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Mint adds split-transactions and budget adjustments to iOS app, 40% of users now mobile-only

by Michael Grothaus (May 23rd, 2012)

Popular personal finance site Mint.com is launching an update to its iOS app today that adds the ability to split transactions and adjust budgets on the fly. Those two new features were the most requested from users and make an already excellent ...

Pocket Planes gets a trailer, looks great

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd, 2012)

I first saw Pocket Planes, Nimblebit's next freemium title, running at GDC earlier this year. Being a huge fan of both Pocket Frogs and Tiny Tower, I can't wait to see it in action on my iPhone and iPad. Unfortunately, the game's not out yet ...

OneVoice is an impressive assistive communication app for iPad and iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 22nd, 2012)

When you think of iOS and communication, you think of Skype or FaceTime, but there's a growing number of people who are using the device to communicate in unconventional ways. One such application is OneVoice from Legend, an augmentative and ...

Daily iPhone App: Siegecraft lays siege on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2012)

When Siegecraft was first released on the App Store (by Crescent Moon Games, who have made some really amazing titles over the past few years), I remember it being marketed as "Angry Birds in 3D." And that description kind of works -- you are ...

Facebook Pages Manager available

by Michael Grothaus (May 22nd, 2012)

Facebook has just released their Facebook Pages Manager app for iOS. The app allows Pages admins to administer their Facebook Page account from the comfort of their iPhone. According to the app store listing, the 1.0 release allows the admin ...

Fieldrunners 2 coming next month

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2012)

Subatomic Studios, the makers of one of the iPhone's biggest early titles, Fieldrunners, have announced that a sequel is headed our way as soon as next month. The popular tower defense title is being updated with twenty new hand-painted levels, ...

MetaWatch offers iPhone compatibility in new developer kit

by Steven Sande (May 22nd, 2012)

So, you didn't get signed up to get one of the first Pebble watches on Kickstarter? Well, you have a fallback plan now. MetaWatch, a spinoff of watchmaker Fossil, has released a new version of its self-named watch in developer kit format that ...

TiVo planning iOS streaming for this summer

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2012)

Here's some good news for TiVo users: The DVR company is planning to follow the lead of other broadcasting services, and provide for streaming of recorded TiVo content to iOS devices later this summer. To do so, you'll need to have a TiVo ...

Enter to win a prize pack from Universal Movie Tycoon

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2012)

Universal Movie Studios recently released an official iOS game, of all thing. Universal Movie Tycoon is a social free-to-play game that allows you to make and build Universal Studios with properties from the company's huge catalog. To celebrate ...

Daily iPhone App: Dark Legends takes Spacetime's formula to the next step

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2012)

Spacetime Studios has made quite a name for itself with its popular mobile MMOs, Pocket Legends and Star Legends. The company was originally founded to make full-scale PC MMOs like World of Warcraft, but when the plug got pulled on a big ...

IndieDevLab announces speakers

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 21st, 2012)

Couldn't get tickets to WWDC or can't afford it? Be sure to check out IndieDevLab, which we wrote about here. Here's a quick recap: indiedevlab will pay host to many developers as a place to come during before and after WWDC to work/play and meet ...

iBook Lessons: The long and short of ebook submission review times

by Erica Sadun (May 21st, 2012)

iBook Lessons is a continuing series about ebook writing and publishing. Last Autumn, after Apple launched the iPhone 4S, Steve Sande and I wrote Talking to Siri. It took several weeks to move through Apple review. Throughout all that time, ...

QuickSearch PDF Reader provides powerful fast text searches

by Erica Sadun (May 21st, 2012)

If you're someone who does a lot of work on the road, and needs to reference PDF source material, you'll find that QuickSearch PDF (US$4.99) from Olive Toast Software is the tool you didn't realize you needed. It has one job to do -- to help you ...

Daily iPhone App: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 brings Sonic back again

by Mike Schramm (May 21st, 2012)

The big question with Sonic games is always if it's as good as the old titles on the Sega Genesis and the Dreamcast, and as usual, the answer here with Sonic 4 Episode 2 (yes, that's how they're releasing these) is unfortunately no. But that's ...

Earthlapse is a window on the Earth from space

by Mel Martin (May 20th, 2012)

Earthlapse is a beautiful US$0.99 app for iOS that gives you an International Space Station view of the earth moving below. There are 8 time lapse scenes of weather, docking spacecraft and aurora in high resolution that is almost lifelike. You ...

MacStories looks at four years of the App Store

by Mike Schramm (May 18th, 2012)

It's been almost four years since Apple debuted its App Store platform for iOS (and then the Mac), and MacStories has an in-depth look back at that time. In just four short years, Apple has gone from saying that all we'd need on iOS are web ...