If reading text messages with just text day in and day out is getting a little grating, Zlango is here to spice your experience up a little bit. It’s a free app from the Android Market that allows you to throw in colorful, zany icons alongside words in your text messages. There are icons for […]
Hey, picking a name for your new baby isn’t easy, and what if the little one ends up not liking it? Well, now your unborn child will have no one to blame but her/himself for a bad name. Kick to Pick comes stocked with thousands of baby boy and girl names – parents-to-be can make […]
If you’re feeling bad about all the time your iPad is sitting there, idle, use this Desk Clock HD app to give it a little style and substance. You can get the app for free from the iTunes App Store, and access the 7 free clocks that are included. There’s a pretty fair variety within […]
It’s a useful app, it’s free, and it saves gas. What’s not to like? ShopSavvy, now on version 1.3, is a pretty simple barcode scanning app for Windows 7 phones. Scanning is actually a bit of a misnomer, though – you really take a picture of a barcode, and the app identifies the product and […]
If you’re looking for a good way to complement the Abstract Expressionist New York exhibit at the MoMA in New York, check out this free educational app. You can check out all the highlights of the exhibit from your iPad, while also learning more information about the pieces and the artists responsible for them. Don’t […]
Starbucks has recently unveiled a brand new way to pay for coffee at their thousands (and thousands and thousands) of stores worldwide: via iPhone. With the new Starbucks Card Mobile App, customers can load their Starbucks Cards to their phones. Payments are made with special in-store scanners that read information right off of your phone. […]
Of course, the eBay app has been around for ages, but the recent version 2.0 release gives users a few more tools to use to manage their own personal online marketplace. In addition to keeping tabs on all of your items, whether you are bidding, watching, or selling, you can now list items and receive […]
In the same vein as Pandora, Slacker Radio is a personalized radio app for Windows Mobile 7. The UI is a little sleeker and more stylized than Pandora, and you can also access song lyrics for any song that gets played (just in case you ever have one of those friendly arguments over a song […]
Ever wonder what the cops are up to while you’re around town? Well, maybe you do for several different reasons. We won’t go into that. What we will go into is how complete of an app Police Scanner is. There are over 2,000 different police and emergency service feeds to choose from, from not just […]
Sometimes, iPads don’t get the love they deserve at home. It’s hard to justify using it, especially when you’ve got your Mac (that I’m sure is loved just as much as the iPad). Drahtwerk’s iScreen app gives your iPad a new role at home: as an extension of your Mac’s display. All it takes is […]
A big gripe about the iPhone has always been the lack of ports, notably USB ports, to allow for easy file transfer from device to device. Usually, printing is the end result of these file transfers. Well, who needs ports, anyway? If you have access to an Epson Wi-Fi All-In-One printer, all you need is […]
Blogs have become extensions of many people’s lives. They can be soapboxes and social spaces, all in one. People don’t like being away from parts of their lives for very long. Finally, for WordPress users, going outside doesn’t mean being away from your beloved blog any longer. Windows Phone 7 smartphones now have a free […]
Does anyone really look forward to brushing their teeth? It feels more like a chore than anything (though the consequences might be a little more offensive for others than a few dirty dishes or a dusty dresser). Well, thanks to the industrious world of tech, boredom while you brush is a thing of the past. […]
