Kiran Upadhyay

We’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again. One of WordPress ‘ greatest strengths is its flexibility. The blogging platform can be pretty much anything you choose to make it. So it’s no surprise that it’s an extremely popular platform amongst photographers and designers. The flexible appearance combined with an easy-to-use backend, and plugins to add just about any feature you can think of, WordPress offers photographers a great way to put together a portfolio. If you’ve been looking for a theme, and aren’t sure where to start, check out this list of some of the latest, professional looking portfolios available for download for free. Also be sure to check out our  previous   posts   featuring  some great free WordPress portfolio themes. Revolt Theme Ideal for graphic or web designers,  Revolt  is a fun and quirky theme which allows you to showcase your best work. If you use the theme on your website, you can also get yourself featured in the commu...

Google Latitude is a location-tracking app from the king of search engines that keeps track of your whereabouts, with the option of sharing with certain people. Whilst there are obvious considerations to make before sharing your exact whereabouts with friends, Latitude also has some fairly valid uses. A word of advice – the current version is a bit of a drain on battery, and there are a number of bugs within the iPhone  version at least which could do with an update. Of course this doesn’t render it useless, and an update from Google would probably make this list a little more viable. If you’ve got Google Latitude, are thinking of trying it or simply can’t see the point then here’s a few ways you can make use of this handy little app. A Phone Tracker Think about it – you should always have a passcode on your  smartphone . Should you lose your device  without  a passcode then your entire life (well, your email, messages and other sensitive information) are at the...

There are lots of free online streaming  music  services, but as you come to use them, you’ll find that the services do come at some sort of price. One common, and annoying restriction is loading the page only to find that you can’t access the site from your corner of the world, due to copyright restrictions. And that’s not the only kind of restriction you’ll find on these sites – there’s a limit to how many songs you can listen to, or the selection of music for free accounts is very small. We’ve put together a list of online services that offer premium quality music for absolutely no price whatsoever, without any compromises. These sites all serve as decent and, in some cases even superior, alternatives to  Spotify , the latest in a long line of sites that have restricted their services even further, along with  Last.fm ,  Pandora  and other popular music sites you might not be able to access. FineTune With  FineTune , choose one of your favourite ...

Firefox is a great browser, and has been one of the most popular for years. When it was first released a great deal of the praise it received came courtesy of the browser’s speed and great standards compliance. At the time Internet Explorer was virtually unopposed, and it caused Microsoft’s development to stagnate. Time doesn’t stand still however, and Firefox has matured over the years. This means great new features, but every change has the chance of causing a bug that degrades performance. Firefox  shouldn’t  feel slow, particularly when compared to Opera and Internet Explorer. If it does, try these tips and see if you can restore it to its full glory. Step 1: Try Speedyfox As you use and customize Firefox your data is stored in a profile, which is a SQLite database. Over time, customizations can pile on and the database can become slow, which in turn makes it so that Firefox runs slow but other browsers run fast. Plus there is always the slim possibility of an error or...

Although Windows is not a free operating system, it has become a standard simply because it comes pre-installed with most new computers. In the past, this meant you also had to get matching commercial software, which often came at a hefty price tag. Fortunately, the  open source  movement and the Internet changed the game. Today there are many free open source software options, and often cross-platform alternatives to costly Windows software. In this article I have summarized the most important free open source alternatives to standard commercial Windows programs. LibreOffice  replaces Microsoft Office LibreOffice was founded by former developers of  OpenOffice  over concerns that Oracle would turn it into a commercial product. In April this year, however, Oracle announced that it would discontinue commercial development of OpenOffice and make it a purely community-based project [ Wikipedia ]. Nevertheless, LibreOffice has become an alternative for both OpenO...

Send large files to your friends without any hassle. There are a wide variety of file sharing sites that make it possible for you to send any file to anyone else without having to create a user account. If you’ve got a file to share, and email simply isn’t cutting it, you’ve found the right list. It’s almost become a cliche in the world of web apps: sites that allow you to share large files in just a few clicks. This isn’t a bad thing, though; you never know when a particular service might not be offered anymore. You also may find services you like better than others; whatever your reason, it never hurts to explore your options. That’s why I highly recommend you check out 3 superb ways to share files. This service outlines Crate, ge.tt, and min.us, three great ways to share files. It’s also worth reading our unofficial Dropbox manual, if you want to do some serious file sharing. If that file sharing site doesn’t cut it though, keep reading to discover some more great tools...

Maybe the single most important reason for reading books by email is convenience. Come to think of it, when we spend most of our waking hours staring at a computer screen and reading all sorts of stuff like emails, tweets, social scraps, and feeds – why should books be left behind? Simply reading books has never been easier. If reading is a passion for you, then you probably know all about book  recommendation  sites. You also probably download books in ePub and PDF format and read them on the screen. Throw reading via email into the mix and you get another choice to try out. Reading books by email could be worth a shot if you are trying to interest yourself or someone else in different genres. You can try out email sized chunks each day and see if your interest holds. Here are three web services that send you portions of books by email. It costs just your time. Dripread As the site explains, it is similar to being drip fed a book one day at a time. Dripread is an absolut...