Previous articles have covered app launchers such as sTabLauncher that add extra toolbars/taskbars to the top of the desktop. For something more original, add the SliderDock app launcher to Windows. That’s a rotating ring fr...
If you’re looking for a quick way to add website shortcuts to the Windows desktop, give HTMtied a try. That’s a portable app which coverts any URL (Universal Resource Locator) from the Windows Clipboard into an HTML fi...
Microsoft added a fantastic Aero Glass effect to Windows 7 with Windows Aero. However, Windows 7 doesn’t have many options to customize Windows Aero. Nevertheless, we can further tweak Windows Aero with AeroTuner, which has a few ...
When it comes to weather apps, there’s no way that you’ll run out of choices. You can choose from apps with accurate forecasts, stunning visuals and interactive maps. Speaking of which, every user has a different preference. If yo...
Google Calender is an online calendar that you can open in any browser. However, there are alternatives to Google Calendar. Among them is the PerCal app for the Google Chrome browser. That’s a calendar app that you can add to the ...
There are a variety of photo effects that you can apply to your photos before posting them online. You just need to search for the right apps or if you’re creative enough, you can manually edit your photos using any photo editing ...
Feeling tired of seeing unsolicited emails in your inbox? Fortunately, Gmail has a quick solution to that. As a matter of fact, it automatically weeds out potential spam messages and then stores them to your Spam folder. Furthermo...
Most smartphones and tablets have a built-in GPS system. With GPS, you can easily share your location, find places and even ask for directions. The thing is you cannot really expect others to find you that easily especially if you...
If you are someone who regularly uses QR codes to send, share and transfer texts, links, files and images, then you might as well add the said option to your browser’s right-click menu. Speaking of which, those who are using Chrom...
The Send To option on the context menu gives you a handy shortcut for moving folders and documents to alternative locations. Although you don’t need any extra software to add new items to the Send To submenu, you can’t...
An autotile option that automatically resizes open windows to fit the desktop is not included with Windows. However, with the Plumb application we can add an autotile option to Windows. That’s a software package which automa...
If you’re looking for some software to customize the cursor with, consider adding PointerStick to Windows. That’s software which adds a stick to your mouse cursor. As the stick considerably expands the cursor, it makes...
Are you having trouble loading some GPS-dependent apps in your Android smartphone or tablet? Does it take too long for your device to detect your location? Perhaps, there’s something wrong with your device GPS. Speaking of which, ...
Google Chrome has a full-screen mode that you can open by pressing F11. Pressing that key then removes all the browser tabs and options. With the browser tabs removed, you cannot open alternative page tabs in full-screen mode. How...
Having two or three extension icons on your browser’s omnibox is no big deal. It still won’t make your browser too messy and crowded. However, when you have ten or more active extensions, then that’s a totally different story. You...
With Chrome, you can easily copy text from any site or web page and then paste it anywhere you like. It’s just that by default, you will not be able to paste the text without its encoded formatting. You can only do this by choosin...
Did you know that you can also create shared photo albums in Facebook? By creating shared photo albums, you can invite your friends to contribute their own photos to your shared album. It’s a great way to combine photos from fun e...
Every computer user wants to live in a virus-free internet environment. However, this is not likely to happen since there is no way you can stop crimes completely. When you are facing your paralyzed computer with a sense of deep f...
Don’t be fooled by this so called Personal Antivirus! If you ever downloaded this program to use as a defender of your computer, you were tricked. It is like a thief getting himself into a police station and pretending to catch ot...
A Gantt chart is a project planning tool that illustrates a project’s duration. The Gantt charts show the expected start and finish times of each stage of a project. You can quickly set up a Gantt chart with the OpenOffice s...
In a previous post, you’ve learned a simple way on how to create a photo mosaic. This time, you will learn how to transform images into creative LEGO bricks mosaic. It’s a great way to turn your ordinary photos into astounding art...
Thumbnail images of website pages are something that the foremost browsers such as Chrome and Firefox are widely embracing on their New Tab pages. However, at the moment they don’t include any thumbnail images for your bookmarks. ...
Ever wondered if you can use a photo to generate a color palette that you can use for web design and graphic editing? If you do, then you’d be delighted to know that you can actually create a color palette out of the images that y...
In Facebook, there’s an option that allows users to communicate with each other via group chat. By starting a group chat, you can send messages to multiple friends at the same time and vice versa. You can also add and remove membe...
Today, most mouses have at least three buttons. A standard mouse has two buttons plus a scroll wheel that counts as a third. You can scroll through website pages with that wheel, and to further customize its settings add KatMouse ...
Website designers always try to ensure that all the headings on their pages are displayed in the correct size and font. However, they cannot be sure that fonts will be displayed correctly on each system unless they add the heading...
So, you’ve downloaded this video from the web but you can’t fully understand it because it’s been dubbed in a different language or dialect. Luckily, the video has an SRT file so all you need to do is to play the video together wi...
In a previous article I told you about Firefox’s Paste and Go option. That’s an option that copies selected text into the address box. However, you can’t copy any other text into alternative search boxes with Fir...
In Google Drive, you can edit or update a document and still manage to recover its previous versions. It also doesn’t matter if your file wasn’t saved or uploaded in a Google format because you can still view and manage its versio...
With Facebook Messenger, you can easily contact your friends no matter where they are in the world. You can even send photos, voice recordings, smilies and stickers. Even so, you should still be careful not to accidentally reveal ...
In Twitter, you have the option to mark tweets as favorites. Other than this, there’s actually no way for you to save or bookmark a tweet right within your account. You’ll have to manually bookmark tweets. To do so, you’ll have to...
If you don’t want to get a full version of antivirus software by paying a considerable amount of money, but are bothered by widespread Trojan viruses, Malwarebytes comes to the rescue. Malwarebytes (full name: Malwarebytes Anti-Ma...
Windows Flip 3D is the 3D preview of open windows. You can trigger the 3D preview in Windows Vista and 7 by pressing the Win + Tab keyboard shortcut. Alternatively, Flip 3D can also be triggered without any hotkey with the FlipCor...
If you find some color schemes in an image that you would love to include in your website pages, consider adding Pictures to Color to your software library. That’s software that retrieves a color palette from the picture. Th...
Spreadsheets are undoubtedly the best applications for graphs and charts. However, those who don’t have any spreadsheet applications at their disposal can still set up graphs. Head over to the Chart Creator site, in the shot...
