Best Free Entertainment Services and Apps

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You can stream movies to your TV for free; edit your own movies for free; use a free cloud-storage service to stream your music collection anywhere; and play top-notch multiplayer games for free. The free offerings online are myriad--but many aren't even worth the download. Do yourself a favor and try out the free services and apps that we recommend in our top story today. We trolled the web to bring you the best of what's out there today. --Kim Saccio-Kent, Newsletter Editor Top Story The 12 Best Free Entertainment Services and Apps of 2012 Looking for free streaming video and music, creative tools, or just a little something to pass the time? Try Crackle, Picozu Editor, Planetarium, or any of our other picks for no-cost entertainment. Top Tweets From @PCWPluggedIn Apple is headed for a fall, says Forrester CEO: Didn't Isaac Newton say the same thing 300 years ago? Facebook passes 901 million mark in members: Which is 900 million more people than read a real book in the past year. 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