There’s no shortage of writing apps for the iPad: Take accessibility-angled options like Evernote (free) that allow users to add tags and keep everything organized, or more robust packages like Pages ($9.99) allowing for rich formatting and picture embeds. But the productivity app I’ve come to like the most is Clean Writer, which is …
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App of the Week: ‘Key Ring Rewards’ Puts Membership Cards on Your Phone
My key ring used to hold a Walgreens card, a Duane Reade card, something indiscernibly faded and a membership to 24-Hour Fitness that made me feel pretty terrible about myself whenever I cried softly into a cheeseburger. It was a sad, plastic lei that did little more than bog down my pockets, jutting out uncomfortably in all the wrong …
App of the Week: ‘FiLMiC Pro’ Grants Video Geeks Total Control
The iPhone’s native video recorder built into the camera app? Nothing to write home about.
It’s serviceable, yes, as best evidenced by the cool art-horror project “Paranmanjang” shot entirely on an iPhone 4 by “Old Boy” director Park Chan-wook late last year. And I’m sure if you had a well-deserved $130,000 budget you’d be able to …
App of the Week: ESPN Fantasy Football 2011
For some people—like my roommates—fantasy football is as much a part of autumn as the leaves changing color.
It means lazy Sundays spent doing little more than plopping down in front of the tube, washing down Digiorno with whatever beer’s on sale that week while compulsively checking your team after every down. The dedication and …
App of the Week: ‘Greplin’ Searches Social Media on the Go
I got into a bit of a debate with my brother the other day about how reliant we are on technology to go about our day-to-day business. He’s hardly a luddite, but from his point of view, there’s just way too much stuff to keep track of: Email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus… and the list goes on.
Admittedly, he’s right. …
App of the Week: ‘FastCustomer’ Saves You from Being On Hold
The premise of FastCustomer is astonishingly simple: You select from one of over 2,500 companies (including all of the Fortune 500), and the app calls the company and waits on hold. When a customer service representative finally picks up on the other end, the app calls you back and you’re free to complain chat as you will. It works kind
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App of the Week: Facebook Messenger
This is kind of cheating. I know most App of the Week features are typically intended to shine new light on smaller guys, but this week’s app might end up being too major to pass up.
So what makes Facebook’s new group Messenger app better than other messenger services like WhatsApp, or even Google+’s Huddle feature?
Nothing, …
App of the Week: Alfred, the Personal Recommendations Robot
Is there a more universal #firstworldproblem than being stumped on where to eat for dinner? Sure, there are apps like UrbanSpoon, whose randomized restaurant picks take a bit of gamesmanship. And, of course, there are more democratic choices like Yelp or even City Search.
But the Achilles heel of crowdsourced reviews is that it’s …
App of the Week: PlayOn Mobile for Android
Ah, streaming media. Your promise is so elusive. The technology is here and robust enough to shoulder the burden, but the content companies have insisted that you be viewable first and foremost on big boy computers, with set-top boxes and mobile devices granted access on a case by case basis.
If this sounds like a conversation you’ve …
App of the Week: Amazon for Windows Phone 7
Whatever its size, the cross-section of Amazon diehards and Windows Phone 7 owners can now officially be placated with Amazon’s Windows Phone 7 app.
The app takes advantage of Windows Phone 7’s swipe-friendly interface to provide easy access to a specific product’s details, customer reviews and related items without having to load up …
App of the Week: Angry Birds Seasons Valentine’s Day Update
Love is in the air and with it, kamikaze birds and flying debris from the remains of wooden domiciles temporarily inhabited by thieving pigs.
True to form, Rovio’s popular Angry Birds franchise has gotten another injection of levels. The Angry Birds “Seasons” app—available for 99 cents on iPhone or free on Android—plays host to …
App of the Week: Ancestry for iPad
Popular genealogy website Ancestry.com recently updated its iPhone app to version 2.0 and brought a new iPad-specific interface along for the ride.
The app provides direct access to your Ancestry.com family trees so you can view, add and edit information about your family members wherever you’ve got an internet connection.
The …