Richard MacManus shares his favorite web products of 2011. This and more in today’s Daily Wrap.
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Richard’s Top 10 Web Products of 2011
Wondering which web tools are worth a second look? Take a look at some of the favorite web products of ReadWriteWeb founder, Richard MacManus. This year’s list includes productivity tool Evernote, cloud-based file-sharing favorite, Dropbox, and social phenom Facebook.
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