Tuesday, January 31, 2012

FREE Today Only - Learning to Draw is Fun (Android App)


Available for FREE - Today Only - January 31, 2012

Learning to Draw is Fun





If Rembrandt and Picasso had smartphones as kids, Learning to Draw is Fun would have been their favorite app. If you want to teach your kids how to draw, try this easy and fun app. Learning to Draw is Fun allows kids to try their hand at 20 different pictures, and then gives them a full color palette to finish their masterpiece.



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Top Five - Digital Media Adapters at Amazon

Digital Media Adapters are devices that give you the ability to stream internet media and content to your TV.  

The Top Five Digital Media Adapters at Amazon, at this time, are:


The freedom to watch what you want. It’s thousands of TV shows ready to watch, instantly. It’s tons of free movies, Hollywood blockbusters, and critically acclaimed films. It’s web-only videos from Funny or Die or College Humor. It’s your videos, your Pandora and Facebook feeds somewhere they’ve never been before – your HDTV: organized, simplified and enjoyed from the comfort of your couch in 1080p. No keyboard or mouse required. For serious!! Do what more than a million users have already done - download Boxee’s software and try it for free on your computer first, we’ll automatically import your account when you’re ready to bring the Boxee Box experience to your HDTV. Get tons of free stuff, and pay for the premium content you want. No monthly bill. No more paying for stuff you never watch. No biggie. Finally, TV gets it. READ MORE



Logitech Revue brings everything you love to the best screen in your home—your HDTV. Powered by Google TV with the latest Android OS 3.1 update, the Logitech Revue companion box and keyboard controller make it simple and seamless to: Watch TV, Surf the web, Download apps from Android Market, Make video calls READ MORE


An easy-to-use HD media player with a network hard drive built in. Connect it to your HDTV and the Internet. Then download your personal movies, music, and photos and you're ready to enjoy them on the big screen in your living room or anywhere in the house. READ MORE




Roku is a little box that allows you to instantly stream tons of entertainment on your TV. Watch over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus and more. Listen to music on Pandora, or listen to your own iTunes playlists. Watch major sports, news, or original Internet programming. It's all available whenever you want it. READ MORE



WDTV LIVE PLUS HD MEDIA PLYR HDMI AV USB 2.0 ETH Play media from your home network and the Internet on your big screen TV. Plus, enjoy access to your Netflix unlimited membership and other premium content. Dont confine your movies, music, and photos to your small computer screen. Experience them as big as life on your TV in Full-HD 1080p with WD TV Live Plus HD media player. READ MORE 


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Bookmark This (#8) - Media Player Classic Home Cinema

The Windows Media Player from years ago was a player that offered a simplistic interface that was easy to understand and was not tied so tightly to the internet; however, it was limited in performance.  As we progressed more media formats were developed (as well as codecs) and the media player became more sophisticated and when software becomes sophisticated, your computer will take a hit in performance.

A player that I have used with great success, that you can either install or use as a portable app, that looks like the old Windows Media player, will play just about anything, and is light on system resources is called Media Player Classic Home Cinema. As a matter of fact, this player will run on just about anything (old and new).




Currently about 24 developers are working on the Home Cinema project. The player supports all common video, audio and image file formats available as well as video playback (click here for all features).

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Monday, January 30, 2012

What's New At Bookmarks4Techs.com

Most everyone loves computers, software and anything related to information technology. It has become entrenched in our daily lives. What I have started at Bookmarks4Techs, that is NEW, is a posting regimen that I am calling “Bookmark This”. One of my obsessions is cruising the internet at hyper-speed and finding anything that is FREE and is related to computers, software and information technology.

What “Bookmark This” is going to bring to you is a way to quickly capture what I think is good out there or something that I found that is exciting that you should know about (i.e. an article from another blogger FREE software, an Android App, etc…). Now what is good to one person, may not be good to another; but, I think as this develops, the selections that are made will be recognized as top quality. I research and play around with everything I recommend. I have experience doing this from managing my sister blog, "What's On My PC" and from working as an IT Professional for over 20 years.

The layout of the site has also been changed and consists of (6)-six tab areas:

Home Page – Daily Posts (which will primarily feature Tech Products of the Day, Tech Deals, the Bookmark This posts, FREE and Paid Android Apps, etc…)

Bookmarks4Techs – Over 500 Links to Tech Sites. I am working to clean this up and remove the dead links. It is amazing how many sites are now dead since I started this. Blogging and maintaining a site is hard work.

Bookmark This Collection – When I do a “Bookmark This” post, the collection of these posts will be managed and collected. The list is currently short, but give it time; it will grow. Again, I will only list quality FREE software, cloud apps, etc…

Shop for Deals – This will link you to the Bookmarks4Techs Amazon Store that I have put together. Give it a try. I think you will like it.

Amazon Deal of the Day – Deal of the Day is featured from this tab. I hit this tab every day.

About – Some information about me as a blogger and IT professional.

Also, on the left sidebar of the site, make sure you check out the Shop @ Amazon listing. I have tried to make a general category listing to assist you with looking for specific computer products (i.e. a mouse pad, keyboard, etc…). 

On both sidebars you will find feeds from some of the top tech blogs out there.  If you want to know what is going on, all you have to do is scroll down through these sidebars.  

To subscribe to Bookmarks4Techs by email [ CLICK HERE ] and to subscribe to Bookmarks4Techs by RSS [ CLICK HERE ] .  By subscribing you will be alerted to the most recent posts. You can back out of either of these subscriptions anytime.

I encourage you to take the time and visit Bookmarks4Techs.com and help me make it a successful site. If you are a tech blogger and you do not see your site on the bookmarks list, please let me know. I will almost surely add your site providing it offers solid content and is maintained regularly. Also, by adding Bookmarks4Techs.com to your blogroll will help to support what I am intending to accomplish.

Thank You !
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Tech Deal of the Day - Toshiba Satellite L755-S5349 15.6-Inch LED Laptop

I have been making some changes here on the site and one of my goals is to find the best deals at Amazon for my readers and call it Tech Deals of the Day.. Let me do the work for you! Today's Tech Deal features the Toshiba Satellite L755-S5349 15.6-Inch LED Laptop. This laptop, as of the date of this post, has been in the top 100 at Amazon for the past 117 days. What I am looking at is the price vs. the specs...  [SEE HERE] .  If you are looking for a laptop in the $500 range, that has a mid-range intel processor, for home or school use, this may be the one to get.


Toshiba Satellite L755-S5349 15.6-Inch LED Laptop



The Toshiba Satellite L755-S5349 is powered by a second-generation Intel Core i3 dual-core processor, which provides breakthrough digital media management, content creation, and 3D gaming capabilities. And you'll enjoy a rich set of new features for a stunning and seamless visual PC experience with no additional hardware.
Other features include a SuperMulti drive that can burn a plethora of disc formats, plenty of ports and storage to give you the freedom to expand, a built-in webcam with Face Recognition, and exclusive Toshiba software including Bulletin Board (for desktop organization), Media Controller (for sharing media), and ReelTime (a graphical search utility).
This Satellite comes pre-installed with the 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
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FREE Today Only - Money (Android App)


Available for FREE - Today Only - January 30, 2012

Money





Manage your personal finances in the most comprehensive manner with Money for Android devices. Track different accounts (wallets), record your transactions, budget your income and expenses, and keep full control of your personal finances.








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Bookmark This (#7) - TuneTune

TuneTune is a cloud computing app that gives you the ability to convert a YouTube video to a MP3 file. What I personally found was that the quality of this conversion was awesome. Nothing to install here with TuneTune.  Visit the site, paste the YouTube video link and TuneTune will go to work for you.  



TuneTune allows you to easily convert a video from YouTube to MP3. Just follow the 3 steps below.

 Find the YouTube video you would like to download as MP3.

 Copy the complete link of the video and paste it in the input field.

 Click convert and wait for your download to be ready.




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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Tech Product of the Day - Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset

The website, The Windows Club, recently did a nice review on the Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset that really caught my attention. 

The Redmond based company has done it yet again with LifeChat LX-3000 headsets. When it is really difficult to select the one from market where each one has some disadvantages or the other, Microsoft has given an almost perfect product to satisfy your senses. Read more below to find out how this gadget stands above rest of its competition from other manufacturers - [source: The Windows Club ]



Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset





Take your audio experience to a new dimension with the Microsoft® LifeChat™ LX-3000. Optimized for Windows Live™ Messenger, this comfortable, high-quality stereo headset gives you the simplicity of USB installation and high-quality digital sound that cannot be matched by analog. Hold clear, private Internet voice calls, enjoy music and movies, and become fully immersed in your games.

  • Optimized for Windows Live Messenger
  • Noise-canceling microphone
  • Leatherette ear pads
  • Flexible six-foot cable
  • In-line volume controls


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Bookmark This (#6) - Nitro PDF Reader

In the early days of computers the only PDF reader available was the Adobe Reader. Since those days, numerous others have cropped up that use little system resources as compared to Adobe, plus many have more features. One such reader that does more and has really taken off is the Nitro PDF Reader.  



Nitro Reader offers features and functionality far beyond typical PDF readers, and makes working with PDF easier than ever before. Read on to discover what you can start doing with PDF, today.


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