that is accessed over the Internet . The computer software (application) is not on your computer, but is at the web site. Thus, you run the software from your Internet browser.
These are all free applications!
Google Docs works in the browser on PC, Mac, and Linux computers, and supports popular formats such as .doc, .xls, .ppt, and .pdf. Web-based documents, spreadsheets, drawings and presentations that let users edit the same file at the same time so you always have the latest version.
Comparable to Microsoft Office
Zoho provides a wide, integrated portfolio of rich online applications. With more than 20 different applications spanning Collaboration, and Productivity applications, Zoho helps you get work done. Applications are delivered over the internet, requiring nothing but a browser
Comparable to Microsoft Office
Pixlr is an online photo editing tool. Fast, simple and enough features to make this a great find for photo editing.
Comparable to PhotoShop
OpenShot is for video editing. You can upload clips from your camera, mobile phone or webcam then compile them into a nice video by adding captions and music. Users can drag and rearrange their uploaded clips and time the transition between clips.
Comparable to MovieMaker
SlideRocket is a online slide presentation software where it is really easy to create beautiful
presentations full of transitions and effects.
Comparable to PowerPoint
Panraven is a digital storytelling web site where you can quickly and easily upload, organize, and share media and stories with friends and family. Users have access to a huge library of public photos, numerous designs, and a community of other storytellers sharing their own creations.
Comparable to Photo Story
Woodle is a web app for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
linoit is an online web sticky note service that can be used to post memos, to-do lists, ideas, and photos anywhere on an online web canvas. lino is a completely free service that runs on all popular web browsers.
Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. Crop, re-size, and rotate in real-time. Tons of special effects, from artsy to fun
The True Size of. It is hard to represent our spherical world on flat piece of paper. Cartographers use something called a "projection" to morph the globe into 2D map. The most popular of these is the Mercator projection.
Every map projection introduces distortion, and each has its own set of problems. One of the most common criticisms of the Mercator map is that it exaggerates the size of countries nearer the poles (US, Russia, Europe), while downplaying the size of those near the equator (the African Continent).