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Free Online Social Network Manager: Worphy
Start Menu to Launch Applications Easily: Handy Start Menu
4 Free Pregnancy Software
Android App to Get Reminders to Talk to Friends: StayInTouch
Flitskikker InfoTool: Get System Information
Access Your PC with Smartphone/Tablet: PocketCloud Remote Desktop
How To Use Android Phone As PC Monitor

Free Online Social Network Manager: Worphy

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Worphy is a free social network manager that offers you flexibility to manage your multiple Social Media profiles easily. Using this free online social network management tool, you can manage profiles for both your business and personal use. The software requires internet and can be used online. It comes on a secured web based platform which means that besides helping you to manage multiple profiles it helps you to have a protected environment for your profiles.

Creating a profile at Worphy

In order to use this free social network manager, you need to visit the site here and register. Once you have created your id the next step is to link your profile to any of your preferred social networks.

Using this free online social network manager

The moment you have integrated your account and started with the process of connecting with your social media profile the next few steps would ask a few things about the permissions which it requires from your end. You would need to accept them and move ahead which finally would land you at the main dashboard of this free social network management tool. The intuitive and very practical Dashboard has several options on it whereby the left side gives you the links to the streams i.e. activity from your account, Assignments, Publishing of posts and creating calendar events, etc. If you are interested to check out some more social networking tool to make your social networking experience better, you can try Hootsuite, Conversocial and Commun.it.

Using all these options you can schedule your messages to be published on your specified profiles, collaborate team activities, access content library, and more. It also provides you the insights through the analytics about the activity such as Facebook likes, number of new notifications, etc. Under the assignments tab you can create new tasks for the selected members whereby it would list all the assigned tasks by an individual to the concerned individuals. This means that collaboration and delegation of work would be much easier whereby defining roles of each person to carry out stated activities would be easier.

The settings tabs lists down your profiles, team members, options to change profile information such as passwords and more. Under the free version you can manage up to 5 online profiles. For example if you manage your Facebook profile even the pages linked to your profile would be counted. There are other limitations as well such as, if you have more than 5 profiles on different social media websites then you cannot manage all of them. Worphy currently supports Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo, Renren, and Tencent Weibo. Moreover, with the free version only one person per account would be allowed to manage and collaborate the profiles within the registered account. Also the help provided to you is through the Forum where in case you wish to use the email support you have to upgrade to any of the paid plans.

There are 4 paid plans which start from $19.99 a month for the Basic plan and ranges to the $149.99 per month for the enterprise plan. The number of people and social accounts for the plans range from 2 to 20 and 10-200 respectively. Considering the use and flexibility the software offers shelling out some bucks for the above plans would considerably help you cut down some time and efforts which you usually put in to manage multiple profiles across social media websites. Overall, Worphy is pretty simple yet effective tool to manage and monitor your social media profile activities.

Free Online Social Network Manager: Worphy was originally published at I Love Free Software

Start Menu to Launch Applications Easily: Handy Start Menu

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT

For most of the laptop and computer users, finding a program in the start menu becomes a problem if there is no shortcut already created for the same. On the other hand, if a program is not present in the start menu or takes too long to be found, users generally create desktop shortcuts. As such a common complaint is that the desktop becomes cluttered. The solution for such users comes in the form of Handy Start Menu which is a free utility which makes it easy to find and launch programs. Let's check out what Handy Start Menu does for you!

Key Features:

Start menu in windows 8: Currently there's a lot of fuss about the start screen in windows 8. However, if you are happy with the traditional design of windows then you can bring the start menu in windows 8 by simply installing Handy Start Menu.
Organized desktop: You do not have to rely on shortcuts to launch applications. All your programs would be organized properly in the start menu hence eliminating the need of any shortcuts which generally take up the entire space on your desktop. Keep it simple and put some good wallpapers, you will love it!
Simplicity: Once you have installed Handy Start Menu, it would be easy launching your applications. All you need to do is choose a specific category in which the application is present and open.

As you can see above, the snapshot captures how Handy Start Menu creates different categories to organize your applications. Once you download. install and launch this utility, you will see a notification that tells you to check your updated start menu. You need to click on 'All programs' in start menu and this is what you see. You can click any of the categories to explore how different programs are categorized. We clicked on 'games' and it listed all the applications present in this category.

Customizing your Handy Start Menu

You can also configure the Handy Start Menu to make it work your way. To open the settings window, simply click on Handy Start Menu in the Utilities category.

As you can see in the snapshot above, the given window appears once you choose the Handy Start Menu. Here you have two options which allow you to either switch to your standard start menu or change the settings. Clicking the second option allows you to configure it.

Here, you can add categories and change the other settings too. You can even change the category of a particular application simply by dragging and dropping to the desired category. Explore and make it work your way!

Verdict

Overall, Handy Start Menu is a good utility if you have lots of programs installed in your system. This free utility makes it simpler working with these programs. Handy Start Menu has a size of 7.02 MB and is available for Windows 7/8/Vista and XP. So give it a try as it might be a solution to quickly launch and start your applications.

Download Handy Start Menu free!

Start Menu to Launch Applications Easily: Handy Start Menu was originally published at I Love Free Software

4 Free Pregnancy Software

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Here are 4 free pregnancy software that shows the pregnancy progress. These pregnancy software are efficient enough to show you the expected delivery date. With the help of these pregnancy software, you can even view the number of days and weeks left in the due date. These software show you all these information related to pregnancy on the basis of the first day of the last period before pregnancy entered by you. So it's important that you enter the correct date. Try these pregnancy software for free.

Pregnancy Calculator

Pregnancy Calculator, as the name itself suggests that this is a free software to calculate pregnancy and show you the progress. This is a simple software that functions straightforwardly and shows you the expected delivery date in no time. Pregnancy calculator works when you choose the first day of last period from the calendar on the interface. Using that date it calculates and shows you the start date of 1st Trimester, start date of the 2nd Trimester, start date of the third Trimester, dates on which most of the babies arrive, shows the number of weeks and days you are pregnant from the date entered. It even shows you the weeks and days left for due date. As I mentioned earlier that it even shows you the expected delivery date and astrological sign. The best part is that, it even allows you to print the results and share it with your loved ones.

Read more about Pregnancy Calculator or try it here.

More4Kids Pregnancy Calculator

More4Kids Pregnancy Calculator is another free pregnancy calculating software that lets you calculate your due date and helps you to keep a track of all the changes taking place in your baby. To get started, you need to enter the first day of your last period in the respective box from the calendar and you are also required to enter the Average length of the cycle. After you enter these information, in no time it takes you to a new window which shows you the expected due date and expected days left in the due date. Within this window, it even shows you the information on monthly changes taking place in your baby within the 9 months of pregnancy.

Read more about More4Kids Pregnancy Calculator or try it here. Also, check out our featured post on best free Pregnancy apps for Android.

Pregnancy Countdown Calculator

Pregnancy Countdown Calculator is a free pregnancy software that shows you pregnancy status on it's small interface. The interface shows you Time along and time left in days and weeks for the due date. In order to make this pregnancy software work, you need to enter the due date in the due date box and leave the rest to this software. It even shows you the progress bar for Trimesters, So with the help of these progress bars, you can view the progress in trimesters. This is a small in size software, with a file size of only 11 KB. Try this pregnancy software for free and view the time left in due date.

Baby's Progress

Baby's Progress is another free pregnancy software that helps you to track the pregnancy progress. This free pregnancy software lets you choose the first day of your last period. On the basis of this date, it shows you some relevant information on pregnancy. It shows you the expected due date, and even calculates and shows you the minimum and maximum due dates. Baby's progress even shows you the nominal days, minimum days and maximum days left for the delivery. The Progress bar displayed on the interface shows you the percentage of pregnancy completed. This free pregnancy software also shows you the baby's age in terms days, weeks and months.

4 Free Pregnancy Software was originally published at I Love Free Software

Android App to Get Reminders to Talk to Friends: StayInTouch

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 09:30 AM PDT

StayinTouch is a free Android app to get SMS and call reminders on Android. The app basically helps in ensuring that you stay in touch with your friends and important persons in your life. If you do not have a communication with them for a set number of days, this app sends a reminder. Quite awesome, isn’t it!

The app tells you that you have communicated to the person x number of days before. The app gives you the alert that you have crossed limit of number of days to communicate. This app then gives you the reminder to communicate to that particular person.

This Android SMS and call reminder app helps you to stay in touch with your friends, family, and business colleagues. The app gives you the clear picture of all your call logs on some selected set of contacts. On top of it, the app also gives you the reminder taking number of SMS in count. The app tells you the number of calls and SMS made during the set period or number of days.

To see how often you have been staying in touch with someone, you can check the statistics part of the app that tells you how often you have been talking to that person. Call statistics tells you the number of call and SMS in the time limit set. Also, the app tells you the percentage of outgoing and incoming calls on the selected contact. You can even check out each call details including outgoing and incoming on the selected contact.

How To Setup SMS And Call Reminder?

Step 1: Install and launch StayinTouch app on your Android.

Step 2: Tap on "Add Contacts" button and select contacts from your phonebook.

Step 3: Set the days limit and you are all set.

Step 4: Now, you can check out the call stats and date of communication.

Features Of StayinTouch App:

Gives you SMS and call reminders.
Provides you clear picture of last call date.
Add your favorite contact to the contact list of the app.
Check call stats of the selected contacts.
Displays the number of SMS and call made during the set period.
You can check percentage of outgoing and incoming calls.
You can check every call details on any selected contact.
Simple and easy to use app.

Install StayinTouch App:

Click here to download and install StayinTouch app from Google Play Store. You can even scan the QR Code below to get the direct download link.

StayinTouch app makes your work easier as it automatically alerts you about the calls and SMS which you have to make in future. The app also records all the call details for desired number of days to make a fair data and proof to your friend or family that how much you communicate to them.

You can check out tutorial to enable reminder on Android. You can even check out the post on Android Birthday Reminder app for Facebook.

Android App to Get Reminders to Talk to Friends: StayInTouch was originally published at I Love Free Software

Flitskikker InfoTool: Get System Information

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Flitskikker InfoTool is a free software that helps you get detailed system information about your computer (Information about the hardware and software). This application has been designed nicely, the user interface looks professional and is simple to use. It displays each component’s features in structured manner and in great detail.

The main use of this application is to check your system specifications and get detailed system information. The developer has even added a functionality that tells you if your system specifications are enough to run a specific game. You can Generate information in this application and save the report as TEXT file or BB code format.

Both of these reports can be exported as HTML files. The screenshot below shows the main interface of the application; here you can see the summary of your system’s components.

The best feature about this application is the ability to test whether a game would work with your system. Also, it also tells you whether a version of Windows would work on your system. This feature is named Advisor; to use it click on the Advisor button which is conveniently located in the upper part of the window.

You will be presented with the window as shown below with a drop down menu – it is called Advice Level. Use the drop down menu to select the game for which you would like to check compatibility. Here I am going to check the for COD5, you can see the results in the window below. These system information reports can also be exported as HTML, the export button is located in lower left corner of the window.

How to generate and export system information:

Step 1: Start the software by launching it from the start menu, it will open up a system specification report as shown in the first screenshot. To generate report in text or BB code click on the respective buttons as show in the screenshot shown below.

Note: When you start the program you will have to deal with the annoying popup which asks for donation. Step 2: When you click on any one of these a window will popup showing you what you requested out of the two as shown below. To export this click on the Export button on the lower left corner of the the window. Here you will be presented with the system information to export the Text result as HTML.

Verdict:

This application offers a lot in a small package and ends the dilemma of manually checking game requirements before buying games. So, I would recommend that you try this application before you buying any game. Also check out this free website to analyze system requirements of games.

Click here to download Flitskikker InfoTool for free.

Flitskikker InfoTool: Get System Information was originally published at I Love Free Software

Access Your PC with Smartphone/Tablet: PocketCloud Remote Desktop

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:30 AM PDT

PocketCloud Remote Desktop is a free remote administration utility which you can use in order to access your Mac or Windows desktop from iPhone, iPad or any other Android based tablet or smartphone. There’s a lot of different situations where controlling a desktop computer with your smartphone or tablet can come in handy, file access for example, and now with PocketCloud Remote Desktop you can do exactly that.

One of the many useful features that this free remote administration smartphone utility has would be the option to connect to your Google Account so that if you have an Android device connected to the account it will be much easier to pair it up with the desktop PC and control it in practically every way you can think of. Some of the more interesting features found in PocketCloud Remote Desktop would be:

Highly secure connection between the desktop and admin devices
Three different connection types, RDP, VNC, Auto Discovery
Configure custom keyboards with the help of shortcuts
Android and iOS supported, Android 3 and above

Next to the free version of PocketCloud Remote Desktop, there’s also an option for upgrade which gives you even more security, 256bit encryption and you can use it to connect to several computers, with the free version you’re limited to only one. Setting up remote access shouldn’t be too difficult and you can configure remote access to your desktop for smartphones and tablets in just a few minutes of clicking.

Similar software: Desktop Now, RealVNC, 5 Best Remote Access Apps.

How to configure remote desktop access for smartphones and tablets with PocketCloud Remote Desktop

Download the desktop client, select Windows or Mac depending on which one you’re using, and install it. Don’t forget the desktop access password which you’ll need to create during installation. The easiest way to allow Android tablets and smartphones access to your computer would be if you use the Auto Discovery.

You’re also gonna have to install apps on the Android or iOS phone or tablet that you plan on using for remote access to your desktop PC. They’re available from the Google Play Store, iOS app is also available. The other types of remote access connection require you to know basic network configuration, to open ports, know your IP address and use all that on the smartphone app to connect to your desktop.

This is what you will see if you successfully connect to your desktop with the help of PocketCloud Remote Desktop. You can use programs and access files on the remote computer without a problem. It’s best that if you plan on using this type of remote desktop access that you use a tablet, because it has a bigger screen, you can see more of the remote desktop at once.

Conclusion

Even though remote desktop administration with the help of a smartphone isn’t exactly practical, since smartphones have smaller screens, it’s more than useful if you want to easily access your image collection from work, without having to carry it around on your phone. Applications can also be accessed, if you leave them running to do some tasks. Setup isn’t overly complicated, so try PocketCloud Remote Desktop out and see how it will go.

Access Your PC with Smartphone/Tablet: PocketCloud Remote Desktop was originally published at I Love Free Software

How To Use Android Phone As PC Monitor

Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Here, is a quick tutorial to use Android phone as PC Monitor. Sometimes you might want to see display of your PC while sitting in another room, or you might just want to control your PC remotely and need to look at your PC monitor. In those cases, you can use your Android phone as a remote PC monitor.

Now that we know how to use Android phone as PC mouse and use Android phone as PC keyboard, it is natural to find more interesting uses for our Android phone; like use it as a PC monitor.

For this we will use a fantastic free app called Android-VNC-Viewer app and VNC server application to bring your desktop screen onto your Android screen. This app not only shows your whole desktop on your Android phone; it also lets you remotely control your computer by performing any action on the desktop.

Steps To Use Android Phone As PC Monitor:

Step 1: Download and install Android-VNC-Viewer app from Google Play Store.

Android VNC QR Code

Step 2: Download and install TightVNC server application on your Windows PC.

Step 3: Launch the server application on your PC and set the remote access password.

Step 4: Now, launch the Android app and enter the connection details which include nickname, IP address, port, computer username, and color format.

Android VNC

Step 5: Tap on connect button from the Android app to connect your Android phone from your PC.

Step 6: Now, you will see the whole desktop screen on your Android screen. You can easily access and manage desktop application on your Android.

Desktop Screen Android

Android VNC Viewer is a great app and one of the popular Android app in Google Play Store. It makes your work easier by giving access to your desktop monitor on Android.

Remember: If you want to run this process, then you need to connect your Android phone to the same Wi-Fi network as your PC. If you want to run the Android app and PC server application on different networks, then you need to enter external IP address of your PC (just go to Google, and type “what is my ip” to get your external IP). The speed of managing the desktop on Android depends on selecting the type color format. The speed of the server application runs according to the colors or resolution provided.

You can also check out one of the paid Android app ScreenSlider for Android reviewed by us.

How To Use Android Phone As PC Monitor was originally published at I Love Free Software

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