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- Cool Websites and Tools [March 16th]
- The Ins & Outs Of Doing An Effective Facebook Picture Search
- Cool Ways To Customise Your Facebook Profile With MyStuff
- 4 Really Cool Google Maps Labs Features
- The 5 Best iPhone Compass Apps
- 10 Cool Movie Trivia Games For Film Buffs
- Build Your Own Cool Avatar With These 4 Awesome Sites
- How To Create Cool Desktop Wallpapers Quickly Using Microsoft Word
- Top 7 Websites To Check Out Cool Art Designs
- Top 5 Free Blackberry Games For When You’re On The Go
| Cool Websites and Tools [March 16th] Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:31 PM PDT
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| The Ins & Outs Of Doing An Effective Facebook Picture Search Posted: 16 Mar 2010 06:31 PM PDT
When there is that much content being uploaded it can be pretty difficult to keep track of it all. Users are constantly putting pictures of themselves online and they are using Facebook to share them. By organizing their photos into albums and tagging them, they are making their pictures easily accessible to their friends. Do you know how to conduct an effective picture search?
Facebook Picture Search – The Photos Tab
The easiest way to find the photos your friends have uploaded is by going to the 'Photos' tab in the left-hand navigation part of the screen. You can view the pictures a few different ways: Individual Photos – Just by clicking on the 'Photos' tab you can view all of the recently uploaded photos individually. Below them you can see the name of the album they're in, as well as the name of the person who uploaded them. You can click on the tag to go to that person's profile. Recent Albums – If you click on 'Recent Albums', you can see all of the freshly uploaded albums that your friends have posted. Mobile Uploads – Clicking on the 'Mobile Uploads' tab shows you only those pictures that were uploaded from your friends' mobile phones or devices. I realize that this isn't really a "search" function, but if you are completely new to the whole Facebook photo experience this should be of use to you. If you're ready to become a search expert, please continue. Facebook Picture Search – ApplicationsPhoto Finder
Photo Finder is a 3rd party application designed to help you search your/your friends' Facebook photos. Now we're talking search! Just click 'Go to Application' to install.
The application itself is pretty straight forward and very easy to use. All you do is type in the names of your friends and click 'Find Photos!' and it will return with all of the pictures that the person (or people) are tagged in.
Photo Finder has a feature entitled 'Favorite Friends' that allows you to enter the names of those who you would like to keep track of in the app. Any photos uploaded by those users you list as your favorite friends will be able to be seen together on one page. Note: Near the search box there is a little box that says "Notify these users". If you do not want people to know you are searching for them I suggest you uncheck this box. Facebook Picture Search – Worth A MentionFace.com
Face.com is probably the coolest way to tag and search for pictures on Facebook. Their PhotoTagger app uses facial recognition to tag your photos for you. You heard right, facial recognition software. We covered Photo Tagger briefly in a directory entry. It's pretty accurate as far as I can tell. All you have to do is type in a name (e.g. Steve Campbell) and watch as it brings up all of that person's photo albums.
When you click on the album you want to tag, it analyzes all of the faces in the photos and takes you to a page for review. If everything is correct you can tag your photos.
Face.com also has a Photo Finder application that is for finding lost Facebook photos that you may have never seen because you were never tagged in them. This program is in alpha at the moment, meaning you can sign up for an invite but you are bound to experience some bugs/errors. Photo Tag Search
Facebook Photo Tag Search is a prototype built by a Facebook engineer. It is an experimental feature that allows you to search for photos based on who is tagged in them. Just click on 'Activate Prototype' and head over to Facebook Photos to try it out. Note: Since Facebook's recent layout update, Photo Tag Search has stopped working. They have not announced whether or not they will update the app to work with the new layout or if they are pulling the plug. It's worth keeping an eye on because it worked really well and has a lot of support from fans. ConclusionAs time passes I'm sure we will see some interesting apps for picture searching on Facebook. After searching for the photos you’re looking for, why don’t you try downloading them? If you have any comments, ideas, thoughts, etc. please leave them below in the comment section. Did I forget to mention your favorite app? Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section!
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| Cool Ways To Customise Your Facebook Profile With MyStuff Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:31 PM PDT
One of the biggest differences between Facebook and MySpace is that, on Facebook, you cannot completely massacre the aesthetic quality of your main page with grotesque flashing graphics and glitter icons splattered all over the place. The flip side of this is that if you want to customise the Facebook profile, it’s nearly impossible. Nearly – but not completely. For those of you that love standing out in the crowd, I’m going to offer a few ways that you can customise that Facebook profile.
Facebook Profile Customise With Gigya MyStuffThe first method that I’d like to cover here lets you transform your Facebook profile by using the MyStuff application and then choosing which graphics you would like to your sidebar. If you’ve never used Gigya’s MyStuff application, then go to the MyStuff app page and install it.
I’ve seen other applications, like the popular Facebook Expressions, work for a while and then lose the functionality to add content to the left bar on the main profile page, but the MyStuff app consistently works. Once you’ve added the app to your Facebook account, the ability to add cool stuff to your left sidebar is only limited by your ability to find cool content. In order to help you out, here are a few resources for great images and features that you can insert into MyStuff to customise your Facebook profile. LongAgo is a cool site that lets you create a free photo slideshow for sharing your photos on social networks. Just upload the photos from your computer, name the album and then click on”Get Embed Code.”
Go to your MyStuff tab, and click on “Add Code.”
A new code box will open at the bottom of your MyStuff page items, where you can paste the embed code from your LongAgo slideshow.
Once you click “Add to profile,” your slideshow appears in full size on the “MyStuff page,” but more importantly it gets embedded into your MyStuff box on your main profile page.
While the slideshow doesn’t automatically flip through your images within this main profile page display, it does offer a link where your profile visitors can “See Full Size,” and they’ll get whisked away to your MyStuff page where they can view your photo slideshow. Maybe, instead of a slideshow, you’d just like to feature one cool MySpace-like (glittery or flashy) image on the sidebar of your main profile page. Have no fear – MyStuff will let you personalize your profile with images. One such site that offers images that you can embed into Facebook (there are lots of others as well) is MintProfile.
Just scroll down through the images for the one that you’d like. Under “Facebook Graphics,” there are categories like birthdays, greetings, love, Christmas and more. When you find the one you want, just highlight the code next to the image, paste it into your Facebook MyStuff code box, and voila – your new image adds a bit of personality to your main page.
I should note that even though the image may be animated on your MyStuff tab, once it’s embedded onto your profile page, the animation is stripped away. Also, be careful of the width of the picture you choose, or the right side may get chopped off (stick with a max of 180 pixels) – although you can pick some cool tall and narrow images that would make your profile look great. Check out FanPop for some well sized entertainment images that’ll fit well, or check out the graphics and image tools that Aibek listed. If sparkly images aren’t your thing, and you’d rather do a facebook profile customise job with cool animated apps, just go over to the tools section of MintProfiles.
You’ll find animated lava lamps, hearts, scrolling LED letters and more. My favorite of them all were the clocks, and I embedded the blue-faced clock on my profile page.
The animation does work, but the user has to click on the object first. I tested it and the click showed the correct time and when I clicked on it, the second hand started moving – very cool! The one drawback with the MyStuff app is that you can only add one feature at a time – whichever item is listed at the top of the MyStuff page is the one that gets displayed on your profile. Of course, another unique way to add more interactiveness to your Facebook profile page is by adding content from outside apps to the sidebar. For example, the Joe’s Goals app that I reviewed here offers a Facebook badge that you can embed using the MyStuff box.
You can actually do this with a number of Facebook applications, such as Mafia Wars or Farmville. Just go to Account, then Application Settings. For the app you want to add to your profile sidebar, click “Edit Settings” and for “Box” click on Add. Then, go back to your profile, click on the “Boxes” tab, scroll down to the app badge, click on the pencil “Edit Box” and select “Move to Wall tab“. Doing this, you can feature the Facebook apps that you love the most – right on your main page.
Of course, if you don’t like the order that your images and app badges appear along the left bar, just grab one that you want to move with your mouse and drag it up or down to whatever position you like. While Facebook may not allow the sort of outrageous customization that MySpace has always allowed, it does let you customise your Facebook profile just enough so that you can feature little clues in on your main page that tell people the kind of person you are and what kind of unique personality you have. So have fun and customise away! Do you know of any other methods you can use to tweak your Facebook profile? Share them in the comments section below. Got Tech Questions? Ask Them on MakeUseOf Answers! Related posts
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| 4 Really Cool Google Maps Labs Features Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:31 PM PDT
Well, Google Maps is no exception. With the Google Maps labs features you can do all sorts of things with Google Maps features from Drag ‘n’ Zoom to Rotatable Maps to Smart Zoom. As a disclaimer, these features are in a testing phase and because of this they may “change, break, or disappear.” This list will contain some of the cooler Google Maps Labs features.
Remember, these features are Google Maps Labs features and they are still in testing. Feel free to give them a test yourself. There are also more features listed. Some work and some don’t. In order to activate the features, you have to find the green beaker at the top of the Google Maps page (labeled “new”)…
And click “Enable” next to any feature you would like to try out…
Then just click “Save Changes“
Check these new features out and tell us what you think of them. You’ll notice that some are more useful than others but hey, worth a try, right? You can’t really break anything because it’s all on the Google Maps website. Also, let us know what your favorite Google Maps labs feature is. Really, we want to know. Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section!
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| The 5 Best iPhone Compass Apps Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:31 PM PDT
Perhaps people don’t use compasses any more, as orienteering is made easy with GPS capabilities, but it is still useful to have a compass if you are walking around in the woods. My hope was to find at least one of the best iPhone compass apps that was as accurate as the real one in my pack. They were a bit hard to find, as most of the apps I did find didn’t really work all that well on my iPhone 3G.
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| 10 Cool Movie Trivia Games For Film Buffs Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:31 PM PDT
Got the answer? Well, I will put the answer at the end of this article but I hope you got the point behind the quiz. If you get it correct, you have the taste for trivia that probably goes with your taste for good movies. The word 'trivia', literally stands for something which is of not much importance. But as trivia buffs know, in such trifling details lie oodles of fun. A heap of trivia knowledge on movies gives a movie buff a whole lot of bragging rights. It's the same with sports as it is with movies.
When we brought out our Internet Guide for the Movie Freak, we missed out on giving cool movie trivia games and quizzes a spot of the limelight. A film and movie freak can dig out all the usual – and unusual – details of a movie without help, but to give movie lovers some heads up here are ten websites or webpages where you can find a bucketful of trivia questions. Expand your knowledge or just have some fun testing your grey cells. IMDb GameBase
The Internet Movie Database is the ultimate reference for movies released around the world. But it is not just loads and loads of data. You also get to chill out with some cool games like Tile Slider where you arrange the tiles to make scenes from your favorite movies. There are levels too, from the easy to the super difficult. How fast can you solve it? If that's a bit too much then check out the trivia quiz, or The Hangman Game where you have to guess the answer or swing. UGO – Star Wars Trivia Quiz
You won't become a Jedi master, but you will be able to hold your head high in the council of Star War fans if you manage to conquer this cool movie trivia game. A little video pops up and a fan just like you asks a question. Get the answer before the light saber beats you to the time. Screenplay
The two games featured here took me back to my school quizzes. Given a frame from a movie, you have to get the name. That's the Frame by Frame game. If you think watching a 5 second clip and guessing is easier, think again because you might get a lot of answers wrong when you play Gone in 5 Seconds. Screenplay also has a puzzle game called Movie Madness and a normal quiz for those who like their games simple. Triviala
Play against the community and find out how well you know a movie. The questions are put up through a host of Flash quizzes. The challenge is to get on the leaderboard. Filmwise
Visual and text quizzes and its trademarked Invisibles quiz are the hallmarks of this movie trivia website. In the Invisibles quiz, you are given a screenshot from a scene but with just the costumes of the characters. The characters are all invisible. How cool is that! Check out the Filmwise forums too for a lot more content and contests. Moviefone
Follow the link and get into the site's Movie Quizzes. You can sort the quizzes that are collected or browse them according to the genres given in the sidebar. The quizzes are of similar Q&A types but the sheer variety of topics makes them interesting challenges. Popcorn Quiz
Play a clip and answer from the multiple choice answers given below it. Some of the clips really call upon your attention to detail while you are watching a film. For instance, watch a clip from Rocky IV and answer – The character Apollo Creed is known by all of the nicknames listed below except for… Flixster Fun & Games
Just like IMDb, Flixster too is a movie info site. So it takes fun seriously too with its Fun & Games section. You can register and log in to share all the fun with the community or just play it alone. There are cool movie trivia games like The Never-Ending Movie Quiz, where users submit questions and keep the game going by answering those submitted by others.Play a round of Personality Tests and you can find out which Hollywood star you resemble the most. Then there are a host of user submitted quizzes to keep you busy if you get ditched by your date on a movie night. 3SmartCubes
Entertainment quizzes galore. These are a mix of trivia and tests. For instance, the question in the screenshot above will give you an inkling. But nearly all of them will test how much you really know about the movies. TCM's Fun Stuff
Go into this trivia game if you really know your 'Maltese Falcon' from your 'Casablanca'. Turner Classic Movies can really test your knowledge by asking you 15 trivia questions daily. Get yourself on the leaderboard or better still, ask your grandparents to play this game for a round of Sunday fun. So, we come to the end credits for this post. In listing these ten sites for movie trivia, I hope the film buffs will really like the picks. Also, keeping the list to the number 10 meant leaving out a few more which I am sure are out there. Heck! That's what the comments section is for. Leave a mention of your own favorite movie trivia game or website. With movies, even many ain't enough! And the answer to the trivia question asked at the beginning? Here it is you movie buffs – Cinematon, an experimental film that was 151-hours long. You get points for getting it right. Image Credit: photine Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section!
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| Build Your Own Cool Avatar With These 4 Awesome Sites Posted: 16 Mar 2010 11:31 AM PDT
You need them on Facebook, in your instant messaging application, and you can even use Gravatar to personalize your comments on MakeUseOf, and a ton of other sites. A lot of people are too shy, or paranoid, to use a ‘real’ profile pictures. It’s understandable. You just don’t want to have your face next to everything you say and do on the internet. That’s why you build your own avatar: a digital caricature to represent the online you.
Build Your Wild SelfBuild Your Wild Self is that one-in-a-million avatar tool. It draws your kiddy self in rich colors and imaginative features. Inner adults do not exist. You should still find a remnant of the kid in you. The resulting avatars have that grainy pencil-drawn look about them. Talk about character.
Sure, you can use the tool to draw some normal arms and buttocks, but how boring would that be? Rather put in a little octopus, lying, or arachnid. Consider it a conversation starter. When you’re done, click on ‘Get a Wild Desktop‘ for a big wild-you picture. Crop the image, or just take a screenshot of the part you want to keep. Easy as that! Avatara (3D Animated)With Avatar in our wake and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland on the horizon, you’ve got two very good reasons to get excited about 3D. And don’t forget Heavy Rain. While you’re at it, why not build your own 3D avatar? With a bit of tweaking, it’s like looking in a 3D mirror. The only downside of Avatara is the need to sign up to render your avatar.
Once you’re satisfied with your avatar’s appearance, you can choose an animation. Use breathing for a simple mugshot, or have yourself dance around on the screen.
The easiest way of ‘extracting’ the avatar is to mail it to yourself after signing up. This will give you an animated gif of your 3D character. Not a lot of sites still allow for animated avatars, but even in the worst case scenario, you can still use the 3D you as a still. Digibody’s Caricature MakerBack to pencilwork, Digibody’s Caricature Maker is for those of you who aren’t looking for the most realistic depiction. Draw yourself in caricature with a few heavily exaggerated facial features. There’s things little more personal than enlarging and making fun with your own characteristics. After all, it’s the quirks and imperfections that make you… well, you.
The tool is sometimes a little slow to respond, and seems to reload the page with every customization, but the result is often hilarious. I give you my word, you’ll have a hard time finding a lot of normal facial features on that page. Once you’re done, save the image to your desktop in png, gif or jpg, or extract the HTML to embed it on a web page or in a forum. FaceYourMangaOne of the best avatar (I should say, mangatar) creators. Whip up a funny manga-style profile picture in a whip. It’s one of the avatar creation services that’s used a lot with Gravatar.
Where the above caricature makers really focuses on facial features, FaceYourManga takes on your character by exaggerating facial expressions. It’s easy to make a smart-, angry-, energetic-, or happy looking avatar. Throw in some crazy accessories, and you’re all set. What avatar creator do you prefer? Tell us your personal picks in the comments section below! Related posts
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| How To Create Cool Desktop Wallpapers Quickly Using Microsoft Word Posted: 16 Mar 2010 10:31 AM PDT
At my workplace, there’s only one public computer in our common room. Individual computers are for top management only. So everybody at my workplace was furious when our little black mouse vanished. Even though one of my friends was kind enough to lend his own mouse, the tension was still rising. To lighten up the atmosphere, I decided to make a quick and funny desktop wallpaper based on the situation.
Word PaintingThe problem was, the only graphic application that existed on the computer was MS Paint. Extremely inadequate for our little project. And to think that I only had several minutes left, I might just have canceled my plan. Fortunately, there’s MS Word to save the day. In my humble opinion, using the famous Microsoft Word just to write documents is overkill. It has so many features beyond word processing. My first graphic editor is Word, and I still use it occasionally for small and quick projects like this wallpaper thingy. In the rush of the moment, I didn’t have the time to document the process. So I recreated everything at home using MS Word for Mac. The images might have slight differences to the Windows version, but the steps are exactly the same. Anyway, here’s what I did. I opened a blank document :
And changed the orientation to landscape.
I inserted a text box and started to type some ‘catchy’ phrases/sentences.
Then I edited the text: changing the font types, sizes, colors, alignment, and other attributes.
I switched from Word to the web for a while to find an appropriate picture. I opened the web browser and went to Flickr to do the “commercial use Creative Common search“. If you have Quix, you could do this quicker by using “fc“. My search string was cute mouse.
I found one image that I liked, downloaded it and inserted it to my document using the “Insert > Picture > From File” menu.
I also adjusted the picture to fill the document, and arranged it to appear behind the text (Right click –> “Arrange > Behind Text“).
After that, I continued by customizing the text box. I right-clicked on it and chose “Format Text Box”
I gradient filled the text box using the similar tone of color as the picture I used: Dark Brown and Light Brown. I also set the transparency to around 50%.
My last steps were changing the font color to white and did some minor adjustments.
Capturing The ImageAfter finishing the final product, I viewed the document in full screen and captured the image using Jing. Then I quickly went to the Desktop, changed the wallpaper, and waited for the supervisor to lay his eyes on the new wallpaper.
One final note: basically, you could do this kind of project under any OS and using any kind of application as long as it can manipulate text, insert shape and insert picture. Just be creative. You could read other articles about using MS Word for graphical uses such as to create a Mind Map, or to create a logo. And even though the definition of “good design” is very subjective, you could improve your ’sense’ by learning the basic principle of design. And as always, any thoughts, opinions, rants, whatever, write them down in the comments below. Image credit: Tina Jiménez and Furryscaly Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section!
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| Top 7 Websites To Check Out Cool Art Designs Posted: 16 Mar 2010 09:31 AM PDT
When the teacher presented his own item, the scales fell from my eyes: a water bottle. Art and design are not something exclusive. They surround us every day. Everything made by humans was once designed. And everything that is creative and affects our senses or emotions is art. Here are the top 10 websites to discover cool art designs that will hopefully stimulate your senses.
Design MilkDesign Milk presents art in many different flavors. From chairs and lamps, over pillows and fireplaces, to entire houses, there are many interesting ideas and unique designs to be enjoyed daily. If you don’t care for a wild mix, you can browse by category and look at architecture, art, home furnishings, interior design, style & fashion, or technology separately.
As you can see in the screenshot above, Design Milk has two sister sites called Art Milk and Dog Milk. Use the tabs in the top left of the page to switch between the pages. Home Design FindThis is one of my personal favorite sites for cool art designs because it’s inspiring and informative at the same time. Home Design Find is a daily guide to products, trends, and ideas for your home. While they feature a lot of designer homes and stunning architecture, which regular people will never be able to afford, they also come up with great tips and instructions on how to improve your home.
I love Home Design Find’s Design Dilemma posts, which provide solutions to very common issues, such as chaotic bookcases, hallways, desks, or family photographs. DesignSpotterDesignSpotter is an international online platform and design resource. The blog covers a wide array of topics, not only including furniture, but also design events, tools, jewelry, and architecture.
What I love about the blog is the interactive interface. Per default, only the pictures are shown. But when you click on “more information“, rather than loading a new page, the text simply slides out. To view the entire article on a separate page, you can then click the “details and comments” button. Web CremeWeb Creme is a very basic gallery for web designers, featuring the best web designs online. Each post only contains the name of the site, the color selection, and screenshot, which also links to the site.
If you’re a web designer looking for inspiration, Web Creme should be your first stop. ShinybinaryShinybinary is the online portfolio of Nik Ainley, who does commissioned illustrations for clients like Virgin, Starbucks, Ericsson, or Audi. The blog also shows some of his personal work.
The guy originally studied physics and in his spare time taught himself how to use Photoshop. Cool HuntingCool Hunting describes itself as a “daily update on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture, and technology“. Consequently, you can browse the blog by these categories. In addition to short articles about new products, Cool Hunting also features videos of on-site meetings with the artists, designers, and other innovators.
And if you need a gift idea for someone who already has everything, have a look at Cool Hunting’s Gift Guide, which starts at $25 and under. Topiary Art DesignsThis is the homepage of Steve Manning, a topiary art designer, who creates sculptures from living plants. The Galleries feature some amazing slideshows of his work.
And you thought cropping a Bonsai was difficult!? What is your favorite site for cool art designs? Image credits: Biscione Got Tech Questions? Ask Them on MakeUseOf Answers! Related posts
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| Top 5 Free Blackberry Games For When You’re On The Go Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:31 AM PDT
If you do not know if the application is compatible with your particular Blackberry you can simply click through to the download page. On the right hand side, if you scroll down a little, there will be Supported Devices, Countries and Carriers (most of them are for carrier!)
The way it stands out from other similar free blackberry games is that it also has blobs that fall. And when enough blobs are on top of one another they will go kabloooie! They will also take any objects that are directly next to them with it! This one is worth hours of fun. Grab it white it is still free from this URL.
Next up is a little tidbit called Vegas Pool Shark Lite. Here you are in Vegas hustling (or getting hustled) playing pool. You can line up your shots and make your high school physics teacher proud. There are four different opponents, three game types, full 3D viewing and for the beginners there is Shooting Assistance. In this free version we are able to score up to three points and then you can start again – still very cool for a free time waster. The download link is available here.
Pixilated is highly addictive and probably my favorite out of the bunch. The object of Pixilated is to make the entire screen (which is made up of colored pixels hence the name) one solid color. It takes some getting used to so you can get the hang of it. But once you do watch out – because you will not let your spouse pull you away from it . Or maybe that is just me! The link to download it is here.
Next up is another puzzle type game called Cube Touch which can also be addictive. It is a clone of Bejeweled which I am sure you all know.You have to match 3 or more colored “cubes” up and down or across. The same rules apply which you can see below: Here is the URL to grab this one.
And last but certainly not least, Sudoku Puzzles Lite will keep you busy for hours. The popular word game is now on your Blackberry for free. And with it comes 10 puzzles at each difficulty level, timer, save feature, clear all feature and much more. The only difference that I saw between the lite and full version is the amount of puzzles included. The full version has 100 games for each difficulty level. But this should be good enough to keep you going for some time. Grab it from here.
What free Blackberry games do you have installed on your Blackberry? Let us know all your hidden classics in the comments below. Did you like the post? Please do share your thoughts in the comments section!
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