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14 ON THE WEB WEBSITES TO GET TO KNOW. We live in an increasingly digital world, with most of us spending a good portion of our day staring at screens of some sort. Still, there are some times when you need something printed out, and unfortunately not every website out there is easily accommodating of that fact. Enter PrintFriendly. Just as the name suggests, PrintFriendly allows you to make any website more, well, print friendly. Simply navigate to the homepage, drop the URL of the website in question into the dialogue box, and let PrintFriendly convert it into a more easily printable format. It even has extensions you can add to most browsers, a WordPress plugin, and other options to incorporate it into your daily digital experience. Need to tighten up that report or cut the filler out of that email to your boss requesting a raise? Hemingway Editor provides an interface that will analyze any text you input and provide advice on how to make it "bold and clear"—just like the work of the author who gave the app its name. Hemingway Editor highlights your text with color-coded suggestions spotlighting overly complex sentences, suggesting simpler word choices, and drawing your attention to problems such as excessive adverbs and passive voice. Hemingway Editor also provides an overall grade for your text and even lets you perform basic formatting, such as adding in italics, boldface, and bullet points on the fly. As handy as email, texting, and shared synchronized services such as Google Drive have made things, sometimes you run into difficulties when you need to share large files, especially with people outside of your internal network or organization. Founded in 2009, WeTransfer makes it simple to transfer files up to 2 GB in size. Simply select the file to upload, include your email and the email of the person you're sending to, and hit the button—it's as easy as that. e other party will receive the download link, which is good for up to a week. WeTransfer also offers a premium service if 2 GB still won't suit your needs. e premium version can handle files up to 20 GB, allows you to store up to 100 GBs' worth of material, lets you password protect your files, and even allows for customization of the background the other user sees when they click to download the items. HEMINGWAYAPP.COM 2 PRINTFRIENDLY.COM 1 WETRANSFER.COM 3 CHECKING UP ON HOUSING VALUES Across the United States, real estate wealth tends to be unbalanced, landing mainly in large metropolitan areas. In a study from LendingTree, researchers looked at which of these cities hold the highest amount of housing value, using data from LendingTree's own database. According to the data, New York City is the most valuable city in America, with a total residential real estate value of $2.6 trillion. LendingTree noted that this is close to the GDP of France and greater still than the GDP of all but six countries: India, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China, and the United States. In second place was Los Angeles at a value of $2.2 trillion, which is equivalent to Brazil's GDP. Another California city, San Francisco, took the third spot with a residential real estate value of $1.3 trillion. ese top three cities were the only cities with over a trillion dollars in value, and the report noted that the numbers dropped off quickly after that. According to the Federal Reserve, the total residential real estate value in the U.S. is $28.4 trillion. e top 10 cities in LendingTree's rankings made up 40 percent of that value, while the top 50 made up half that value. ree of the top 10 cities on LendingTree's list were in California, the only state with more than one city on the list. e other cities in the top 10 were Chicago, Illinois; Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts; Miami, Florida; Seattle, Washington; Dallas, Texas; and San Jose, California. While not in the top three, San Jose takes the tenth spot but holds the highest median home value on the list at $1,069,000. New York City's median home value is $454,000, still lower than Los Angeles's $622,000, and lower still than San Francisco's $891,000.