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A common trend with mobile games is to take classic mechanics, combine them with a one-minute timer, and challenge users to get as high a score as possible. It's immediately addictive, easy to compete with others, and makes the "freemium" upgrade model easier to implement. That said, Bubble Blast Easter manages to make it work in many ways with only a handful of drawbacks to an otherwise finely-structured, free app.

The goal of Bubble Blast Easter is to shoot colored eggs at a pattern of eggs above you to match and destroy the old eggs. It's … Read more

With the many different variations of Scrabble or Boggle, word puzzles seem to be growing more and more popular. Word Guesser is yet another addition to this genre. It is challenging, exciting, and fun. This game promises to occupy the user for many hours.

One of the most repeated word puzzle games on the market consists of four pictures and a hangman-style word puzzle. The goal of the game is to find out the connection between the pictures and solve the puzzle. As the player figures out more and more puzzles the game gets progressively harder. Social networking is also … Read more

After buying a new computer, iTunes users find that many of their songs can't be played even if they are on an iPod. DeTune for Mac allows users to keep and manage songs on iPods, even if they would be deleted via iTunes.

DeTune for Mac, with a file size under 3MB, is quick to download and install. As it lacks instructions and visible support, some less experienced users may find the interface unintuitive. Starting the program without an iPod connected leads to a graphic telling the user to connect one. After this is done, the program reads the … Read more

While promising a fast, high-quality video player, this app fails to deliver where others have succeeded. Mobo Video Player initially seemed user-friendly and well designed, but further investigation revealed instability and compatibility issues.

Mobo Player installs quickly and easily, but instantly forces users to load separate codec packs. There is not one codec pack for each device, so further downloading is necessary as you attempt to view various file formats. The main menu is full of advertisements and constant pop-ups trying to sell you other apps. The confusing array of advertisement is a hassle when you simply want to view … Read more

TeamLava's popular Story series of virtual-world games differ from the sort of free mobile games that typically involve zombies, weapons, and monster trucks. Instead, in TeamLava's life sims players build and develop things, such as farms, businesses, and careers. It was with a sense of relief that we sampled Fashion Story, which might as well be called Fashion Store since its premise is that you're managing a popular boutique.

You must shop for merchandise, stock your store, and cater to customers, including some who might be your friends in real life, since the Story series has great … Read more

With its nice range of editing options combined with the simplicity of touch-screen controls, PicsArt is a handy photo-editing app.

The main interface is colorful, and the primary options to edit, add effects, access the camera, and create collages are easily accessible. Menus vary by task. In most cases, it only takes a couple of taps to add a border, remove red-eye, or apply one of the numerous effects. Other settings were quickly adjusted with a swipe to move a slider left or right. As the controls were simple and easy to understand, we could really focus on the fun … Read more

Anyone who works on more than one computer or who carries a portable PC toolkit on a USB drive can probably use a portable search tool, especially one that offers advantages over the built-in Windows tool that many users will appreciate. UltraFileSearch Portable Edition is a good choice for that role. It's completely portable, so it will run on any compatible machine without having to be installed. It doesn't use indexing or other resource-hogging methods, and it doesn't modify your registry. What it does do is search multiple drives simultaneously for filter-defined searches and sort the results … Read more

One of the great things about the Internet is that our music choices are no longer limited to the radio stations that we can pick up with our receivers. Thanks to the Web, we can listen to radio stations from around the country and around the world, as well as stations that exist only online. ALOT Radio App is an add-on for Internet Explorer that provides easy access to a plethora of music. It comes with a lot of other stuff too, which may or may not be a good thing.

The extension appears as a toolbar in Internet Explorer, … Read more

Project management software can do everything from help you keep your team together to mapping out whole strategies. PersonalPMO from Ahead Of Its Time offers a complete library of customizable project management templates, plans, status reports, and other essential tools and documents. It's a "Project Management Office" that is fully compatible with Microsoft Office 2000 and later. It can handle an unlimited number of projects across multiple organizations and involving numerous contacts.

PersonalPMO has a familiar Windows look, with file menus, including a Help file, and an icon-based toolbar providing full control of the program's considerable … Read more