Scribblenauts Remix Now Available for iOS, Awesome Game
One of the greatest puzzle games for Nintendo DS is now available on iPhone and iPad. Scribblenauts Remix is an award winning, best-selling videogame that lets you create any object you…
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iPhone 4S Review Round-Up
Reviews of the iPhone 4S are coming in. Here are some highlights of some we’ve come across, but you can read the full reviews for each by clicking on the title. TechCrunch Review “The…
Apple’s New Find My Friends App Now Available in App Store
Apple’s new Find My Friends app, which lets you easily locate your friends and family, is now available in the App Store. Find My Friends requires iOS 5, so unless you have a pre-release…
Review: iPhone 4 LifeProof Case Protects Against Water, Snow, Dirt, Sand and Shock with Style
I’ve been looking forward to the release of LifeProof’s iPhone 4 case for a while now, and after using it for a week, I’m even happier than I expected. LifeProof is unlike any other iPhone…
New iPhone App Lets You Import Photos to Google+
Google Plus Photo Importer for iPhone lets you import photos from Facebook, Instagram, Flickr and Photobucket straight to your Google+ profile. The process is very fast, 100 photos in less…
Turn Off Annoying Changes in Lion with Lion Tweaks
Although Lion has some cool new features, some of the changes are just annoying. A new app called Lion Tweaks lets you easily turn on or off some of the new features in Mac OS X Lion 10.7.…
QuickCal Makes Adding Appointments to iCal and Google Calendar Simple
QuickCal is an awesome Mac app that lets you quickly add calendar appointments using “Natural Language Entry.” For example, just press a hotkey and start typing “Lunch tomorrow at noon,”…
Review: SugarSync Offers Awesome Cloud-Based Storage and Syncronization
SugarSync is a cloud-based storage solution like nothing else out there. If you are familiar with online backup services like Mozy, Backblaze and Carbonite, SugarSync offers the same type…
IM+ Instant Messaging App Now Let You Locate Your Friends
IM+, the popular instant messaging app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad just received a big update. Version 5.0 of IM+ includes an awesome new feature called Neighbors, which lets you locate…
Frenzy, The Dropbox Powered Social Network
Frenzy is a cool Mac app that brings a social aspect to sharing links, documents, pictures and other information with coworkers and friends using Dropbox. Frenzy uses your Dropbox account…
Viddy ‘Instagram for Video’ App Available for iPhone
If you’re familiar with the iPhone app Instagram, which lets you apply cool filters to your photos and easily share them with your friends, Viddy basically uses the same concept with video.…
Squrl Lets You Collect Videos on the Web to Watch Later on iPhone, iPad or TV
Squrl is a cool service that lets you collect videos from many different sites and watch them on one simple website or on your iPad and iPhone with the Squrl app. When you sign up with…
Review: iCab Mobile Gives iPhone and iPad Users Tabbed Browsing and More
Don’t get me wrong, I love Safari for iPhone and iPad, but Apple seems to be getting a little lazy when it comes to adding much needed features. iCab Mobile is a web browser for iPhone,…
AirPlay Videos and Photos Between iOS Devices Using AirFrame
AirFrame is a cool app that lets you stream videos and photos between iOS devices. Once the devices are on the same WiFi network, just open AirFrame on one of them and the other device will…
Writer is the Text Editor You’ve Been Looking For
Most likely, Writer is the text editor you’ve been waiting for your entire life. Writer is a simple text editor that is designed to keep you focused on what your are writing, and not worry…
Unmask Blocked and Private Calls with TrapCall
There is an awesome new app available for iPhone called TrapCall that will unmask blocked and private calls so you know who’s really calling. The app is free, but it does require a monthly…
Review: Free Calls from iPhone to Your Facebook Friends with fone
fone is a must have app for anyone with an iPhone and a Facebook account. It lets you log in with your Facebook account and chat with and even call all your Facebook friends for free using…
MobileNotifier Brings Improved Push Notifications to Your iPhone
MobileNotifier is a new tweak available for jailbroken iPhones that changes the way push notifications are handled. One cool feature is that you can access a history of all your…
Review: DropPhox for iPhone Automatically Sends Your Photos to Dropbox
DropPhox is an awesome photo app for iPhone. It allows you to take pictures and videos, and have them wirelessly transfer to your Dropbox account over 3G or Wi-Fi. If no connection when you…
Gruber Reviews Verizon iPhone: Verizon Has Better Voice, AT&T Faster Data
John Gruber of Daring FireBall has been using the Verizon iPhone 4 since Friday. He says it’s basically the same phone, just on a different network….and Verizon’s network is better. Gruber…
Pixelmator Grosses $1 Million on the Mac App Store
I love Photoshop, but Pixelmator is an awesome alternative for a fraction of the cost. It has support for RAW files and many other great features a photographer needs. Pixelmator has a…
Review: Verbs IM App for iPhone has a Simple yet Beautiful Interface
Verbs is an awesome new instant messaging client for iPhone and iPod touch. It doesn’t support a lot of different IM services, but it does support the only two that I think really…
Review: FolderWatch Monitors and Syncs Folders on Your Mac
FolderWatch is a cool utility that is available in the Mac App Store. It can monitor any folder on you Mac and sync it to another location. FolderWatch lets you specify an unlimited amount…
Twitter Tops the Charts in Mac App Store
Twitter for Mac has become the most downloaded app in the Mac App Store. Twitter for Mac has a very simple and sleek design. It’s available for Free in the Mac App Store. Check it out if…