Books used to be something that children read. Now, with iPhones and iPads, kids don’t simply read their books, they engage with them. With animation, narration, music, and activities, E-books have become a wondrous medium for many young readers. They are also a powerful tool for sharing the wonder of Christmas. This AppList spotlights some great holiday book apps with which to fill your digital shelves.
Christmas is a joyous time, especially for children. One way to bring a smile to your child's face this holiday season is through the gift of apps. There are a lot to choose from, however. From books to games to activities, it can be difficult to identify the apps best suited for your child. This AppList seeks to help.
The iCade started as an April Fool’s prank. Ion Audio made it a reality. Even though the iCade does not yet support many well-known arcade classics, such as Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, or Street Fighter, its library of games is ever expanding.
Ivanovich Games has released Letris 2, a word puzzle game, which claims to be the offspring of Tetris and Scrabble. The game is simple to play: letter blocks fall onto the screen, and you make words to eliminate them. You need to eliminate all the letters before they pile up and reach the top of the screen, a la Tetris.
Current Technology News is laid out to track the top 99 news headlines of either the past hour or day. You can swipe right on each headline to bring up an options menu, which will allow you to save the article in the "read later" tab, or post it to Facebook, Twitter, or another popular service like Instapaper.
Notify by Underscore has received a significant update. Among the many features added to the update are a completely rewritten rendering pipeline, improved support of retina display devices, and a new user feedback website accessible from within the application.
As suggested by its name, the recently updated Pick-Up Sticks is a virtual version of the classic game. The object of the game is simple: remove a stick from a pile, without disturbing the remaining sticks.
There has been much fascination with the things that Siri says. Now, you can put words in Siri's virtual mouth. A Web app has been released on ifakesiri.com which allows users to create their own conversations with Siri.
Make A Zombie does just what its name implies. You start with a naked figure, tinted with a shade of death. The columns of icons on the left and right allow you to scroll through different backgrounds, hair styles, facial features and wardrobe to create your zombie.
Do you like Cut the Rope? If so, you might like RopeBot. It is reminiscent of the popular rope cutting game, but stands on its own as a unique and enjoyable experience.
PhotoPen has a simple concept: mark up your photos and share them on your iPhone. You can choose pictures from your library, or take snapshots with the camera. The photos can then be annotated freehand, or using a resizable cloud, square, or circle shape.
Today is Black Friday. It traditionally marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. For some, it is a day of bargain-hunting glee, while others find themselves in a stress-induced tizzy, as they fight the crowds for the perfect holiday gift. As noted by my colleague Bryan Wolfe, TiPb wrote an article yesterday about how to gift iOS apps.
Earlier this month, Beachbody released the P90X iPhone app. It works in conjunction with the popular P90X workout videos, starring celebrity trainer Tony Horton.
On its YouTube page, Apple has released a new iPad 2 ad, entitled "Love." As in other Apple ads, such as "Learn" and "Now," a golden-voiced narrator speaks over selected scenes of an iPad 2 being used in various scenes from life.
RazorianFly is known for reporting Apple news. It is also known for its visually stunning wallpapers. Not long ago, the folks at RazorianFly also launched a company called iSKINZA, which produced vinyl skins for iOS devices. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the company had to cease operations. It is now back, under a new name - RAZORIA.
From Groupon to Living Social to Tippr to Yelp, there are many services (and apps associated with those services), which offer daily deals. The recent release of the Yipit iPhone app begs the question: What differentiates Yipit from the plethora of other daily deal sites out there?
In many ways, I really did feel like the Man of Steel. I found myself quickly sucked into the appeal of using Superman's various abilities to accomplish a number of missions, be it smashing meteors, saving planes, or trampling bad guys with my super speed.
As previously reported, The Financial Times chose to eschew the App Store in favor of a Web app for the iPhone and iPad. It has done well. It has done so well, in fact, that it now celebrates its one millionth registered user.
When people think of Infinity Blade, they often think of its amazing graphics. However, those who've played the game know that its soundtrack contributed heavily to the game's epic feel.
Today, AIM for iPhone (both the free and paid versions) received a significant update. On its iTunes page description, AOL claims that "AIM has evolved." Has it?
There are many who dream of getting their heads in the iCloud, but can't quite understand the concept. For the non tech-savvy, learning the ins and outs of iCloud, how it works, and how to set it up, can be an intimidating task.
Many sites, including this one, have reported on Project Black Mirror, which claimed to convert mere thought into an iPhone Siri command. Soon after, numerous scientists and engineers declared the project a fraud. One of the most outspoken naysayers, has been Trevor Coleman, a co-founder and chief operations officer at InteraXon, a thought-control computing company, which specializes in experience design for brain-computer interfaces. On his blog, Coleman writes a lengthy post entitled, "Why the Brainwave/Siri hack is a hoax, and why it's important that you know."
The first thing that sets The Music Path apart from other music instruction apps is the quality of the instructors. These are not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill instructors. These are Grammy winners, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, and musicians noted for being some of the best in their field. Imagine learning to play the "Cliffs of Dover" from the great Eric Johnson himself. Now you can.
Technopathy is the ability to control machines with your mind. It is a superpower possessed by characters, such as Micah Sanders from the television show "Heroes," and Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg Superman. It isn't real, or it wasn't. The hackers at Project Black Mirror hope to turn this superhero fantasy into a reality.
