Hi guys! It’s time to announce the winners for the Snagit license giveaway. With over 60 comments and 50 valid entries, this I must say is one of the best giveaways we ever had! But among these 50 entries, only 3 will get a chance to win a genuine Snagit license key. Are you one of them? Find out after the break.

Congratulations to the following:

1. alfric1000

2. yuexiaqingren

3. NRLacasse

* Winners were chosen randomly via Random.org.

To the winners, you’ll receive your license keys through email shortly. If you do not receive any email from us, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Again, congratulations to the winners and to everyone who joined this giveaway, thank you so much for making this a very successful one! Don’t worry, we have more exciting software to be given away in the coming weeks! Hope to see all your entries again!

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There are bunch of apps in the Android Market that let you enjoy transferring files between your Android device and PC, over the air. If you’re still one of the few people who still use cable when transferring files, here are some of the apps you’ve been missing!

Transfer files wirelessly with these Android Apps

1. AirDroid (free)

AirDroid is probably the best WiFi file transfer app that you can find in the Market and it’s actually one of my top picks! To use it, you just have to visit the link shown in the app in your web browser, then enter the password, and you’re good to go.

This app not just allows you to transfer files wirelessly but also lets you truly enjoy your Android experience over the air. You can use it to send/receive SMS, install/uninstall applications, preview/import/export pictures, search/create contacts, play/search music.

I just noticed that it’s a bit slow when transferring files compare to the other apps, but other than that, Airdroid is really a great WiFi file transfer manager and it’s free!

2. WiFi File Transfer (free, Pro version costs $0.99)

WiFi File Transfer is the simpler version of AirDroid. It doesn’t have that beautiful web interface but it’s very fast when transferring files. Same with AirDroid, you just have to visit the link shown in the app, enter the password (this feature can be disabled), and start managing your files over the air.

As I said earlier, WiFi File Transfer’s web interface is not as visually appealing as that of AirDroid’s but it’s easy to use as well. You just have to remember though that the free version doesn’t allow users to upload files larger than 4MB. You can purchase the Pro version for only $0.99 and transfer huge files without any problem.

3. Android Manager WiFi (free)

Android Manager WiFi is more advanced compare to the first two apps above. It lets you manage your device’s data easily and wirelessly sync with your PC via WiFi technology including contacts, messages, photos, video, music, applications and calendar.

In order to use it, you need to install first the Android Sync Manager WiFi on your PC and the Android Sync WiFi Manager Agent on your Android phone. (Yup! It’s not browser-based)

One of the unique features of this app is synchronization which lets you automatically or manually synced items including contacts, calendar, camera, or other files every time you connect your device to your PC.

4. SwiFTP

SwiFTP is an Android app that will make your phone function as its own server, allowing you to connect and transfer files wirelessly to your Android phone. With this app, you can browse your phone’s files just like a regular folder on your PC.

Check our simple tutorial on how you can mount SwiFTP as a network drive on a Windows PC so you can access your phone’s storage over your local WiFi network.

5. File Expert (free)

File Expert is an advanced file manager/WiFi file transfer app that lets you manage your files and other resources which are stored in your Android phone and tablet. Just like the other apps above, you can use it to share your files to your friends over WiFi network. It has a nice-looking web interface and a gallery that lets you view pictures stored in your device.

Aside from being a great WiFi file transfer manager, you can also use it to do simple things such as copy, paste, move, and rename files and folders, access various cloud storage including Dropbox and Box.net, uninstall/backup apps, view compressed files, and a lot more!

File Expert is free to download and supports rooted devices as well.

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I just found a cool music player for my Android phone! Check out InstaMusic, a free, simple, and stylish music player which tries to mimic the look and feel of WP7’s stock music player, Zune.

InstaMusic

Though the developer says that he doesn’t want users to compare his app with the Zune Music Player, it’s still hard not to since it seriously looks the same and in fairness, it’s one of the best Zune-style music players for Android I’ve seen.

The app lets you browse your library by songs, albums, artists, genres, and playlist which are arranged under separate tabs. You can just slide from left to right or vice versa to transfer to other tabs.

InstaMusic also supports fetching artist images so every time you listen to a song, the background shows the image of the artists but this requires an internet connection though.

The app’s main interface looks so simple and doesn’t have a lot of buttons on it. Like in the Zune Music Player, the player controls are near the bottom of the screen and tapping the album art will reveal the shuffle and repeat buttons. You can also see the next three songs below the title of the current song so you don’t have to guess what’s the next song to be played.

Another nice thing about InstaMusic is that it comes with its own lock screen so you can quickly control the player upon unlocking the phone. The lock screen looks pretty cool, with the artist’s image as the background, player controls on the top left corner, and the time and date at the bottom.

You can also customize the background of the main library by using your own photos.

InstaMusic, sure is a great replacement for the Android stock music player but I discovered a serious bug while I was using it. I noticed that every time I receive a text or whenever the notification sound plays (even for other apps), the music plays automatically which is a bit irritating. I’ve read a lot of reviews in the Android Market experiencing the same issue but there are others who don’t experience it. I just hope that the dev will fix this asap.

Currently, InstaMusic doesn’t have a widget so I’m still stuck with the stock music player widget but let’s just hope that it’s one of the future plans of the dev as well.

Download InstaMusic for free from the Android Market or scan the QR code below.

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Snagit is one of my very first companions when I started blogging last 2009. I use it every time I do software and web app reviews. Before it, I’ve already tried some screen capture programs but I didn’t like most of them since they are too basic for me.

Snagit

When I found out about Snagit through some online reviews, I was hesitant to buy it at first since I’m not fond of buying software programs (I’m a freeware fanatic). But then, there’s something in me that wanted to try it so I decided to purchase my very first licensed software app. And it was actually one of the best decisions I’ve ever made!

Snagit Editor

Snagit saves me a lot of time and effort. Aside from being a perfect all-in-one screen capture app, it also comes with a great annotation tool that lets you edit your screenshots and put some texts, arrows, or highlights, in just a few clicks! Perfect for reviewing apps and adding comments on the picture.

Snagit – Awesome Features

All-in-One

One of my most favorite features of Snagit is the All-in-One which lets you capture the whole screen, a region, a window, or a scrolling window in just one-click! This is really great if you’re undecided which part of the screen you’re going to capture.

Cool effects

Want to add some awesome effects to your screenshots? Well, with Snagit Editor, you can easily do that in just a few clicks.

Stylishly delete unwanted pieces of an image by removing vertical and horizontal sections. Add a background image to fill the gap, or make it transparent. You can also make your image look as if one of the corners is folded over for an eye-grabbing effect. Pick from one of the preset page curl options, or create your own.

Share easily

Once you finished editing your capture, you can easily save it to your preferred format then share it with friends via email, upload to Screencast.com (with free 2GB of storage), or publish it to your website via FTP.

I just hope that they’ll include direct share to Facebook or Twitter on their future updates.

Organize

Snagit also knows that it’ll be quite difficult to organize all your screenshots after a long time of using it that’s why it’s good that Snagit has the auto-tagging feature that lets you search for your captures by date, website, application, or a custom flag that you create and assign.

Even now that I’m already working, I still use it every time I need to capture anything on my screen. All my laptops have Snagit installed and the only thing that’s missing now is an Android app.

* Snagit has a PC and Mac versions.

You can try the full version of Snagit for free for 30 days or purchase a license key worth $49.95. Another option is to join The Heat Web’s exclusive giveaway and get a chance to win a genuine Snagit license key for free! Check out the details below for more info.

Snagit – Exclusive Giveaway

TechSmith, the company behind Snagit, has been very kind and generous to sponsor three (3) license keys to be given away to The Heat Web readers!

NOTE: The license key is good for the Windows version (10) or Mac version (1), and the winners can use the winning keys on up to two machines under the licensing agreement. So if someone runs a Mac at work and a PC at home they can install each version once with the same key, or install two Windows versions with the same key – one for home, one for work, etc.

To join this giveaway, simply follow the steps below.

Step 1

Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or add us on Google+ (Optional, but higher preference will be given to our followers)

Step 2

Like, tweet, or +1 this post.

Step 3

Leave a comment with the link to your post. Winners will be notified through email so make sure you enter a valid email address when leaving a comment.

This giveaway starts today and ends on February 12, 2011. Winners will be chosen randomly. Good luck to everyone!

UPDATE: Giveaway is over! Find out the winners here.

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Rovio wants everyone to celebrate the Chinese New Year with its latest update of the Angry Birds Season – Year of the Dragon. Like all the previous versions of the Angry Birds Season, this one offers a whole new set of colors, graphics, items, and costumes for the pigs and the birds, so you can really feel the Chinese New Year right on your phone!

The update also includes the ability to summon the Mighty Eagle (Mighty Dragon) to help you clear the difficult levels and the cool fireworks which you can spark and let them randomly blast off!

Image source: Apple’N’Apps

The game has 15 new levels that will surely keep you entertained for hours! Personally, I find this version more interesting and fun to play than the original, probably because of the colorful props used here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUNuuneCtqU

Download Angry Birds Season – Year of the Dragon for free from the Android Market or scan the QR code below.

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Cut The Rope was once made available for iOS devices only but after a year, the game has been ported to Android. And now, this award winning and top rated game is now available as a web app for everyone to enjoy!

Cut The Rope goes web-wide

Now, you don’t need to own an Android phone or an iPhone to play this ultra cool game. Just open your HTML5 supported web browser and visit http://www.cuttherope.ie/ to start playing.

The online version looks just like the same as how you would see it in your phone. For those who are not yet familiar with it, Cut The Rope is a physics-based puzzle game with a very simple objective: to maneuver a piece of candy into the mouth of a green cartoon monster called “Om Nom” and to pick up the three stars per level.

Sure it sounds very simple, but as you go through different levels, there’ll be more challenges and obstacles that’ll make the game more exciting. Levels are scored with zero to three stars, according to how many the player picked up, and the time required for the completion of the level.

The online version of Cut The Rope has only 3 tiers (or level packs) as of this writing but I’m pretty sure that the devs are working on with the other levels. To play it with your non-touchscreen computer, just drag your mouse to cut the rope.

Since my computer is quite old, slow, and laggy, I wasn’t able to enjoy it that much and it’s quite frustrating that I made this cute monster sad.

Don’t be the last person to play Cut The Rope. It’s free to play so I suggest you try it now!

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Love playing mystery/puzzle game? Check out Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy, the prequel to the highly acclaimed Nightfall Mysteries: Curse of the Opera.

Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy

The game revolves around Christine, an orphan who travels to an abandoned mental institution named Ashburg Asylum to find her missing grandfather.

Once there, she discovers that the asylum is not so abandoned after all, and that something sinister has been going on. As she explores the eerie grounds of the asylum and encounters one unsettling character after another, Christine uncovers the dark secrets of the institution and, ultimately, the truth about her past.

This exciting and thrilling puzzle game provides over 6 hours of gameplay, tons of hidden objects to discover as you make your way deeper into the conspiracy! The game features excellent graphics, and impressive story line that will keep you entertained for hours.

Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy – Main features

• Over 120 screens to explore
• 15 challenging puzzles to solve
• Hundreds of hidden objects to find
• Interactive tutorial
• Unlimited hints

Nightfall Mysteries: Asylum Conspiracy – Download for free

Help Christine find her missing grandfather. Download Nightfall Mysterious: Asylum Conspiracy (worth $9.99) for free for a limited time only and help her unravel the mystery of asylum and uncover the secrets of her past.

Download Nightfall Mysterious: Asylum Conspiracy – For PC

System requirements:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU: 1.0 GHz
RAM: 512 MB
DirectX: 8.0
Hard Drive: 191 MB

Download Nightfall Mysterious: Asylum Conspiracy – For Mac

System requirements:
OS: 10.4
CPU: 800 Mhz
RAM: 256 MB
Hard Drive: 198 MB

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Those who know me well, know that I’m really interested in gadgets but not with cameras. I have a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, but I never had my own camera. Well, before, it was my dream to buy a DSLR but when I got my HTC Desire HD, I stopped dreaming about it since my phone can take decent photos with its 8-MP camera. So when the peeps from Pixel Pro invited me to write a review for Samsung NX11, I was really hesitant at first. Good thing I know some friends who can help me with the review and the best thing is that they do not require a solid professional-type of review.

Samsung NX11

Samsung NX11 is a mirror-less camera with an electronic viewfinder, interchangeable lenses, and a 14.6 megapixel image sensor, that gives the image quality of a DSLR but with a more compact size. It has a solid build quality and surprisingly light weight compared to other cameras I’ve used.

For a beginner like me, I find it quite easy to use and has all the features I need but for my other friends, they find this camera very basic.

Samsung NX11 – Key Features

• 14.6-megapixel APS-C image Sensor
• NX Lens Mount
• 18-55mm OIS i-Function Kit lens
• High-quality electric viewfinder
• 3.0inch AMOLED VGA (640 x 480)
• Dust removal system
• Smart Auto + various advanced shooting modes
• Picture Wizard Modes: Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Custom (1 – 3)
• MPEG-4, 720p HD video recording
• ISO100-3200
• RAW image file saving (RAW+JPEG available)
• Optical image stabilization when using OIS lenses
• Built-in pop-up flash
• Super Sonic Sensor Cleaning
• HDMI compatible
• SD/SDHC card slot
• Li-ion battery and charger

Samsung NX11 – i-Function

One of the most exciting features of the Samsung NX11 is the i-Function. At first, I didn’t know what is it for but after doing some research I found at that this button allows you to quickly change the settings without having to use the screen on the back of the camera, letting you change settings with the camera held up to your eye.

Samsung NX11 – Sound Picture, Panorama, HD Movie Recording

Aside from taking great pictures, the Samsung NX11 also allows users to record the music in the background as you take picture. There’s also a Panorama Mode that lets you create amazing, widescreen shots by simply pressing the shutter button in Panorama Mode while moving the camera in the direction you want. There’s a progress bar on the screen that tells you when you’ve reached the maximum width.

Lastly, Samsung NX11 captures HD movies in 720p resolution and H.264 advanced video compression format. It has an HDMI port that allows you to connect the camera to your high-def TV and enjoy watching all your videos on a bigger screen. (Unfortunately, there’s no HDMI cable included in the package so you need to buy a separate one in order to use this feature)

I can’t say anything bad against this camera since I was able to use it for a few days only. But for my friend, Karin, she doesn’t seem to like it a lot. Here’s what she has to say about the camera.

I tried to shoot in 2 different settings, morning and evening. Morning shoot is ok really depends on your settings, but there are so many areas in motion blur. During the evening when I set my ISO to 2000 and above, you know what it gets, a lot of noise not unless you use the flash. Now I set my ISO to 1000-1600, then set the aperture to 3.5 or 4. then manually set the the shutter speed, safest exposure is in the middle, where the 0 is (sorry not really good with the photography terms). Anyway, I wanted to see the quality of the photos I took, so I transferred to my computer, I noticed the difference if you view it through your computer screen and with the Samsung LCD display; photo looks perfectly fine on the Samsung camera screen but not my computer display, so many areas in motion blur, and noises. Samsung NX11 still needs a lot of work when it comes to its features.

Here’s some of the pictures I took using Samsung NX11 during my recent date with my girlfriend.

And here she is, enjoying the camera.

Too bad I still can’t afford to buy this camera as a gift for her. Yes, the camera is really good but it comes with a hefty price tag as well. Samsung NX11 is available in all Pixel Pro branches for only Php 39,999.

Pixel Pro Mega Mall
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(02) 470-3903

Pixel Pro Greenhills
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Pixel Pro Cebu
Ground Floor, Park Mall Cebu,
(032) 420-9155

* Image source: Samsung

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I’ve been using my Android device for almost a year now and I’ve already tried numerous apps from the most boring to the greatest ones out there. While there are really a lot of useful and entertaining apps in the Android Market, there are also bunch of silly and weird apps that can make you laugh or raise your eyebrows. Here’s 10 of the funniest, silliest, and weirdest Android apps that you can find in the Market.

Funny, Silly and Weird Android apps

1. Crack Your Screen

This app puts a crack on your screen so you can prank your friends. To use it, just shake your phone and your screen is cracked. Shake it again to repair it.

2. Pimple Popper

If you enjoy pricking or squeezing your pimple then I’m sure you’ll enjoy this one but for me, this game is quite awful.

3. Paper Racing

The goal of the game is to finish dragging off a roll of toilet paper in as fast as you can. The concept is really shallow but in fairness, the game is pretty fun to play when you’re really really really bored.

4. Brush Your Teeth

This app will teach your kid the right way to brush their teeth and will show them the effect of drinking softdrinks and eating chocolates  on their teeth.

5. Finger Slayer

This game is entertaining and exciting at first but gets really boring just after 5 minutes of playing.

6. 1poo3

Mad at someone? This app can make you feel better by throwing poo to your enemies’ faces.

7. Slap The Baboon

Who wants to slap the Baboon’s butt? Anyone?

8. Hair Plucker

From the same creator of the awful and silly Pimple Popper, here is another silly app, Hair Plucker.

9. Power Puker

Just look at the screenshots below so you would know why it became part of the list.

10. Fart Sound Board

Never heard of a fart? This fart machine app will create different funny and weird fart sounds for you. Sounds stupid but it’s fun to use when you’re with friends.

Do you know other funny, silly, and weird apps that should be part of the list above? Let me know in the comments below.

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I first saw Any.Do on the home screen of Android Market last month and I got intrigued with its name that’s why I downloaded it right away. From then on, it has been my most favorite to-do app ever and I could say that it has the most beautiful interface I’ve seen in an Android app.

Any.Do

Any.Do is a free to-do list app for Android (and soon for iPhone) that helps you get things done with your friends in a simple and elegant way. It has a very slick interface, which is the very first reason why a lot of people love it, and it’s so easy to use!

When you launch the app, you’ll find a list of folders – Today, Tomorrow, This Week, and Later which helps you easily schedule all your tasks.

Any.Do – Adding tasks and share it with friends

You can use the native voice feature of the app to easily add tasks on the go, or simply type it and the awesome predictive text feature will predict what you need to do automatically.

You can also include a contact in your tasks to invite them to get things done together. This feature works great for group projects, collaborating on the grocery list with your spouse, planning a vacation with friends, and many more. When someone updates a task list in Any.DO, you’ll receive a notification.

Any.Do – Adding reminders, notes, and sorting tasks

Any.Do also allows you to add reminders to your tasks, add notes or use them as sub-tasks, and sort tasks by date, folder, or priorities.

To arrange tasks, simply drag and drop it to the appropriate folder or change the position based on its importance. You can also create a folder for your Work or Personal tasks so you can easily manage them.

Any.Do – Removing tasks

Once a task is complete, simply swipe them and it will be crossed out. If you want to clear them out from your task list, just shake your phone and the completed tasks will be removed. Cool!

Any.Do – Syncing

Any.Do lets you sync your tasks using your Google account. This is really great for those who are using multiple devices so all your tasks will be synced. And since it’s using your Google account, all your tasks are automatically added to your Google Tasks and you can also add tasks from here and it will be synced to Any.Do.

* Google Tasks can be found in Gmail.

Any.Do – Themes, widget and missed call notification

Any.Do comes with two themes: white and black to personalize the app based on your liking.

If you want to view your upcoming tasks from time to time, Any.Do’s widgets will come in handy. The widgets come in different sizes to fit the space on your phone. There is the smallest 3×3, then 4×1, 4×2, and the biggest is 4×4. You can also delete tasks from the widget by tapping it.

Another nice feature of Any.Do is the missed call notification. Yes, it’s not only a great to-do app but also a cool missed call notifier that alerts you when you have a missed call.

With all these awesome features, it’s surprising that Any.Do can be downloaded for free and doesn’t have any ads in it.

Download Any.Do from the Android Market for free or scan the QR code below.

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