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SketchBook Express

Mel — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:20 +0000

Some users refer to SketchBook Express as the Mac Version of Windows Paint, but it’s more powerful. Created by AutoDesk, it offers casual users an easy way to learn how to paint and draw. Those who know little about drawing and painting will learn the ropes quickly.

A blank canvas greets you after launching the app. One window has controls for redo, undo, colors and shapes. Pencils, erasers, pens and brushes are stored in another window. You also have flood fill tools, brushes for sharpening and blurring.

Its draw modes make it a snap to create rectangles, circles and other shapes. You’ve also got markers and airbrushes. You can create up to half a dozen layers for complex drawings. Images can be dragged to a layer for easy editing.

You can access files and settings in the crescent at the bottom of the screen. Drawing is easy; choose a pencil or brush, select a color and start your mastepiece. For Mac touchpads, you just drag your finger. You can use a tablet for more precise creations.

There are a lot of drawing tools. All of them can be customized. Unlike basic paint programs, SketchBook Express has other options such as crayons, developer colors, Apple colors and web-safe hues. The latter is ideal if you want to post images specifically for the web.

If you want more specific shades, use the color wheel. The UI is streamlined, which makes drawing easier. The iPad version is optimized for pens. You can navigate the canvas by using the spacebar.

SketchBook Express is very easy to learn and fun. Whatever your artistic skills, it’s a great way to learn how to draw or just make sketches.

Free Wi-Fi Finder

Mel — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:36 +0000

Free Wi-Fi Finder from JiWire provides you with an easy way to look for a Wi-Fi hotspot. It’s now available for smartphones and tablets. There are thousands of free locations on the app and in more than 140 countries, so you will always be within reach of an Internet connection.

Once you have installed the app you just need to walk around and wait for a wireless network to appear on your smartphone, laptop and tablet networks. The app also comes with a map that will display all the hotspots in your area. You just need to look at the map and look for a network and then head over.

What really makes Wi-Fi Finder stand out is you can download a copy of their database and use it even if you are not connected to the web. This is a great departure from other apps that require you to be on the Internet. Note that the database lists only free hotspots.

Free Wi-Finder is very easy to use, as all the hotspot locations are shown as dots. Green dots are displayed as wireless networks and the red dots indicate a password is needed to access the site. The app allows you to filter by location type, so if you only want Wi-Fi in cafes, you can limit your search to those.

If you click on a hotspot, a bubble will appear specifying the network’s location (restaurant, airport, bus station etc). Tap the bubble and you’ll get more info about the hotspot, including how to get there.

Aviary Photo Editor

Mel — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:00:59 +0000

Aviary Photo Editor is no Photoshop, but it is one of the most powerful photo editors for the Android and iOS. Aside from being comprehensive, it is also easy to use. The app by Aviary Inc opens up to all your saved photos so you can easily go through your images and select the one you want to edit. You can also snap a new photo and import it into Aviary.

After you select your image, just go to Edit This Photo and you will see all of the app’s functions. There are many basic and advanced options such as brightness, crop, blemish, redeye and many more complex tools. One of Aviary’s coolest features is Enhance as it automatically enhances any image and there are also Balance, Backlit and Night tools. There are also tools here that allow you to modify an image’s orientation, sharpness, saturation, contrast, warmth, brightness and more. To make adjustments you just have to swipe or tap, it’s that simple.

No app can call itself a photo editor without any filters and special effects, and Aviary is full of them. There are plenty for free, and you can use them in different ways. The stickers for example, can be resized and moved, perfect for adding pizzazz to your image.

There are also advanced photo editing functions such as a meme-type text editor and a drawing tool, and they both have customization options. As for the effects, the redeye works very well and the whiten tools works well for touching up teeth. By and large Aviary is a very good photo editor.

Use Your Handwriting

Mel — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:39 +0000

Use Your Handwriting is an app that lets you use your finger as a virtual pencil, handy for people who need to jot down notes on their iOS and are having trouble using a popup keyboard. Created by Gee Whiz Stuff, it comes with tutorials so you can learn how the app works.

The Options in the Preferences menu let you change many settings, and you should change it if you’re left handed. This is also where you can modify the finger writing with various writing styles. There are half a dozen themes available and you can modify them very easily.

All you need to do is tap a color or title and you will find all the notes in the theme. Click the + button and start writing. You can use the undo button, left and right arrows and an eraser to help you write. After you’re done, well, tap Done. You can then go to the Notes list you made, add stars, dim them or add check marks. Use Your Handwriting also makes it easy to do things like delete and organize your notes.

The app a nice alternative to the usual popup keyboard that you use on iOS devices. It runs on both the iPhone and iPad but it naturally works better on the bigger screen of the iPad.

Bottom line: if you are uncomfortable with the keyboard, give Use Your Handwriting a try. There really aren’t many free apps like this one, and it is perfect if you always use your iOS to take notes.

Medscape

Mel — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:00:39 +0000

Medscape is a medical resource app for the Android and iOS. Created by WebMD it is full of information that can be used by medical students, nurses, and anyone who wants to know anything and everything about health and medicine.

Medscape provides you with critical alerts and medical news in numerous specialty areas and you can search the app for specific topics and news, plus you can email and save articles you like or share them on Facebook. In addition, you can read the articles offline.

As far as content is concerned, Medscape is full of information. It has safety and prescribing info on over 8,000 brand and generic drugs, supplements, herbal medicine, OTC drugs, and there is also a drug interaction check and you can also save the drugs you search most often.

There are also a lot of special features here such as lactation and pregnancy guidelines, prices of drugs and images. Medscape also has a comprehensive database of diseases, procedures and conditions, with more than 4,000 articles full of images, videos and written by physicians and doctors. There are also hundreds of step by step procedure videos and more than a hundred protocols and tables.

To make Medscape easier to use, it is divided into several sections such as medication, treatment, workup, diagnoses, pathophysiology and many others. You will also find numerous medical formulas, classifications, scales, hundreds drug monographs, and each one has references and notes. In short, Medscape is a very useful app and one that you should carry around.

TagScanner

Mel — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:00:29 +0000

TagScanner is a free Windows application for managing and organizing the music files on your computer. All popular audio formats like mp3, wav, flac, mpeg4, wma and many others are supported. You can use the software to rename files and perform a variety of transformations using text from filenames and tags. This application was created by X Development.

TagScanner also lets you retrieve album information using a variety of online databases such as Amazon or feedb. If you’re worried about tag support there is no need to since the program supports tags for MP4 (iTunes), Windows Media, Vorbis comments and many others.

Not only is TagScanner a flexible TAG editor, but it is also powerful and capable of performing a variety of batch functions. It comes with complete playlist editor/creator and you can even export playlists to Excel and HTML for additional editing or use in another program.

Renaming files is also easy and you can see the names of your files as the names are being changed, and there is also a built-in music player. This is a nice feature so when you create or edit a playlist you can listen to it without having to open another media player.

TagScanner has a lot of features but fortunately the interface is intuitive so you won’t have any problems understanding how it works. Unlike other free music management editors, it is capable of editing multiple files and of collecting information from files and folder names.

TagScanner also lets you format tag fields and rearrange them, and replacement of words is supported. You can also change cases for as many songs as you want.

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OpenTable

Mel — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:00:03 +0000

OpenTable is an app for the iOS and Android that helps you find restaurants, read reviews and make reservations on your mobile device. Created by Opentable.com, there are more than 17 million reviews on the app since it first came out in 2008.

OpenTable is a very easy to use, as all you need to do is specify your party size, the time, and the date when you wish to dine. You can have OpenTable look for the restaurants nearest you or you can use an interactive map. The app also lets you search restaurants by name, useful if you are looking for a specific place. And since it can find the nearest available restaurant near you, it is very convenient.

The availability is in real time so you don’t have to worry that when you get to the place it is already full. In addition to this you can also map results and make refinements to the results by the points awarded, the reservation time, price or cuisine. You can see the menus of the restaurants featured on the app and of course read the reviews.

OpenTable lets you make reservations for free, and only those restaurants that allow you to make reservations are reviewed on the app. The app is continuously updated and new reviews are added.

While making reservations is a great feature, the reviews are just as helpful. Unlike other similar apps, only those who have confirmed reservations can write reviews, so you can be certain that all the reviews on the app have been written by people who have been to the restaurant.

Redhaven Outline

Mel — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:00:15 +0000

Redhaven Outline by Rynelf Tools is a tool that can be used to make outlines and organizing your work and keeping track of your daily activities. It’s also a versatile tool for creating lists and for research purposes as well.

Redhaven can also be used for taking notes if you are making presentations or speeches, and it’s also a good tool for arranging the structure of your papers. You may also use this to keep Windows shortcuts neatly arranged or track your favorite websites.

As anyone who’s done extensive research will tell you, outlines help you deal with the vast amounts of information you will come across.
The software is versatile enough to help if you are working on a book, going through school papers, taking down notes for your business proposal and many others tasks. With Redhaven you can create virtually unlimited subheadings, sub-headings and headings. You can also copy and paste among or within the outlines you create.

Redhaven Outline also lets you store as much info as you want, and you can also add keywords, web addresses, references to external files and summaries. It’s also possible to assign different colors so you can see things easily. After you have created the outline you can export it to other applications. Outlines can be in MLA format, something students will find useful.

In short this program should prove useful for anyone who works regularly with PCs. If you’re the type who loves to work with outlines, or you’re a student, Redhaven will come in handy.

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Grocery IQ

Mel — Thu, 30 May 2013 13:00:15 +0000

Grocery IQ by Coupons.com makes going to groceries less strenuous. This app allows you to make lists from its vast database. You can manually add items to the list, but it also offers a lot of helpful suggestions. The app comes with voice search and a multi-barcode scanner. The scanner is very easy to use. Just point the phone camera on the barcode of a product.

The software’s vast database means most of the items you’re looking for are already there. Item details can be viewed, and you can put some descriptions or add a price tag to it. You can make several lists. You can set up a list for weekly groceries, one for the holidays and so on. Grocery IQ can sync, update and access with Android, the iPad, iPhone or their website.

Lists can be shared so everyone in your home has the same items. You can set the app up so it will notify you when the list you shared has been updated. The “All List Items” allow you to see everything. Grocery IQ has a section on coupons about various items. This option alone gives you a lot to choose from. You can email the coupon to be printed or to an HP printer that is Wi-Fi capable. Pertinent coupons on your list are available. By using your phone’s current location, Grocery IQ can name the drug stores, groceries and food stores close by.

There are other cool features built into this app. You can put frequently-purchased items in your lists so lists can be created rapidly. Grocery IQ also keeps a history and makes lists based on it.

ZipGenius

Mel — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:00:05 +0000

ZipGenius is freeware for Windows that will help you regain precious disk space on your computer. If you have a lot of documents on your computer and they are taking too much space, you can use this software by Wininizio.it Software and you’ll have more real estate in your hard disk in no time.

ZipGenius also lets you open not just zip but also rar files that you download on the Internet. It can also handle other archive types. Once you have downloaded and set the application up, you will see how easy it is to use. Unlike other compression software, ZipGenius makes use of shortcuts and wizards so the learning curve is going to be very easy.

The interface is very clear and intuitive, so even a novice user will have no problems extracting or compressing files. All the most commonly used features are displayed by default, but if you want to access its more advanced features you you will have to reach to its menus and submenus.

ZipGenius can do more than just extract and compress files though as it is able to make compressed archives, perfect if you want to zip up several files. Since the software can handle different types of files, you can use it to organize your data in a more coherent manner. As an added bonus, ZipGenius can arrange your photos into albums. Simply put, this is a great utility that you will be using every day.