During the past few years, I’ve grown obsessed with Twitter clients for the iPhone. The number of quality Twitter apps for the iPhone dwarfs those available on other platforms. For many, myself included, Tweetie had been my tweet weapon of choice. After Twitter bought Atebits, I transitioned to … [Read more...]
For the consistently homebound who don't get much use out of apps like FourSquare that display the nightly travels of imbibers, the new GetGlue app attempts to fill the void. Instead of checking into restaurants, bars, or coffee shops, GetGlue lets you "check in" when watching a movie or TV show, … [Read more...]
Amid a sea of useless, quirky, and rarely helpful alarm clock apps one has emerged that could potentially be just the thing frequent nappers have been looking for. The new Sleep Blaster app claims to be able to sound an alarm when you've reached a specific geographical location on a map—think: … [Read more...]
At the risk of starting an all-out comment war about the terrors of third-party music player apps, it must be said: Most third-party music players for the iPhone are not up to par. Close the app, the music stops. Load your entire library, face endless glitches and crashes. But a new music player … [Read more...]
Much hullabaloo was made leading up to the approval and release of the Opera Mini web browsing app in the iPhone App Store. Those who were familiar: "This is going to be the best app of all time! An app-pocalypse, even!" Those who weren't familiar: "I don't need another music composition app on my … [Read more...]
Many regular listeners of the long-running, popular NPR narratives show "This American Life" heavily depend on the show's free iTunes podcast to keep up with the weekly programs. But for the past few years or so, it's been hard not to notice that the show seems to be struggling finance-wise, as the … [Read more...]
