On Computers

GOOGLE DRIVE

Posted on May 9th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

Just after we wrote about Microsoft’s Skydrive’s free 25 gigabytes of online storage, they started charging for it. They’re still king of the freebie hill with seven free gigabytes, but the competing new Google Drive is worth a spin. Google Drive (Drive.Google.com) gives you five gigabytes free, and unlike other storage sites, lets you edit the documents you store. That’s because it connects seamlessly to Google Docs, which has it’s own word processor. And — as they might say on late night TV — any documents you create with the Google Docs word processor don’t count toward using up the five gigabytes of storage. If you need 25 gigabytes, it costs $2.49 a month.

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FIXING THE PICTURE ONLINE

Posted on May 8th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

Photo editing doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. We’ve found a lot of free photo editors for use online. For example, go to Pixlr.com and click the “Express” link to get some amazing photo effects without having to download anything to your computer. It all happens in your browser window. We clicked on “Webcam” to let the website use our computer’s built-in camera to snap a picture. Then we added a frame and improved the color. Amazingly, we looked younger and better, which is just the way we see ourselves. We also tried uploading a photo stored on our machine. After that, we added text and clicked “autofix” to improve brightness and color automatically. Other tools include “airbrush,” “rotate,” […]

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THE NEW WORDPERFECT IS JUST ABOUT PERFECT

Posted on May 7th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

Corel’s WordPerfect has long been a favorite with lawyers and bureaucrats. But the new version should draw other users as well.

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ONLINE SCRAPBOOK FOR PARENTS

Posted on May 6th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

Kidfolio is a social network scrapbook for parents. Track your child’s growth and look back over a timeline of memories. And of course don’t forget to send photo cards. Find it here for iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad.

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HAPPLY FOR THE IPAD

Posted on May 5th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

Happly for the iPad has free educational games, videos, books, “how-tos,” animal lessons and cartoons. Under the “weird and wacky” category, we learned that the longest nose on a living person is 3.46 inches. (Who measured all those noses? ) The “how to” section has instructions on how to make a telescope out of reading glasses.

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IPHONE APP DRAWS FLOOR PLANS

Posted on May 4th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

“MagicPlan” for the iPhone measures your rooms and draws floor plans from the pictures you take of your place. (Attention screen writers: Possible plot gimmick for high-tech caper movies.)

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MAKING LISTS

Posted on May 3rd, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

Listomatic has got to be the simplest list-making iPhone app we’ve seen. There’s a plus sign for adding a task and an “edit” button to delete or change it. You can email the list.

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CREATING BUSINESS APPS FOR THE IPHONE AND IPAD

Posted on May 2nd, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

A free iPhone/iPad app called “FileMaker Go 12” runs iPhone/iPad apps you can create with the Filemaker popular database. It’s been downloaded over 100,000 times in the first week.

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