BlueStacks Beta is a great program for Windows and Mac OS that will let you run your favorite Android Games and Apps right on your desktop system. It’s totally free to download and use during the Beta phase of development, and very easy to get started. →
Study almost any subject online with others for free with OpenStudy
OpenStudy is a free web site that helps you connect with other people on the Internet to help you study online via Q&A. It is possibly one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time, because it is so simple and powerful in →
Save interesting articles for later reading on your PC, iOS, or Android device, with ‘Pocket’
If I told you that ‘Pocket’ is the bookmarking service ‘Read it Later’, relabeled and relaunched, would you lose interest in this article? You shouldn’t, because with Pocket not only are the articles that you save bookmarked in the cloud in ‘Read it Later’ or ‘Instapaper’ →
Get a free alternative to Photoshop or Paintshop with GimPhoto
GimPhoto is a free program that allows you to manipulate and edit your image files in many of the same ways as the retail programs like Photoshop. GimPhoto is designed to approximate Photoshop in many ways; it’s interface design, menu layout, and it’s use of best →
Supercharge your web cam with SplitCam: add effects, broadcast to IM services, use with multiple programs at once, etc.
SplitCam is a free the program that not only allows you to split the output of your web cam but also allows you to do that nearly anything else you can think of with your web cam, such as adding effects to live video, using your →
Surf the net anonymously and go around firewalls and geo-restrictions with Ultrasurf
Ultrasurf is free, proxy-based ‘anti censorship’, ‘pro-privacy’ software. It tunnels through firewalls (whether at work or country-wide), encrypts online communications, hides your real IP from the websites that you are visiting, automatically deletes your browser history, and provides you with a US-based location so that you →
Teach your children to read using phonics – for free – at ReadingBear.org
Reading Bear is a completely free website that teaches you (or your children) how to read. It uses the most basic and simple parts of reading, called phonics or phonetics, to teach them not only how to recognize words but how to read new ones without →
Share large files without file-size, download speed, or monthly bandwidth limits with the ‘Share’ app
Share is a free, desktop-based large file sharing app that has no limit on file sizes, download speeds, or monthly download bandwidth. However, files can only be shared among users that install the ‘Share’ application on their computers. Although not a peer-to-peer sharing app, Share employs →
Partition your hard drive with Aomei Partition Assistant Home Edition, a powerful yet simple free program
There’s been a proliferation of excellent free hard drive partitioning software in the past year or two. These programs typically offer all the basic partitioning functionality for free (e.g. creating, resizing, formatting, copying, deleting, setting active partitions, as well as advanced functions such as USB drive →
Map your mind in vibrant 3D graphics with Topicscape Student Edition
Topicscape SE (student edition) is a unique, free visual mind-mapping tool that it is rendered in vibrant 3D color-coded graphics. By incorporating the third dimension into the idea of mind-mapping software and making it more visually interactive, Topicscape SE helps you access and better organize your →
Host, chat, and record live video events on Vokle, a free program for next-gen conferencing.
Vokle is a great new free program (in Beta at the time of this article) that allows you and others to connect through video conference. It offers added structure and features you may not find anywhere else for free.There’s no shortage of programs and web sites →
Get a better Pandora experience right on your desktop with Elpis
If you love Pandora, as we do here at Freewaregenius, then check out Elpis, a free, open source local Pandora client that can bring the Pandora experience to your desktop in a stylish, ad-free interface. While other Pandora local clients (such as this one) stay close →
