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Looking for image editors, office software suites or other applications to soup up your social networking activities? The tools you need are probably available for free on the Web. Browse this collection of web-based applications to find innovative and popular examples of Web 2.0 technology, most of which are suitable for even novice users.

Applications by Type
Find links to popular and innovative web applications organized by type of application, such as productivity tools, social networking software or editing tools, to name just a few.
Applications by Activity
Web applications organized by activity, that is, by what you do with them: image editing, blogging, searching, social networking and more.
Applications by End Product
Know what you want to make with a web application? From text documents to images to multimedia presentations, browse the applications by what they produce in the end (such as images, text documents, web pages, etc.).
Applications by Computer Language
In this case, we mean languages that a computer can understand: programming, coding, scripting or markup languages. Find web applications organized according to the types languages they use to work their magic. A great resource for budding web developers.

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