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Five years ago I worked as an intern for a mid-day Chicago sports radio show. One of the shows more popular segments was called “I Predict,” where the host would take a slow news day and run through some of his predictions for the upcoming season of whatever sport was about to begin. It was a pr ... Full Article »
I think I understand the idea behind Shortmail — it’s a way to force quick, simple communications a la Twitter, but specifically to your email contacts. That goal seems well-intentioned, but ultimately kind of useless. After all, if people want to send a short email, they’ll just send a short ... Full Article »
The Internet abounds with would-be writers and bloggers looking to make their mark. But no-one has created the next YouTube, a place where an undiscovered talent can go viral. Opuss, a new iOS app, aims to fill that void. While there are technical hiccups in this early release, it’s worth checking ... Full Article »
The Daily’s Gadget Guide was created with technophiles in mind, but even though the iPad app is probably The Daily’s best effort to date, I still found its content fell short of must-have reading material. Gadget Guide does offer quite a few products — more than 200, in fact — and the price ... Full Article »
StuffWeLike is an uneventful, possibly broken, app that takes a mildly good idea and doesn't really go anywhere with it. Its basic premise as a sort of app-blog of little posts with pop culture snippets and links makes a lot of sense, but it's not executed well. For starters, the app simply doesn't ... Full Article »
If you're reading this app review, or any app reviews really, you probably have some interest in staying up to date on the business and innovations taking place in the mobile marketplace. If that's the case, the Mobile World Live app is an easy download to make. That's especially true with the 2011 ... Full Article »
Macworld Daily Reader (free) is a beautiful application that brings all the latest Apple news to your iPad. With a sleek UI and a variety of content, it might end up being your primary source for everything Apple. The app works well in either portrait or landscape mode, displaying information corre ... Full Article »
The things that iPhone apps are doing with augmented reality are interesting, but usually not that useful. The just released Word Lens borders on amazing, however, using the iPhone’s camera to translate text on the fly, right on the screen, as you pan the camera over the words. The effect is pret ... Full Article »
In this week's installment of Fresh iPhone Apps of the Week, check out The Daily Show app and its collection of video clips from the show, as well as updates from Facebook and Loopt. The Daily Show (iPhone, iPad) Free Get your fix of Jon Stewart and some fake news no matter where you are with The ... Full Article »
VLC Media Player sells itself in the iTunes App Store as an app that “reads almost every video file” that’s both “powerful and simple to use.” While it’s true that it is very simple to use, I’m not so sure I buy the claim that it reads almost every video file. Upon downloading th ... Full Article »
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