Aviary For Android: Screenshot Tour & Review - Photo Effects Don't Have To Be Social After All
Aviary has been around forever as a Web-based suite of creative graphics tools. But they've recently made their first foray onto iOS and Android, with the new Aviary Photo Editor app. I'm here to take the Android version for a thorough spin and see what it can really do.
These Awesome Animal Wallpapers Will Make Your Desktop And Phone More Adorable Than Ever
Kittens, puppies, bunnies, and monkeys, oh my! Amidst how-to posts, serious updates and cutting-edge websites, maybe what your desktop needs is some extra cuteness. Then again, if incredibly cute wallpapers aren't up your alley, perhaps your significant other could appreciate them.
Garmin Forerunner 405CX Review and Giveaway
Today, I will be reviewing the Garmin Forerunner 405CX: a heart-rate monitor with a built-in GPS. We bought this $270 Garmin Forerunner 405CX, so you can expect an honest, unbiased review. And of course, the cherry on top is that one lucky reader will win this review unit – participate in the giveaway at the end, and you too will have a chance to win it!
How I Quickly Mastered A Superior Keyboard Layout Without Losing Productivity
If you're reading this on a computer, look at your keyboard. Chances are it's a QWERTY keyboard, or something closely modeled after QWERTY, like AZERTY for French or QWERTZ for Germany. Is that really the best keyboard for modern needs? I say, definitely not. Try out an alternative layout called Colemak.
Let Your Artistic Drive Run Wild With Infinite Painter Free, A Powerful Drawing App [Android 2.1+]
You don't need to be a bona-fide artist to enjoy doodling and painting. While there are Web apps such as Canvastic and Windows apps such as the wonderful Artweaver, there is something different about painting with a touchscreen. It requires less eye-hand coordination than painting with a mouse or a pen tablet, because you can see exactly what you're doing.
Master MS Office Keyboard Shortcuts Effortlessly With Free KeyRocket For Windows
Word or Excel have numerous built-in shortcuts, and once you know them, they really are much faster to use than futzing around with the mouse and menus. The only question is: How do you get to know all of these shortcuts? Enter KeyRocket, a free application that teaches you keyboard shortcuts for Office interactively, as you work.
Wacom Intuos5 touch Small Pen Tablet Review and Giveaway
Pen tablets are an awesome invention. I don’t mean those tiny pads you use to sign electronic documents at the bank (although those are nice too). I mean the serious, professional models that artists use to create mind-blowing paintings and conjure Photoshop magic. We will be giving away a brand-new Wacom Intuos5 touch Small tablet to a lucky winner, so if you’d like to have a chance at winning it, just join the giveaway after the review.
Which One Does More: Jailbroken iOS vs. Custom ROM Android
Sometimes it feels like the “Android vs. iPhone” war is taking on epic, religious proportions. Each side has its loyal fanatics absolute in their knowledge that their platform of choice is the best one. Let's ask a difficult question: Which does more – a jailbroken iPhone, or an Android device running a recent, custom build of Ice Cream Sandwich?
9 Beautiful Water-Themed Wallpapers To Cool You Off On a Hot Spring Day
Spring has sprung, and for some of us, it feels more like summer. As I sat sweating in front of my computer, I decided it might be time for some cool inspiration – and I mean "cool" in the literal sense of the word. So I went searching through Flickr for Creative Commons licensed images that show water in creative and interesting ways, and might remind me (and you) of what it feels like to be nice and chilly.
4 Free Android Apps For Coffee Lovers
Humans have been drinking coffee since at least the fifteenth century, and the beverage is only gaining in popularity. Unlike coffee, smartphones haven’t been around since the fifteenth century – but now that we have them, we’ve found interesting ways to use them to aid our collective coffee habit. We tracked down four free Android apps that can teach you to make better coffee, help you roast, and more.
Free Font Friday: Two Shiny Fonts, A European Font, And A Font For Lovers Of Spotify
Welcome to the May edition of Free Font Friday! For this month’s edition, I’ve scoured the well-regarded Behance network showcasing works of art from all over the world, and unearthed five beautiful free fonts, each with its own story, and one with a video showing how beautiful it can be in the hands of a skilled designer.
Stay Up-to-Date With News About Your Smartphone Using Free Drippler [Android]
Android is exploding. The smartphone operating system is growing more popular by the day, and countless new devices are constantly being released, not to mention numerous apps and upgrades, as you can see if you read our Android category. So, how can you keep track of news that is relevant to your own device, or Android news from all over the place? Enter Drippler.
How To Tell If Someone Is a Good Web Developer For Your Project
Picking someone to build a website for you is not an easy task. Even if you are not building the next Gmail, you should be doing things right the first time. But picking a good Web developer is not a simple task, especially if you don’t know much about creating websites yourself. If you can’t really tell PHP apart from CSS, how should you know if the person in front of you really knows their business?
Give Your Smartphone Photos a dSLR Look With Free AfterFocus App [Android & iOS]
When you look at a photo taken with a smartphone, one thing makes it easy to tell apart from a photo taken with a serious camera - depth of field. Photos taken with a dSLR often have somewhat blurry backgrounds, and the object of the photo is sharply focused, popping into view. AfterFocus is an app for Android and iPhone that promises to deliver the same look to your smartphone photos.
How To Enable Windows 7 Aero Effects Inside VirtualBox
Up until recently, VirtualBox had a pretty major limitation: There was no way to use Windows Aero effects when running Windows Vista or Windows 7 inside VirtualBox. If you are testing software, this makes a big difference: You are not getting the Aero experience most Windows users would get, and your screenshots look wrong. Fortunately, with the advent of VirtualBox 4.1, this can be fixed.
Learn A Better Keyboard Layout & Take It Everywhere With You Using Portable Keyboard Layout
As some of you guys may know, I have been using an alternative keyboard layout for years. It is called Colemak, and it is brilliant. But using such a layout puts me in an awkward position when I need to work on someone else’s computer. I can type on a conventional QWERTY keyboard, but not nearly as fast. Also, having to constantly switch back and forth between your layout and QWERTY could really slow you down. The solution?