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Greenshot – My favorite screenshot utility

Posted on August 12, 2018

Most Windows users know that pressing the Print Screen key will create an exact image of everything on the current screen and place it on the Windows clipboard, thereby creating a “screenshot” image.

I’ve tried several third-part screenshot utilities over the years, but my favorite by far is a nifty little free program called Greenshot. In fact, I think it’s the best thing since that $50 bill that I found laying on the riverbank back when I was a kid!

There are so many things to love about Greenshot, but there are two in particular that make it extremely useful: [Read more…]

Clean out and speed up your Android device with CCleaner for Android

Posted on August 10, 2018

CCleaner has been the preferred system cleanup utility for millions of PC and Mac users for quite some time.

Now you can get many of the same benefits of the PC and Mac versions of CCleaner on your Android phone or tablet.

CCleaner for Android will clean the junk out of your device and make it run faster and with fewer hang-ups and glitches. I’ve been using it on my phones and tablet for a while now, and I love it.

Here are a few of the ways CCleaner for Android can help optimize and speed up your Android device: [Read more…]

Quickly and easily rename multiple files in batches with Rename Master

Posted on August 8, 2018

If you love taking lots of photos at special events such as birthday parties, weddings and such, you know how time-consuming renaming all of those image files can be.

Digital cameras typically name the photos they take sequentially, and that can be a hassle when it comes time to organize the image files.

For example, a simple task like renaming dozens of photos with sequential names like 170-3827.jpg, 170-3828.jpg and 170-3829.jpg to more descriptive names like toms52nd-bday-3827.jpg and toms52nd-bday-3828.jpg can take forever! [Read more…]

Enjoy cooking? Download dozens of great cookbooks from Amazon for free!

Posted on August 1, 2018

If you enjoy cooking, chances are you also enjoy collecting cookbooks. And as you well know, growing your cookbook collection can be rather expensive.

But thanks to our good friends at Amazon, adding great cookbooks to your personal collection doesn’t have to cost you a cent!

The secret? You can download dozens of great cookbooks directly from Amazon, for free!

Yes, it’s true, and there’s absolutely no catch. In fact, you don’t even have to own a Kindle eReader in order to use your free Kindle cookbooks!

All you need is to have the free Kindle Reading App installed on your computer or mobile device. [Read more…]

Remotely control when and how your children can use their mobile phones

Posted on July 24, 2018

Do you wish you could control when your children can use their mobile phones and which apps they can use at what times, even when you aren’t with them?

Well, thanks to a great app called DinnertTime Plus, you can. Simpy install the app on both your child’s phone and your own phone, then link the two phones via a text message. [Read more…]