No, we are not going to turn your photos into sketches, but we will show you some awesome online tools that can do that. Below you will find three free tools that will let you add the sketch effect to your photos. 1. Picture to People If you want to convert your photos into sketches online, then this is the best tool. Although Picture to People is a fully-featured image manipulation tool, it offers a feature-rich photo to sketch converter as well....

Let’s take a look at the four best note-taking apps for Android. 1. Keep Notes Keep Notes is a brilliant choice if you own a Google Assistant device, such as the Nest Mini or Nest Hub. If you set a note to become a reminder, your phone will automatically let Google Assistant know about it. When the reminder’s time comes, Google Assistant will notify you alongside your phone. Keep Notes is also a powerful note-taking tool by itself....

1. Dropdo Dropdo allows you to upload any file using the large “Upload a file” button. You can then send the newly created link to anyone and they can view the file without downloading it. For example, I can share the “http://dropdo.com/21b/how-to-build-pc” link with anyone and you can view the PDF document without having to download it. It is possible to upload images, documents, videos, audio, pdf, and many other types of files....

When it comes to customization, most people don’t do any technical customization (custom kernels, etc.). What most Linux users do is aesthetic customization, making their window managers and desktops look good. Enter Openbox. It is perhaps one of the most customizable “stacking” window managers out there right now. And let me tell you, there are a lot of ways you can mess with this desktop manager. The most notable thing, however, is its theming....

1. Controller Charging Station Whatever your opinion of the Sony’s DualShock 4 controller, there is one thing everyone can agree on: it doesn’t have the best battery life. Regrettably, Sony chose to equip the DualShock 4 with a tiny 1,000 mAh battery. Sony claims this should give you about eight hours of play time. However, most users report that they get about half that. When you consider the fact that the DualShock 4 has a powerful vibration motor, a bright light bar sensor and an embedded speaker, it’s no surprise that the 1,000 mAh battery drains quickly....

There are quite a lot of cheaper Mailchimp alternatives. Not all of them offer all the perks of Mailchimp, but if you are happy to trade some Mailchimp features you rarely or never use for a better pricing plan, these five services are the ones I would go with. 1. Aweber If you are looking for a mailer service for up to 25K subscribers, then you really need to check Aweber....

Here are our top picks for anti-theft apps and phone finders on Android. 1. Where’s My Droid One of the longer-standing anti-theft apps on the market, Where’s My Droid has a robust feature set that seems to grow year-on-year. As well as the usual phone-finding functions like GPS tracking and phone-calling, it has plenty of other perks. You can get it to send a GPS Flare when it’s low on battery, for example, as well as set up an “Attention Word” which you can text to your lost phone from another phone to immediately get information about its location....

While Nextcloud on its own is great, it can be even better with the addition of apps. Nextcloud apps can add all sorts of functionality to your Nextcloud server. Some of these are installed and enabled by default, while you’ll have to install others yourself. We’ve put together a list of some of the best apps for your Nextcloud server. 1. News If you’re a news junkie, you’ve probably been searching for the perfect RSS/Atom feed reader ever since the demise of Google Reader....

While Pinterest was surely innovative in its function, it is not the only service providing such features. After its launch, several alternatives arose, all of them based on it but with distinct contents and objectives. Here are five Pinterest alternatives that you may not know of. The plain alternative: We Heart It We Heart It is very similar to Pinterest itself, also providing a wide range of content not restrained to a given subject....

1. Microsoft Word Fills Its Pages Up For You Sometimes, programmers either accidentally or purposely leave behind some code that they used to test a program. Microsoft Word has a little quirk where you type in a string and it just fills up its pages with information about the program. I have no idea if this was left on purpose, but the results of it are very interesting. To see what we’re talking about, type as shown in the picture below....

1. OverDrive/Libby Did you know you can borrow audiobooks from your local library? For anyone with a library card hanging around, OverDrive and its companion app, Libby, are great ways to listen to popular audiobooks for free. As one would expect with a library, there are limited “copies” of each audiobook, so you may have to wait for someone else to check their “copy” back in. The other caveat is that your local library has to have the book as part of its collection....

With modern websites and social media, most people think that USENET is a dead place. This is not the case. Over the decades, hundreds of communities have continued to use USENET to discuss their interests. This article aims to show 7 USENET groups that are still alive and kicking today. Get Billions of Text and Binary Files, Over 110,000 Newsgroups. Save 58% on NewsHosting now! Why Use USENET At its core, USENET is a message sharing protocol....

1. SXSW GO SXSW Go is the official application for the South by Southwest events. This is an essential application for any attendee at the events. The SXSW GO application includes a schedule for all of the events going on at any time, all conveniently shown in a calendar form. It is perfect for planning where you are interested in going to and ones you’d prefer to skip. The application also includes information on how to get to each event and even how to get around in the event with convenient maps and floorplans....

1. Minuum Traditional keyboards can take up the majority of your phone’s screen real estate, hiding most of the conversation you’re taking part in, the website you’re entering data into, or the document you’re trying to edit. Minuum addresses this by shrinking the entire keyboard into a single row. Just tap in the general area of your desired letter, and the keyboard will take care of the rest. 2. ABC4 Keyboard ABC4 Keyboard, previously known as Si Revolution, also tries to reduce how much of the screen must be obscured just to input text....

Getting Started Instafun is easy to download and there’s no initial setup required to use it. Once downloaded from the Mac App Store and opened, you’ll see a smiley face in your menu bar. The smiley face will be blue at first (explained below), but when you click to open the app, it turns black. Usage and Interface Instafun currently gives you access to the mobile versions of three popular sites: 9gag, CHEEZburger and LOLsnaps....

G’MIC stands for GREYC’s Magic Image Converter, but it does a lot more than just convert images. It provides many pre-defined filters and effects for your images along with the capability of writing your own filters in the G’MIC scripting language. G’MIC even does 3D imaging! Its authors refer to it as “a serious (and friendly) competitor of the ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick software suites.“. Today I’m going to show you just a few of the things you can accomplish with GIMP and G’MIC together....

Modding stabilizers is the simplest and most effective means of making a night-and-day difference to your keyboard. For the uninitiated, stabilizers serve the express purpose of preventing long keys such as Spacebar, Enter, and Shift from simply seesawing around the switches. Stabilizer issues exist because manufacturers are compelled to ensure wider compatibility with all switch and plate types. This forces them to employ looser tolerances which, in turn, makes it impossible to avoid annoying stabilizer rattle, even if you drop upwards of $1000 on custom keyboard parts....

Choose a format Alternatives formats include PDFs and TXT files. The vast majority of ebooks sold in stores cannot be acquired in these formats, and they lack the easy formatting options that come with reading an epub on an e-reader or in an app. Pick a device There are many e-readers to choose from, such as the NOOKs by Barnes & Noble, the Sony e-readers, and the Kobo e-readers. You can also find alternative ways to read ebooks by downloading e-reading apps that aren’t tied to a major bookstore....

Helium is a two-part app, meaning you need the app on your computer and on your Android device. You are not required to root your Android. What you will be allowed is the back up of your apps, app data and also syncing of your apps. Does this sound like something you can use? Let’s take a closer look at how to back up your Android with Helium. Enable Debugging in the Developer Options....

However, Mac OS automatically saves those screenshots to your desktop and automatically appends a file name – “Screen Shot [date] at [time].png“. GrabBox is a handy app that will automatically save your screenshots to your Dropbox Public folder. Once the screenshot is saved, the URL will be automatically copied to your clipboard for sharing. Usage Download GrabBox, unzip the folder, and drag the .app file to your Applications folder....