You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience.
App Store
Top AppAdvice News And Apps Of The Past Week

Top AppAdvice News And Apps Of The Past Week

This week, we heard that Steve Jobs' mark will be on future Apple products for years to come, despite his death earlier this month. In addition, the iPhone 4S continued to impress and will soon be available in 22 additional countries. These and other topics made news this week. Here are some of the best articles.

Bryan M. Wolfe
Steve Jobs' Biography Gets Its First Review

Steve Jobs' Biography Gets Its First Review

Over the past few days, extracts from Walter Isaacson's upcoming biography of Steve Jobs have been hitting the Web hard and fast. Now, The New York Times has published the first review of the book, titled "Steve Jobs." Unsurprisingly, the publication has noted that the 656 page "well-ordered, if not streamlined" text is definitely worth reading.

Joe White
Skobbler US Updated - Adds A Price Tag, A New Name And Some New Features

Skobbler US Updated - Adds A Price Tag, A New Name And Some New Features

The Skobbler US iPhone app has recently received an update, adding a variety of new features to the application along with a new name ("GPS Navigation 2"). However, the formerly free application now has a price-tag ($0.99), meaning users are going to have to cough-up a dollar if they want to take Skobbler's app for a spin and bypass the likes of TomTom, NAVIGON et. al.

Joe White
Best Buy Launching App Search Service

Best Buy Launching App Search Service

Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced the arrival of the Best Buy App Discovery Center, a mobile app service designed to make it easier for iDevice owners to locate apps they need. Powered by Appolicious, the service is available now online and will be coming soon to the App Store as a native app.

Bryan M. Wolfe
Remember The Milk Gets Support For Siri

Remember The Milk Gets Support For Siri

The popular task management service "Remember The Milk" has recently added support for Siri, meaning iPhone 4S users can create reminders for the service using the iPhone 4S handset's voice recognition feature.

Joe White
gMusic - A New, Native Google Music Client For iPhone

gMusic - A New, Native Google Music Client For iPhone

Google's Music Beta service, which allows users to upload tracks to the cloud and stream them on a desktop computer or mobile device, can only be accessed by iOS users via a Web app. While Google hasn't released an official iOS app yet, gMusic - a recently released iPhone app - allows users to access the service from within a native application.

Joe White
Jailbreak Only: Redsn0w Updated - Adds Windows Support, Makes Several Fixes

Jailbreak Only: Redsn0w Updated - Adds Windows Support, Makes Several Fixes

The iPhone Dev-Team has recently updated redsn0w, adding support for Windows computers and fixing a GPS issue that occurred with certain iPhone 3GS handsets. Like the previous version of redsn0w (which is Mac only), this new version allows users to apply a tethered jailbreak to an iOS 5 device, and apply the software update to an iOS device while preserving its baseband.

Joe White
Foursquare Updated - Adds "Foursquare Radar" For iOS 5 Users

Foursquare Updated - Adds "Foursquare Radar" For iOS 5 Users

The popular foursquare iPhone app has recently received a great update. Now, Apple fans running iOS 5 on their iPhone handset can take advantage of "foursquare Radar" - a new feature that promises to alert users when anything interesting is happening nearby, even if their iPhone is in their pocket!

Joe White