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During the time leading up to March Madness, many offices across the country organize their own pools. With OfficePool 2013 for Mac, users can set up tournaments and make their picks, but with functions below those available with similar Web-based services.

OfficePool 2013 is available as a free trial version with a time limit; the full program is available for $12.00. There was no native installer, but the program downloaded and installed quickly. While OfficePool 2013 for Mac came with no instructions, setup is fairly intuitive for those who have used similar Web-based applications. Support exists for downloading current … Read more

With the dominance of Facebook in the social-networking space, other players are trying to get in on the act, which is not a bad thing. It's good to have options, and competition keeps the major players in check. JustConnected tries to compete against Facebook, but its glitchy performance and lack of participants keep it from truly making a mark.

To use JustConnected, you'll need to sign up for an account, which you can do from the app itself. As with most social-networking services, it does require a bit of information, including your first and last name, birth date, … Read more

As smartphones start to replace personal computers, hackers have taken notice and started programming scam apps to attack your phone and steal personal information. Advanced Mobile Care will take care of those and just about any other lingering problem on your mobile gadget. It optimizes your device's performance in a matter of seconds.

Though it's most useful as an antivirus program, this app comes with a memory optimizer and battery saver, too. With one touch of the scan button, you see a detailed list of any viruses, currently running tasks and even junk files you have. Deleting junk … Read more

It starts with two empty rooms, but with your creative efforts becomes your dream home. Home Design Story is an iOS game that lets you experience all the joy and pain of interior and exterior home design. While it's offered free of charge, you will need to earn coins and gems to purchase items and the process can be a little slow. You may be tempted to spend your own money to speed up the process.

Home Design Story requires two things from the player: creativity and spare time to play. The game is centered around buying items from … Read more

If you are looking for an accessible and easy to use photo editor for your Android gadget, this app may just be the right choice for you. With numerous interesting effects and filters, Pixlr Express will help you edit your photos in no time without much hassle or needed experience.

Using a clever interface, Pixlr Express allows even a beginner to edit photos with great ease. The setup is very simple with this application, and you should have it up and running in minutes. At 5.5MB, it is easy on the memory. Unlike other photo editing software of this … Read more

Readtime is a news reader app for iPhone and iPad that has a few neat tricks to queue up articles for you. It costs $1.99 from iTunes and installs quickly.

When you launch Readtime it lets you set a specific amount of time and it will then download and queue up the number of articles or features it thinks you can read in that time frame. Once you've read an article, you swipe the screen and the article disappears, with another article appearing. This continues until you run out of time. By timing your reading speed, Readtime can … Read more

In many aspects resembling a horror version of the worldwide hit game Fruit Ninja, this app has all the required graphics and music it needs to become really addictive. The gameplay of Nightmarium is also good, though not really original.

The interface of Nightmarium offers familiar options: a start button, a settings button, and other buttons that have to do with promotion and advertisement. In the game itself, you are required to protect a sleeping girl from demons, ghosts, and other evil entities. Banish these evil spirits using the slicing power of your finger. Beat enough of these creatures and … Read more

2011 Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is a new release of the popular typing-tutor app for iOS. The goal of the app is to teach you touch typing, and it does so using a combination of traditional typing exercises and some new multimedia twists. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is available from the App Store and is easy to install.

The Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing interface starts with a classroom image, and you can click on hot spots for the different tasks you can try. Later editions of the app have added all kinds of new exercises, such as typing the lyrics … Read more

Language Learning Center is a tool to help you learn new languages using an audio-visual approach. The theory is to learn the basics, then expand on them. Language Learning Center is designed for Mac OS X and installs quickly.

The Language Learning Center interface looks like a chalkboard. From there you can go to learn basic nouns by looking at images and getting the translations for those objects. The interface lets you hear the correct pronunciation and see the written version. By using native speakers, the program lets you hear the correct pronunciations, and almost all words or phrases are … Read more