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I Heart Etsy great for casual browsing, not for serious shopping

Etsy, the web marketplace for all things handmade, still doesn’t have an official iPad app, but there’s a newcomer to the world of third-party offerings—I Heart Etsy. The app, which is optimized for the iPad’s Retina display, aims to offer a more pleasant browsing experience for users over s ... Full Article »

October 11, 2012 12:30pm

AutoRap is just a broken record of an iPhone app

Let’s get this out of the way very quickly – AutoRap’s premium karaoke, that not only Auto-Tunes your singing but also takes your rhyme pattern and matches it to the music of the song (no matter how terrible you sound), is pretty cool. In an alternate universe, AutoRap works and that sentence ... Full Article »

October 8, 2012 11:00am

Official WWE iPhone app delivers what’s expected, but little else

Although the WWE has had numerous one-off apps for big pay-per-view events (like their official SummerSlam app and the THQ-made WrestleFest game), it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that they finally put out an official app for the company as a whole. As a brand app, WWE has all the features you migh ... Full Article »

October 1, 2012 2:00pm

Take care of these virtual pets on your iPhone without worrying about the clean-up

Taking care of real animals is a tricky, time consuming business. In the ’90s, an electronic alternative to real pet ownership was created via the virtual pet. Virtual pets like the Tamagotchi let people feel like they were responsible for the survival of another living thing without the trouble, ... Full Article »

September 24, 2012 8:00am

Squrl Video Discovery ushers in new era for video clips

Although I’ll watch the occasional television show on my iPad, it’s rare that I sit down and actually view more than the odd video clip. That will change now that I have Squrl Video Discovery, a universal app for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Yes, it’s that good. Squrl is a powerfully fast vid ... Full Article »

September 13, 2012 12:30pm

Try out these iPhone drawing apps before you go Draw Something

I have a confession, Appolicious readers. I have not played Draw Something, and I don’t know if I ever will. I admit the idea is clever, but I really hate drawing. I’m not good at it all, and the idea of demonstrating how terrible I am at drawing to another person just doesn’t do it for me. Bu ... Full Article »

September 13, 2012 8:00am

StarMaker: Karaoke + Auto Tune = rock star bliss

I’m as big a karaoke advocate as you can find, but even I recognize the limitations in the ancient art of destroying your favorite songs in a room full of strangers. Namely, that it takes a pretty good voice to sing some of today’s Top 40 hits convincingly. It’s hardly a fair fight, many pop m ... Full Article »

June 28, 2012 1:30pm

Switching channels: How Apple TV apps will compare to the first wave of iOS hits

A fully operational Apple TV that showcases third-party applications is coming, with details likely to be revealed as soon as next week during the annual Worldwide Developers Conference. Yet while the economic and pop-cultural impact of an Apple TV app ecosystem has the potential to exceed (if not ... Full Article »

June 6, 2012 6:15am

Meant-for-fun Stalker takes photos surreptitiously

I’ll admit it: I’ve taken sneaky photos of things and people too absurd to simply let pass by. Typically shot from the hip to hide my judgmental moments, these photos rarely turn out leaving my “You’ll never believe what I just saw” stories with an anticlimactic “but I couldn’t get a p ... Full Article »

May 20, 2012 9:00pm

Monty Python is back, in app form!

Python Bytes is a true delight for fans of the legendary comic troupe. The video-on-demand app captures 22 of Monty Python’s best sketches from the show’s first series and then leaves it to the user to watch them in whatever order they please. The technological freedom fits perfectly with a bran ... Full Article »

May 10, 2012 4:00pm


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