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Give Photos A Funny Makeover In Facebook, Picasa & Flickr With Coolpic

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There’s no argument about Adobe Photoshop being the best photo-editing software around but quite frankly, this feature-laden behemoth of a photo editor is also one of the most difficult to learn and use, and it doesn't come cheap either. For most folks, however, Photoshop isn't even a necessary tool. Provided you’re not a professional artist, designer or photographer, you don’t need such a complex and comprehensive program for basic photo tweaking. If you just want to do some casual editing, there are many third-party freeware tools available on the internet. Today, we’re going to take a look at a browser-based photo editor called Coolpic. The app is designed to give your Facebook, Picasa and Flickr photos a quick makeover by adding funny props and speech bubbles. It supports all major web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Read More

OBOTO Is A Smart, Augmented Reality Pet Robot For iPhone Users

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Do you like those cute and interesting virtual talking pets for mobile devices? Forget Talking Tom Cat and Candy Flick, because the mighty OGGIE can annihilate all these with a single blast from its augmented reality laser. OBOTO is an iOS app that lets you have your very own pet robot that's capable of dancing, responding to external stimuli, and also going on its mean streak, which sometimes induces it to shoot laser beams at everything that comes in its path, and splat black ink onto your iPhone’s screen. Sounds a lot like Talking Tom Cat, doesn't it? The biggest positive OBOTO enjoys over other entertainment apps of this kinds is that it does everything in the real environment around its users. The app makes use of augmented reality to let you place the robot on top of any object in the vicinity. You can then capture OGGIE’s antics in the form of videos and photos. Read More

Play Starcraft: Brood War & Caesar III On Android With Winulator

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The concept of emulation, particularly for game consoles is not exactly a new one on Android. We've seen emulators for Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Play Station, Game Boy Advance and many more gaming systems since the advent of smartphones running this open-source OS. Now, the PC has been added to the list as well, and while it may not be a console, PC games have their own charm at times. Smartphones have become powerful enough to emulate many old classics, and Winulator proves just that point. To show things off, the Windows 95/98 app emulator supports the famous classic Starcraft: Brood War from Blizzard Entertainment. Not only that; Impression Games’ Caesar III has also made the cut. So if you're a fan of the classic RTS genre, we're sure you must be excited, so read on after the break for more on Winulator and how you can use it to start playing these games on your Android device. Read More

Yahoo! Face Stealer For iPhone Swaps Faces Within Photos & Videos In Real Time

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We have covered a couple of hilarious face-swapping apps for Windows Phone (Funny Faces and Face Swap), and there are plenty of similar apps for iPhone as well, but the new Face Stealer for iOS by Yahoo! Japan completely kills the competition. Face Stealer comes with a few predefined masks, much like most apps of this genre, but you can also create masks of your own choice - something that is not possible in the other apps that we've seen so far. Another great thing about Face Stealer is its ability to place masks over faces in real-time. Within the app’s viewfinder, you can change masks on the go, adjust their level of intensity, and then share your funny pictures over social media or via email. Oh, and did we mention that Face Stealer works with videos as well? Read More

Make Your iPhone Home Screen & App Icons Do The Harlem Shake!

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“Con los terroristas” has been the opening sound for many hilariously stupid videos in recent weeks. After people finally got bored of Gangnam Style, the world was looking for its next hit, and Harlem Shake took the opportunity to rise to the occasion. The dance videos based on the Harlem Shake song are all over the internet, and we got in on the fun a few days back with our take on the easiest ways to make a Harlem Shake video. Though don’t you think that there have been enough Harlem Shakes featuring people? A new Cydia tweak aptly named Harlem Shake mixes things around a little, and lets your iPhone SpringBoard do the Harlem Shake. As you can imagine, app icons look even funnier than human beings when they are dancing to the tune of a strange song. Read More

Effortlessly Create Harlem Shake Videos With These iOS & Android Apps

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Last month, we saw hundreds of thousands of short, 30 second video clips being uploaded on YouTube and other video sharing sites that showed people going absolutely nuts after hearing someone in the background say, “Do the Harlem Shake!”. Yes, we are talking about the popular “Harlem Shake” video meme that swept the Internet off its feet (literally, at times) in February. If you wish to be part of this crazy trend, you can now do so with ease, thanks to two mobile apps we discovered recently that let you make your own Harlem Shake videos in just a couple of taps. Check them out after the jump! Read More

Official 9GAG App For Android Now Available For Download

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It's been a long wait for humor-loving Android fans, but it's finally over. The official 9GAG mobile app for Android has, much to Bad Luck Brian's dismay, made its way to the Google Play Store. When the app debuted on the iOS App Store, we made no secret of our disappointment with what it had to offer then. It's not that the app was bad; it's just that as popular a brand as 9GAG is in the world of online humor, we were expecting a much more fluid experience from their long-awaited official client. However, it seems the app has come far since thanks to several improvements and UI changes spanning over subsequent updates. Thankfully, Android users get to use the new and improved version of the app from the get go. One less app for iOS users to brag about! A closer look at the Android app after the jump. Read More

Strum For iOS Combines Short Music Videos With Instagram-Style Effects & Social Sharing

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Smule has always been creative when it comes to app concepts, and they have done it again. If you're a fan of Instagram but aren't content with sharing mere static images, you might grow to love their newest app, Strum. The app won’t make you sound like T-Pain, turn you into a rapper or let you sing karaoke with the world, but it’s still fun to use and can come in handy every once in a while. Strum is a video sharing app for iOS, aimed at short clips that are no more than 15 seconds in length. To add some color to the mix though, you will get to apply various filters to your recordings, and Strum will also add background music and some extra effects to make the video look like it has been professionally shot. Like with most Smule apps, Strum has a social aspect to it, with a news feed that lets you follow people and discover friends. Read More

Anime Doctor: Carry Around An Anime Encyclopedia In Your iPhone

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Be it Naruto, Death Note or any other anime series, this genre of entertainment has certainly gained popularity at an exponential rate in recent years. In addition to the awesomeness of each series’ contents,  the other thing that has led to anime’s worldwide rise to fame is the variety that is available for fans. You can find anime related to just about any topic or subcategory, and that is why it has become quite difficult to separate something that is really good from things that are just plain weird (and believe us, there are plenty of those when it comes to anime). Anime Doctor is an iOS app that will help you in learning all about every aspect of any anime series. The app is the perfect source of information for all things anime, and lists details like cast names, episode details, plot summary and suggestions for shows that match your interests. The app can be a good tool for discovering new anime shows, and might also come in handy if you want to impress your friends with your knowledge regarding your favorite series. Read More

Official 9GAG App For iPhone Available, Disappoints For Most Part

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Almost every regular internet user has their own set of websites that they (almost religiously) visit on a daily basis, no matter how important a task they have at their hands. For some it might be Facebook, for others, perhaps Twitter, and for still others, it may be 9GAG. Unless you’ve been spending your online time under some virtual rock, it’s quite impossible to not know what 9GAG is. The crazily humorous portal is one of my must-made stops during the day – sometimes, even multiple times a day – and is something without which any web browsing session seems rather incomplete. That’s why it was quite pleasant to see the official 9GAG iPhone client being announced on their website this morning, and in a persistently nagging fashion (it kept hiding the post titles as I scrolled!). Naturally, I had to take it our for a spin, and past the fold you can share my experience with the official 9GAG app for iPhone and iPad. Read More

AutoRap: Just Talk Into Your iPhone/iPad To Create A Rap Song

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Unless you are Eminem or B.o.B, listening to any hip hop song is sure to make you feel a little amazed at the speed at which rappers seem to say stuff while keeping pace with the beat. It really is no child’s play, but hip hoppers do have some help from the latest gadgets and music instruments available out there. So, can no one rap like the pros without having access to a real, well-equipped studio? Well, now you can, thanks to the new iOS app AutoRap. Coming from smule, the app is good enough to make even your grandmother sound like a seasoned rapper. If you are thinking that you will have to do a lot of work with the app’s settings before you get a good result, think again. You just have to talk to the app, and that’s it! No need to mind the beat, or try to speak as fast as you can. AutoRap takes care of everything, all by itself. Read More

Ask Siri For Urban Dictionary Definitions Of Terms

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Urban Dictionary is a website that can make you laugh at times and can come up with some really street-smart nuggets every once in a while. If you have a sense of humor, then you are sure to love Urban Dictionary’s quirky definitions of various terms, slangs and phrases. Speaking of sense of humor, if you own an iPhone 4S, you might have thought that Siri can certainly use a healthy dose of wit. Urban Dictionary Assistant for Siri is a tweak that provides that much-needed shot of humor to Apple’s talking personal assistant. Using this Cydia tweak, you can ask Siri to provide you with any term’s Urban Dictionary definition. Not only will Siri read every piece of relevant information associated with the specified keyword, you can also share the definitions over your social network. Read More

Captionitis: A Community Where Users Write Funny Captions For A New Image Each Day [WP7]

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Not every app in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace has to be related to productivity and usefulness. In fact, users love apps that are related to humor, or are there just for entertainment. Captionitis is one such app, present in the Marketplace to provide some lighthearted fun. You might call the app just another time-waster, but we have to admit that the concept is quite amusing and fresh. The Captionitis staff selects one image each day, and all users of the app are free to add their captions to the photo. Even the photos are chosen from among those submitted by users. At the end of each day, one caption is chosen as the winner, based on the number of votes it receives from the Captionitis community. So what's in it for you, other than laughs? Captionitis has a badge and rating system of its own, giving the app a game-like feel so that you can brag among your friends who are on Captionitis as well. Read More

Wonder Kids For iPhone & iPad Makes Learning Fun For Children

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If you've got kids, and want to keep them busy for hours while you can catch up on some important work, an iPhone or iPad can prove to be your best friend. Out of the staggering number of apps available in the App Store, there are quite a few that are focused on children of all ages. However, if you want to make this distraction educational, Wonder Kids is the app you are looking for. This app, available for both iPhone and iPad, helps children learn new stuff and improve their creativity by allowing them to do a number of fun tasks, like coloring, drawing, solving word puzzles and other similar activities. Read on past the break for more about this cute little app. Read More

Pepper For WP7: A Social Network For Discovering Music Gigs & Fun Events

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You can listen to a song on TV or PC as many times as you want, but nothing is quite like being in a concert and enjoying your favorite music with hundreds of other fans. As much as people enjoy concerts, it is a fact that it’s never easy to discover all such events in your vicinity. Most of us find out about planned gigs via social media, but won’t it be nice if there were a social network just for music events - one that you could carry around with you? If you are a Windows Phone 7 user, now there is! Meet Pepper, a Mango app which will let you connect with your music-loving friends, and keep you up-to-date with all the latest gigs and recreational events happening in your area. Not only that, Pepper also lets you follow your favorite artists, so that you always know where and when they are performing. Read More

CrazyPC: Prank Your Friends By Taking Remote Control Of Their PC via iPhone [Cydia]

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Pranksters have to be really innovative, as the most fun pranks are those which are completely new and haven’t been played on the victim before. Fortunately, in this age of smartphones, there are many apps that can help you if you are a prankster. In recent days, there has been a flurry of such apps on the Cydia store for jailbroken iOS devices, and we have even covered SpyKey (review) and AnonySend (review) among them. CrazyPC is the latest Cydia app which is like a dream come true for pranksters. Using the app, you will be able to suddenly make scary images pop up on the screen of any PC, play funny and startling sounds, and even close opened Windows as well as shutting down the whole system. So, if Eris is urging you to scare your friends real bad, read on to know more about CrazyPC. Read More

AnonySend: Prank Your Friends With Emails From Any Fake ID [Cydia]

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A prank is only funny as long as the person getting pranked can laugh with you after a while. Like most things, the art of pranking has moved into the digital age as well. Instead of hiding behind doors, now there are fake emails and the like. You might be able to find many apps which can let you prank your friends via email, but the new Cydia app named AnonySend just might be the best of them all. Using AnonySend, people can email anyone using a faked name, complete with an assumed sender ID. This might sound like a dangerous thing, but the app is intended to be used just for fun, and the receiver can see through the prank upon closer inspection. Read on to know more about AnonySend. Read More

Dream:ON For iPhone Claims To Induce Pleasant & Lucid Dreams In Users

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If you have seen Inception or Vanilla Sky, and envied those characters with their dreams that touched reality, there’s an iOS app which may actually let you step into that envious reality for a while. Yes, you are not dreaming, Dream:ON, controls the stream of your dreaming by playing musical pieces to match with the deepness of your sleep. So, how can an app gauge if you are asleep, and if so, how deep? Dream:ON accomplishes this by using the camera and microphone in your iPhone, and once it has determined that your in a fit enough state, the chosen dream music will begin playing. The volume and intensity of the soundtrack will vary based on your body movements, and if all goes according to plan, you will be able to have the dream you chose before going to sleep. Feeling incredulous? Maybe there’s good reason to be so, read on to judge for yourself. Read More

Write A Letter To Your Future Self With To me By me For iPhone

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To me By me is an iOS app, the concept behind which might seem to be a bit too much for people who fall under the category of “forever alone”, but when you come to think of it, the app can prove to be rather useful and fun. To me By me is all about sending advice and messages to yourself in the future. Confused? Here is what the app does. You can create highly personalized notes within To me By me, using text, photos and voice clips, and then choose any time in the future at which you will like to receive the composed message. The app will make sure that the letter you wrote for yourself is forwarded to you at the exact time and date you set for the note. Read on to know more about To me By me for iPhone. Read More

Know Each Day’s Important Events & Holidays With On This Day [WP7]

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Even if you are not much of a history buff, certain days and dates do hold an importance in everyone’s life. Have you ever wondered which historical figures have shared the same birth date with you? Or on a fine Saturday morning, thought if today was significant in any way for any culture? On This Day is an app for Windows Phone 7 that will let you find out the significant events associated with the current date, as well as any given day. The events listed by this Mango app include birthdays, holidays, deaths and a host of other important happenings which you might be interested in. You can learn more about On This Day by heading past the break. Read More