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Doozy, The Todo List App That Does More [Review]

types.jpgDoozy is a todo app for iOS with a difference. It’s not about lists, it’s about organizing your stuff visually. Although it’s more complicated than many of its rivals, it’s also somewhat more powerful, and offers some task tracking and monitoring features we’ve never...

Draw Something Is Fantastic, Addictive Fun, But Only If You’re Online [Review]

drawsomething.jpgDraw Something is the hip game to be playing on iOS right now. Is it just an electronic version of popular board game Pictionary? Well, yes, sort of, but with added iPad cool. It’s enormous fun to play, only let down by a stubborn...

Apps That Will Showcase Your New iPad’s Super Powers

If you’ve just upgraded from an iPad 2 to an iPad 3 a new iPad, no doubt you’ll be wanting to put the new device’s super powers – Retina screen, LTE wireless data, improved camera, and A5X processor – to the test. Here’s a...

StockTouch Almost Puts You On The Trading Floor [Review]

overview.jpgWe’ve all seen news reports on the TV when stock markets take a nosedive. The footage is always the same: traders looking in despair at screens full of red rectangles, each one representing a falling stock. Those magical digital rectangles are no longer for...

Vocre Opens Up A World Of Languages For Free [Review]

vocre3.jpgThere’s so much that’s impressive about the technology we all carry in our pockets that it’s easy to take it for granted. But one of the things that constantly amazes me when I see it in action is instant language translation. Vocre (pronounced voh-creee)...

Camera+ 3 Is Smarter Than Ever, But Not Always Faster [Review]

cameraplus1.jpgCamera+ is one of the best photography apps available, period. And today sees the release of Camera+ 3, a major update with lots of new features. One of the main changes is an optional new workflow. Previously, Camera+ worked like this: you snapped pictures,...

Dad Warns Developers: Don’t Trick My Kids Into Buying

talkingtomcat.jpgUser experience expert Rian van der Merwe posted a heartfelt rant at Smashing Magazine yesterday, begging developers of iPad apps for kids to think a little more carefully about how they put their apps together. Most of his comments were about UI and interface...

Picle Tries To Capture The Sound Of iPhone Photography [Review]

picle1.jpgNewly launched at SXSW this week is Picle, a free iOS photography app with a twist: the aim is to make something that sounds like Instagram. It’s a lovely idea but the initial release suffers a few disappointing problems. Picle is so named because...

“Apple Ticked All The Boxes” – Developers React To New iPad

newipad.jpgDevelopers of iOS apps spent last night absorbing all the news from Apple, and trying to figure out how they might be able to make the most of the new iPad’s features. We asked some friendly devs for their observations. One predicted big things...

Pages Is Still The Best Word Processor For iOS [Review]

landscapetext.jpgHere is the new Pages for iOS, as announced by Apple last night. Not a huge amount has changed here, to be honest, but there are one or two nice additions, stuff that help Pages retain its top spot in the small world of...

New iPad Retina Display “Will Have Huge Impact On Games” – Developer

ipadretina.JPGThe new iPad’s Retina display “will have a huge impact on games”, one developer told Cult of Mac this morning. James van Dyne of Yokohama, Japan-based indie dev outfit Sugoisoft told us: We’re very excited by the announcement today and can’t wait to demo...

Your iPhone Camera Is Even Closer To Hand With New iOS 5.1 Swipe Access

swipe-to-camera2.jpgThere’s a nice refinement to the iOS lock screen in the 5.1 update released today: now, your iPhone’s camera lurks just beneath the lock screen, and you can jump straight into it with an upward swipe. Previously, it was possible to toggle a button...