I found a fun new keyboard app for the iPhone that has an interesting twist, literally. The Word Flow keyboard app is made by Microsoft for the iPhone and iPad. (Does anyone else find it funny that we’re mentioning Microsoft and Apple products in the same sentence, as in working together?!) Word Flow is similar […]
4 Legal Ways to Watch Movies Online Free
These days it seems like everybody has Netflix. We’re pretty frugal and haven’t made the leap…yet. But, sometimes, I find myself looking to watch movies online free (of course!). So, I did the research to find some places to watch a free movie online. A word of caution…a quick google search reveals countless websites that […]
Convert Excel to PDF (Save One or Multiple Sheets in a PDF)
A pdf (portable document format) file is a file that can be easily opened by most computers, devices and smartphones. It’s therefore often helpful to convert your files and documents into pdf format to share with others. In this post we’ll walk you through the steps to convert excel to pdf for free. Read below […]
6 Great To Do List Apps
Between family activities, work, maintaining a house and blog I always have a big to do list. With so much going on and so many things to do I need a system for keeping track of things. We keep family members’ activities on a shared Calendar and I keep blogging notes in Evernote but I […]
15 More Free Software Downloads
Our original post, 15 Powerful Free Computer Programs, has been very popular with German Pearls’ visitors. Since writing that post I’ve realized I left a few great programs off the original list. Also, I’ve learned about other free software downloads recommended by our readers through comments on the blog and on our Google + posts. […]
How to Organize Digital Photos
NotDigital cameras and smartphones have made it so easy to snap pictures…thousands of pictures! So, where do you store all those pictures? And how do you find a specific one when you’re looking for it? Well, as with many things, “there’s more than one way to skin a cat” as they say. There are many […]
Free Home Phone Service (Keep your Landline – Not the Bill!)
One of the best way to save money is to cut back on monthly bills. One monthly bill which is no longer necessary for most of us is the home telephone, or “landline”. Since so many rely heavily on cell phones these days many people are canceling their home phone service completely. However, there are […]