Late Wednesday, during the time when many were celebrating the 4th of July, the App Store began delivering corrupted apps through the App Store which caused many users to suffer app crashes and springboard resets. Many apps, such as Instapaper began to crash even after a clean install. Instapaper creator, Marco Arment posted on his site that his own app … Read More
Apple Inc. (AAPL) to announce Q3 FY12 Earnings on July 24
Apple Inc. (AAPL) recently updated its ‘investor relations’ webpage to announce that the company will conduct a conference to discuss Q3 FY12 Earnings on July 24. The live conference call will be held at 2 PM Pacific / 5 PM Eastern time. The call will later be available for streaming via QuickTime through Apple’s website. AAPL has been reporting record … Read More
CSR Racing for iPhone and iPad – Quick Look
A new racing game has hit the App Store this week from NaturalMotion who already have the popular Backbreaker range of games under their belts. CSR Racing for iPhone and iPad has two distinct differences from many other racing games in the App Store. Firstly, the racing in question is city street drag racing where you pot your wits against … Read More
Google Introduces Chrome Browser and Google Drive for iOS
On Thursday, Google announced that they are bringing their popular Chrome browser as well as their Cloud service, Google Drive to iOS. Following the announcement, Google released an iOS app, condensing a number of features from the full sized browser and packing them into the app. Some of the main features brought over include incognito mode and tab syncing across … Read More
Ahead of iOS 6 Release Date Apple Releases New Podcasts App
Earlier this month, rumors about Apple looking to release a standalone Podcast app were all over the web. On Tuesday, ahead of iOS 6 release date Apple released the Podcasts app, offering up a variety of features, previously within the Music app on iOS, with its own interface. Apple released the app on the App Store early Tuesday as a … Read More
Soctics League: Online Multiplayer Pocket Soccer Game Review
As a child I spent many hours playing a game called Subbuteo, a soccer game where you flicked little plastic soccer players around a fabric pitch to score goals, other people played foosball where the aim of the game was the same although this time your man spun on wooden rods. Soctics League is a hybrid of these two games … Read More
Replace Your Stock iPhone Camera App With Wood Camera – Review
When Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion recently the questions were about why and how much and it was easily argued that it was about the user base rather than the technology. That’s not to say that Instagram isn’t a great app, it is, but there are better apps out there and Wood Camera for iPhone is certainly one of … Read More
Apple’s App Store Arrives in 32 New Countries
During Apple’s annual WWDC conference, the company’s CEO Tim Cook promised that they would bring the App Store to a long list of countries and as promised, 32 countries received the online store this past week. The App Store is now available in 155 countries and is reported to gain over 400 million active accounts connected with credit cards. This … Read More
foursquare gets Major Update
It’s been rumored for a while now but finally the update foursquare app for the iPhone is now available in the App Store. The release notes don’t go into many specifics:- Say hello to the all-new foursquare! We’ve re-imagined the entire app to make it even easier for you and your friends to share and catalog your experiences and find new … Read More
Apple Adds Free App of the Week and Editor’s Choice to Mac and iOS App Store
Apple now has over 300,000 apps in the iOS App Store and over 100,000 in the Mac App Store. It’s almost impossible to fathom just how successful both App Stores have been and how much more potential it has, to become even a bigger part of our everyday lives. Late last week, Apple introduced a new promotion in both the … Read More
Facebook Releases ‘Pages Manager’ App for iPhone
Facebook’s iPhone app has been in the App Store for a long time, however, the company has expanded certain parts of the application into its own app. Facebook released the Facebook Messenger app last August, expanding the messages feature in the Facebook app. On Monday, Facebook expanded yet another feature, Pages. The company released Pages Manager, an app that allows … Read More
Spotify Releases iPad App for its Streaming Service
Music streaming service, Spotify, gained popularity in Europe before debuting in the United States last July, allowing users to stream music from major music labels on their Macs, PC’s, and portable devices. Spotify is one of the first streaming services to combine users music libraries, as well as online streaming and allow them to sync their devices. Today we’re extremely … Read More
Madcoaster Review – A Fast Paced Roller Coaster Ride
Madcoaster Review If you are one of the millions of players who downloaded and lost hours of their lives playing Jetpack Joyride then I may have a new game to break that addiction. Madcoaster from App Store dominators Chillingo is a new universal game where you control a roller coaster train on a never ending journey through multiple lands in … Read More
Cargo-Bot: A game made entirely on the iPad
Ever wondered what different platforms developers use to make iOS games? I have often wondered what the “Special Sauce” certain developers used to create games like “Angry Birds” or other insanely successful games use. Naturally when I read about Cargo-Bot, a game made entirely on the iPad, it caught my eye. Cargo-Bot was developed by the folks over at Two … Read More
Apple pulls Support for Android in Chomp App Discovery Service
Apple purchased San-Francisco start-up, Chomp, in February in order to utilize its App Search service for their own App Store. However, Chomp retained its app search service for Android users, until late last week. Apple likely decided to pull support for Android in order to minimize the usage of the website and focus it on iOS applications. Chomp also has … Read More