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Here's a novel concept: shoot bubbles to group three or more of the same color together and pop them, while more bubbles appear at the top of the screen. If the bubbles take over the screen you lose. Yeah, we've seen it before in over a dozen different apps for Mac OS X and iOS, but Bubble Shootix is actually a well-done version of this genre. The free version of Bubble Shootix includes ads. To go ad-free you need to spend $0.99. To get additional in-game currency, you need to spend more.

The Bubble Shootix app installs … Read more

Music Converter for Mac is, not surprisingly, a utility to convert music files from one format to another. With integration into iTunes, Music Converter for Mac also lets you edit album, track, and artist information on any track recognized by iTunes. Music Converter for Mac installs easily.

The Music Converter for Mac interface is clean consisting of a single dialog. To convert an audio file you can drag and drop it over the Music Converter for Mac dialog, which then displays information about the file. Select the output format and the utility works quickly. Music Converter for Mac can export … Read more

CloudApp is designed to let you share files and links with others. Once it's installed, you can drag any file over the CloudApp icon and it then returns a link to the file you can send to others through IM or e-mail (or any other manner, for that matter). CloudApp installs quickly. To use CloudApp you need to set up an account, but it's free to do so (it does require an e-mail address).

CloudApp works smoothly and easily. Simply dragging a file or defining a hot key to move a file to the cloud is a simple … Read more

Wipeout Dash will force you to use the iPhone accelerometer, as it is tilt-controlled along with a simple tap gesture that makes the ball jump. In the beginning, you will get the idea of how the basic controls work for the app before you jump into a real game. We liked that you select the levels by tilting the iPhone and keep it balanced to launch the game, emphasizing once again that the app has lots of challenges ahead. The app will get you to race to the finish line to get the best time while battling against a bunch … Read more

If you can't travel with a multi-lingual friend, you can add iTranslator 2 to your iPhone and iPod touch to help you navigate foreign lands or any place you don't speak the language. This feature-rich and easy-to-use iOS app helps you communicate in 50+ languages. It also translates text from images using the app's OCR feature, although you might have to deal with a couple of hiccups.

The app comes with an easy-to-understand user interface that aims to help the user translate any sentence or phrase into the user-selected language. The screen is divided into two parts, … Read more

If you want to have all your photos easily accessible and synced across all your devices, Adobe Revel is one of the available options. However, while Apple's Photo Stream and iCloud do the same thing for free, you pay a monthly subscription for Revel for its image editing and social-sharing options.

The main role of Revel on your Mac computer, iPhone, or iPad is to keep all your photos organized. We question the need for this, as the native iPhoto already covers this task. Fortunately, the application comes with some enhancements such as basic editing tools and sharing features; … Read more

What's the most popular Instant Messaging client? That depends on what you mean by "popular," but did you think Tencent's QQ International was one of them? If popularity means number of users or size of the network, few of the well-known IM clients can approach Tencent's claims of more than 710 million users. As you might have guessed, QQ is one of the most popular IM and video chat tools in China, which means it's got a user base that's difficult to match. QQi gives international users access to QQi's immense Chinese … Read more

Digital Multi Soft's Dj ProMixer Free is a basic but capable digital music mixing suite, and it's free. It's based on a premium tool, Dj ProMixer Pro, only with fewer features. It offers a lot -- enough to overcome some confusing steps at setup, not to mention one of the most cluttered interfaces we've seen, though that's actually part of the design. But it offers flexible two-track recording and mixing, automatic beat detection, tracklists, and effects like echo and looping. It has some limitations, such as only six samples per load. You'll still need … Read more

We've seen all kinds of cool music software that puts cutting-edge production tools in the hands of up-and-coming musicians with more talent than financial resources or contacts. Hit 'n' Mix Play is one of the most unique and interesting yet. It rips up and lays out your MP3 and CD tracks so you can mash and mix them up in new and dazzlingly brilliant beats -- and since it's free, there's no stopping you from practicing and perfecting your art. It breaks down vocals, instruments, percussion, and even noise. You can change beats, tempos, and pitch; add … Read more