Interesting Internet Finds – WE March 4, 2016

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I publish Interesting Internet Finds monthly in the Boca Raton Computer Society’s Boca Bits monthly newsletter, and share them through APCUG‘s PUSH program with other computer/technology user group newsletter editors.

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Each month, I find many more things than I can use, so have decided to start publishing some of those that were not used for the newsletter on this blog most Fridays.

I do not go into much depth about each one, I just put them out there for you. Check them out for yourself and let me know what you think.

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Titles, Links, Short Description of Interesting Finds

A Guide To Irfanview: Desktop Tool For All Your Image Editing Needs

http://www.guidingtech.com/4130/irfanview-photo-editing-software/
While this post is from 2013, I think it is still very much valid, and will help a lot if you are thinking about using Irfanview.
Note: The official Irfanview sit is http://www.irfanview.net/. Also Irfanview is available through Ninite.com as of this writing.

Going Paperless 2.0: Searching In Evernote, Part 4 Of 4: “Where?”

http://www.jamierubin.net/2016/03/01/going-paperless-2-0-searching-in-evernote-part-4-of-4-where/
In this last of four posts about searching within your Evernote notes, Jamie talks about where the note was taken if you have enabled the location option.
Note: Some of this post is Mac specific.

Is LibreOffice Worthy Of The Office Crown?

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/libreoffice-worthy-office-crown/
MakeUseOf outlines the new things in LibreOffice 5.1, and raises the question of it replacing Microsoft Office as the King of office suite software.

How To Get Rid Of Bloatware On Your Android Phone

http://www.howtogeek.com/115533/how-to-disable-or-uninstall-android-bloatware/
Have a new Android phone, and want to know what to do about the bloatware? If so check out this HowToGeek post to learn how to do it safely.

Voice Typing In Google Docs

http://askbobrankin.com/voice_typing_in_google_docs.html
Voice typing has come to Google Docs, but only if you use the Chrome browser of course. Bob explains how it works, as well as some of the irritations you might encounter.

Disclaimer

I have not necessarily checked each link or process out, but if listed I have used the site enough to trust them.

That said, please let me know if something doesn’t work correctly, or the listed site has incorrect information.

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