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Monitor Kids Internet Activities with Verity Parental Control

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 12:00 PM PDT


Verity Parental control is a monitoring program developed to help parents keep a look on their Child's activities in the computer both on and off line. It is fully free to download and use.

Are you worried about what your child is doing with the computer? Are you worried if or not your child is viewing inappropriate sites? What to do to keep the child under control? Verity is the answer to all these questions! It gives parents peace of mind because Verity takes up their job of monitoring the child's activity in the computer.

What Verity does?

Verity is designed to:

  • Track the computer both online and offline
  • Protect your kid by blocking programs and websites
  • Log activity details

Verity Child Monitoring Software Home

As soon as the system starts Verity starts monitoring all the activities in the computer. It records all the websites visited and programs used. For each and every program and website it records the number of keystrokes, mouse clicks and time spent. It takes screen shots of the activity from time to time too! All of these are recorded and will be available to parents on a web based password protected control panel. By this way you can monitor what your child was doing for the entire time spent.

Verity Child Monitoring Software Web Control Panel

Various customizations offered by this parental control program:

Verity offers many customizations for parents for effective parental control of their child. Some of them are:

  • Parents can predefine all the websites and programs which should not be used by their child in the prohibited programs and websites lists. Verity blocks access to all of them and can automatically close them.
  • Parents can define how long a child can use a program or browse through a website. Parents can also add specially allowed websites and programs which will be allowed at all times.
  • Parents can activate or deactivate chat monitoring.
  • Parents can configure the rate at which logs and screen shots are created.

Verity Child Monitoring Software Main Menu

Installation tip

The application is very compact and installs in seconds. Momentary deactivation of anti virus may be required sometimes for correct installation, which can be activated again as soon as Verity is installed. Verity is found to work well without any problems in Windows XP/Vista/7.

The user interface is excellent with neat tabulated list of logs through the web based control panel. The application is very compact and works well without inhibiting the system resources. Test results indicate excellent logging of the usage time, number of keystrokes and clicks made and the screen shots taken. So stop worrying about your child just take the extra step and install Verity Parental Control and heave a sigh of relief!

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How To Edit Videos On Android

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 11:00 AM PDT


Here, are quick steps to edit videos on Android. When you download a big video, you might not want to keep the whole thing but just the part that you like from it. At that point of time you feel helpless as you are forced to keep full video clips to watch that part of the video which you like the most.

This seems to be very disappointing, when you have Android phone or device with you and you are watching full video clip which you don't want. I did research and found a smart way out to edit videos on my Android phone. So, just follow the below tutorial to edit videos on Android.

Steps To Edit Videos On Android:

Step 1: Login to Google Play Store on your Android phone.

Step 2: Scan the QR Code below with a Barcode Scanner app.

AndroVid QR Code

Step 3: If you don't want to scan the QR Code above, then search for "AndroVid Video Trimmer" app in Google Play Store.

Video Trimmer

Step 4: Install AndroVid Video Trimmer app on your Android phone.

Step 5: Launch the app on your Android phone.

Step 6: The app will automatically import all the videos in its library to get ready with. Tap on any one video to edit it.

AndroVid Video Import

Step 7: Tap on "trim" button from the toolbar of the app.

AndroVid Video Trimmer

Step 8: Now select the start point and end point of the part of the video you want.

AndroVid Video limit

Step 9: Play the selected part of the video to double-check and confirm it.

Step 10: Now when you are ready with, just tap on the "scissor"  icon the right top of the app.

Step 11: Then tap on "save as new" option to save the trimmed video to SD card. You can also overwrite the video trimmed on the original video if you don't want the original video at all on your SD card.

AndroVid Saving Options

The app also allows you to share the trimmed video from your Android phone. Apart from this, you can also convert any video file to mp3 file from within the app.

Also, check out an article reviewed by us on AndroVid Video Trimmer app for Android.

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Keyboard Lock Software To Lock Keyboard And Lock Mouse

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 10:00 AM PDT


Keyboard Lock is a free software to lock keyboard and mouse of your computer. This free software totally locks your keyboard and mouse and makes all the opened applications visible, as it does not affect the display. This is a perfect software to use if you are watching some movie on your computer, and do not want your kid to fiddle around with the keyboard.

This keyboard lock software gives you the option to enter password to lock and unlock the keyboard.

Keyboard Lock

Keyboard lock software has got a small and straight-forward interface that includes a password box and start button. For using this keyboard lock software, you need to enter a password in the password box and click the start button for starting the keyboard lock process.

For unlocking, you need to simply retype the password anywhere on the screen.

Also, check out free software to increase download speed.

Some Key Features Of Keyboard Lock Freeware:

  • Basic and straight-forward interface.
  • Small in size tool, so takes very less space of your hard drive.
  • Lock or unlock the keyboard and mouse just by entering the password.
  • Can be easily used by even the new users.
  • No installation required.

You would also like to check out free video converter software.

How To Get Started With Keyboard Lock:

  • Open the homepage of Keyboard Lock and click the Download button.
  • A Zip file of Keyboard Lock gets downloaded into your system.
  • Unzip the zip format file and run the application file.
  • The software will open up.
  • Enter a password in the password box.
  • Click the start button.
  • Now, type the password anywhere on the screen for locking the keyboard and mouse.

Keyboard Lock offers one of the easiest way to lock keyboard and mouse using the password. Click here to download Keyboard Lock.

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Birthday Calendar App for Android

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT


Birthday Calendar is a free app that reminds you of your Friends upcoming birthdays. If your like me then this app is like a revelation. It's Easy to use, has a smooth, good looking interface, it integrates with your Facebook account to get all your friends Birthdays in one click and the apps icon looks delicious! what more can you ask for!

Well you could ask for manual addition of your friends. This app only tells you the birthdays of you 'Facebook buddies', giving your anti-social network friends the cold shoulder. Well not all’s lost as I don't think I have a friend who’s not on Facebook, hell my great grandmas on Facebook! Other then that the apps Interface is great. It notifies you of your friends birthdays through push notification before his/her birthday so you can send him/her a birthday message or a custom E-Birthday Card (yes it has E-Birthday Cards!) which they will receive as soon as the clock hits 12 and they lose another year of there life making your Greeting the first they get without you having to stalk their Facebook wall in the middle of the night, I mean how cool is that! It also gives you a list of your friends birthdays in one place telling you who's birthday is about to come and how old they would turn. There’s even a little countdown clock which shows you how many days are left in a friend’s birthday so you can give the lad/lass (I was getting tired of 'him/her') a Surprise!

What I like about it

  • Easy to use
  • Push notification Birthday alerts
  • E-Birthday Cards
  • Advance Birthday Greeting (makes your life a tad bit easier)
  • Great Interface.

What I don't like about it

  • The inability to add birthdays manually
  • In my last few tests it crashed a few times (not saying it crashes a lot)

Conclusion

Get the App and then forget the fact that you ever needed to remember Birthdays. If you want a more Integratable experience then Birthday Calendar then go for 'Birthdays – Free'. It's the best Birthday app out there but mind you the interface isn’t as 'easy-pezy' as on Birthday Calendar.

For downloading this app, scan the QR code given below.

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Birthday Calendar App for Android was originally published at I Love Free Software

Keyboard Shortcuts / Hotkeys for Google Reader

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 08:00 AM PDT


Here are some of the useful keyboard shortcuts / hotkeys for Google Reader. Google Reader is my favorite piece of software. Most of my online browsing time is spent on this. I find myself using it all the time, from web, from Google Reader desktop client, and from Google Reader for Android.

When I use Google Reader online, I hate scrolling a lot to move to next item in my feed list. If there is some long article in the feed that I don't have to completely read, then I still have to completely scroll through that. I don't like that, as it slows down my overall speed of going through feed items (I go through hundreds of feed items daily).

So today I decided to look around to see if there are some keyboard shortcuts for Google Reader, and I discovered a treasure trove. What a nice way to start the day!

Google Reader

As it turns out, there are actually lot of hotkeys for Google Reader. Google has published a consolidated list here. As you can see, the list is too long to remember. So, I focused on the ones that are most useful for me, and decided to list them here.

Some of the Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Reader:

  • j: Select Next item in feed list
  • k: Select Previous item in feed list
  • enter: If you are looking at items in "list view", clicking "enter" expands the selected item, or collapses that item (if already expanded).
  • s: Star the selected item. If already starred, it unstars it.
  • v: open the original website for the item in new window
  • r: refresh the feed list
  • f: Open Google Reader in full screen mode. This is perfect to get rid of navigation bar, as well the crap at the top. Press f again to get back to normal mode.

There are many more hotkeys for Google Reader, but I think the ones above are more than enough for me.

Note: "v" might be blocked by pop-up blocker sometimes. A good alternative to that is this Firefox plugin, that adds another shortcut "h". Not only is it much closer to j and k on the keyboard, it also bypasses pop-ups, and neatly opens the selected feed item in a new tab in background.

Start using these Google Reader keyboard shortcuts, and supercharge your reading speed of Google Reader.

Got some other tips for Google Reader? Let me know in comments.

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Free Software To Schedule Computer Start Up And Computer ShutDown

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 07:00 AM PDT


Here are 5 free software to schedule computer startup and Schedule computer shutdown. With the help of these free software you can make your computing better and much easier like never before. These smart software let you easily schedule Computer start-up and computer shutdown, and automatically starts up or shuts down your PC as per the scheduled time. Apart from Scheduling system start-up and shut down, you can even schedule system hibernate, system log off, etc. Download these software for free.

Schedule Manager

Schedule Manager

Schedule Manager is a free scheduling application which lets you schedule Computer shutdown or startup. With the help of this free software, you can even schedule alarms, application startup and more. The interface is easy to navigate, so users can easily schedule their computing tasks for making their computing activities much easier. Schedule manager is also available in portable version for user convenience. Schedule manager completely controls you computing activities and performs the task assigned to it automatically according to the scheduled time.

Read more about Schedule Manager or try it here.

ForOffPc

ForOffPc is a free scheduling software which allows you to schedule Computer shutdown or restart. It's a lightweight and easy to use software using which you can easily schedule system startup/shutdown. First of all, you need to select the task which you want to schedule like restart, hibernate, log off, shutdown or stand by the PC. After selecting the task, choose the date and time for scheduling  a particular task and click OK button for saving the task. This free software even allows you to repeat a task, in order to enable this repeat function, you need to select the desired repeat period from daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

Read more about ForOffPc or try it here.

MF Shutdown Manager

MF Shutdown Manager is completely free shutdown manager to schedule computer shutdown, startup and hibernate on your PC. It's a small in size free software which comes in a file size of 1.7MB, so it's not at all a burden on your CPU. This free shutdown manager gives you complete control on system activities like start-up, shut down, restart, log off, hibernate and lock workstation. Using this free software, you can also launch internet shortcuts, media files and scripts according to the time specified. Download MF Shutdown Manager for free.

Read more about MF Shutdown Manager or try it here.

ShutDown Timer

Shutdown Timer

ShutDown Timer is a small in size software using which you can schedule computer shutdown. Apart from scheduling computer shutdown, you can even schedule other tasks like hibernate, logoff, suspend, reboot, force close. Shutdown timer is a light weight software which comes with a straight-forward interface, which can easily be understood by anyone. It helps you to schedule activities by adjusting time in seconds, minutes or hours. Download Shutdown Timer for free.

Read more about ShutDown Timer or try it here.

iShutDown Timer

iShutdown Timer

iShutDown Timer is a free and straight-forward shutdown timer which lets you schedule shutdown time. With the help of this free shutdown timer, you can even schedule computer restart, log off and standby. Schedule time for shutdown, restart, log off or standby can be specified in hours or minutes. After specifying the time you need to click the "Start" button, this will start a countdown timer which shows the time left for your computer to shut down. It's an easy to use software and comes with a very basic and straight-forward interface.

Read more about iShutdown Timer or try it here.

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7 Free Best Android Apps From Last Week Ending 29th April

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT


Here, are 7 free best Android apps from last week ending 29th April. Below are some listed or selective Android apps which I found the best when I installed them on my Android phone.

If you are heading to Google Play Store to search for best apps, then refer the below listed Android apps. I hope you will really find it useful and enjoy them after installing them on your Android phone.

Elixir:

Elixir is a free Android app to find multiple Android system usage on Android. This Android system usage app is really a smart app that tells you your CPU usage, RAM usage, internal and external memory usage and much more on Android. Apart from finding Android system usage, the app also allows you to set Android system shortcuts in the form of Android widget on Android home screen. Android system shortcuts include Wi-Fi shortcut, Bluetooth button, Auto-brightness switch, lock switch, mute switch and much more. The app purely works on the basis of widgets on Android home screen.

Go TaskManager:

Go TaskManager is a free Android app to enable smart task manager on Android. Go TaskManager works when you have installed Go Launcher EX app on your Android phone. Task Manager for Android is specially designed to kill unnecessary apps running on your Android background. As soon as you launch the app on your Android phone, the app offers a list of installed apps which are running on your Android's background. From there you can easily select one or multiple apps and then kill them altogether on your Android. This free ups your RAM memory which in turn enhances your system working. Apart from killing the apps, you can even lock or uninstall them on your Android phone.

Real Drum:

Real Drum is a free Android app to play drum on Android. This Android drum app brings the feeling of playing real drum when you play it on Android. The app defines its name in a perfect way, as the sound output of the app sounds as if you are playing a real drum on your Android phone. If you are really mad about playing drums and want to learn drum, then do install this Android drum app today on your Android phone. Also, Real Drum app is a very simple and easy to use app on Android. Just touch and play it on your Android phone with ease.

Fast Facebook (Beta):

Fast Facebook is a free Android app to browse Facebook at a faster rate on Android. This Android Facebook app is in beta version now. The app is launched specially to browse Facebook on Android at a bit faster and smarter way on Android. As per my observations, I find this Android Facebook app better than official Facebook app installed on my Android phone. You can easily check your Facebook content which includes Facebook notifications, messages, friend request, photos, status updates and much more. Surfing Facebook with Fast Facebook app is an excellent experience for me. If you are really crazy about your social network (Facebook), then do install this Fast Android Facebook app and enjoy the real Facebook browsing on your Android.

Funny Camera:

Funny Camera app is a free Android app to add multiple photo frames to photos on Android. I don't know why this Android camera app has been given the name as "Funny Camera" app. When I installed and tested this Android camera app on my Android phone, I didn't find a single photo frame which looked funny. All the photo-effects available over the app were unique and eye-catching however, none of them were funny, as the so-called name suggests. But then I really liked the app when I installed it on my Android phone, as all the photo frames were awesome in the app. The photo frames looks very real when you import a photo from your Android's photo gallery. You can even rotate photos within the frame, which is really a very nice part of the app.

mp3 Cutter:

mp3 Cutter is a free Android app to cut an mp3 file on Android. mp3 cutter is one of the best app to install on your Android, when you need to make ringtones out of mp3 files on your Android. This Android mp3 cutter is really a nice and simple app to deal with on Android. Just import any mp3 file in the app, select the part of the mp3 (start point and end point of the mp3 file) which your want to take out of full mp3 file. You can then set the edited mp3 file as your phone ringtone. The very good part of this Android mp3 cutter is its speed to cut an mp3 on Android. The app works quite fast on Android.

PhoneUsage:

PhoneUsage is a free Android app to find usage statistics of your Android phone. Usage statistics includes call, SMS and data statistics on Android. You can easily check the accurate call usage which includes both received and dialed calls. The app offers you the name of the people whom you call the most from your Android phone. Also, the app offers the name of the people from whom you receive most calls on your Android phone. The app displays the name of only those people in your contacts from whom you have most of your conversation on your Android. Along with providing the call stats, the app even provides you the SMS stats and data usage stats on your Android phone.

So, see you next Monday with same best Android apps….Stay Tuned!

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7 Free Best Android Apps From Last Week Ending 29th April was originally published at I Love Free Software

Scan Barcodes And QR Codes With Scan App On iPhone

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT


Scan app is a free iPhone app to scan barcodes and QR codes with iPhone and other iOS devices. Scan each product barcode and know its true information right on your iPhone or any other iOS device. This iPhone barcode scanner is dedicated to perfection, as the app is very accurate while scanning any QR code or any barcode with iPhone.

Scan

Only scanning the barcode or QR code is not the end part of the app. You can even check the scanned history from within the app. Not only accessing the scanned QR code and Barcode history, you can even launch the information again on your iOS device.

Be it a URL, any contact info, any image, text or any other content. All the content can be easily accessed repeatedly from the scanned history of the app. Most importantly, the scanner is smart enough, that before accessing any URL on its browser, the app takes permission to access it on your iPhone browser.

Key Features Of Scan App To Scan Barcodes And QR Codes:

  • Scan Barcodes and QR Codes on your iPhone.
  • The interface is easy and simple.
  • You can access the scanned history from the app.
    Scan History
  • You can sync your scanned history across the web, iPhone, iPad or iPod.
  • Smart permission option before accessing any URL after scanning any QR code or Barcode.
    Scan App
  • You can even sign-up or sign-in with the app.

Check out Barcode Reader apps for iPhone reviewed by us.

How To Install Scan App On iOS Device:

  • Scan the QR Code below with a Barcode Reader app to install the app directly from App Store.
    Scan QR Code
  • If you don't have a Barcode Reader app installed on your iPhone, then search for "Scan" app from app store.
  • Install the app on your iPhone.

The free Scan app will be automatically installed on your iPhone. Just scan any QR Code or Barcode smartly with your iPhone. Get accurate or true results right on your iPhone.

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Scan Barcodes And QR Codes With Scan App On iPhone was originally published at I Love Free Software

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