Occasionally I'll watch an app video to see what the game play looks like. Sometimes it's enough for me to make the decision to try the game. More often than not I'm left underwhelmed. So before agreeing to try TouchStars from Touch Action, I clicked on the youtube link to see their promo. I liked the video so much, I agreed to look at the app. Take a look for yourself before I continue. I hope that gave you as big a giggle as it did me.   TouchStars starts is not one of those games that will blow you away with eye popping graphics or a brilliant soundtrack. It's old school...


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When you hear a French female voice, not even a breathy one, saying "message de la sécurité ..." in your ear, then you might get the impression that she wants to massage your body for security reasons. But in reality, it's just a public announcement with a warning against pickpockets. Apparently saying even anything trivial in French sounds very sensual and is extremely impressive - especially for ladies, so while the French language has vocabulary that's very similar to English, learning proper pronunciation may be especially worthwhile. Besides: it's peanuts, extremely easy, compared to the difficulty...


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With this app you can see at a glance when the next new episodes of TV shows are coming up in both the USA and UK. Yes, this app serves not only the US American market but also has new shows from the UK, including those airing only in the UK. The home page of this app shows a nice overview with the number of days remaining until the air date. You can switch also to calendar view, where you can see shows on calendar. The calendar view, however, seems to show only the first show (in example above: there is Eastenders also on Tuesday but it shows only Monday). Of course only current...


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When I was asked to take a look at the iOS app, Favorite Recipes, I had few expectations. I was not prepared for what I saw when I opened this app. I'm going to start right off with its one major flaw, because it's overshadowed by everything else. It simply doesn't include enough recipes. The included recipes are not necessarily my favorite recipes, and most of them are not likely to become my favorites. But that's a content issue, and one that should be relatively easy to improve. My suggestion to the developer is to allow users to submit their recipes for inclusion. Let's take a look at the basic...


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Gorillas (along with human body builders - one of the biggest apes on planet of the apes aka Earth) very rarely drink water. How, or rather why, do they do it? By eating a lot of fruits, and thus quenching their thirst! One can satisfy many needs with fruits: apart from water they contain plenty of healthy vitamins, minerals, etc. But the latest craze is the game, Fruit Ninja, available for a long time for smartphones (with capitative display as it requires very fast responsiveness). And been a very big hit there. Now this ultra-popular smartphone game, Fruit Ninja, has been released for Kinect...


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If you are located in UK, or if you spoof your IP address so that it appears to come from a British IP address (e.g. via VPN) then you can watch BBC shows via iPlayer and via their websites. (more...)


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Every night before going to bed, I place my iPhone on the charger and watch the little sync icon come alive. Yes, iOS 5 will sync your iPhone or iPad to your computer without wires, and without any user input. It's all automatic. I have not plugged my iPhone into my Mac in several weeks now, and it's an easy thing to get used to. And then I needed a photo I'd taken with my iPhone camera. Surely I didn't have to plug my iPhone into my Mac just to transfer the photo? So I emailed it to myself. But there had to be a better way since you can't actually retrieve photos from your iTunes backup/sync. A...


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There are many choices when it comes to choosing a case for your shiny new iPad 2. As many choices as  are out there, only a few really stand out. In my opinion one of these that shouldn't be overlooked is the Geminus Genius Case for the iPad 2. After using this case for over a month and putting it to the true test in the office and out in the field, here are my thoughts on why this case stands out in the crowd over the many competitors that are out there.   Upon opening the Geminus Genius Case I knew it had a lot of potential. Features are the ticket these days and the Geminus Genius Case...


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With a $6.99 price tag, this app is not cheap. But it may be invaluable for you if you want to save content in PDF form for offline viewing or archiving. (more...)


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As a somewhat serious artist, I was excited when I was offered a promo code for ArtRage on my Mac. But it didn't take me long to realize that with only a MacBook, I couldn't get the kind of control I needed. ArtRage needs a mouse, or some kind of input device other than the trackpad found on a Mac. But my interest in working with this app was on high alert, so I headed over to iTunes, and bought it for my iPad. And wow! The iPad's screen gives you the kind of control that you miss on a trackpad, and being able to zoom and scroll gives you the detail necessary - cause this is serious art, not just...


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