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Browsix Lite for Android 2.2.4 Review

Not only does this app want to rescue your phone from wires, it also wants to help you control it without needing to get up to grab it. Browsix Lite for Android finds your phone and connects fast, but the Web component seems to be broken. If it is ever fixed, this will be a nice app to have handy.

Browsix Lite for Android requires you to be on the same network as your computer in order to work. Once you're connected, you have to load the app on your phone and in your browser to make the connection. … Read more

Track birthdays in Birthday Sweet

The App Store is filled with tools to help you remember birthdays, send cards or simply birthdays to your calendar on Facebook or your contacts on your phone. Birthday Sweet is another of those tools, and while it has a number of features that make it powerful, it is mostly a rehash of similar tools already found on Facebook with the unfortunate presence of too many ads and upgrade screens.

When you install Birthday Sweet, which is free in its Lite version, you will be asked for access to your iPhone's contacts. Those contacts are then swept for birthdays. … Read more

Mix music with the standard DJ app, PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac

PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac is a DJ mixing application for Mac OS. PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac is not available from the App Store but is available from several download sites, as well as the publisher's Web site. The trial version is free, and a full licensed version is $129.

PCDJ Red has been our go-to DJ mixing app for many years, and PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac is the latest iteration of this popular and powerful application. The interface of PCDJ Red Mobile 2 for Mac has two music decks in the upper pane, … Read more

Log lightener

Sometimes useful information is buried within a bunch of junk, and this is especially true when you're looking at text logs of just about anything. FLicKeR is one way to cut through the garbage and get to the good stuff. This simple tool can delete any line that's not relevant to your search; that assumes, of course, that you know what you're looking for.

The program's interface isn't much to look at, but it's intuitive. Users simply select the text file that they want to search and then choose words or phrases that they … Read more

Graph maker

Engineers and math professionals will appreciate DPlot more than the layperson, but it has features that are useful for all users. Need to create a graph for your PowerPoint presentation or annual report? DPlot can handle this for you. It will create two- and three-dimensional graphs from data inputted into the program.

DPlot is not a program that is understandable without a visit to the Help file. Users who are familiar with engineering and calculation programs may not have the same difficulty using the program as we did, but we needed to read the instructions. The Help file is extensive … Read more