Manage your tasks list on your PC, iPhone, and other devices with Wunderlist
Let’s face it: not only is the internet everywhere, but computers are now in everyone’s pocket. So it doesn’t really make sense to manage...
Access geo-restricted sites from anywhere in the world with Tunnelbear
Geographically restricted web services turn up at a seemingly alarming rate. For example, if you are outside of the US you cannot watch programming...
How to read PDFs on the Kindle (or smartphone, or any small-screen device) –...
Converting PDFs to the Amazon Kindle is not a straightforward affair. While there are many tools that can do the conversion to another format...
Groovedown: download MP3s from Grooveshark quickly and easily
These days, there are many services where you can just type in the name of the song or artist you are interested in and...
Special Folder Manager 2: move special folders easily across partitions on Win 7 and...
There is a growing trend to move special folders, such as your “My Documents”, “My Music”, and “My Pictures” folders off the main OS...
Software Mysteries (or: the rants and raves of a tech blogger)
I have installed and tested many hundreds of software titles since (and before) I started publishing this blog more than five years ago, and...
Hamster Free Ebook Converter: converts ebooks across a wide range of formats
Ebooks are here to stay. Since I bought my Kindle I have not bought a single, non-electronic book. But there is a dizzying range...
24Symbols: delivers ad-supported ebooks on PCs and smartphone
Most people consume ad-supported TV and Radio, so why not ad-supported ebooks? That’s the basic model behind 24Symbols, a service which seeks to deliver...
Instantbird: one-stop-shop instant messaging client
With the proliferation of instant messaging protocols and social media networks, wouldn’t it be great if you could communicate with all of your friends...
iCall: make free, ad-supported phone calls in the US and Canada, right from your...
Would you like to dial any number in the US or Canada from anywhere and talk absolutely free? Would you like a way to...
Adblock v. Adblock Plus: two Chrome extensions compared
Chrome Extensions are small programs that modify and enhance the functionality of the Chrome browser. The two most popular extensions listed in the Webstore are...
Introducing my new blog: MoneyConfidence.com
My friend Imad and I recently created “MoneyConfidence”, a site whose mission is to provide smart and thoughtful advice about managing money.
It is still...
Latest posts
The Best Free Antivirus for Windows – January 2016
I have been looking into the question of which free antivirus is the best for almost 10 years now, and the only way to...
“The Bafflement Fires” – an experimental game designed to manipulate your world view
We’ve always been interested in the intersection between games and art, and have written up a number of games by Jason Nelson exploring the...
Get cloud access to anything on your PC, with TackaCloud’s ‘Personal Cloud’
Although Dropbox and other cloud services have gotten us used to accessing our files anywhere from the cloud, somehow there is always that important...
Introducing: The Ballerina Monsters
Are you missing Freewaregenius and wondering what we’ve been doing for the past several months? One project I’ve been working on is: “The Ballerina...
