Category: app

Apps- Improving lives or Making us Lazier?

I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about how web and mobile apps are making us lazy. But is the goal of technology not to make our lives easier? Is this not the ultimate goal? The article uses a few specific examples of apps which allow us to goof of but they aren’t saving work so much as passing the buck. One...

Pressreader review- Finally a Subscription news Service!

A few months ago I got an email from the folks at Pressreader asking me if I would review their service. Knowing me, you know I never turn down an opportunity to try a free service, so I gave it a try, and I can tell you that what Pressreader offers truly is unique. Pressreader offers a database of 2100+ publications which can be...

Doors, Clear Vision Add Levels, Enhance Gameplay

Today I’ve got news as to two games I’ve previously highlighted. And I also included the keynote on Xbox’s great looking new technology, Xbox glass which unifies your devices and makes them work together.  During the review of Clear Vision 5 I mentioned that the developer told me they were planning on adding more levels. Indeed they have, and although they didn’t add many,...

Review: Recorder Pro- The Best iPhone Recording App?

Are you in a band? Are you a public speaker? Do you like the sound of your own voice? If the answer to that question is yes for you, you may be the perfect customer for Recorder Pro ($.99) the best recording app on the iPhone and IOS. Recorder pro is a well designed recording apps built for anything from notes to self to...

REVIEW: iTranslate Voice

So what if I were to tell you I wanted to communicate with peers from China, I spoke no Chinese, they spoke no English, and we only had five minutes. If I said we could verbally communicate, you would call me crazy, but that’s where you’re wrong. You can, as long as you have an iPhone, and iTranslate Voice (read below). In my testing...