6 Photo Locking Apps for Android and iPhone/iPad

Privacy is something that we all take very seriously. This is why developers are trying to bring us apps that can ensure our files remain private, far from the prying eyes of strangers. Such apps were featured in our article on File Locker Apps, available for both Android and iOS devices and we recommend checking out those apps too, there are some apps there that can help you keep your photos private. Now, we take a more specific task, and that is to give you the best apps to hide your photos.

Top Photo Locking Apps for Android

3. Gallery Lock

One of most known apps for locking photos on Android devices, Gallery Lock, offers users top of the line features for keeping their private files…well, private! The app allows a pattern lock and it also features a “stealth mode” that hides the icon and any trace of the app. This is a great advantage when you don’t want your files being seen by others.

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In terms of sharing, this app allows you to share your files over Bluetooth or upload them to social networks, this gives back the power over your private files to you, and you can share only the ones you want and only to whom you want. Keep in mind, when you want to uninstall or upgrade to the paid version, unhide your files before you uninstall the free app, if not, you files will be lost.

2. Gallery Lock (media lock)

A great solution for hiding your private photos is to use Gallery Lock (media lock), a photo locking app for Android that allows users to keep their files in a secure location, away from curious eyes. The app is very simple to use, it’s obvious that the developers have gave a lot of thought to the UI, and the result is visible: a very intuitive app which performs marvelous.

The app gives you the possibility to organize your files in folders, create a PIN lock, text lock or pattern and also, you can hide the icon of the app so no one would be the wiser. You can then access your private photos by dialing “#789” from the keypad. Also, you can share hidden files with friends, but you can also set a timer for them to view your private pics. Oh, and did I mention, this app allows you to hide videos as well as photos.

1. Hide pictures – KeepSafe Vault

Your photos will never be as safe as with KeepSafe Vault. This app allows you to quickly add photos and videos to your hidden gallery and hide them under a PIN lock. Also, the app allows you to unhide files very easy, and it features a very simple and intuitive interface. The app allows you to playback video files (except .wmv files) or to view pictures in full screen.

You can organize your private photos and videos in folders and one of the best features of the app: it does not appear in the “Recent Apps” menu. This way, no one can see that you have hidden files inside the KeepSafe Vault. Bottom line, this app offers users premium features that they would normally pay for, free of charge, which is one of the best things about it and it makes it the best app to lock photos for Android.

Top photo locking apps for iOS

3. Photo Lock Free

One of the most simple tools available for locking photos on iOS devices is Photo Lock Free. This tiny app protects your private images in a vault, accessible only if you input the right password. The app also makes use of an excellently designed user interface, but it also has some great features, such as photo viewer, full ASCII keyboard and folder management.

But the thing that makes Photo Lock Free a great photo locking app for iOS is that it gives you the peace of mind you need, knowing that your private pictures are safe and away from any stranger’s eyes. Give it a try and see just how good it can protect your private content and let us know what you think of it by using the comment section below.

2. Private Photo Vault – Ultra Photo+Video Manager

As the developers put it: “a perfect way to hide your special photos”. And they are right! This excellent photo locking app for iOS allows you to hide photos very secure, using password protection, pattern lock and PIN lock. Also, it gives you the opportunity to organize your photos in folders, share them via email, messages, Wi-Fi or upload them to your computer, import or export them to your cloud account, or view them.

It supports video playback as well, so you can hide and view your videos also. The app features a very well thought out user interface, very easy to use and very intuitive, something worthy to be installed on a iPhone.

1. Don’t Touch My Pics – Password lock photos & picture data for peace of mind!

So you bought an iPhone (if not, better see a comparison between the new iPhone 5 and its competitors), you took some pictures and you don’t want anyone to see them, for…various reasons. You don’t want to delete them either and you don’t think your cloud account is too safe. What do you do? Well, install Don’t Touch My Pics and keep your pictures safe from anyone who wants to see them.

This app allows you to keep your pics private and safe, under “lock-and-key”, or rather under password protection. Also, the app allows you to take pictures within the app, so you do not have to hide them afterwards, to view your pictures full screen, taking advantage of your retina display or to share them via MMS or email.

With these tools at your disposal, you can keep all your photos private and safe from unwanted access. Computers have lots of programs that offer privacy options, such as browser plugins or specialized software to protect our privacy or protect our computers from unwanted access. Now, our smartphones can benefit from the same protection.Tweet

Top 10 Free Antivirus Software for Windows

1. Avast! Free Antivirus

Meeting again with Avast!, but now, in spotlight is the Free Avast! Antivirus. This is, in my opinion, the best free antivirus available. In the free version, all you have to do is register (for free) once a year and you get top notch protection on your computer, emails, downloads and IMs. It has a powerful heuristics engine that allows it to find almost every virus around. The experience gathered over the years (since 1988) by its developers shows really well in Avast!

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2. Panda Cloud Antivirus

I must admit that Panda antivirus does not differentiate itself from other free antivirus software in any way when it comes to protection. It offers the same level of detection from viruses, trojan, spyware, adware, worms and malware and its features are not that specific. The thing that made Panda Cloud Antivirus the second position in my list is the fact that it is, as the name suggests, Cloud based. What that means, is that when you scan your computer, it doesn’t use resources from your computer, but it operates in the cloud, keeping your computer working as normal.

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3. Microsoft Security Essentials

I know Microsoft is new to the internet safety game, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t develop a great antivirus. Microsoft Security Essentials is a great antivirus, it’s incredible easy to use and it’s absolutely free! It updates automatically and, being produces by Microsoft, it actively interacts with Windows and it’s perfectly integrated in the operating system.

4. Avira AntiVir Personal Edition

Avira is another example of a really good free antivirus program that has very much to offer. Excellent protection, user friendly and it consumes next to nothing from your resources. I’ve used it for some time and must say I’m really happy with the results. It detects most threats and it works in silence in the background. It’s perfect for laptops and netbooks, but also for your own personal computer.

5. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition

AVG is again on our list of best antivirus programs, this time, the free version. This antivirus works great and its top notch detection stats are impressive. If you are looking for a really good free antivirus, with cool features, like link scanner and email scanner, than you should definitely try AVG Anti-Virus, it’s one of the best.

6. Comodo Antivirus

Comodo Antivirus is a fairly good antivirus program. After making all the steps in installing it (it requires some extra steps from your usual antivirus), I saw a nice looking antivirus with a detection rate of up to 90% and a resolving percentage of 60%, but I recommend to use in parallel with another antivirus that provides more cleaning power. Its detection engine is really good, but you might think of getting another software if you want to clean your infected files.. Those numbers are what makes Comodo come on our list of best free antivirus programs.

7. Immunet Protect FREE

This is a fairly good antivirus, much like Panda Cloud Antivirus, it works in the cloud, keeping your computer working free. It offers really good protection against bots, worms, viruses, trojans, keyloggers, and spyware, so a full protection. This was a surprise, but Immunet is a really good antivirus and it has my thumbs up and recommendation for anyone who wants to try it.

8. PC Tools AntiVirus Free

PC Tools AntiVirus is one of the most basic antivirus programs you will find. It has some features, but don’t get excited. I featured it in this list because it is still better than other free antivirus software, but not by much. If you are not an avid internet browser, and more of the type that only sends emails, it will get the job done, but any more than that, I recommend something stronger.

9. Malwarebytes

Malwarebytes is 9th on our list because it doesn’t run in background, so no real time protection and it cannot protect you in real time. Technically, it is not an antivirus. But, the reason it is on our list is because when you run into a problem with malware or worms, trojans and such and your top of the line antivirus can’t handle it, all you have to do is run Malwarebytes and the problem is solved. This little program can handle anything you throw at it. I recommend keeping it on a USB flash drive and when your computer crashes, try giving it a scan in safe mode with this program, it might just save you from a “format C:/”.

10. ClamWin Free Antivirus

ClamWin Free Antivirus is not the best free antivirus. Although you may know it from the Linux version (CalmAV), this is more a basic tool that you use to scan your computer. The reason ClamWin is at the bottom of the list are: no real time protection, lack of features and a little tricky to use. But, on the other side, it does make a really good detecting tool and it doesn’t use many resources.

 

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How to Create a Dropdown Menu in CSS?

Hey guys! Are you tired searching the Net a tutorial on how to make a simple drop-down menu in your website but all of those were difficult to learn and its complicated because it uses different scripts. But today, here is a simple tutorial on how to create a simple drop down menu in CSS without the help of Javascript or any other scripting language. Below is the final sample output.

First, we need to create the HTML document to create menu and sub-menus using Unordered List. Then, we will create the CSS script and link to the HTML document we’ve created to format the said menus. Here is the sample HTML code:

Save this as index.html and you try to run or execute this in your browser without  our CSS script, this will be the initial output:

And now we are ready to create the CSS script and apply it with our HTML code. First, we need to remove the list symbol and aligned them in the left. Here is the CSS code:

The code “list-style:none” will remove the list symbol and set to zero both the margin and padding to align them to the left. Below is the sample output:

Next thing to do is to align or position the main menu to horizontal line same with the submenu which will be placed below its main menu. Insert the code below in your CSS :

Here the value of the display property should be block so that all the lists both the main and sub-lists will be displayed horizontally. This will be the output in your browser.

Next thing to do is to temporary set the submenu to INVISIBLE. Why? Because, it will just appear if we’re going to put the  mouse over the menu which they belong. To to that, add the following code in your CSS:

The selector li and ul indicates the submenu in our HTML tag, then the “display:none”, this will temporarily set the submenu invisible in the browser. This is the sample output in your browser:

So, its time to make our menu and submenu more decorative, we will add some formatting scripts. Add this to your code:

The “display:block” displays the menu and submenu to a rectangluar form. As you click the menu “About TutGeeks”, the submenu will not appear, because it is still  invisible in your browser. The image below is the output once you inserted the code above.

And now, this the magic part of this tutorial. We will now try to make the sub-menu VISIBLE once we clicked its main menu. We will just use the pseudo code HOVER for the list since all of these are links. Below is the code:

The pseudo-code “li:hover” is applied in the main menu while the selector ul indicates the lists or sub-menus. If you see in our previous code, inside the selectors li ul, the display value was set to none, so the sub-menu went to invisible. But this time, we will now set the display property to block so that it will appear horizontally or in rectangular forms. See the image below:

So as you can see, the sub-appeared as we put the mouser over the main menu. Now, its time to apply active selection such as applying background color as we select both the main menu or sub-menu. We will also set same length of the sub-menus.

First we will apply hover effect to the main menu. Try this:

We will use the pseudo-code “li:hover” since the main menu were lists and the selector “a”  indicates that the color will be applied to all links including the sub-menus as you can see simple output below:

                    

So, to apply also hover effects to the sub-menu to indicate selections, we will also put a background color to it. See the sample image output below:

To do this, we will just simply  apply the pseudo-code hover to all the links of the sub-list (sub-menu) of the main lists (main menu). Confuse? Try this:

To explain this, the pseudo-code “li:hover” indicates the main menu while the selector li indicates the sub-lists. If this sub-list is a link, then the hover effect will be applied. See the sample output above.

Finally, we will now set the length of the sub-menu be consistent like the image below.

Insert this code:

 

There you have it guys. Congratulations! You made your first drop-down menu using pure CSS code script. Like this guys if you like this tutorial! Happy programming.Tweet