Now Playing: Alien Hive

Now Playing: Alien Hive

I recently discovered Alien Hive on the Play Store. It’s a sliding puzzle game with a unique twist. It’s not just your usual swap-and-match deal, but more of a progressive kind of game play that got me so addicted right away.

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Now Playing: Puzzle Retreat

Now Playing: Puzzle Retreat

I’ve been doing game reviews for a while now, and it’s taken me this long to confirm what I’ve always known from the start. I love puzzle games. I’d pick a nice round of Bejeweled or Candy Crush Saga over Temple Run at any given day. So when I found Puzzle Retreat, it was in my phone in a manner of seconds. Again, it was love at first swipe.

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Five Android Apps for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions

Five Android Apps for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions

It’s another year, and if you’re like most people, you probably have resolutions to keep for 2013. There are lots of to-do and project management apps in the Play Store to help you out. These are great, but some apps are even better and especially designed for meeting goals rather than just checking off daily tasks. To start you off, here are five apps that keep track of your goals and your progress as you’re meeting (or missing) them.

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New Girly App Alert: Etsy

New Girly App Alert: Etsy

Back when I was young and had too much time in my hands, I discovered Etsy. If you haven’t heard of it, Etsy is a shopping website for handmade items — from wine racks, to mittens, to smart phone pouches. I also found it to be a gold mine of really affordable craft supplies, and was hooked ever since. So you can just imagine my glee when it launched its official Android app a few days ago. Here’s my take on Etsy for Android.

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Now Playing: My Singing Monsters

Now Playing: My Singing Monsters

There’s a lot to love about the musical world-building game, My Singing Monsters. It has brilliant graphics, a unique gaming style and tons of cute, singing monsters. Don’t let the lackluster title fool you — this game is extremely creative that it leaves you smiling, tapping and smiling some more.

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How To Schedule Your Text Messages With GoSMS Pro

How To Schedule Your Text Messages With GoSMS Pro

Whether we admit it or not, text messaging is fast becoming a second nature when communicating using our phones. For smart phones, text messaging apps offer added features beyond sending and receiving messages. Go SMS Pro is an SMS client for Android that is a great alternative for the stock messaging app. One of its little-known features is being able to schedule a message to send at a later time. Here’s how it’s done:

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