March 14, 2012
Just when I think there's more than enough iPhone camera apps in the iTunes Store, I stumble upon yet another one that builds off previous camera apps and includes photography features not found in point-and-shoot cameras, or DSLRs for that matter. In this case, I'm talking about a professional grade camera app called Camera Awesome.
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March 13, 2012
Siri replacement application i4Siri has just been released to appease iPhone and iPad users who don’t have access to the official Siri application. Apple’s release of Siri has been met with disappointment from many owners of many Apple devices. Why? Because they can’t use it. Only the iPhone 4S ships with Siri or can be [...]
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March 12, 2012
Back in 2001, the release of Apple's iTunes brought me back to listening to jazz, and a little of rap and R&B music. A few years before then, I was reluctant to shell out $15 for music CDs only to get a couple of great songs. And above all I wanted iTunes go with me wherever I went. Toting around CDs in the trunk of my car wasn't my idea of music appreciation. But then a few years later, the iPod changed everything.
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March 12, 2012
very so often, an application comes along that really makes you think how awesome technology can be. ABBYY Textgrabber and Translator for iOS is one of those apps. We have 25 copies of ABBYY Textgrabber and Translator up for grabs this week. Read on to find out more about the app and how you can win a free copy.
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March 11, 2012
Be it Apple’s limitation on its App Store, or Android’s limitation on screenshots and backup, all OSs inflict some sort of restrictions. The way to get around these restrictions is Jailbreaking. There are veritable wars raging on the subject of whether you should or shouldn’t change your phone this way. So where do you stand?
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March 10, 2012
Maybe we use our iPhone as a gaming machine so much because there are so many quality free games available for the device that we can play for hours without having to open our wallets. Plenty of games cost money, but you could easily spend your entire iPhone owning life playing quality free games like the ones I am going to talk about here.
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March 10, 2012
Last week, the 2.0 version of Vimeo, was released with significant user interface changes and performance enhancements for iOS devices. If you've never used Vimeo, it is similar to YouTube but with arguably more artistic content than Google's huge down-home, nearly anything goes shared videos.
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March 9, 2012
In case you've been out of the country, living in a cave, or captured by a super villain with an underground lair and no TV for the past week, you may have heard there's a new iPad about town. Here's a full rundown of the new device that will hopefully answer any questions you have. Read on if you want to know the specifics.
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March 9, 2012
The internet is buzzing with all things Apple. They just announced their new iPad and updated almost all of their first party applications. Now, they have quietly moved out a new version of their mobile software. iOS 5.1 is the latest in a long line of improvements to Apple’s mobile platform. While this update is [...]
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March 8, 2012
You have to admit, some of us are die-hard sports fans. Nothing is wrong with this, and there are plenty of tools to help out with your sports cravings. However, not all apps are easy to use, and others are plainly not worth your time. So what app is? Give Score Alarm a shot.
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March 8, 2012
On Wednesday, at an invitation-only press event in San Francisco, Apple unveiled the much rumored new iPad, with HD display and support for optional 4G broadband network communication. It is set to go on sale March 16, starting at $499. Taking center stage at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in South-of-Market in San [...]
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March 8, 2012
Lately, there has been a huge crackdown on unlimited data users in the United States. In fact, as I write this I am sitting on a throttled data speed on my iPhone because I use too much data on my unlimited plan. That is right, too much data on my UNLIMITED plan. It is frustrating and annoying, but I have to deal with it, as I am sure many of you do too.
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March 8, 2012
Many of you will already know all about Apple’s iCloud, its wonderful sync features and the fact that it allows you to find your iDevice and access mail, your calendar and even documents from any standard web browser. Then again I regularly encounter iPad and iPhone owners who have yet to update their devices to take advantage of the many new features.
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March 7, 2012
Journal and diary writing have a long rich history, and now thanks to very crafty software developers, there are digital shelves of seductively rich apps that inspire you to write down your memories and daily activities, and preserve them like cherished photo albums. If you're an always-on-the-go-mobile-device-in-your-hand kind of person, you might want to use one of the iOS journal apps described below.
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March 7, 2012
Last Wednesday we began a new weekly column here on MakeUseOf. We ask you, the MUO readership, a direct question and invite you to do our work for us let us know what you think about the subject at hand. After a healthy debate we then compile the answers into an easily-digestible summary for your pleasure on the following Tuesday.
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