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Daily iPhone App: Zello lets you chat walkie-talkie style with friends, co-workers

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 9th, 2013)

After years of living in an area with no cell service -- but with a very active radio tower -- I grew accustomed to talking with my husband using a ham radio instead of text messaging. Now that cell coverage has improved, we no longer use our ham ...

Kinomap geolocated exercise apps let you train around the world ... at home

by Steven Sande (May 8th, 2013)

Have you ever wanted to cycle the French Alps or run in the London Marathon? Two new free universal apps -- Kinomap Fitness and Kinomap Trainer -- are designed to do just that by letting you use your favorite home training equipment to train ...

Daily iPhone App: View Seeker Location Scout: a handy tool for iPhone photographers

by Mel Martin (May 7th, 2013)

View Seeker Location Scout is a handy US$0.99 photo app that can help you find the best locations for landscape photography. You can get all the best locations around you with a click, which the app does by sourcing images from Panoramio and ...

Productivity Tip: Using specialized lists for specific use cases

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 7th, 2013)

It's time for this week's Productivity Tips column. While I use OmniFocus for just about everything, there are times when I prefer other task managers to handle certain things. Many productivity gurus advise against using more than one tool to list ...

Rovio introduces accounts to sync game progress across platforms

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 7th, 2013)

Rovio is building up its Angry Birds empire even further with the introduction of Rovio accounts. This new account feature lets users sync their progress across devices, allowing them to start a game on one device and resume playing it on ...

Daily iPad App: ScreenLab

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 6th, 2013)

If you look at your lock screen and see wasted screen real estate, then you should check out ScreenLab from Lemonskin. ScreenLab allows you to design a lock screen wallpaper filled with useful information. Because it uses the lock screen, ScreenLab ...

Adobe to go subscription-only with Creative Cloud software

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 6th, 2013)

As Adobe finds its footing in a cloud-based world, it pulled a move that most likely will generate a backlash from the students and creative professionals that rely on its software. Adobe announced that the Creative Suite software will be rebranded ...

Using Jawbone UP with MyFitnessPal to track your calories and workouts

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 6th, 2013)

MyFitnessPal is a fitness platform that is part calorie counter, part fitness goal tracker and part exercise journal. It compiles a wealth of information about your fitness program and makes it accessible on the web and your iOS device. With ...

Gmail for iOS updated with sign-out option, better iOS app integration

by Steven Sande (May 6th, 2013)

Gmail for iOS was updated today to version 2.2.7182, and folks who use the app to grab their Gmail-flavored email are going to be happy. First, there's now a way to sign out of individual accounts. In the past, signing out of one account was ...

New and notable apps for iOS and OS X - May 6 edition

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 6th, 2013)

It has been busy in the App Store with a handful of new apps like Angry Birds Friends landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of standout apps from the past few days! iOS Apps Toy Defense 2 [iPad; Category: Games; ...

Macworld shares five nice TextExpander snippets

by Dave Caolo (May 3rd, 2013)

TextExpander by Smile is an essential tool for folks who type as often as we do. It lets you create short key combinations that trigger -- and are replaced by -- larger strings of text. For example, I have TextExpander covert "actk" to "Apple CEO Tim ...

DabKick for iPhone lets you share photos, watch videos and now listen to music in real-time

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 3rd, 2013)

There are a lot of communication tools that help you stay connected with family and friends. One that recently caught my eye is DabKick, which stood out because it lets you share and communicate in a variety of ways. It's a real-time photo viewer, ...

Songza 3.0 update available now

by Mike Schramm (May 2nd, 2013)

We mentioned Songza's iOS app last year around when it came out, and the music sharing service has just updated the app to version 3.0. The free app has been almost completely reimagined, and while it still offers plenty of tunes to listen to, ...

Drafts 3.0 adds archiving, improves organization, more

by Dave Caolo (May 2nd, 2013)

Drafts is a fast, lightweight note-taking app for iPhone (US$2.99) and iPad ($3.99) with so much more to offer than simple lists. Drafts is handy. You can use it to quickly jot down a list or something you'd like to recall later, which is great. But ...

Daily iPad App: Gradients is a free iOS photo editor that is worth a look

by Mel Martin (May 2nd, 2013)

I'm always on the lookout for free photo apps that do a good job, and Gradients for the iPad or iPhone (free, universal) fits the bill. The app lets you add gradients to existing photos with almost infinite variations and control. I often create ...

Penultimate update adds smarter notebook titles and improved Evernote sync

by Steven Sande (May 2nd, 2013)

Penultimate (free), the iOS handwritten note-taking app that was snapped up by Evernote just about a year ago, was updated to version 4.1 today. What's different? If you connect the app to Evernote, it will now suggest notebook titles based on ...