FREE VIDEO TOOLS
Posted on October 31st, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU KID
Posted on October 29th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
In a recent Harris survey, 50% of all Americans admit they would like to use smartphones to take secret videos. Like what? People in embarrassing outfits A sexy waitress at a restaurant A Shirtless hunk mowing the neighbor’s lawn Their Boss sneaking a second doughnut Harris polled 2,361 adults that were representative of the country by age, gender, income level, marital status and region. (This is a large enough sample to be considered statistically significant.) Fifty-seven percent said they’d be interested in watching videos shared by a co-worker on the company intranet. The respondents top choice (30 percent) would be watching someone pulling a prank on a co-worker, followed (27%) by someone imitating the boss. Last but not least, they […]
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BEYOND PICASA
Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
We’re big fans of Google Picasa, the free photo editing and organizing program, but there are a lot of other free programs out there, and a reader recently pointed us to a great one.
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TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
Posted on October 25th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
You probably know that the latest Apple iPhone 4S has “Siri” which responds to your voice. Owners of Android phones can get something similar, called Sonalight. Both these apps are free.
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WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
Posted on October 24th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Google “Latitude” and Apple’s “Find My Friends” are two free apps that help you, well, find your friends. “Find My Friends” works only with Apple’s latest mobile operating system, but Google’s “Latitude” works with anything. Still, if you really want to know what’s going on, you might want a tracking device, like “PocketFinder.”
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NUMBERS REPORT
Posted on October 22nd, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
YOU CAN DO THE CUBE
Posted on October 21st, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
THIS KINDLE’S ON FIRE
Posted on October 20th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
Amazon’s new $199 “Kindle Fire” may surpass the phenomenal sales of Apple’s iPad.
In the first five days it has been available for pre-order, 250,000 were sold. Apple sold 300,000 iPads on opening day, but that included pre-orders and live sales. If Amazon continues like this, the Fire will probably burn past the iPad.
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FREE UNLIMITED TEXTING
Posted on October 19th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
The average cell phone user sends 41 text messages a day (That’s 41 more than we do.). Such wordy chatter can get expensive if you go over your limit, but signing up for an unlimited account is also expensive. CnetTV.com recently reviewed five alternatives.
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BULLDOGS AND ZOMBIES
Posted on October 18th, 2011 by Joy Schwabach
To protect your computer against spyware and viruses, we have often recommended the free versions of Avast, AVG and Anti-Malware. They were good when they were good, but times have gotten tougher. Free programs catch 40 to 60 percent of known viruses, but new ones come out every day. A group of Russian malware writers reportedly is able to split a million dollars a month for putting viruses on your computer. Some steal identities and others spam people with ridiculous product offers. Worst of all, the malware writers send their viruses and spam out from tens of thousands often millions, of so-called “Zombie” computers. Just what is a Zombie computer? Typically, it’s a computer that has a Zombie virus, which […]
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