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Search Instagram Photos with Search.Stagram
Monitor your Network Card for Speed with My Network Speed
Android Live Wallpaper that Indicates Battery Status: Power Dots
Free Automated IT Maintenance Tool: dMaintenance
Free Command Line Tool for PNG Optimization: OptiPNG
Move Files from One Place to Another Easily with Limagito FileMover
Free Software To Download Instagram Photos
Conduct Free Web Conferences / Meetings with Live Minutes
Daily Yoga App For Android

Search Instagram Photos with Search.Stagram

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:30 PM PDT

Search.Stagram is a free Instagram search engine where you can easily search through images that are being posted on this free photo sharing platform. Images can be searched like they are on any other search engine, by entering search terms and hitting the return key. Search.Stagram is gonna go through tags that photos have, find the ones that are relevant for your search term and then list the results, it’s that easy.

What you see on the image above is the Search.Stagram website, by default the main page is gonna hold images which are currently popular on Instagram. If you perhaps see your photo on this page, and you don’t like it, then you can connect to Search.Stagram using your Instagram account and then ask for the image to be removed. Some of the interesting features of this free Instagram photo search tool would be:

Popular photo display on the main page of the website
Quick search for popular tags available in a single click
Large image thumbnails which make Instagram image search easier
Search for custom terms is also available, eg. kittens, puppies etc…

Searching images with the help of Search.Stagram isn’t very difficult, it’s just as easy as using Google image search, but there are some things which you should know if you would like to narrow down the search a bit more, with the help of search functions.

Instagram tools: Instarchive, Instagram Downloader.

How to search images with Search.Stagram

If you are for example only interested in searching for images which contain the tag “kittens” then you need to write the following in the Search.Stagram’s search box.

When you type this in, only images which contain the tag kittens or kitten are gonna be displayed. By entering only kittens without the custom search parameters Search.Stagram is gonna search everything, photo titles, description and comments for the keyword that you entered, which can be less precise. Notice on the first image above that there are already some tag searches being suggested, those are search queries which are currently popular, which you can click on to search Instagram quicker.

By clicking on the image results an enlarged image preview window is gonna pop-up where you’ll be able to actually view the photo, but also read image description and other information which is usually found in photos shared via Instagram. Photos that you find can be shared on with the help of Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest and Tumblr. If you login with your Instagram account you can even send direct messages to the users whose photos you’ve found.

Conclusion

By using Search.Stagram you can easily find photos that interest you which other people have shared on this very popular photo sharing platform. With the help of search parameters you can make your searches more precise so that you don’t have to see results which have nothing to do with the thing that you’re interested in. Searching Instagram is very easy with Search.Stagram, you can find photos which interest you in just a few mouse clicks.

Search Instagram Photos with Search.Stagram was originally published at I Love Free Software

Monitor your Network Card for Speed with My Network Speed

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

My Network Speed is a free application that performs the task of monitoring your network card and hence displays the download and upload speed on your desktop in a small window. So if you are using any network card and want to keep a track of the speed, then using this free application can help you do it.

Installation

This application is easy to install and available in a very compact size of 78.47 KB. On downloading the application, you can find a zip file at the download destination. Extract the files to a specific folder and begin the installation. The application does not come bundled with any adware hence My Network Speed is solely designed for you to check the speed without taking any additional space on your system. The installation is zippy and it's just a couple of minutes when you can begin using the application. In case, there are more network cards on your system, you need to choose the appropriate card to begin tracking the speed for the same. After the installation, you can notice a bluish icon on your system tray for My network speed.

Using My Network Speed

There is nothing too advanced about using My Network Speed. Beginners and sophisticated users can use it alike. To begin working with this, you need to right-click on the My Network Speed icon on the system tray. If you have more than one network adapters, then choose the particular network adapter by clicking on the appropriate one.

The download speed and upload speed can be viewed on a tiny window. You can customize the window accordingly by changing its style that can be set to horizontal or vertical.

Requirements

My Network Speed works well on Windows operating system that includes XP/ Vista/ 7 (32 bit and 64 bit). Besides, you need to have .NET framework on your system so that this application can run. This is just a minimal requirement of this application and of course a network card to monitor, if you have it all, the application should work well.

Also check out free network monitoring software like Spyome and TCPEye.

Verdict

Overall, My Network Speed is fine if you wish to monitor your network speed. However, this application does not boost the network speed or perform any other such advanced function if you are expecting it that way. This application offers some basic functions related to customizing the window, refreshing the network adapter list and speed refresh rate which work well in addition to the main task of monitoring the network speed. So you can try it if your requirements are minimal!

Download My Network Speed for free!

Monitor your Network Card for Speed with My Network Speed was originally published at I Love Free Software

Android Live Wallpaper that Indicates Battery Status: Power Dots

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Power Dots is a free Android live wallpaper app that changes its color according to the battery level of your Android. This Android Power Dots live wallpaper app tells you the battery level by changing its color.

We have already reviewed many live wallpaper apps, like, Bubble Live Wallpaper and Video Wallpaper for Android. How ab0ut a Live Wallpaper that is functional as well? Power Dots Live Wallpaper is exactly that.

The live wallpaper app provides moving dots in the wave pattern. The wallpaper looks awesome on Android home screen. Moving dots in the wave pattern gives you the feeling as if something is flowing in the air. To set the live wallpaper, long tap in the empty space on your Android home screen. Now, select wallpapers→live wallpapers→Power Dots. Customize the settings of the live wallpaper and then set it on your Android background.

Power Dots app lets you select your favorite color on different battery level status. You can even select the color on charging status of the battery. The flowing live wallpaper changes its color according to the color selected on different battery levels and its charging level. I also tried changing the background color from the settings menu of the live wallpaper app, but due to some unknown reason the background color did not change. You can try changing the background color and if you find some difficulty, then do let the app developers know about the same.

Power Dots app saves the space of installing any battery indicator app on your Android. With this live wallpaper app, you can enjoy the beauty of live wallpaper along with getting the battery level info with changing color. Now, you can easily identify the battery level of your Android phone without bringing down the notification bar (if it is hidden). Just unlock your Android screen and know the battery with changing color of your live wallpaper.

Features Of Power Dots Live Wallpaper:

The wallpaper app indicates the current battery level with change in color.
The app displays the live wallpaper in wave pattern.
You can set custom color for different battery levels.
Select the desired color for different battery charging status.
Change the background color of the live wallpaper.
Provides smooth edge which looks nicer.
No user interface or app launch icon.

Install Power Dots App Live Wallpaper App:

Hit here to download and install Power Dots app from Google Play Store. For direct download link, you can scan the QR Code below.

Power Dots app is a two in one app as it works as a battery level indicator along with beautiful color changing live wallpaper. Try it out and have fun. If you know other similar live wallpapers that provide additional information, do let me know in comments.

Android Live Wallpaper that Indicates Battery Status: Power Dots was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Automated IT Maintenance Tool: dMaintenance

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:00 PM PDT

dMaintenance is an automated IT maintenance tool. dMaintenance performs background maintenance tasks like deleting temporary Internet files, disabling browser toolbars, deleting cookie and internet history, resetting network settings and much more.

The program does not require any installation. You just need to unzip the contents and run the program from your preferred location.

Features of this IT Maintenance freeware

One of the main features is the delete temporary files utility. This feature allows users to delete all temporary files on all user profiles in just one go. This also deletes temporary internet files, internet history and browser cookies. This feature also allows for deletion of the windows uninstall folder. You also have the option of deleting all ".tmp" temporary files on the current partition and delete all empty files in the windows and system32 folders.

The miscellaneous function feature detects the systems time zone and adjusts it accordingly. It also syncs clock with internet time servers. However the time zone feature does not work on Windows Vista.

The network settings feature is able to clear proxy settings on all browsers and on all user profiles directories. It also resets network interfaces and common commands like ipconfig and netsh.

The maintenance completion feature enters all details of a successful operation in the windows events log file. It includes important parameters like the size of temp files deleted, status of maintenance operations and any errors reported during runtime. It can also email the same information entered in the log to a user when the maintenance process is complete. Extra details like RAM memory statistics, hard drive capacity and system restore settings. The feature can also initiate creation of a system restore point in case you need to revert back to a previous configuration. This feature allows you to configure a system reboot once maintenance is complete.

The custom applications feature takes maintenance to a whole new level. With it, you can select up to five applications to be executed as a maintenance procedure. If any of the applications is not found dMaintenance can automatically download it, install and execute it.

The Internet explorer feature allows you to clean up the browser. It can disable offline mode on the browser. It can disable all Internet Explorer toolbars and Browser Helper Objects (BHO) from the registry.

Third party apps which must be manually downloaded work in conjunction with dMaintenance to perform a number of functions. Reports in HTML format are generated by Nirsoft. De-fragmenting page files and registry can be carried out by Piriform Defragler and Piriform CCleaner respectively.

How to use it

First time use requires you to launch dMaintenance.exe for configuration. Once configured, it executes all configuration settings you may have selected. dMaintenance requires no install and uninstall process. You have to make do with an interface which is a bit untidy but well grouped. Surprisingly, the interface does not have a maximize and minimize buttons.

Program settings are accessed via the config menu on the right side of the user interface. Below the config menu is item details which give a brief description of any item that the mouse is focused on.

Opinion

The idea behind dMaintenance is great especially when you consider how much you would have taken to perform these automated IT maintenance procedures manually. You also get to save space on your hard drive by deleting temp files which are not in use. The item details on the user interface was very helpful in trying to figure out what some of the configuration settings do. The portability of the software makes it very easy to use on a number of machines since you don’t have to install anything.

Verdict

dMaintenance is a simple but superb IT Maintenance tool that makes computer maintenance very easy.

Free Automated IT Maintenance Tool: dMaintenance was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Command Line Tool for PNG Optimization: OptiPNG

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT

OptiPNG is a free command line tool which you can use in order to optimize PNG images, which is a very popular image format used in web graphics. Great thing about OptiPNG is that it’s gonna decease the size of PNG images without sacrificing quality, which is always a good thing, but especially when it comes to website graphics where smaller image size means faster website loading.

Like we already said, OptiPNG doesn’t have a graphical interface, so you’re gonna have to open up the command line in order to use it. The entire program is just over 100kb big, and is very lightweight, which is no surprise considering that it doesn’t have a fancy looking interface. Don’t worry, just because there’s no interface, it doesn’t mean that OptiPNG doesn’t have a lot of offer, or that it’s very difficult to use, which is probably what a lot of you are thinking right about now. Some of the more interesting features found in OptiPNG would be.

PNG optimization and size reduction without quality loss
PNG image integrity checkup – to see if it’s damaged or has other problems
Metadata recovery – in case it becomes corrupt
Pixmap to PNG conversion

Decreasing the size of PNG images and optimizing them with OptiPNG is actually rather easy, you’ll only gonna have to enter a couple of commands to do the basic optimization with the default settings. After you get comfortable enough you can start using more of the features that OptiPNG offers, for which you’ll need to read through the manual which is supplied with the application.

Similar software: ImageOptimizer ImOp, RIOT, PhotoPerfect Express.

How to optimize and decrease the size of PNG images with OptiPNG

What we’re about to describe here is PNG optimization with the default settings. To do more, you’re gonna read up on the various commands that OptiPNG uses, open up the doc directory in the main application directory for a manual. Renaming the main application directory should be the first thing that you do, change it to something simple, like OptiPNG. Make sure that you have it saved on your desktop, otherwise the commands that we posted here will not work. Open up the command prompt by typing cmd in the Windows Start Menu search and hit Enter. Type in the following:

cd Desktop\OptiPNG

That should switch you to the application directory. Copy the image that you want to optimize there. After that add the command which you can see on the image above.

optipng IMAGENAMEGOESHERE.png

Where of course optipng is the application and the rest is the name of the image with the extension written in. After a few moments, you should receive a report.

There was almost a 20% reduction in the image size without losing the quality, which is really remarkable. If you for example had a collection of 1 GB of PNG photos, you could save 150-200MB of space. Websites which optimize their PNG graphics can load faster, at least for those on slower connection, and let’s not forget about the saved bandwidth. OptiPNG is a very useful small tool indeed.

Free Command Line Tool for PNG Optimization: OptiPNG was originally published at I Love Free Software

Move Files from One Place to Another Easily with Limagito FileMover

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Limagito FileMover is a free file mover software that helps you to move your files from one place on your computer to another. You may move the files to portable storage devices as well by using this software. It is a file mover automation tool that can copy, delete as well as move files to your specified folders. By using this free file mover tool, you may set files along with the directory filters depending on the size, name and date of the concerned files. There are hosts of other advanced features which this software comes with, such as encrypting or decrypting files or renaming directories while moving files from one place to another.

Installing Limagito FileMover

The installation process is quite simple where you need to visit the site here and click on the download button. It will download an executable file on your system which needs to be run to initiate the installation procedure. Once the installation process is initiated, it launches a step by step guide to install this free file mover tool on your system. It takes a couple of minutes before you can start using this free file mover software. If you are interested to check out some more file mover tool, you can try Copy Handler, SymMover and SuperCopier.

User Interface of Limagito FileMover

Once launched, you would see a very complicated but highly efficient program window. There are several options available on it which would only be clear once you have a closer look on them. The top of the program window lists the tabs for the options that the software comes with; whereby below it you have the buttons to access the scan process, execute files, etc. At the bottom of these the larger section of the software is divided into two halves where the left side represents the moving rules and the right (bigger box) represents the location and source where the files are being moved to or from.

Using Limagito FileMover

There are four tabs at the top of the window namely:

Common Options
Rule Options
Server Options
Application Options

Each of them represent the scanning options, scheduling of a search option, advanced options to set the way each process is carried out etc. This free file mover tool option provides you to setup the way the software opens or in the language you wish to use the software.

Now with the main window you could create directories based on the file name or the date besides having the option to check whether the same name filed already exists or not. In the respective fields you can select the source place from where you wish a particular file or a directory to be moved. Further select the destination where you wish to transfer the file from the extreme bottom of the software. You can use Limagito FileMover for moving files from or to FTP, SFTP, FTPS or SMTP directories as well. This means that it takes care of your file management for your online files from your desktop as well.

You may go for the backup feature specifying the files or folders you wish to back up through the backup tab. Moreover, this free file mover software runs in your system tray which will allow you to monitor the activities that are being performed in the selected folders on your computer. To list down some of the other things you could do by using this software it would be:

Detailed logging
Support of Subdirectory scanning
Command line options

Working on this application can be quite complicated to start with only because of the advanced features it comes with. However, once habituated this is a highly efficient tool to help you manage your files both on your system as well as on your server. Download Limagita FileMover free.

Move Files from One Place to Another Easily with Limagito FileMover was originally published at I Love Free Software

Free Software To Download Instagram Photos

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Here, are 5 free software to download Instagram Photos on your desktop. With the help of these tools, it becomes really easy to download and backup all your Instagram photos. I guess, you might be pretty well aware about the Instagram app and the amazing service that it provides. But sometimes there may arise a situation, in which you need to download all or some of your valuable Instagram photos. So for downloading Instagram photos to your desktop, necessarily you should use any of these available tools. Try these tools to download Instagram photos for free.

Free Instagram Downloader

Free Instagram Downloader, the name itself makes it very clear that this is a free software to download Instagram photos. This tool is straight-forward and easy to use, as you simply need to provide your Instagram username and choose the photos to download. This free tool even allows you to download all you Instagram photos in batch. Free Instagram Downloader comes in a very small file size of only 3.68 MB. In addition, this free tool even let's you open any of your Instagram photo in browser and even allows you to export all the Instagram image URLs to a text file. This free Instagram downloader suits the best for both the beginners as well for the technical users. Download your valuable Instagram photos using free Instagram Downloader.

Read more about Free Instagram Downloader or try it here.

Instaport

Instaport is a free web application which makes it possible for you to download all your Instagram photos in a zip file. This free service offers a simple way to download and backup all your Instagram photos like never before. Instaport even comes with few advanced options, wherein you can choose to download all your photos, the last (specify the number of photos) which you took, photos from others that you have liked or all the photos which you took between two specific dates. For using this app, you need to simply sign in this service using your Instagram credentials and it will automatically export all your Instagram photos. After exporting all your photos, it provides you with a download link, so hit the download link for downloading all your Instagram photos. Try Instaport for free.

Read more about Instaport or try it here. iPhone users, you would surely like to try out some free iPhone Instagram Apps.

Instarchive

Instarchive is another free web application using which you can effortlessly download all your Instagram photos as a zip file. This online Instagram downloader is really easy to use, as you simply need to go to the Instarchive and provide your Instagram credentials. And this free web application will automatically retrieve all your valuable Instagram photos, then provides you with big download button for downloading photos. This free tool has got a very basic and clean interface and as it's an online service, you don't have to download and install anything. Try Instarchive for free.

Read more about Instarchive or try it here.

Instagram Downloader

Instagram Downloader is a completely free desktop software that helps you to download Instagram photo URLs. The user-interface is very basic and clean with a box to type-in the Instagram username and a download button with some free space to show you the downloaded Instagram photo links. Instagram Downloader is easy to use, as you simply need to provide the Instagram username and click the download button on the interface, and it displays all the Instagram Image URLs on the interface. For exporting these URL's into a text file, you need to close the Instagram Downloader and click Yes in the Pop-up window that gets displayed as soon as you close Instagram Downloader. Use a download manager to download your Instagram photos with the help of their URLs. Download Instagram downloader for free.

Read more about Instagram Downloader or try it here. Also, check out our post on Instagram App for Android.

Pictarine

Pictarine is a free online application that basically allows you to share and download pictures from several photo sharing services. This free online application let's you download photos from several services like Flickr, Instagram, Facebook, Twitpic, Photobucket, Tumblr and many more. Pictarine offers an easy way to download images from any of these photo sharing service, as you simply need to sign in Pictarine with your login credentials of any of these photo sharing services for downloading your images. If you have accounts with different photo sharing services, then it's worth trying out Pictarine to organize, share and download photos within them. Try Pictarine for free.

Read more about Pictarine or try it here.

Free Software To Download Instagram Photos was originally published at I Love Free Software

Conduct Free Web Conferences / Meetings with Live Minutes

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Live Minutes is a free web service where teams can get together, conduct live meetings via conference calls and organize work. Friends and family which are spread out across the world, living in different countries can also organize private get together where they can catch up on all the latest news and gossip. Next to being able to conduct conference calls, Live Minutes has a lot of interesting tools which should make team management and work organization a breeze.

To start using Live Minutes you’re of course gonna have to register first, after which you’ll be able to login to the control panel, which can be seen on the image above. The empty area on the right called Open Meetings is where both scheduled and completed meetings are gonna be listed. Left sidebar is where meetings can be created, and that’s where you should start your Live Minutes Adventure. Some of the more interesting features that LiveMinutes has would be:

Conduct online web conference meetings with your team for free
Import documents into the meeting from your computer, Dropbox or Evernote
Generate detailed PDF reports of the meetings, completely free
Meeting scheduling with invites to notify the participates
Notes taking and sketching to present your idea in the meeting
Join meetings with a computer, via Skype or Phone

The real interface of Live Minutes, more precisely the real interface of the meeting room can be seen when you actually enter it, but before you’ll be able to do that, you first have to create the meeting or be invited to a meeting created by someone else.

Similar software: DimDim, GoLiveRoom, Yugma.

How to create and conduct online meetings with Live Minutes

To create a meeting, you’re gonna have to click on the New Meeting button in the left sidebar. Meetings usually take place in rooms, so as you can see from the image below, here you’ll need to create a meeting room.

Enter the room name, and select when should it become active, right away or you can schedule a later date when the people who you decided to invite to the meeting are gonna be notified.

Use the invite button in the left sidebar if you want to invite more people, or select the green phone icon to start connecting to the meeting with one of the three previously mentioned options.

If everyone’s there, use the three icons in the center of the screen to start adding content to the meeting, you can upload files from your computer, share files from Dropbox or Evernote, or you can use the inbuilt scratch pad to develop the ideas that you want to present to your colleagues.

Conclusion

Use Live Minutes to easily setup meeting rooms, you’ll get URLs for them which you can simply share with people who you want on the meeting. Upload documents and discuss work plans with your colleagues. PDFs of the meeting, what everyone said and done can be saved so that you can easily refresh your memory. When you’re done close the meeting and you’re done.

Conduct Free Web Conferences / Meetings with Live Minutes was originally published at I Love Free Software

Daily Yoga App For Android

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Daily Yoga is a free Android app to learn Yoga exercises on Android. This Android Daily Yoga app is an official Yoga app from IMOBLIFE. The app provides you the list of Yoga exercises based on different parts of your body.

We have already covered various workout apps for Android. But if you are more interested in toning your body with Yoga, then this free daily Yoga app is a good choice. The app provides different training sessions. Some training sessions in the app are available in PRO version of the app. The free version of the app provides daily yoga for abs, daily yoga for back, sun salutation, standing yoga routine, and seated yoga routine. Rest of the yoga exercises are available in the paid version of the app.

Daily Yoga is an easy to use Yoga app for Android. You just have to launch the app, tap on "start training" button, and select the type of yoga exercise. The app will display information about the Yoga exercise which you have selected.

To start the training, you need to download the separate yoga tutorial app from Google Play Store. You can select the time limit and the app lets you download the app accordingly from Google Play Store. For every tutorial exercise, you need to download separate app from Google Play Store. You can also view the trainer info and the image in this Daily Yoga Android app.

Daily Yoga app lets you do yoga exercises with the help of your smart Android phone. If you are really crazy about doing yoga exercises, then buy the full version of the app as to have tutorial for all yoga exercises on your Android phone.

Features Of Daily Yoga App:

Provides list of different Yoga exercises on your Android phone.
You can select any yoga exercise and view the full tutorial.
Download separate app for each yoga tutorial.
Official yoga app in Google Play Store.
Select time limit for every yoga exercise.
Full description about the selected yoga exercise.
Select from multiple yoga music available.
Login with your membership credentials.

Install Daily Yoga App:

Click on the link to download and install Daily Yoga app from Google Play Store. You can even scan the QR Code below to get the direct download link with the help of your Android camera.

Daily Yoga QR Code

Daily Yoga makes your daily exercise easy with the help of your Android. Get motivation from the smart Android app and keep yourself fit and healthy. Just install this official yoga app today on your Android device and start your daily fitness as soon as possible.

You can check out Body exercise app for Android reviewed by us.

Daily Yoga App For Android was originally published at I Love Free Software

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