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Instaframe is designed not to replace but to augment Instagram, offering additional tools and features beyond what the core app can do. With a buggy interface, odd menu options, and generally slow load times, it is an app in dire need of additional work before it can be a useful addition to your photo editing suite.

After opening Instaframe, you can choose from one of numerous frames. There are dozens of cutout frames, multiframes, and classic square frames that allow you to change how your images look or to fit a larger photo into the square space used on Instagram. … Read more

PhotoStickies for Mac creates an interactive desktop where all your favorite images, slideshows, and even live Webcam feeds are shown as customizable stickies. This feature-packed software enables users to create unique desktops with the items they want to view at all times.

This rather comprehensive software might be a bit overwhelming for beginners. However, users can easily reach the How to Use file via the Help menu, which offers extensive user guidelines on how to get started. PhotoStickies for Mac offers a comprehensive interface. The Inspector window features both general and visual options. Under the General tab users can set … Read more

We've been testing lots of photo editing tools that focus on creating collages. Frame Magic Lite is another contender in a saturated market that is full of duds. But after putting it to the test, we have to say that it is actually one of the better collage makers out there.

Frame Magic Lite opens with your collage template. In each box are directions for how to navigate the app. For example, tapping a specific cell or box lets you add or change a photo. A long press lets you drag and drop photos to swap them out. And … Read more

The Google Play store offers many useful apps that can help users increase productivity on the go. ColorNote for Android is a rather simple yet amazing application that takes sticky notes to a whole new level. It allows the user to create notes, lists, and calendar events and stick them to their home screen.

Download and installation of ColorNote for Android seems instant. Once the program opens, a red highlighted box directs the user to create their first note. Further use of this app is very intuitive and users should find it very easy to create, edit, and post several … Read more

If you use your computer daily, you might have thought about how much time you spend doing the same things over and over again. Mouse Recorder is a tool designed to automate tasks you perform with your mouse by letting you record the steps and replay them easily. While it worked for some tasks, others weren't so easily reproduced.

The small interface holds only a few options, including the two main buttons, Record and Repeat. We liked that each button includes a keyboard shortcut to start the processes, as well. The rest of the interface lets you fine-tune how … Read more

The default keyboard on Android gadgets seems to get better and better with each update. Jelly Bean's keyboard is sleek, fast and even comes with SwiftKey-like predictive texting. Jelly Bean Keyboard puts that keyboard on gadgets running Donut (Android 1.6) and later. It's a seamless port, but it doesn't suddenly make the keyboard better than third-party keyboard apps.

Setting up another keyboard on Android gadgets comes with all sorts of scary disclaimers. Your phone or tablet will tell you that this app can track and log everything you type. That isn't true of this keyboard, … Read more

The App Store has created a number of interesting crossover games in the last few years. From branded iOS games to crossovers between Angry Birds and various films, existing brands are seeing the wisdom of investing in fun, short spurts of gaming on the iPad or iPhone to reach their audience. The Price is Right Slots is just such a game, marrying the compulsive game play of other gambling and coin-operated games with the classic price-guessing games and imagery of the long running TV show.

This game is similar to many others in the niche. After installation, you can choose … Read more

MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition is a free file- and data-recovery tool for Windows. It bundles several tools that together can recover lost and deleted data from hard drives, USB drives, and nearly every kind of disk or directory that can hold (and lose) data. Of course, not all lost data can be recovered, and there's no guarantee that recovered data will be intact or still usable. But MiniTool's modules are focused on specific data-recovery tasks, giving you a good chance of getting your data back. Its wizard-based operation and simple interface make it easy enough for … Read more

"Picto" refers to pictograms, which are visual symbols that represent things, such as "table," "chair," and "men's room." Pictograms convey meaning quickly and intuitively, and they're used in many areas, including design, transportation, and education. Picto Selector is a free tool that makes it easy to choose and create pictograms for any purpose. You can choose from thousands of free "pictos" and combine them by theme, style, or usage into picto sheets, or create new pictos from your own images and text. It offers print overlays for speech … Read more