Watch
BoxTV
If you want to watch movies and TV shows, BoxTV has plenty to offer for a monthly subscription of 199. Most of its content is available in HD quality too, and can be streamed as many times as you want. So whether your taste is Scrubs and Community, or Mahabharata and Nukkad, Udaan and Golmaal or Stuart Little and Donnie Brasco - it's all here.
www.boxtv.com
Devour
BoxTV
If you want to watch movies and TV shows, BoxTV has plenty to offer for a monthly subscription of 199. Most of its content is available in HD quality too, and can be streamed as many times as you want. So whether your taste is Scrubs and Community, or Mahabharata and Nukkad, Udaan and Golmaal or Stuart Little and Donnie Brasco - it's all here.
www.boxtv.com
Devour
We have been fans of Devour for a long time now. A team of editors sifts through the large amount of YouTube videos to hand-pick content that's smart, entertaining, funny - or all of the above. Devour is the best place to quickly see that clip everyone's talking about, or the trailer of the next big blockbuster.
devour.com
Viralviralvideo
If you're always the last one to know of videos that are trending, then make haste to Viral Viral Video. This site - categorized by themes such as animals, classics, crazy, funny, music, nerd and spoofs - puts up every conceivable clip that can go viral, or already has. Bookmark right away for the inside dope on what's going to be hot on the interweb.
viralviralvideos.com
devour.com
Viralviralvideo
If you're always the last one to know of videos that are trending, then make haste to Viral Viral Video. This site - categorized by themes such as animals, classics, crazy, funny, music, nerd and spoofs - puts up every conceivable clip that can go viral, or already has. Bookmark right away for the inside dope on what's going to be hot on the interweb.
viralviralvideos.com
The kids should see this
Rion Nakaya, a mother of two, collects the best kid-safe videos across the web and puts them on this page. "There's just so much science, nature, music, technology, art, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven't seen," she says.
thekidshouldseethis.com
Listen
Gaana
This free music-streaming site hosts a huge collection of Indian and international tunes, which you can search, or browse through using categories such as New Releases, Most Popular, Playlists, Artists, Genre, etc. All you need is a good internet connection.
gaana.com
Rion Nakaya, a mother of two, collects the best kid-safe videos across the web and puts them on this page. "There's just so much science, nature, music, technology, art, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven't seen," she says.
thekidshouldseethis.com
Listen
Gaana
This free music-streaming site hosts a huge collection of Indian and international tunes, which you can search, or browse through using categories such as New Releases, Most Popular, Playlists, Artists, Genre, etc. All you need is a good internet connection.
gaana.com
BC Radio
Be the Change Radio
bcradio.in
Music maze
Key in the name of an artist or band you like (anything from Coldplay to Kishore Kumar) and one of their songs will start playing, while also displaying a tree of six similar artists/bands. Click any of the artists to listen to their songs and get a new tree; or let Music Maze automatically choose one and take you on an endless journey of music discovery.
www.musicmaze.fm
This is my jam
This Is My Jam is a musical social network that also lets you connect it to your Twitter and Facebook friends, so you can see what your friends are listening to and show them your favourite tunes. Find others with similar tastes, write what makes a song special to you, and enjoy the great interface.
www.thisismyjam.com
Read
Longform
The internet has seen a resurgence in long form journalism, and here's an entire website dedicated to aggregating the best of these, typically taking pieces that are over 2,000 words long. The site doesn't restrict itself to new articles, but digs through the histories of major publications to find great stories. And yes, it's all free. longform.org
The browser
What are the best articles written in the past few days? Head to The Browser to find out, as its crack team of editors pours through hundreds of stories, from publications around the world, to come up with "must-reads" every day. Each piece includes its word count and a short summary by the editors.
thebrowser.com
East of the web
If you are a fan of short stories, there is perhaps no better site on the internet than East Of The Web. The portal has been around for over 10 years - and although it has expanded into interactive stories and games, it remains the best resource for short stories. You can browse through the latest submissions, check out a random story, and go through the most popular ones. And of course, if there's a writer in you, don't forget to click that 'submissions' button.
www.eastoftheweb.com
Five chapters
This is a unique approach to story-telling , but once you get hooked to it, there is nothing like Five Chapters for your daily dose of fiction. Each week, the site publishes a new short story in five parts - one for each weekday. So far, there have been around 400 stories by 340 authors, spanning a wide range of genres. Unfortunately, the resource doesn't have a way to browse its archives by category. But the joy of finding new reading material in your inbox every day is reward by itself.
www.fivechapters.com
Play
Armor games
Our favourite Flash-based games site, Armor Games is updated daily with new titles, sorted by latest games, the most popular ones, and by category including adventure, action, MMO, shooting, strategy, sports, puzzle and skill. It's all free, so let the gaming begin!
armorgames.com
Tiger Woods Golf Online The online Tiger Woods Golf game has beautiful graphics and smooth gameplay. Check the wind, pick your shot or clubs, zoom-in on the target, see where you're hitting on a map, and control the power and speed - all in real time. Whether you're new to golf or not, you'll love this one.
tigerwoodsonline.ea.com
Arcademics
You aren't going to be able to stop your kid from wanting to play video games, so why not introduce them to stuff that's both fun and educational? Arcademics turns subjects like mathematics into fun pastimes. Take, for example, Penguin Jump, where your kid will be in a race with three others; solving a mathematical equation to jump to the tile that matches the answer. Come to think of it, this isn't bad for grown-ups either...
www.arcademics.com
Travian
This is a browser-based , multiplayer, strategy game. You can play either as the Gauls, the Romans, or the Teutons - each with its own strengths and weaknesses - to build a prosperous village and an army that can either defend against attacking hordes or one that can plunder and loot your neighbours. Gameplay is all about striking allegiances, cooperating with teammates, and working towards ultimate domination of everyone else. Travian is addictive and a single game lasts for months.
www.travian.in
