How to get free e-books, TV shows, music and more
(c) USAToday.com
Great story in USAToday.com I wanted to share with you. How to get some great apps and content for FREE!!
• Free e-books
Download and install the app (app.overdrive.com) and once installed, you'll be prompted to create an Adobe ID, if you don't already have one, and authorize it to work with OverDrive. Now you can borrow e-books and audiobooks wirelessly — even current New York Times bestsellers.
Other great resources include Google Books, Archive.org, The Online Books Page and the many free e-books offered by stores like Kindle and Kobo.
• Free music, music videos
TuneIn Radio (tunein.com) app and website gives you access to more than 100,000 radio stations from around the world.
Use free software like Free YouTube Downloader or YTD Video Downloader — both of which are available in C|NetDownload.com's Top 10 list (download.com) — and you can not only download music videos to watch online but also convert them into MP3s for your phone or tablet, too.
• Free software
Apache's OpenOffice (openoffice.org) is a downloadable, offline suite of productivity tools for word processing, creating spreadsheets and presentations and more. OpenOffice is available in multiple languages and runs on many operating systems, and you can install it on as many computers as you like. The software suite supports a wide range of file types created by other programs (including Microsoft Office's .doc, .xls and .ppt).
• Free TV shows, movies
There are a few good ways to watch television shows online without having to pay to download them. Your options might be a bit limited, but hey, free is free.
For one, all the major TV networks let you watch live or prerecorded shows on their respective websites. For example, go to ABC and you'll see its top shows cycle from right to left and a large tab that says "Watch the latest episode" or "Watch Now" — whether it's Modern Family, How to Get Away With Murder, Grey's Anatomy, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. or General Hospital.
And while you need to pay for Hulu Plus, there's no shortage of content to watch on the main Hulu site (hulu.com). Also check out SideReel (sidereel.com).
Along with an entire section devoted to free films, YouTube (youtube.com) has many episodes of mostly older TV shows, but can be a great way to relax on a lazy Sunday afternoon — maybe by connecting your computer to your big-screen television with an HDMI cable (which you can buy at your local dollar store) or wirelessly through a Smart TV, Chromecast or other set-top solution.
