Ribbet: Professional Online Collages for Free with Flavor of Fun

Ribbet opened their services for public about a year ago, in June 2012, and since then they increase the range of features and themes proposed. You may create professional-looking collages online for free with 100s of layouts and customizable settings.

Main Features:

* Choose from numerous attractive collage layouts for your creation.

* Easy customizable features as proportions, spacing, kookiness and roundedness.

* You may easily use your Facebook and Flickr photos, photos from any other images storing websites, or your own uploads to Ribbet.

* Add text, stickers, borders and effects to your masterpiece and share it online.

* Full-featured picture editor, with substantial amount of artistic filters and other features.

* Share your creations directly to Facebook or Flickr, or download them to your Hard Drive.

* All the tasks are accomplished online with nothing to download or install on your computer.

* You can use photos directly from your Facebook and Flickr albums (or Facebook friends' albums).

Note that some of the templates are marked as Premium, and their use requires creating account and logging in. Since that is free and can be done easily, should not be a problem. Also, when you create a free account, Ribbet will save a copy of your photo and all the edits you made to it in History, so you may access it next time you need to modify your creation. Registration is super-fast, and super-easy, and you get instant access to all premium features.

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Website: http://www.ribbet.com/

How to get the start button back in Windows 8?

If you are a fresh Windows 8 user, you might have several surprises, and some are quite unpleasant. One of the annoying feature, noted by multiple users, is a lack of the start button, everyone so used to. Targeting new gadgets, Microsoft is committed to having everyone use the Start screen instead of the Start button and start menu found in previous versions of Windows and therefore has no setting to enable or disable the start button.

Eventually, you may find the new approach satisfactory. For example, if you're a power user looking to access easily such options as the Command prompt, Computer management, Device Manager, Event Viewer, Control Panel, Windows Explorer, you may use the Power user shortcut key (Windows key + X). However, if you miss the start button and some functionality, you are used to from the older Operating Systems, you may bring it back through the multiple third-party utilities, we are presenting now.

1. ViStart

Windows Start Menu Vistart 8 is a nice free utility allowing getting the Start menu back to Windows 8, almost identical to what was in Windows 7. The utility also includes several custom start menu skins, like the windows 8 start menu metro skin, different start menu buttons’ designs, and lot's of extra useful customization features.

Website: http://lee-soft.com/vistart/windows-8-start-menu.html

Direct Download: http://lee-soft.com/vistart/builds/windows-start-menu-vistart.exe

2. IObit Start Menu 8

IObit Start Menu 8 is specially designed for Windows 8. It offers a suitable solution for users who work with Windows Start Menu all the time and are not accustomed to the new Metro start screen in Windows 8. This smart tool brings back both the start button and Windows Start Menu, and offers the option to skip Metro start page, allowing users who only work on desktop to boot to Windows 8 desktop directly.

Website: http://www.iobit.com/iobitstartmenu8.php

Direct Download: http://download.cnet.com/Start-Menu-8/3000-2072_4-75852660.html?part=dl-&subj=dl&tag=button

3. Classic Shell

Classic Shell is a collection of usability enhancements for Windows 8. The main features includes highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins, bringing back the familiar start button, and adding toolbar and status bar for Windows Explorer, and many others.

Website: http://www.classicshell.net/

Direct Download: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/classicshell/Version%203.6.8%20general%20release/ClassicShellSetup_3_6_8.exe

4. Pokki

Pokki brings you back a start button for Windows 8, where you can find and open your programs, files, control panel, and power options with one click.

Website: https://www.pokki.com/windows-8-start-menu

Direct Download: http://cdn.pokki.com/download/Pokki_Start_MenuSetup.exe

5. StartW8

StartW8 is also designed to provide the classic Windows functionality to the Windows 8 users, adding Windows Start menu in Windows 8 design, but Windows 7 functionality and ability to switch automatically to desktop immediately after signing in. It also includes possibility to activate menu with Win key, log off, lock and turn off your computer, and provides a traditional search field.

Website: http://www.areaguard.com/startw8

Direct Download: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/StartW8.shtml

Free for Life 20 GB Cloud Space from Pogoplug

Can you buy a home now? Sure, why not? You have money – you can buy a home. If you have not much – you still can buy a small piece of it – like timeshare. Buy can you get it for free? Chance definitely exists, but not so big. But, in virtual space you have unlimited opportunities to get free “real estate”, “virtual” goods and services. This time, we will present an opportunity to get for free 20 GB of cloud storage at Pogoplug. What is 20 GB? It is good enough to store more than 6,000 pictures of 3 MB, and 20 video clips in AVI format of 800 MB.

Pogoplug is a new cloud storage service for your mobile life which enables you to store, stream and share your files, photos, music and movies wherever you are. Now, for a very limited time, Pogoplug is teaming up with Adorama to offer everyone 20 GB of cloud storage space for free forever.

Main Features:

* All your files, anywhere you need them.

 You’re constantly on the move, so why shouldn’t your data move with you? Pogoplug Cloud lets you easily upload files from your computer, smartphone or tablet and access them wherever you are.

* Stream your media anytime, anywhere.

 Stream from your Pogoplug Cloud to any device, including your smartphone, tablet or another computer. Watch all of your movies, view all your photos and listen to all your music whenever you want.

* Back up your smartphone and tablet.

 Ditch cumbersome cables: Pogoplug’s free mobile apps for iOS and Android automatically back up your photos and videos to your Pogoplug Cloud. Safeguard the photos and videos on your mobile device with one click.

* Share and collaborate with friends and colleagues.

 Share large files and folders instantly and securely. Collaborate on a work project with colleagues, or contribute to photo and video albums with friends. Pogoplug makes sharing a snap.

* Publish to Facebook, Twitter and Google+ with a single click.

 Pogoplug lets you post your photos and videos to the most popular social sites with a single click. Your friends can watch your videos and view your photo albums instantly. With Pogoplug, you own your data—not the social networks.

Sign up for the service is fast and easy – email and password, and you are done.

Website: https://pogoplug.com/promo/adorama

Access your web home: http://my.pogoplug.com/

Here you will find links for the free software assistants for iOS and Android.