There are dozens upon dozens of apps interested in your photo creation and sharing habits, but very few focus on the consumption of photos. Meet Divvy, an iOS app that lets you combine all of your social feeds (for now Facebook and Instagram) into one collective photo stream. You can filter between the two social networks, of course, but that’s just the start. Divvy also lets you share photos…
Interactive ebook publisher Inkling has updated its previously iPad-only iOS app with support for the iPhone and iPod touch. Inkling 3.0 optimizes the layout for smaller screens and adds automatic syncing between devices, storing notes in a dedicated Notebook. The new app also lets iPhone users download only a chapter at a time in order to save space and data. It's free on the iTunes Store, but you'll need to create an account and spend between $5 and $200 for each book, depending on whether you're...
An Italian startup that lets people buy and sell city-owned parking spots to one another plans to ignore efforts to crack down on its business and those who use it. Monkey Parking today said will keep offering a way for people in public spots to "sell" their spot to another user of the service before vacating it, something that has typically been an open market for any nearby driver who happens upon it. Earlier this week, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sent out cease-and-desist letters to...
There are so many email applications available that any newcomer has to have a nifty addition to stand out from the App Store crowd. Recent products like Triage and Mailbox, which both feature intuitive tools for getting down to “inbox zero,” fulfill this promise. Another new offering—Evomail, a $3 iPad app for Gmail users—is competent, but it’s barely distinguishable from Gmail’s own, free iOS client....
While the version number is still reading 2.5, some of the screenshots on the App Store are telling a different story. Hopefully, this is an indicator that Facebook 3.0 is on its way later today.
The premise of Yo â the app that just lets you say "yo" to other people â may be ridiculous, but it's being put to some pretty complicated uses. According to The Times of Israel, a pair of developers are now using Yo as a way to alert people of terrorist attacks throughout the country. The simple notification will come through for any Yo user who subscribes to updates from Red Alert: Israel. Traditionally, Red Alert works as a standalone app that sends off more detailed push notifications about...
It's been a long time since we've last seen any sort of major update to Hulu Plus's iPad app. And thankfully, its newest incarnation has been completely redesigned from the ground up....
Maybe the best use of the front-facing camera I've seen yet comes from Smule's auto-tunetastic I Am T-Pain app. Because now, you can star in your own autotuned music video. It's pretty genius. You can make your own track, upload it to your social network of choice, record over your iTunes library and, most importantly, be choose your own autotuned video adventure. Like T-Pain did: Or these fine young people! Now accepting votes for what you'd like to see one of our interns singing in the not too distant...
Once again, I’m here to tell you about a little minimalist game that has completely kicked my ass. Lumena by Elevate Entertainment Category: iOS Games Works With: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Price: $1.99 (promotional price, reg. $2.99) It’s called Lumena,…
Many of the new features Apple has added to iOS 7 overlap with existing apps, which puts some developers in an awkward situation.
Up until now, whenever I wanted to make funny faces at my boss but didn't have the Wi-Fi connection necessary for Facetime, I used the Fring app over 3G. Now I've got a new favorite app for those times: Tango. Just like with Fring, both users will need to have the app installed on their devices and add the other person to their phonebooks. The similarities between the apps don't end there either: There are both iOS and Android versions available of the Tango app as well, so there can be plenty of cross-...
Google has brought its Ingress game to iOS, with a launch of the app for iPhone and iPad released late yesterday. The app has been available for two years now, and has managed to accumulate over four million downloads on Android. Google’s Niantic Labs is likely hoping to be able to boost usage by expanding its offering to the iOS cloud, because even the Google crowd can’t deny…
Recent recipient of an Apple Design Award, Ridiculous FIshing is, well, a ridiculous but really fun version of a physics-based fishing game.
This Twitter app is so bonkers, I don't even know where to begin. *deep breath* Ok, so it has MONSTERS and like POKEMON, your monsters ATTACK your followers' monsters and...oh god, I miss the days of Twitter SMS. The app itself is a free download, but you can pay for monster eggs inside the game for a buck each. It's your duty to raise your egg, nurturing it by tapping on it or tweeting. Once the monster pops out of the egg, it starts attacking areas within your location (via Google Maps, naturally),...
With work, stress or Netflix binges, achieving the perfect amount of shut-eye can be difficult. Here are 10 smartphone apps to help you turn off your brain.
Readdle’s awesome Calendars+ app, which is normally priced at $6.99, is now free for 48 hours. It’s one of the best Google Calendar apps for iOS, packed with useful features and a great user interface, and it won’t cost you a penny if you download it now. But hurry!
Your iPhone knowing your every move without your knowledge and without function: bad thing. Your phone knowing your every move so that you can share it with friends, receive geotagged reminders, and keep track of travels: very, very cool. Geoloqi, which desperately needs a better looking app icon, crams almost every conceivable location service into one tidy package. Trying to meet up with a friend and don't feel like explaining your coordinates over the dive bar din? Send a link to your spot via...
Social media, weather and other apps are eating up our phone's battery faster than we like. We've compiled a list of seven free versions of our favorite apps to help you save battery.
It sure doesn’t seem like many people have bought Lytro’s crazy light-field camera (the one that lets you focus your photos after you take them) — but if you’re one of those who did: go plug it in. Lytro has just released an update that enables the camera’s dormant WiFi chip, along with an iOS app that lets you wirelessly access and share your photos. Oh, and it makes super trippy animated…
Cows vs. Aliens: The premise is simple: herd your cows into your barn without letting any pesky extraterrestrials in. You can get by using two thumbs, scooting the cows and aliens along in various directions, but as their numbers start to increase, you're probably gonna wanna try out more fingers. $2. Tiny Wings: Tiny Wings is a lovely one-button touch game for iOS, featuring a tiny bird who dreams of flying. With each tap, you tuck in the little guy's feathers to slide up and down the hills, gaining...
Ever since it arrived on our computers all the way back in 2000, the makers of The Sims have always been great at providing plenty of expansion packs designs to grow your Sim universe out in a variety of different directions. That…
For all you gamers out there looking for a real challenge, look no further: There's a free, newly updated puzzle game ready to test your skills (and patience). Can You Escape, the brainchild of MobiGrow, coaxes iPhone, iPad and Android users to employ a trial-and-error solving method to scrounge for clues, as well as sleuth out ways to escape a series of rooms. The set-ups in the game are fully functional and interactive, with every drawer, chair and fixture serving as a possible point of detection.
Speakeasy Cocktails: It's a cocktails recipe book app that will transform the way you see, judge and drink cocktails. And because it's one of those book/app blends, the info is on par with the best cocktail books. There's a consistent narrative to the app, the chapters are set up to teach you the basics first and then branch out to show you each alcohol's different recipes. And even though there's a boatload of information (hundreds of recipes, videos and graphics) that covers every little detail (the...
Microsoft is no stranger to iPhone apps, but its latest Snipp3t app is a surprise addition. Released over the weekend, Snipp3t lets you subscribe to follow and track your favorite celebrities. Each celebrity has a profile page created by Microsoft which includes a timeline of news and imagery from around the web, alongside options to like and comment on each piece of content. Itâs almost like a miniature social network, and appears to be one of Microsoftâs latest experiments for using Bing data....
Minicore Studios’ $3 Tumblewords—which is sort of a mix between Scramble/Boggle and Scrabble—is probably the most attractive word game I’ve ever seen for iOS. There are currently five different themes to choose from, each of which features beautiful, hand-drawn illustrations. There’s even a “Snakespeare” theme by web comic artist KC Green, and the developers assure me that they plan to introduce more themes in the future. But beyond the lovely design is a game with a lot of potential, yet it isn’t...
