Coverage of useful applications across mobile, desktop, and web, focusing on functionality, usability, updates, and how apps fit into everyday digital workflows.
Lookout Labs Introduces Mobile Threat Tracker
Mobile operating systems have become a playground for hackers looking to steal personal information. Until now, it's been difficult for ordinary smartphone users to know just how prevalent malicious software has become. Yesterday, Lookout Mobile Security released a new app for Android users called M ...
SnapShop App Takes The Pain Out Of Furniture Shopping
Think about the last time you were dragged went furniture shopping. Whether you were the one shopping or the one paying, you probably figured out quickly that it’s not easy to know how any piece of furniture will look in your home. What looks great in a store can be an eyesore in your home. You neve ...
Closet Swap App: Trade Clothes With Your Facebook Friends
It's interesting that during these economic times when many people are sticking to a strict budget, some people are using technology to find creative ways to get things done in a way that costs less money than it usually would.
For example, several months ago I wrote about an iPhone app called Ta ...
Find Your Photo’s Source With TinEye
Admittedly, this isn't the sort of thing I'd usually blog about... but hey, it's information everybody can use - particularly bloggers. See, there's this little search engine known as TinEye. It's like...Google, but for images, sort of. There's a bit more to it than that.
I'm not explaining this ...
IceBreak For Couples App: Making Up Just Got Easier
Ladies, you know how sometimes we say stupid stuff to the men in our lives, and they get annoyed with us? Usually, we know it's something dumb when we type it or say it, but we do it anyway, and then we wish we could take it back, right? Even after we apologize, and everything is back to normal, the ...
GymPact: Work Out & Steal Money From The Lazy People
It's a new year, and we all know what that means. Most of us probably made some kind of New Year's resolution, and for many of us, it had something to do with getting back in shape, right? I recently checked out an infographic that said that the most broken New Year's resolution was actually the pro ...
Santa Booth App: Transform Anyone Into A Jolly Santa Claus
This grandma included in her social media tips that we shouldn't buy an app that has an ugly logo. I agree with that, and I'd like to take it one step further. I've downloaded and tried so many apps that I've truly become a snob when it comes to them. If an app doesn't have slick graphics and a fun ...
The Ultimate No Life Test: The App That Confirms You Have No Life
I've heard people joke before that they "have no life," but how does a person know whether or not he or she actually has a life? I have a life, I think. I mean; I have a crap load of stuff to accomplish on my to-do list everyday, so by default, that means I have a life, right? I have friends who cal ...
Lego’s Augmented Reality App: For A New Generation Of Geeks
It was only a matter of time. Of course the day would come when a company as brilliant as Lego would expand onto the iPhone, and that day is here. I'd like to introduce you to George. George is a software engineer who does lots of traveling and has lots of fun adventures. In this Life of George game ...
ZOMBIES, RUN!: Exercise While Running For Your Life
I would be the first one in the room to admit that I truly need to get my butt out of the office chair and put on a pair of running shoes. I could definitely use the exercise even though I don't always want to admit it to myself. Getting in shape is not only healthy for us, but it also drives our cr ...
TaskRabbit: The iPhone App That Runs Errands For You
Since I usually work 12 hours each day or more, I like my off-time to be quality-time spent with the special people in my life. I don't like to spend that time driving around in busy traffic running errands. I've always liked those services where I can pay someone a fee to do certain tasks that I mi ...
Kick To Pick App: Lets Unborn Babies Choose Their Own Name
I've often heard that somewhere up in the universe babies choose their parents. It's not a random selection or a magical combination of DNA. Although that sounds all fluffy and happy, I don't necessarily believe that to be true; however, if it were the case, then I suppose those unborn babies should ...
Dances iPhone App: Modern Dance Meets Digital World
For the first time ever, a free app which exclusively highlights dance is now available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users in the App Store. It's called "Dances for an iPhone," and although I'm not much of a dancer, after checking it out in more detail, I found it to be very well put together ...
Trimensional: World’s First iPhone 3D Scanner App
I remember the first time I watched Princess Leia tell Han Solo she loved him right before he was frozen in carbonite. For a geeky little girl like I was back then, that was about the most romantic movie scene ever. Last year I wrote about a designer who made a Han Solo Carbonite Desk. That desk bec ...
Finger Painting Made Easy: 3 Fun iPhone Apps
Nowadays when a person buys a smartphone, he or she really has to consider many of the different functions it has. This is unlike a few years ago when all that really mattered was if texting and making phone calls could be done easily. The majority of smartphones now allow a person to not only play ...