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23 Mar 2015
Facebook Testing Phone App for Android
Facebook Testing Phone App for Android Facebook phone? No, we’re not talking about a new Facebook-branded smartphone (and we’re happy that we’ll likely never see those rumors again). We are, however, talking about a potential app that Facebook is allegedly testing out—the details of which were accidentally leaked via a server-side update to the Facebook
21 Mar 2015
12 Tips to Speed Up Windows 7
12 Tips to Speed Up Windows 7 Windows 7 made notable speed improvements over its predecessor, Vista, but it can’t compare with the much faster Windows 8. And most people haven’t experienced the 15-second boot that Microsoft engineers were shooting for in Windows 7 (and achieved in Windows 8 for many machines). There are certainly
21 Mar 2015
How to Play Retro Games on Your Modern Mac With OpenEmu
How to Play Retro Games on Your Modern Mac With OpenEmu The Legend of Zelda and Megaman 2 on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). F-Zero and Street Fighter II: Turbo on the Super NES. Altered Beast and Strider on the Sega Genesis. If you have a Mac and fond memories of game consoles past, read
21 Mar 2015
i4software Fast Camera (for Windows Phone)
i4software Fast Camera (for Windows Phone) Windows Phones have some of the best cameras available on any smartphone, but one problem with them is the time it takes to shoot pictures. Fast Camera (99 cents) from i4software is intended to change all that. It not only lets you shoot in continuous and burst modes, but
21 Mar 2015
Transit (for Android)
Transit (for Android) Every commuter with an Android-powered tablet or smartphone who’s felt the sting of not knowing the schedule of public transportation should download Transit (free). The Android-only app delivers real-time bus, train, and ferry information to users in more than 80 domestic and international cities, including Berlin, Houston, Montreal, Nashville, New York, and San
21 Mar 2015
Oceans (for iPad)
Oceans (for iPad) Oceans (free) is a thorough and informative iPad app that examines the effect of human activities on the world’s oceans, and presents a plan of action to manage marine resources in ways so that people can continue to benefit from the oceans’ bounty while biodiversity is preserved. The Oceans app is a
21 Mar 2015
Facebook Stickered for Messenger (for iPhone)
Facebook Stickered for Messenger (for iPhone) Facebook Messenger is perennially among app store chart leaders, despite a glut of messaging app options. The big, creative, amusing stickers the app lets you send in messages may deserve some of the credit for this popularity, as they’re not available in more staid messaging apps like iMessage and
21 Mar 2015
Camera360 (for Windows Phone)
Camera360 (for Windows Phone) The Camera360 Setup Experience The app, available in the Windows Store, is a moderate 16MB download, and works on smartphones running both Windows 8 and 8.1. I tested it on the Lumia Icon, which sports a 20-megapixel f/2.4 camera with 6-element optics. View all Photos in Gallery On first run, Camera360 plays
21 Mar 2015
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (for Android)
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (for Android) Antivirus Scan Out of an abundance of caution, I don’t perform live malware testing when reviewing Android security apps. Instead, I leave it to the professionals. According to preliminary results from independent labAV-Test, Malwarebytes detected more than 90 percent of the malicious sample files used in their evaluation. That’s below the
21 Mar 2015
Google Play Newsstand (for Android)
Google Play Newsstand (for Android) Let’s Play Google Play Newsstand contains four main sections: Read Now, My Library, Bookmarks, and Explore. Tapping Read Now takes you to the Highlights section, where you’ll see news items from a variety of big-name sources, including The New York Times, NPR, and Slate. If you don’t fancy the default