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FREE OCR software: a survey of desktop and online tools

Priit — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:44:00 PDT

Printing text to paper is done every day; on some occasions however the reverse is needed – getting the original text back from a scanned image or photograph, for further editing and use. This conversion is named Optical Character Recognition or OCR for short, and it can convert scanned books and documents into editable text, [...]

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Get instant browser privacy, with HTTPs Everywhere

Samer Kurdi — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:26:17 PDT

There is no privacy, sorry. At least not if you’re using your devices normally. But if you want some measure of protection, and want the NSA (National Security Agency) out of your personal communications as a matter of principle, then check out free browser extension HTTPs Everywhere. HTTPs Everywhere is a browser extension for Chrome [...]

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Three great apps for COUPLES that you should know about

Samer Kurdi — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:57:37 PDT

I hope my wife is not reading this, but it has been said that being in a relationship is kind of like running a business. You have to make sure that the money coming in every month is not less than that being spent, you have to make sure that the kids (and pets) are [...]

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Google Keyboard for Android: autocorrection, word prediction, gesture and voice input– for free

Samer Kurdi — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:13:18 PDT

As an ex iOS user, one of the reasons that I like Android so much is the flexibility to customize so many aspects of it, such as the interface itself and the keyboard used for text input. We’ve previously mentioned a couple of cool keyboard replacements for Android. This time around, it’s Google Keyboard, a [...]

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Replace Genius: find and replace text in Excel and Word files, in batch

Samer Kurdi — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:47:42 PDT

Finding and replacing text in multiple text files at once isn’t new, but most people in businesses and homes use Word and Excel files, not text files. If you use Excel or Word extensively and would like to perform find and replace operations right from the desktop (and/or in batch), then check out ‘Replace Genius’, [...]

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Dear Microsoft: you’re in trouble

Samer Kurdi — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:29:05 PDT

Dear Microsoft. I like you. Despite having not liked you throughout my twenties, I am now older and more mature. I realize that ‘cool’ companies like Apple are just as bad as you ever were in the height of your stranglehold on the computing world, but they annoy me more because they pretend to be [...]

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Free Giveaway: AudioGrail, a comprehensive audio file toolbox

Samer Kurdi — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:27:21 PDT

Another week, another great giveaway. This time around it’s AudioGrail, a complete, all-in-one toolkit for working with audio files. The nice people at KSoft are making the complete, full version of this program available free of charge for 3 days, from Jun 5rd until end of day on June 7th. AudioGrail can organize your MP3s, [...]

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Seven great FREE Android widgets that you never heard of (part 1)

Samer Kurdi — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:02:59 PDT

After a period of (mostly ambivalent) courtship, I am now officially in love with Android widgets. I have been guilty of suggesting that Android copied iOS, which may have some truth in it, but if there’s any one thing that defines the Android iOS, widgets are probably it. You don’t want to overwhelm your interface [...]

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How to easily transcribe audio or video recordings into text (update)

Samer Kurdi — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:25:47 PDT

I recently had to transcribe a number of video interviews into text. This turned out to be much more of a labor intensive project than I thought, and it quickly dawned on me that the process can be vastly improved via a few technological tweaks. This posting aims to present a step by step tutorial [...]

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Minetest is an EXCELLENT, totally free clone of Minecraft

Samer Kurdi — Thu, 30 May 2013 05:07:05 PDT

If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Minetest is flattery done really well. So much so that most people would probably have to look closely and/or do a double take to realize that it is not the actual Minecraft. Minetest is a project that has been going on for 10 years or so, so [...]

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‘Nothing you have done deserves such praise’: a game that explores our ‘addiction to praise’

Samer Kurdi — Wed, 29 May 2013 03:48:08 PDT

We’re big fans of Jason Nelson’s games as art/poetry (see here, here and here). This latest project, entitled ‘Nothing you have done deserves such praise’ explores our “addiction to praise” both in general and as reflected in video games. At it’s core, ‘Nothing you have done deserves such praise’ is a simple flash game that [...]

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Three AWESOME free apps to enhance your Android Calendar

Samer Kurdi — Tue, 28 May 2013 03:48:59 PDT

Do you use Calendar function on your Android regularly? Do you rely on it completely to organize every moment of your life? For those people who do (or those who aspire to be like them), we present three FREE apps that can make it easier to work with the Calendar (or significantly enhance the experience). [...]

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GeoGuesser: may be the best Google maps based game so far

Samer Kurdi — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:22:07 PDT

You open your eyes and you’re in an unfamiliar place. You don’t know how you got there, you seem to have total amnesia, and you think to yourself ‘Where the *bleep* am I? No, not the plot for some 70’s B-movie, but my attempt to infuse a little drama into‘GeoGuesser’, a browser based game that [...]

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Hola: unlimited free VPN and faster internet – on PC and Android

Samer Kurdi — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:26:25 PDT

Hola is open VPN that gives access to restricted content, such as geo-restricted content or that blocked by governments, companies or ISPs. But it also bundles some very interesting innovations with it: namely, a scripting language open for use by the community, and the ambitious goal of making your internet 10 times faster. It purports [...]

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The Football Playbook: an addictive tactical soccer puzzle game for iPhone

Samer Kurdi — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:12:29 PDT

There are two kinds of people: those whom soccer completely captures their imagination, and those who don’t. Both types, however, will like ‘The Football Playbook’. This is a freemium game of tactical soccer that accomplishes something remarkable: transforming soccer into an enjoyable and quite addictive touchscreen puzzle game. ‘The Football Playbook’ employs some very interesting game [...]

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Vote: how do you like the (newest) site redesign?

Samer Kurdi — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:26:37 PDT

This blog has had five different themes in the span of twelve months, so please let us know what you think about the latest site design. It’s been largely a process of trial and error, but it was also a collaborative one with readers and I am extremely grateful for all the good feedback you [...]

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How to Stream Videos From Your Home PC to your Android: an Odyssey

B.C. Tietjens — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:24:09 PDT

Do you have videos stored on your PC and want to view them on your tablet or other Android device without the hassle of copying and possibly converting them? Well look no further. I too wanted this and I set out to find out how to do it for no cost. What I found was [...]

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Kongregate Arcade App: brings TONS of free cool flash games to Android

Samer Kurdi — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:19:36 PDT

If you know Kongregate (an excellent site for free flash games), then let us introduce the Kongregate Android App, which brings you over 600 free games playable on your Android device absolutely free. Kongregate for Andoird is organized as an app market, and lets you choose and download from a wide range of games and [...]

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Start Menu Reviver: a superior start menu for both Windows 8 and Windows 7

Samer Kurdi — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:15:45 PDT

What if Microsoft had kept the start menu in Windows 8; what would it have looked like? In some ways ‘Start menu Reviver’, a Start Menu replacement for Windows 8 and Windows 7, seems like it was designed to answer that question. It provides the option for mouse or touchscreen use, and combines the Windows [...]

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Online presentations service Rvl.io becomes “Slid.es”, adds PRO accounts

Samer Kurdi — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:33:33 PDT

Rvl.io, a personal favorite of mine, as been rebranded as the much more logical and user friendly ‘Slid.es’. What it is is an online presentation engine that lets you create sophisticated, Powerpoint-style presentations in the browser, including uploaded images and media, and then view (or share) them via a single link. I first experienced Rvl.io [...]

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