Say you’re on the go, out of town, or just can’t get to your computer and access your local calendar app. Or, say you don’t have a calendar app but a datebook and you forgot to take it with you. By now, you’re probably thinking “If only I could be notified by a text message what I’m supposed to be doing!” Well, luckily, there’s a way to do that. It’s called Google Calendar and it’s got a load of features – and, like most of Google’s products, it’s free.

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Ever wanted to make your own animated cartoon?  Ever try softwares like Flash that can be too expensive or too time consuming, or sometimes too confusing?  Well there’s this really cool website I heard about that lets you make your own cartoon straight from your web browser, and its free.  This website is called GoAnimate.

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We all know of the dangers of the internet, especially if you’re a Windows user.  Viruses and spyware lerk in every corner watching and waiting to eat and destroy our data.  Luckily there are software and services to protect us!  The bad part about this, is the leading companies feel the need to charge us to stay safe on the internet!  Why?!  You would think, something so drastically essential to our every day use of the computer and the internet would be free, right?  Well, there are some free alternatives out there, you just have to find them.  In this post I’ll list some info on free anti-virus and anti-spyware alternatives to big name, and sometimes expensive, protection.

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If you’re like me, you enjoy the new standard in design, from vector to 3D to photography. Woudln’t it be nice to have a fresh desktop background? Sometimes the one we have just sitting there can get old. Well, let me introduce you to a free app called Desktoptopia.

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Ever have photos that just don’t look right?  Maybe the color is off, or it’s a bit crooked, or it’s too dark or too bright.  Sure, you can use software like Photoshop to edit your photos, but software like this is far too expensive, and sometimes too complicated for the common person.  Luckily there is a solution: online photo editing.

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