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Daily iPhone App: Wave Alarm lets you turn off your alarm with the wave of your hand

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 4th, 2012)

Wave Alarm has one feature that sets it apart from the myriad of other alarm clocks in the App Store. It lets you turn off your alarm by waving your hand at your phone. This may seem like a gimmick, but I found it to be extremely ...

Daily iPad App: CameraSim lets you hone your DSLR photo-taking skills

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 4th, 2012)

If you're new to DSLR photography or just looking to brush up on your skills then you should take a look at CameraSim for the iPad. The app is a camera simulation that lets you focus on a subject and change common camera settings like shutter ...

Daily iPad App: Air Display lets you add an HiDPI monitor to your Mac

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 3rd, 2012)

We've covered Air Display from Avatron ever since it landed in the iOS App Store in early 2010. The popular utility lets you use your iPad as an external monitor for your Mac or Windows machine. Just like any standard external monitor, Air ...

Daily iPhone (and iPad) App: Bobbleshop lets you create and share bobbleheads of your friends

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 29th, 2012)

Who doesn't love a good bobblehead? They're often whimsical, sometimes silly and occasionally realistic enough to be creepy. If you've always wanted to create your own, but lack the materials to do so, then you should check out Bobbleshop. It's ...

Daily iPad App: Cocoons and Caterpillars is an animated storybook starring Stella and Sam

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 28th, 2012)

As you can tell from my earlier posts, I often hand over my iPad to my children for learning apps and sometimes entertainment. One app that is both educational and enjoyable is Cocoons and Caterpillars: A Stella and Sam Adventure by zinc Roe. ...

Daily iPhone App: Video Star lets you play the lead in a pop star video

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

Video Star is a glitzy app that lets you record pop star-style videos using your iPhone or camera-enabled iPad. It's not a serious video recording and editing program, but a lightweight app that uses a variety of effects to spice things ...

SeatGuru for iPhone: Airplane seat maps at your fingertips

by Steven Sande (Mar 20th, 2012)

Frequent business and pleasure travelers become very familiar with SeatGuru.com, a travel website that's been around for a few years. SeatGuru is the best possible place on the Internet to get information on airplane seating. You can pull up ...

Daily iPad App: Word Jigsaw challenges you to spell while you complete a puzzle

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 19th, 2012)

Word Jigsaw mixes two of my favorite games. It's a word game that challenges you to spell words and it's a puzzle game that requires you to build a jigsaw puzzle. The game starts with a puzzle that has a variety of pieces. You can choose the ...

Sparrow for iPhone will wow with its design, but lacks push notification

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 15th, 2012)

After a long wait, Sparrow for iOS made its debut in the App Store on Wednesday. Similar to the desktop version, the iOS mail client promises to provide you with an efficient and pleasant mailing experience, and the app mostly delivers on this ...

Daily iPad App: Woodcraft helps you design your next building project

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 13th, 2012)

Woodcraft is for the carpenter or woodworker with an eye for 3D. The app is a visualization tool that lets you design your next building project using the basic principles of CAD. It lets you drag out lumber that you need and assemble it into a ...

Daily Mac App: Screeny 2 let you capture video of your desktop with ease

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 6th, 2012)

Inevitably, there's going to be a time when you need to capture video of your screen. Someone might ask you to demo an app or document a bug, and you'll need have a reliable application to grab a quick video of your desktop. Instead of scrambling, ...

Camera Awesome for iPhone has some clever features for a mostly free app

by Mel Martin (Mar 2nd, 2012)

Camera Awesome is a nicely appointed, just released free app for the iPhone from photo sharing site SmugMug. In many ways it goes beyond the built-in camera software Apple offers, and I think many iPhone users will find it useful. It does a lot of ...

Daily iPad App: Fuze Meeting HD connects to telepresence systems

by Michael Rose (Mar 2nd, 2012)

The flexible Fuze Meeting web conferencing platform already had a very solid iOS story, with the ability to schedule and start meetings from the iPad (including multiparty HD videoconferencing). Now, with the recently released version 4.0 of the ...

Daily iPhone App: Stack King lets you stack people, aliens and more for points

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 1st, 2012)

Ever watch a child stack blocks and wish you could do the same? If you like the precision of stacking, but don't want to sit on the floor with a bunch of ABCs, then you should check out Stack King from Appy LLC. As its name implies, Stack King ...

Daily iPhone App: WorldCard Mobile scans your business card collection

by Michael Rose (Feb 29th, 2012)

The paper business card may go away someday if innovative apps like Bump and Evernote Hello take over, but for now we're still dealing with these little chunks of cardboard. Of course, in almost all cases it's not the physical object we care about, ...

Daily iPhone App: Zoo Sounds lets your toddler laugh and learn about animals

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 27th, 2012)

I'm always looking for educational and fun games that are appropriate for the younger set. Even though the App Store is filled with games, it's not that easy finding quality titles designed for the dexterity and abilities of three and ...