Switching from hard cover books to ebooks means more than just having to re-buy your entire collection of Nancy Drew mystery novels. For many bibliophiles it feels like the end of an era. Reading may be considered a brainy activity, but it's also a tangible experience—from the feel of the paper and the weight in [...]
ESPN is a popular sports network. Pinball is that fun table game you play in bars and arcades. What do they have in common? Pick up ESPN Pinball to find out.
Apple posted an early-morning message on Monday teasing consumers with the promise of something new to come for the iTunes Store. "Tomorrow is just another day. That you'll never forget," reads the message on Apple's home page. "Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes." This has already been a big year for [...]
Was there a guy in your sixth-grade class who spent day after day drawing geometric shapes on graph paper, fascinated by the perfect symmetry that medium afforded him? Well, he's made an app. It's called Slice It! and it allows you to develop your own compulsive obsession for symmetry, even if you are otherwise healthy. [...]
Notes Plus is a full-featured note-taking application, complete with improvements on almost everything you can do with a pad of paper and a pen. I do have complaints, but they are utopian. Measured against the competition, Notes Plus seems ideal. Measured against the ideal? Well, as someone once said: a man’s reach should exceed his [...]
Lawn Mower Kids is a game where you control kids as they mow lawns around their neighborhood. Trust me: it's a lot more fun than it sounds. Law Mower Kids is actually a twist on the classic "real-time strategy" gaming genre. Rather than ordering around tanks or legions of soldiers like in Command & Conquer: [...]
Now and then you happen across an app that gives you something mindbogglingly simple yet so functional that you soon wonder how you ever got along without it. Other times, you happen across an app that leaves out so many no-brainers that you find yourself shouting at your iPad screen like an overly-immersed audience member [...]
Given the interactive, high-resolution touch screen of the iPhone and our primal instinct to smash things that can be smashed, it seems only natural that developers build games to capitalize on this repressed aggression. So, in a sense, a game like Ant Smasher is as inevitable as it is disgusting and, infinitely fun to play. [...]
Okay people, I need your help on this one. Somebody please tell me how Powwownow makes money? The popular U.K. conferencing service (also available in the U.S.) is now available through this free app. Hurry up and download it before they realize they can't make it up in volume sales! In all seriousness, what you get [...]
If you're of a certain age—read: you're a college student—you likely already know all about Texts From Last Night, or TFLN for short. TFLN is a Webby Award-winning website, a popular Facebook group, a book, a soon-to-be TV series on the Fox network, and, now, an iPhone app. The basics of the iPhone app are [...]
The emergence of the App Store has undeniably created a renaissance of exciting and inventive new games. This much is not news to anyone. What gamers may not realize is that the iPhone has become the stage for older PC games to get a second life, and even the chance to come back into fashion. [...]
Do you need Battery Boost Magic? Stop reading this review if: you don't care how much time you have left to talk on your iPhone, play videos or audios, or surf the Web; you really don't mind if your iPhone or iPad battery doesn't get fully charged; a smudgy screen doesn't bother you much; and [...]
When you start looking for a case it can seem that there are more choices than there are iPad owners. There is an ocean of options: hard, soft, ultra-protection, ultra-stylish, colorful, classy, low-cost, high-dollar. Well, you get the idea. It helps to narrow the search by defining your criteria. For instance, right now I'm looking [...]
I know, I know, all you want to know is whether you need an umbrella. That’s what you say now. But once you take a spin through the various approaches to weather apps available for the iPad, well, you’ll still just want to know whether you need an umbrella. But you’ll have an enhanced appreciation [...]
Someone either much wiser or just much snottier than me once said, “Painting is easy. Art is hard.” These apps can get you painting on your iPad. Is it art? It depends who you ask – just don’t ask that guy. Brushes - iPad edition ($7.99. Steve Sprang) I know, I know, “stop right there.” For [...]
