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Free Photo Sharing Social Network: Marqueed

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT


Marqueed is a free community website where you and your friends can get together, create image collections, add photos, add tags, labels, funny captions and then share and comment on interesting photos that you find on the internet or that you have uploaded from your computer to Marqueed.

Marqueed default window

On the image above you can see the default screen that waits for you after you’ve created your Marqueed account. When you’re opening the account for the first time you’ll gonna be greeted with a short three step tutorial, next to also a video tutorial where you’ll be able to see the basics of how Marqueed is used. Image collections would be the most important thing that you need to create in order to start sharing interesting photos with the people that you know.

Similar software: PickDeck, Picozu, PicFull.

How to post, share and comment interesting photos with Marqueed

Using this free online image sharing and commenting social network isn’t very difficult, and the who process of adding images to your Marqueed account is made easy by the fact that you can install a bookmarklet to your browser’s bookmark tab which can be used to add images on the go, while you’re browsing images. Before we do that, we need to create an image collection. On the screenshot above, you can see that creating an image collection is as easy as typing its name and hitting the Create button, which is what we did.

Marqueed created collection

This is the image collection window, where you can start adding images to your Marqueed account to simply backup them or to share them with your friends and family online, with the ability to comment on the photos that you’ve uploaded, notice the activity comment box in the right sidebar. Images can be uploaded either by clicking on that big blue button in the top right corner named Add Images or by simply dragging and dropping them onto the designated Drag n’ drop area.

Marqueed images uploaded

A nice gallery of images that you’ve uploaded will be displayed, and once you click on a certain image you’re gonna be presented with the edit image window where you can add tags, labels, captions and you can even draw on the uploaded image with a very rudimentary pen tool.

Marqueed editing image

When you’re ready you can click on Public option, located next to Private just above the image gallery, or you can invite friends directly by typing in their Marqueed name or email. On the right sidebar share comments and have fun viewing the photos.

Conclusion

Sharing images with Marqueed is very similar to how Facebook works, only with Marqueed you’re given more tools for adding image tags, labels and you even get a pen tool for some simplistic photo drawing. With bookmarklet you can surf the web and simply mark the photos that you’d like to add to Marqueed image collection, to share it with your friends. Try this free photo sharing community, where you can upload you images, add funny tags and edits, then share them comment with your friends and colleagues.

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Free Photo Sharing Social Network: Marqueed was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Hide Folder To Hide Folders On PC

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 02:00 PM PDT


Free Hide Folder is a free folder hider software which can easily hide folders on your computer.

You might be wondering that this folder hiding feature is present there in Windows OS, so why would you need this free software. Well, I guess you are pretty well aware about the fact that all the files and folders hidden using Windows built-in feature can be easily made visible. However, if you hide a folder using this free software then it cannot be made visible until and unless you want to make it visible yourself.

Hiding folders is different, and probably safer, than password protecting folders. A password protected folder is visible, and someone might copy it and use password breaking software to read contents.

On the other hand, if a folder is hidden and password protected, it will be difficult to even locate the folder, leave aside breaking the password.

Free Folder Hider

The user-interface of this free folder hider is clean and user-friendly, suitable for both technically sound and novice users.

Free Hide Folder proves to be useful when you are sharing your computer with other users. When you share your computer with other users privacy becomes the main concern. Free Hide Folder is designed keeping in mind your privacy needs. You can make your private folders invisible effortlessly in no time.

You are even allowed to set a password to this software, which means that you need a password for accessing this free software. So no one could ever access this software and unhide files without the password. In this way it provides more protection to your hidden private folders.

Free Hide Folder is definitely not the only tool in the market to hide folders. Some other similar software we have already reviewed include WinMend Folder Hidden, Hidden DIR and Disguise Folders. But this software does score a lot in terms of ease of use.

How to Hide Folders?

Launch this folder hider software, you will come across the main window of the software. Click the Add button on the interface for adding a folder which you wish to hide. Select your desired folder and it will be displayed within the interface, Now select it by clicking on it and hit the Hide button on the interface. The folder becomes invisible instantly. That's all you need to do for hiding a folder on your computer.

Do note that this software does not password protects the folders; instead, the password protection is on program itself. So, if you want to add even more security, you can use free software to password protect folders to add password to your folders, and then use this software to hide them.

Features Of This Tool To Hide Folders:

  • Easy to use and lightweight folder hider software.
  • Comes with password protection.
  • Hide unlimited number of folders.
  • Backup button to restore and backup the data.
  • Clean user-interface.
  • Un-hide folders anytime with a single click.

Free Hide Folder is one of simplest to use folder hider software which I came across, as it allows you to easily hide folders on your computer. Download Free Folder Hider to hide the folders.

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Free Hide Folder To Hide Folders On PC was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Online Diary and Journal App: Loccit

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT


Loccit is a free online diary app that helps you to keep all your memories saved forever. This free private journal app can help you to save each and every moment of your life. In our life we go through different phases and experience many achievements that we want to memorize forever. Loccit is one such app that will keep all your valuable experiences in a safe and secure manner. You can have a look at them whenever you want to and they will never be lost. These will remain private and you can make them available for specific friends. It has the option of social media integration and you can share your experiences through Loccit with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. You can think of Loccit as a free Facebook diary app.

Interface of this free online diary

This free online diary app has a very stylish interface that provides you options to improve the look of your diary. The front cover has a good design and you can add new images to make the cover look interesting. The option of importing content and activities from your Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIN, Instagram accounts makes the interface different and keeps it updated. All the tabs have a different appearance in their own way and have a very attractive look. One of the best parts of the interface is the way you add content to the diary and flicking through the pages. One will not face any problem while using this free private journal app and they can easily maintain the stylish online diary. You can also check out Daileez, HistOfMe and MotoDiary reviewed by us.

Using Loccit

To start using loccit you need to either register with the app or log in through any form of social media. Once you log in you can see all the options that you require to make a diary and save all the important things. The four main tabs in the app are:

  • My Diary
  • Network Activity
  • Celebrity diaries
  • Store

While making your diary you can start with adding a nice cover to the diary and then add contents. The moment you add contents you will be given the option to make unique titles and write about your personal experiences. You can add endless experiences and save them for future. None of the moments that you add will be lost and you can have a look at them whenever you are free or want to show them to your close ones.

You get two options to flick through the pages in your diary, one helps you to have a look at the contents that you added in the Loccit diary and the other helps you to have a look at all the activities that took place in your social media account. It can be either facebook or twitter, once there is an update in your account it will be automatically added to the Loccit diary.

The other tab is "Network Activity" which helps you keep a track of all the activities that takes place in your account or in your friends account. For example whenever a person shares something on Facebook, it will automatically come up in this tab. There is a "+" sign near the posts or tweets shared; you can click on this sign and add this in your diary forever.

The "celebrity diaries" tab will help you to have a look at the diaries of some of the famous celebrities. The Loccit store tab provides you with some innovative cards, posters, notebooks, mousemats, mugs, calendars, photobooks, etc. to your diary. This free online diary app can be considered to be one of the best online diaries where you can save all the details of the incidents taking place in your life.

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Free Online Diary and Journal App: Loccit was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Image Hosting that Allows Upload of Large Photos: PicsToCloud

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT


PicsToCloud is a free image hosting service which prides itself as a image host for large images, it has no limit on the size of the images that are uploaded and not only that, but it also offers you tools which are gonna increase the size of your image, in case it’s small in size.

PicsToCloud default window

When you open up the PicsToCloud website you’re gonna see a pretty barren screen, which doesn’t have the standard Browse button with which you could open images for upload, which can be seen on a lot of other image hosts. Instead of that, all that waits for you is a small rectangular box with a text to drag and drop images onto the box for the upload to start and that’s what we did.

Similar software: PicBackMan, PhotoOnWeb, Imagebox.com.

How to upload big photos with PicsToCloud

Like the instructions on the website say, in order to start the image upload we need to open up the folder on our computer where photos that we want to upload online are located and then we need to select the ones we want to upload and simply drag and drop them to the rectangular area where the instructions text is located, which can be seen on the image above. Once you do that image upload is gonna start, six images will be uploaded at the time:

PicsToCloud uploading images

Once that the first six images finishes their upload, following six from the collection you’ve selected are gonna start being uploaded, until all of them are online. Photos which are hosted on PicsToCloud are private, only you’ll know about them, if you don’t share the links with others of course, and there’s even SSL encryption of the connection which prevents third parties from stealing your photos.

PicsToCloud last step

When the upload is finished you should see check marks over the photos, after which you will be redirected to the last step of the upload process, which can be seen on the image above. This is where you will receive:

  • Shortened direct links to the images
  • Download full size image option
  • Clicking on the Share button Facebook, Twitter, Google+ sharing options pop up
  • Printing and image deleting also become available

That’s it, images are uploaded and you can now start sharing them with your friends and contacts online. Share button makes things a lot more easier for those who are interested in sharing to social networks. If you want, you can also send the links via emails, it’s also available next to the rest of the options mentioned before.

Conclusion

Uploading large images is never an easy task, because a lot of image hosts have size limits, with PicsToCloud all of that’s in the past, because you can upload very large images, several at times and then simply generate share links or use the provided social network share buttons to share photos with your friends. If you don’t want images online, you can delete them, simply open the image, hover your mouse over it and the delete button should appear in the list of options available on hover. Try this free image hosting service.

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Free Image Hosting that Allows Upload of Large Photos: PicsToCloud was originally published at I Love Free Software

Get Notified about New Videos through YouTube Feed Chrome Extension

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 09:30 AM PDT


YouTube Feed is an innovative, free Google Chrome extension which can notify you when new videos are added in the YouTube Homepage feed. Even if a friend likes or comments on some video you will get a notification. If you are a regular YouTube visitor then you should install this free Chrome extension as this would make it easier for you to get live feeds. The YouTube feed option will not affect your work or disturb like some other toolbars.

Installation of YouTube Feed

To install this free Google Chrome extension, you just need to go to the Chrome Web store and search the YouTube feed extension. It is very simple and similar to the download process followed during the installation of other extensions. You can follow the link or search the extension on chrome web store. Once you find the extension you need to click on add and the YouTube Feed extension will appear on the top of the Chrome browser. Once you finish adding this free Chrome extension, it will automatically start functioning and you don't need to follow any lengthy installation process. You can also try other useful Google Chrome extensions like Skip Ads on YouTube, Online Music Alarm and Speechify reviewed by us.

Interface of YouTube Feed

The interface of YouTube Feed is pretty simple and it appears near all the extension on your Chrome browser. Once it is added to the toolbar there will be a small tab named YouTube which will be similar to the YouTube logo.

Using YouTube Feed Chrome Extension

this free Google Chrome extension will always appear on the top of the Chrome browser and will be ready to use once you add it to your browser. To start using it you need to log in to your YouTube account. This is mainly useful for those who have many YouTube friends, subscribers or are regular to YouTube. You can check the notifications by clicking on the YouTube extension present. The extension shows the number of notifications available by numbering them and this helps you see all the notifications which you might have missed.

To go to the options of the YouTube feed extension you need to click on the settings option of your chrome browser and a new page will appear. In this page you need to click on the extensions menu and all the extensions will appear. Here you can access the YouTube Feed option and make appropriate changes. You can also go to the YouTube feed options panel by right clicking on the extension and then click on option. In the options page you can select which type of notification you want to see and which you don't want. You can decide whether you want to see a new video uploaded by a friend or any other subscribed video. The options page also helps you make changes in the polling intervals and select whether you want to open the video in the same tab or new tab.

Whenever a new video is available on the YouTube homepage feed this extension will notify you. One of the best things about this extension is that it also notifies you whether your friends on YouTube are online or not. You can have a look at the actions made by active users like whenever they comment, subscribe, or like a video the YouTube feed extension informs you about it. This extension basically informs you everything happening on YouTube and displays it on the interface.

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Get Notified about New Videos through YouTube Feed Chrome Extension was originally published at I Love Free Software

5 Free Android Pool Games

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 08:00 AM PDT


Here, are 5 free Android Pool Games. Pool games are one of the most popular games which can be played by anyone. You can now play Pool games on your Android phone. Google Play Store has multiple Pool games to install and play on Android.

We will discuss about 5 best Free Android Pool games. Pool games include Pool Master Pro game, Touch Pool 2D Lite, Carl's Pool, and more. You can install any of them and enjoy playing Pool game on your Android. Also, if you are beginner and want to learn Pool game, then these Android apps can help you out.

Pool Master Pro:

Pool Master Pro is a free Android game to play Pool on Android. This Android Pool game is a simple and one of the popular pool games in Google Play Store. The game offers realistic interface which gives feeling of playing game on a real pool game table. To play the game, just hold the stick, and point the stick towards the ball you want to hit. Now stretch the stick to backside and leave to hit the ball. You can play the game in single player mode and multi-player mode to play with your friends. Single player allows you to play game VS computer. Two game options with 8 and 9 balls are available. If you are a starter or new to the game, then you can switch it to practice mode. Practice mode allows you to learn all the tricks and rules of the game. You can check our complete review on Pool Master Pro for Android.

Touch Pool 2D Lite:

Touch Pool

Touch Pool 2D Lite is another free Android pool game. This Android pool game is similar to Pool Master Pro game for Android. To play the game you need to point the stick to the ball you want to hit. Now press the start button below to make the stick ready to hit the ball and then again tap on the same button to finally hit the ball. The game offers you to play with single player mode, single player challenges, you vs computer, and you vs your friend. Single player mode includes Make 8 and Make 15 mode as well. In single player challenge mode, you can only play 3 minute challenge. Only 3 minute challenge is available in free version of the game. You vs Computer mode allows you to play first to 4 and first to 8 games modes. You can select and play according to your playing ability. Same goes You vs Friends mode when you play with your friends.

3D Pool Master Pro:

Pool Master Pro

3D Pool Master Pro is another free Android pool game. This Android pool game app is a nice and simple game app which provides easy options to play pool game on Android. You can play game in 3 different games modes which include single player mode, 2 players mode, and online mode. Before starting the game, you can put your nickname and then start playing the game. 3D Pool Master Pro is easy to play on Android. You just have to place the stick in the direction pointing to the ball which you want to hit. Now tap on shoot button in the game app and you are done. Now, if you are playing on single player mode, then the next hit would be by computer. At the end of the game, the player with maximum number of goals wins the game. I liked the game because of its simplicity. Just play it and learn the rules and tricks of Pool game incase you are new to pool game.

Carl's Pool:

Carls Pool

Carl's Pool is another Android pool app. To play the game, you need to move the hitting stick in the direction of the ball which you want to hit. Now, tap on the shoot button to hit the ball. The longer you press the shoot button, the stronger will the force of hit. The game allows you to switch to 2D/3D view mode. The game app provides you the selection of numbers of balls and the type of match you like to play. Also, you can check the list of high scores by you. This shows the percentage of improvement you have done to play Carl's Pool game.

Pool Mania:

Pool Mania

Pool Mania is another excellent Pool game for Android with simple options. Pool Mania provides HD graphics on Android. Playing Pool Mania is one of the perfect time pass and a nice practice medium to play Pool game. On top of this, Pool Mania game provides Arcade, Challenge, and Practice mode to play. You can select any of them according to your abilities and start playing it on your Android. The game provides the clear options to control and manage pool game on Android. You can learn the tricks as Pool Mania takes the help of maintaining a specific angle before hitting the ball. Just maintain the angle in such a way that it should lead to goal. This gives you an idea of where to hit the ball for perfect goal. You can even manage the power of the hit, so that it becomes more easy for you to play and win the game on Android.

You can also check out 3D Bowling game for Android reviewed by us.

If you found some other good pool games for Android, then do let us know in comments below.

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5 Free Android Pool Games was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Text Editor with Syntax Highlighting: medit

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT


medit is a free text editor which can also be used for programming, as a development environment because it comes with support for syntax highlighting, which makes coding easier on the eyes. There are also several other features which are very useful for programmers, like keyboard accelerators. Great thing about medit would be the fact that it’s cross platform, you can use it on Windows, Linux and Mac to edit text or to create programs and websites, for free.

medit default window

Default interface of medit is very modern looking, as you can see from the image above. Tabs are available, you can have several documents opened within a single window, for those interested in editing several files at once. On the right side you can open additional panes where you can either browse through the list of currently opened files, or through your home directory to look for files you were working on earlier. Here’s a list of the most interesting features that medit has:

  • Cross platform support – works on all Unixlike and Windows systems
  • Configurable keyboard accelerators and syntax highlighting
  • Expand the basic features with plugins
  • Add new options to the medit context menu easily with Python
  • Text search and replace with the help of regular expressions

Usability of medit is also very good, you won’t spend a lot of time searching for options and moving your mouse around. Here are some useful tips for all those who plan on using medit.

Similar software: GetDiz, InType, Pilot Edit Lite.

How to edit text and create programs with medit

First thing that you should do, which is something that you should do with every other code editor as well, is to create a project directory somewhere on your computer, where you’ll store all the files that are being created and edited.

medit file editing pane opened

Once that the directory is created, open it up in the File Selection pane in medit. By doing that you’ll be able to access files faster, and they’ll all be saved on the same location. The File Selection pane also has location bookmarks, notice the yellow star at the top of right sidebar. You can use them to access directories faster. Syntax highlighting will be added automatically as soon as you save the document. Split document view within a tab is also available, you can activate it by clicking on View and then Split View.

medit add accelerators keyboard

By selecting Edit >> Configure shortcuts you’ll be able to change keyboard shortcuts to something that’s a bit more to your liking, if you perhaps used different shortcuts in a different code editor.

Conclusion

medit is an extremely configurable text editor which you can customize to suite your needs in a lot of different ways. Syntax highlighting is available for a large selection of different programming languages, and it doesn’t matter which one you’re working in, it will probably gonna be supported. With panes you can have directories open alongside the documents that you’re editing, so if you need to open up something quickly it’s close to your hand. medit is a free text and programming editor, free download.

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Free Text Editor with Syntax Highlighting: medit was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Educational Software to Improve your Memory: Brain Workshop

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 05:00 AM PDT


Brain Workshop is an interesting, free educational software that improves the working memory of the users. According to a study, if a person practices Brain Workshop for 20 minutes every day, then it will increase their intelligence and help in remembering important things. It has a dual game mode as well as a single cue. In the dual game mode, the player has to match sequence of position of square and the sequence of letters in this free educational game. If the player feels that this is becoming very tough for him then he can start by focusing on only one cue.

Installation of this educational software

To download Brain Workshop you need to go to this link. After visiting the link, click on the download button and an .exe file will be downloaded. The file is of 10 MB and it might take some time to be downloaded. After the .exe file is downloaded click on it and the installation process will start. Then you just need to follow the usual installation process and finish the process. As soon as the software is downloaded you can start playing this free educational game. If you are interested to try some more educational software, you can check out Sight Words Buddy, Letter Sounds and Ray’s Letters And Numbers reviewed by us.

Interface of Brain Workshop

Brain Workshop has a very simple interface that is user friendly and has all the options on the screen. It is not made to look very stylish and its simple interface helps you to use this free educational software without any hassles.

Using Brain Workshop

Before you start playing Brain Workshop you should make appropriate changes in the software. In the left panel of the software you can find all the options that will help you make the changes. If you type "C" then you can choose the type of game that you want to play. Once you press "C" you can select whether you want to use position, color, image, audio, arithmetic, etc. Here you can also make the changes in the size of the interface.

By pressing the "S" button you can select the type of sound you want to play. There are two channels and you can make the changes in both channels accordingly. The "I" button will help you select the type of images that you want to include in the game. There are different images available like cartoon faces, national park service, pentominoes, polygons basic, tetrominoes fixed. The "M" option will change all the options from automatic mode to manual mode. "G" helps you have a look at the daily progress graph and "ESC" will close the software.

At the top right you can have a look at the sessions you have played, the last 20 and your average score. Below at the right panel one can have a look at the rise and drop in the threshold level.

Once you press the Space button, the game starts. You get 20 chances to answer and score in the game. If you feel that the position is matching then you need to press the letter"A" and if you feel that the color is matching then press the letter "F." Your answers will appear near the "Answer" option at the bottom and if you want to pause the game then press the letter "P." While you can cancel the session by pressing the "Esc" button and F8 button helps in hiding or revealing the text. Overall, Brian Workshop is a great, free educational game that you can try everyday to improve your memory.

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Free Educational Software to Improve your Memory: Brain Workshop was originally published at I Love Free Software

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