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There are a myriad of beautiful places to visit in California, but its famed Napa Valley has to be somewhere near the top of the list. But if you plan to make a trip, don’t bother buying a travel guide, just download the free Visit Napa Valley iPhone app. The app provides users with a thorough ov ... Full Article »
Supermarket chain Whole Foods has entered the badge-earning game with its new Whole Foods Market Missions iPhone and iPod Touch app. Through Whole Foods Market Missions, users are challenged to earn more than 70 badges centered upon healthy living. To get a badge, users check off the two to eight ... Full Article »
This last was another great week for iPad apps. Here are five of my favorites, including a pair of great games, an app for social networking, and more. Fruit Ninja HD ($4.99) Already a hit on the iPhone, Fruit Ninja HD ($4.99) is silly and addictive fun on the iPad’s big screen. You can play as ... Full Article »
I had a personal trainer for a while whose best advice to me was to record what I ate on a daily basis. I used a little notebook that fit in my pocket or purse, but figuring out the nutritional values for the stuff I was eating was a pain. GoMealsHD (free) helps solve that problem. With a huge dat ... Full Article »
I don’t know if an app for iPhone and iPod Touch can actually put you on par with a professional sushi chef, but Teach Me Sushi ($4.99) will get you darn close. Through a series of 13 instructional videos—and no, you can’t find them on YouTube—Jake from Teach Me Sushi guides novices through ... Full Article »
Thousands of sweaty people flood Grant Park every year to try “taster” portions of delectable treats from restaurants all over the Chicago area during the Taste of Chicago and attend free live entertainment featuring musical acts; this year, R&B legends Bell Biv Devoe and Salt-n-Pepa are fea ... Full Article »
The free OpenTable for iPad app offers an intuitive experience for making dinner reservations, just like its iPhone predecessor. This app’s content display, however, allows users to expand their palettes. This iPad app’s ‘Welcome’ screen greets a logged-in user with a colorful photo of an e ... Full Article »
It's summertime, and the grilling is easy. With the warm weather and festive nights abounding, it’s also time for most folks to break out the grill and slap on a juicy slab of meat or fresh fillet of fish. If you are particularly grill-obsessed like the man in my home, your first summer shopping e ... Full Article »
I told the free Betty Crocker Mobile Cookbook iPhone app, through the meal finder function, that I had pork and beans in my kitchen and needed to make something for dinner. In response, the virtual Betty supplied me with 25 possible recipes to cook a scrumptious dinner, including Tex-Mex pizza, Asia ... Full Article »
I suppose it was inevitable in our speed-based culture that we’d find a way to try to turn a sit-down restaurant experience into a fast food experience. The free YWaiter iPhone app (The operative pun being “Why Wait?”), allows you to order food and drinks at a restaurant ... Full Article »
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