Mike Lata

Create your own websites using Zapd for iPhone. The app has received many new features including a blog mode. Even more features are promised through future updates as well.

Do you enjoy citizen journalism and reporting news as you go? An iPhone app called Meporter allows you to do this on the fly. It is based on location tracking so you can report news locally.

Are you into retro-arcade shooters? If so, check out Velocispider. The game just became available on the App Store as a universal App. It offers plenty of pixel-art action for the diehard retro gamer.

Play hide-and-seek around the streets of London in family-oriented game Megan and the Giant. This game has you controlling Megan from a top-down perspective. It also offers stealth action and exploration.

Platform your way across stunning hand-drawn levels in Donald in Magicland. The game has just hit the iPhone and it is a 2D-retro platformer.

Capcom has just unleashed Monster Hunter Dynamic Hunting onto the App Store. The game offers Infinity Blade-style of combat along with freedom of movement. It is an iPhone only release so far.

If you enjoy retro games, check out Hudson's TurboGrafx-16 Gamebox. The app comes packed with Hudson and Konami classics and has recently been updated to version 1.4. Along with the update, five new titles have been added.

A new productivity app has recently arrived for the iPhone, it's called Seembee. The app allows you to turn your iDevice into a personal archive system. Using Seembee, you can upload snapshots, scanned documents and image files.

Ever played N/N+ on Adobe Flash, PSP, or Nintendo DS? Check out the recent clone to hit the App Store, it's called Ninjascape. The game offers dozens of levels to play through and weighs in at less than 1 MB to download.

A recent update to Sentinel 3: Homeworld has added a whole new campaign to the sci-fi tower defense game. Along with this 1.2.5 update the game has had its price slashed. The update adds a whole new campaign available as an in-app purchase among other features.

If you enjoy dungeon-crawling RPG games with heroes to control in an epic quest to destroy an evil god, check out Companions. This is an iPad exclusive on the App Store that is available for $4.99. The game combines tactical gameplay with exploration and is reminiscent of 90s computer WPRGS.

Want to send greeting cards with your iDevice to friends and family? Check out Face Up! Photos, which is a universal app. Using this app you can customize backgrounds, add photos from your albums, and much more.

A new hidden object game has been released for the iPad by Big Fish Games. Awakening - Moonfell Wood HD is a sequel to Awakening: The Dreamless Castle HD. This game has you guiding Princess Sophia on her journey to find her family and friends in a mysterious castle.

To-Fu: The Trials of Chi is the latest game to hit the App Store for iDevices (including an HD version) that offers quirky and innovative platforming. The game lets you control a To-Fu by stretching and slingshotting him across platforms and walls. There are tons of levels to overcome and hours of fun.

If you enjoy puzzle games in the style of Lemmings, but with fast-paced platforming gameplay, check out Kami Retro HD. The game has been available on the iPhone and now an HD version for the iPad is available. This is the perfect time to get into the action.

If you enjoy puzzle games with 2D-platforming gameplay check out In Case of Fire. The game is a bit reminiscent of the Exit games by Ubisoft. You have to escape danger and make it to the exit while overcoming obstacles. There are currently 32 levels to play through with more to come via updates.

If you own the iPhone version of Dead Space or Dead Space for the iPad, be sure to grab the latest 1.03 update. A new survival mode has been added along with a pulse rifle and a nightmare difficulty level. Dead Space is a horror adventure set in deep space with console-like graphics and gameplay.

Do you want to turn a photo of your face into a zombified version? Would you like to share the photo or video of what you look like as a zombie? Check out ZombieBooth and ZombieBooth HD. Both versions got a recent update with added features.

If you are a Back to the Future film fan, you should check out the adventure game series on the iPad. The games are made by Telltale, who have produced many great point-and-click games across various platforms.

Endless runner fans rejoice. A new endless-running platformer has hit the iPhone with 3D graphics and great level design. Diversion is available on the App Store for a temporary price of only $.99.

A new puzzle game has hit the app store called Mexiball. The game a universal app and comes from Donut Games. You have to sort out, roll and connect colored balls to progress through 80 levels. The game also offers multiple solutions and the ability to submit scores online.

If you enjoy strange and bizarre platformers with physics-based gameplay, check out the latest title by Chillingo called Red Ball 3. The game has you controlling a red ball through 20 action-packed stages and is part of a series for the iPhone. As you progress in the game, you will also be collecting stars and trying to make it to the flag signaling each level's end.

The reported crashing on start-up has been fixed with the latest Comcast Xfinity TV update. The app has been updated to version 1.5.1 and is now available for iDevices.