Convex

Developer Quote: "Convex is a revolutionary stylish converter for your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad."

- COST:    Free  -   APP STORE STARS:  4
- Categories: Education, Lifestyle, Math, Native, Productivity, Tools, Universal

What can be more tiresome than trying to figure out how many teaspoons are in an ounce or yards in a mile? Having an all purpose conversion tool can be a boon to anyone whether a student, business person or home-maker. Here's where Convex can help to make your life a tad easier with its quick and easy answer to your measurement question! This is a cleverly created measurement conversion iPhone and iPad app that intuitively gives you the results you need without your having to worry about providing details.

Convex provides results for over 950 units in 20 categories. Some of the categories include: Length, Time, Illuminance, Fuel, Force, Density, Volumentric Flow, Area, Currency and much more! That's a lot of conversions with cool animations and sounds to illustrate each conversion! Select the preferred category, the unit, and then type in the measurement amount. Immediately the conversion will be displayed in large numbers on top of your display. Tap the swap icon to reverse units if you'd like. Use the slider bar on the sides of the diagram to move the measurement up or down without even typing!

Here's where Convex stands out in the crowd - it contains realistic sounds and animations that make your conversions come to life. In discovering how many liters are contained in 1 gallon, the beaker filled with liquid and made the sounds of water pouring in. The radioactivity module displayed flames and produced the sounds of crackling fire. I consider this very imaginative, unique and plain fun when there is a boring task at hand!

In addition to being helpful, Convex is a great educational tool, and one that kids will enjoy using while doing their homework. Sleek, shiny and incredibly helpful Convex is a must-have utility for your iOS device.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Convert over 950 measurements units effortlessly with the sleek, stylish, smart Convex utilities app."

--Date/Version: Updated 12/6/11 - Version 1.6
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Universal: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Ergonotics SAS

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CONVEX

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CardCooker

Developer Quote: "CardCooker is an app that creates coupons, letters, business cards."

- COST: Free    - APP STORE STARS: N/A
- Categories: Communications, Lifestyles, Native, Productivity, Utilities

Looking for an all-in-one easy way to create a variety of correspondence and communication templates? You never know when you'll need to hand out a business card, email a greeting card, letter or special occasion coupon! You could try CardCooker to "cook" up some useful, attractive and easy-to-produce documents! This handy app produces a selection of templates with a good amount of interchangeable fonts. Some of the useful features of this business card and letterhead template iPhone app are as follows:

- Business cards: Just select your Contacts and CardCooker can create business cards with that information.

- Coupons: Fun coupons for friends, acquaintances and that special someone can be created for simple things like "lunch out on me", "movie date", "car wash", or anything else based on your needs and wants!

- Letters: Find beautiful stationery to send a note to someone using artful fonts to complement it.

- Greeting Cards: Use photos from your photo album to insert on letters and cards.

- Enjoy support to auto generate business card in conjunction with your Contacts app.

- Handy support to draw with pen.

- Write text captions on your photos.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Let CardCooker create sensational business, greeting or other cards along with personalized letterhead and coupons to make sure you are remembered in a very special way!"

--Date/Version: Updated 2/18/12 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.2 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad
--Developer: GiSoft

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CARD COOKER

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Unfriended

Developer Quote: "Unfriended will show you exactly who removed you as a friend and who deactivated their account. "

- COST: Free     - APP STORE STARS: 4-1/2
- Categories: Communications, Lifestyle, Native, Social Networking

How large is your Facebook account? If it's over 50 people, it's too hard to keep track of all those status updates or activities of friends. If it's up to 500 folks, heck OJ Simpson could be on there, and you wouldn't even know it! I keep my account limited purposely so I can truly interact with my friends, and not just maintain a mass of people whom I may have met once in the past. Still, I'm never quite aware if anyone has unfriended me or deactivated their own account. Once or twice I've seen the account decrease by two, and wondered who the heck decided to wander off!

It's pretty easy with Unfriended to see exactly what's what with your Facebook account. It's the simplest app to use and very small in space as apps go. Basically you open the app and see tabs for History and Unfriended, along with an Edit button on top of your display. There is a refresh button to the bottom left of your screen. Tap that and it will sift through your Facebook friends and let you know on the spot if any changes have occurred. It's simple-no bells or whistles, just a clear answer. If all your friends are still there, you will see a message, "There are no new changes in your friends list to display." 

Fortunately, today all was well with my Facebook account, so I don't have an alternate answer to that one! One caveat here: Unfriended will only display results for who deactivated or removed you as a friend AFTER the time you installed this app. Therefore, after installing, you may wish to wait a day or two to check out the number of your friends on Facebook. And, remember, it doesn't really matter who unfriended you! You are an awesome person, and that other person is losing out on great interaction with you if he or she decided to retract a friendship!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Unfriended makes it simple to quickly view if anyone has unfriended you or deactivated his or her Facebook account."

--Date/Version: Updated 1/23/12 - Version 1.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Kieran Bamforth

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UNFRIENDED

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Cool iPhone, iPad Tech & Net News: 2/26/12

Got a few minutes? Catch up on the current iPhone, iPad Tech & Net News. Also, see Breaking iPhone News on the home page in the right sidebar.

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NoteLedge® for iPad

Developer Quote: "NoteLedge for iPad is your perfect assistant to jot down multimedia notes from meetings, lectures and even maintain travel diaries. Experience the premium note-taking environment!"

- COST: $1.99    - APP STORE STARS: 4
- Categories: Cards, Communications, iPad, Lifestyle, Native, Organization, Productivity, Social Networking

Anyone currently enjoying a vacation, compiling memoirs of a get-together, writing a daily journal or otherwise engaged in a customized writing activity? All the above and many other note-taking methods have become a cinch using iPad which has increased productivity for both professionals and individuals. NoteLedge® for iPad caught my attention and has become part of my daily writing habit due to its many personalized methods of creating and containing my notes, memos and e-cards using built-in templates. What you do with these 3 writing options is totally up to your imagination and real life activities!

The customization with using multi-media, different writing tools and colors, cropping and moving all items on a page exactly where you want them is amazingly useful and oh so intuitive! This is because NoteLedge® for iPad uses its very own feature called Navigator which makes preparing your scrapbook, journal entry or e-card a combined work of creativity and organization. This clever and well-planned app allows you to crop the selected media contents in whichever way you prefer and then paste them strategically. Some of the tremendous capabilities of this note taking, editing iPad app are shown below in several different categories:

Editing and Utility Tools
▪ Realistic handwriting and drawing experience to complement your notes.
▪ Drag the text box anywhere within the note page to your liking.
▪ Take notes and record at the same time.
▪ Add multiple video/audio recordings to create richer content.
▪ Rest your palm while writing or drawing with a stylus.

The Patented “Navigator”
▪ The Navigator allows you to crop and copy your texts, pictures and drawings in your own way and paste them wherever you like within the active area.
▪ A collection of built-in stamps are available.

Customize Your Notes
▪ Choose from among the blank, graph, ruled, or looseleaf note templates.
▪ Customize a template with your own photo.
▪ Create your note covers with pictures from your photo library.
▪ WOW others with your one-of-a-kind E-cards.
▪ Support various photo filters including Lomo, Black and White, Gothic, Sharp Color, and more.

Keep Everything Organized
▪ Manage your notes under the calendar view.
▪ Back up your notes, retrieve saved works, and fine-tune your masterpieces.
▪ Use the file clone feature to create a copy of your files.
▪ Password protection supported.

Share Your Life Easily
▪ Facebook your notes/travel journals.
▪ Email your notes in either JPG or PDF format within a matter of seconds.
▪ Easily back up notes to a wide range of cloud storage sites including Dropbox, iDisk, Box.net, GoogleDocs, FTP and WebDAV.

Open NoteLedge® for iPad and you will see a Welcome Note screen. From here tap the question mark (help) button at the top left to see all the unique and exciting writing utilities available to you using illustrated notes. Here you will find information on creating Files, page Preview, Media options, Navigator gadget, Slideshow, Stationary templates, your very own Palm Rest and more. Tap Back at any time to return to the Home Screen.

Let's begin with the Files tab. From here tap Create New File to begin your first note. The calendar date will automatically be inserted. Choose from among styles such as Classical Note, Quick Memo and E-Card. Then tap and hold the pencil to select a writing style including pen, pencil, crayon, stylus and paintbrush. Tap your preferred color from the palette, size and opacity (tap and hold for choices), then begin to write. Preview your page at any time by tapping that button. Tap the Media button to include Audio, Video, Bookmark, Sketch, Text (wide variety of fonts), Image or a built-in and even customized template! Tap the full screen icon to hide the side menus, thus effectively increasing your writing space. The Navigator is a truly remarkable tool (and my favorite) which allows so many options in editing your photos and capturing content to move elsewhere in your document.

As you work, use the undo and redo buttons at top of the screen to fine-tune your thoughts. Of course, the final highlight of this creative app is sharing with whomever you want via multiple methods including DropBox, iDisk, GoogleDocs (all available under the cloud icon), Email Page, Note, Note With PDF, Share to Facebook, and of course save to your photo album. Using NoteLedge® for iPad, recording your memoirs and activities in scrapbook or classic fashion has never been easier, more fun and media complete!

COOL CONCLUSION: "NoteLedge® for iPad is a remarkably creative, while productive, note-taking iPad app that will make your writing both attractively unique and comprehensive."

--Date/Version: Updated 2/17/12 - Version 1.3
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Special Note: In this version, new features include: Chinese and Japanese languages, wider writing area, various templates, more stamps, PDF export, save page to photo album, phone number detection and save, hyperlink support and quick file export to e-mail.
--Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese
--Device: iPad
--Developer: Kdan Mobile Software
--Facebook: Kdan Mobile Software LTD
--Twitter: KdanMobile

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NOTELEDGE FOR IPAD

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SoupMaster

Developer Quote: "Thousands of delicious soups included in tasty SoupMaster."

 

- COST: Free    - APP STORE STARS: 4-1/2
- Categories: Food, Lifestyle, Native, Recipes

When the weather gets damp and chilly, chances are you are stuck in your house shivering, or perhaps running through the front door dripping wet. These times call for a comforting, steaming bowl of hot soup. Soup warms and soothes you with its delicious aroma and heat. SoupMaster provides you with a tantalizing variety of soups guaranteed to please the tastes of everyone in the family. This app also includes detailed instructions on length of time to cook, ingredients, cook methods and more when it comes to making your yummy pot of soup. Some of the delicious features of this iPhone and iPad recipes app are as follows:

- About 60 big categories of soups:
"cook for a crowd soup", "quick meals soup", "budget soup", "kids heathy soup", "Japanese soup", "Chinese soup", etc.

- Low fat soup recipes for help in losing weight

- Rate the recipe so you can find your favorite ones next time

- Add the recipes to your todo list so you will never forget to buy the ingredients when shopping

- Step by step tutorials

- Search soups

- Add the soup you like as favorite, or add it to todo list, or quick view

COOL CONCLUSION: "Fill your house with the aroma of soup as you learn many tasty recipes guaranteed to make you a SoupMaster."

--Date/Version: Updated 5/11/11 - Version 1.1
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: @jlee&huizhe

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SOUPMASTER

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90s Music Radio

Developer Quote: "Listen a selective list of 90's Music from all over the world with a very easy interface using 90s Music Radio."

- COST:    Free     - APP STORE STARS:  N/A
- Categories: Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music, Native, Universal

We've got music on our iPods, and some of us have satellite radio stations in our car. Being able to hear a variety of music from the past is often nice, but you really don't hear much older period music on regular radio stations. Well, now music lovers who enjoy a variety of genres from the present and past may like the many stations from the 90's offered on 90s Music Radio. Some of the features of this musical radio station iPhone app are as follows:

- Timer: You can set up a timer to stop the music.
- Song Title: You can view the song title of the music (if available)
- Album Cover: You can view the album cover of the song (if available)
- iTunes Link: You can download the song from itunes (if available)
- Stations are dynamically loaded
- Llisten the music in background mode
- AirPlay Broadcast live to your HDTV and speakers

COOL CONCLUSION: "Enjoy music from the 90's using the specialized 90s Music Radio universal app to add a little variety to your listening pleasure!"

--Date/Version: Released 12/2/11 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.3 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: UniversaliPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Kandabi

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90S MUSIC RADIO

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Tri It!-Triangle Puzzler

Developer Quote: "The object of the game, Tri It!-Triangle Puzzler, is to flick-move triangles on a puzzle board, guiding them onto colorful solution tiles."

- COST:    Free   - APP STORE STARS:  N/A
- Categories: Entertainment, Native, Games, Puzzle, Universal

Looking for a new puzzle game that's not action adventure, but brain draining instead? Check out Tri It!-Triangle Puzzler, a challenging puzzle game in which you place small triangles on a puzzle board of squares inserting them into the correct tiles to solve. Some of the addicting features of this iPhone puzzle and logic game are as follows:

- Four difficulty levels and 120 puzzles!
- New, innovative game play!
- Appeals to casual and advanced gamers.
- Easy to learn, difficult to master.
- Simple, intuitive flick controls.
- In-game instructions.
- Triggers, warps, swappers, and more!
- Optional music and sound effects.
- Beat your best times on all puzzles!

Though Tri It!-Triangle Puzzler may have you scratching your head figuring out some moves, don't despair because special tiles are available to help you discover the solution. By the same token, these very tiles could work against you, so beware! Look out for walls and certain triangles which will block your progress for you will have to find a way around them! Trigger, Warp and Swapper tiles can all aid (or maybe harm) you in your battle to correctly place triangles on the board tiles. Think twice before you use each type so you can solve these fun puzzle boards accurately!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Tri It!-Triangle Puzzler is loaded with challenging, addicting fun in which your brain uses all its logic to solve shape fitting puzzles!"

--Date/Version: Updated 1/7/12 - Version 1.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.1.3 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Universal: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Play Sculpture

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TRI IT-TRIANGLE PUZZLER

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OrganiDoc HD-Best file manager for docs, photo, video and PDF viewer

Developer Quote: "OrganiDoc HD provides you a wonderful way to browse docs, pics, videos in a uniquely different user interface."

 

- COST: $4.99    - APP STORE STARS: 5
- Categories: Communications, iPad, Lifestyle, Native, Organization, Photos, Productivity, Storage, Videos

Life can get so complicated with juggling and sharing personal and business tasks, communications and media. If you are constantly on the go, this can make things even more stressful with needing files you suddenly discovered are not in your possession! That's why it's super important nowadays to have all your important information at hand. I found a really superb answer to this dilemma - OrganiDoc HD. This app keeps you completely organized and ready to produce media, docs or what-have-you at a minute's notice!

With this excellent iOS app, you will be able to manage all your special photos, videos and documents from your computer, and even have them password protected, in case a friend or relative is using your iPad. (Password protection is worth a million to me as I really don't like having my photos and email exposed to others). Still, if that's not enough, OrganiDoc HD utilizes Dropbox, Google Docs, Mobileme, along with other sites, to easily and quickly access and import your materials from all "safe-houses" to a single place for your review.

Some of the excellent features of this storage and file management iPad app are as follows:

▪ Simply transfer docs, pics and videos from your PC through iTunes enabling browsing and management anytime, anywhere.
▪ Revolutionary way to present your files in their respective presentation and interfaces, allowing more efficient file management.
▪ Manage your docs, pics and videos in both public and protected mode.
▪ Easily save your attachments within email to OrganiDoc HD.
▪ Use free Dropbox, Google Docs or other cloud disk services for backup remotely and download them on demand to your iPad.
▪ Observe sharing status of your Google docs or Dropbox on iPad anytime.
▪ Compression files such as ZIP or RAR can be extracted in OrganiDoc HD. Password protected ZIP or RAR are also supported. Files and folders can be compressed to a ZIP file.
▪ Use OrganiDoc HD as your one stop file management app for emailing or dispatching file to other apps for further editing.
▪ Use Wifi to transfer file from PC to iPad when there is no access to USB cable.
▪ Support Air print features to print out files in iPad easily.
▪ Support TV out features. Users can easily connect iPad to TV or projectors to do presentation.
▪ Pics are saved with complete information such as GPS, focus, resolution and so on.
▪ Converting wmv, flv, f4v, rm, rmvb, avi, mpg, asf, mkv, 3gp video files to iPad playable mp4 or audio-only mp3 files. ▪ During the conversion, you can still play other video files.

The detailed video below provided by CrazyMikesApps will show you just how useful and invaluable you will find OrganiDoc HD.



Below are the many file formats you can enjoy on your iPad:

a. MS Office (doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pps, ppsx…)
b. iWorks '09, '08, '06 files (key, numbers, pages, key.zip, numbers.zip, pages.zip)
c. PDF file (pdf)
d. Text files (txt, rtf, rtfd)
e. Web files (htm, html, xml, svg), Safari Web Archives (webarchive).
f. Compressed files (zip, rar)
g. Image files (jpg, tif, png, gif, bmp, BMPf, ico, cur, xbm)
h. Video files (mp4, mov, m4v…), Audio files (aac, mp3, m4a…)

When you open OrganiDoc HD, tap My iPad, My Doc to find a Quick Start Guide that will instruct you on how to transfer files of all types between your computer and iPad. Now you can begin to make your files easily accessible to you at all times. Tap Cloud Storage in the left of your display to view the many storage facilities where you may currently have docs, videos or photos. These site include GoogleDocs, Dropbox, MobileMe iDisk, Public iDisk, WebDAV Server, Box.net and Soonr. Enter your account information in each and you're all set to go with docs at the ready! To set a Passcode on a file, just tap the Protected File tab. The same method applies to iTunes File Sharing. On the top of your screen, you will see tabs for Doc, Photo, Media. This is where your files will appear when added to OrganiDoc HD.

I transferred several special photos from my computer using iTunes and they appeared within a couple minutes. I tested importing documents as well as videos, and everything functioned smoothly as I expected. Remember, you can also transfer files from your iPad back to iTunes on your computer or to any of the storage facilities mentioned. The neat thing I noticed when viewing my imported photos is that I could password protect each, as well as see complete file format information on the photo itself. Another intuitive feature is being able to see a preview of your file in the left column of your screen. Tap on the file name to view it in entirety. You are able to Rename, Share, Move, Zip, etc. your files when you tap the Edit button on the top of your display.

I've mentioned several favorite features that I found, but here's one of the neatest! Use the List or Swipe icon buttons at the end of the display to view your materials. Swipe is done via carousel method. The bottom line here is that after testing and using OrganiDoc HD for the day, I found it to be absolutely invaluable and totally productive. I found no glitches or problems that befuddled me. The app is cleverly constructed, straightforward, extremely useful and a must-have for all iPad users!

COOL CONCLUSION: "OrganiDoc HD is a sleek and excellent productivity tool allowing file management, storage and organization with great care put into each solid feature!"

--Date/Version: Updated 12/20/11 - Version 2.7.5
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Special Note: OrganiDoc is also available for iPhone on the App Store
--Languages: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
--Device: iPad
--Developer: Wenjoy Technology

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
ORGANIDOC HD

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Pinterest

Developer Quote: "Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard which lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find in your life."

- COST: Free     - APP STORE STARS: 4-1/2
- Categories: Entertainment, Lifestyle, Native, Photos, Social Networking

 

If you're planning an event, or engaging in some task in which you welcome the creative ideas of friends and family, you need a place to hold this wealth of information. Wouldn't it be easy to have everything in one place so you could take a look at all this helpful input? How about placing it all on a type of photo board? In fact, I've noticed that on TV shows, the detectives use a whiteboard to illustrate their thoughts on solving a crime. On this one board they will list all the tips, pics and ideas they may have. By using one place in which to host all their crime solving ideas, they are able to think more clearly. Well, Pinterest is a place where you can "pin" all your interests in one location, similar to the ideas above. You can also have a look at boards made by other people if you'd like to get some ideas in a variety of categories, or just to enjoy some creative genius. Some of the great uses of this social networking iPhone and iPad app are as follows:

• Browse pins from people and pinboards you follow.
• Repin, like and comment on your favorite pins.
• Pin with your camera!

How are some of the ways you can utilize Pinterest? Well, I thought about this for a while and can see some excellent uses for it. You can use a Pinterest board to decorate a house, plan an office party, baby shower, family vacation and so much more. Paste your images in your area of interest on your wall, and write your thoughts under that graphic. So, if you're planning a party, invite friends to give you their recipes, pics, games, themes or anything at all to do with the event. You can post this info on your board, or have your friends do it themselves. If your kids are part of a soccer or basketball team, post team pics, scores, game news or anything else at all. Can you see now how useful a social networking tool Pinterest can be? So go ahead and get started fleshing out all your areas of interest on walls that reflect your thoughts! It's a great way to stay in touch with friends!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Pinterest is a unique social networking tool that allows you to post (pin) and share with friends your pics, ideas, plans and thoughts on a specially designated wall!"

--Date/Version: Updated 1/28/12 - Version 1.4.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.0 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Cold Brew Labs,Inc.

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PINTEREST

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Face Fun

Developer Quote: " Take a picture and have the faces automatically swapped. Instant fun with Face Fun!"

- COST:   Free   - APP STORE STARS: 3-1/2
- Categories: Entertainment, Lifestyle, Photo & Video, Photo Effects, Native, Universal

Have you you ever wondered how your brother's face would look on your uncle's head? Or maybe even how your sister's face would look on her grandmother's head? There's always tons of amusing possibilities available when you can play around with photo effects. Face Fun provides you with just that type of amusement, and the creativity is endless. You can use this app when out at parties or clubs with friends, at the ballpark with kids, or just at home with your photo collection and feeling bored! Some of the editing fun of this photo effects app are as follows:

• Easy to use: snap/import -> fine tune -> share
• Universal app – buy once and use on all your iOS devices (iPhone/iPod/iPad)
• Sharing via Facebook, Twitter and email
• Supports tagging of people in the photos
• Built-in photo editing tools

All you have to do is take a pic or grab one from your photo album, then let Face Fun do all the work! This app will sense, scan and locate the faces with which you want to work. Polish up the finished result a bit, and there you have it! You've exchanged the heads of two of your favorite (or not) people! There are a few editing features in Face Fun which let you play around with your images before you share them. You can actually perform minor adjustments to size, position and rotation of the faces. The pics are stored so you can tweak them later for double the fun! The rules are simple: point, shoot and swap!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Using Face Fun, snap a couple pics of friends then swap the heads for a wacky new pair of photos that'll entertain the gang!"

--Date/Version: Updated 2/3/12 - Version 1.0.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.3 or later. Rated 4+.
--Special Note: Images are only sent to the detection script for processing of facial location. They are cached for a very short time to perform the detection operation and then automatically discarded. The server merely returns the facial feature location coordinates. Images are not stored.
--Device: Universal: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Taptivate LLC

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
FACE FUN

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Word Solitaire: Aurora

Developer Quote: "Look northwards and to the stars for a dazzling display of word creation and traditional solitaire with Word Solitaire: Aurora!"
 

- COST: Free    - APP STORE STARS: 4-1/2
- Categories: Entertainment, Games, Native, Word Game

I'm not sure what part of the world you're from, but where I'm located it's pretty darn cold outside today. An espresso and a game that I can play on my phone, tucked under a blanket, sounds like a great idea right about now! Word game lovers, here's an intriguing new game you can enjoy that'll tickle your brain and occupy you happily for a while! Word Solitaire: Aurora is about dragging letters onto each other to create words. When you flip over the cards you'll view additional letters which enable you to complete the level by using all of them to make words. Some of the features of this captivating iPhone and iPad word game are as follows:

- A 250-Level "Campaign" will keep you hooked for months
- High-resolution Retina graphics
- Full Game Center support
- A comprehensive tutorial will help you pick up the game in minutes
- Compete against users around the world on the daily puzzle
- Configure a game with your own settings in Quick Play mode
- Stunning displays of the aurora change each day
- All-new twists like wildcards spice up the play
- Also available for your Mac and iPad

This game is actually the sequel to Word Solitaire! With sharp graphics and soft music in the background, you'll enjoy the unique combination of word play which takes a little bit of Scrabble and Bookworm mixing it with classic Solitaire to arrive at the addicting, Word Solitaire: Aurora. An excellent tutorial, competing against others, as well as fun wildcards make this game unforgettable and truly enjoyable for word game enthusiasts!

COOL CONCLUSION: "Word Solitaire: Aurora combines word creation, solitaire and beautiful graphics to provide you with the ultimate, challenging word game."

--Date/Version: Updated 2/11/12 - Version 1.1.1
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 4.3 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Candywriter LLC

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WORD SOLITAIRE: AURORA

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GRAMMY Live

Developer Quote: "Enjoy Music’s Biggest Night® with the all-new GRAMMY Live mobile app, including the latest photos, videos, news, trivia and more!"

 

- COST:   Free  - APP STORE STARS: 3-1/2
- Categories: Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music, Native, Photos, Videos

I didn't realize the huge, musical Grammys event was taking place this weekend until someone in the office reminded me. Of course, I knew there would be an app for that... An app filled with information of what to expect before, during and after the big night tomorrow, February 12th!

Tomorrow, music lovers can enjoy the musical spectacle of the 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards, to be aired at 8:00 pm ET on CBS. To get the most background information, news, photos and videos about this this event, check out the comprehensive GRAMMY Live app now before the show airs.

There's a neat bonus to this app. You will also be able to tune in to GRAMMY Live, which is three days of live-stream coverage of the VIP events leading up to and through the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Like others, you probably have your favorite musicians whose musical career you faithfully follow. Go ahead and listen to your favorite GRAMMY Nominees with the very special GRAMMY Radio. For a little more fun for those trivia loving people, play the Guess the GRAMMYs interactive poll to select whom you think will this major musical award. There's not much time left to anticipate this year's winner of the Grammy's and to get in the spirit of this well-known and loved event, so get in the know while you can with GRAMMY Live!

COOL CONCLUSION: "GRAMMY Live serves up the latest photos, videos, news and trivia about your favorite musical celebrities in an exciting build-up to the big Grammys event!"

--Date/Version: Updated 2/2/12 - Version 1.2
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Universal: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad
--Developer: The Recording Academy. CBS Interactive

Visit the iTunes App Store for more details, and to download:
GRAMMY Live

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Diggin' Dogs

Developer Quote: "Guide your intrepid pups as they dig through the earth, collect bones and buried treasure, avoid hazards and have a good old-fashioned sniff around in this loveable adventure!"

 

- COST: 99 cents     - APP STORE STARS: 4-1/2
- Categories: Animals, Entertainment, Games, Native

Any dog lovers around? If you have one or a few dogs, you undoubtedly enjoy their antics as they play around the house. Nothing is funnier than seeing a dog with paws flying as he uncovers an old, well-loved bone from the yard. In Diggin' Dogs, you get to enjoy a few cute puppies (without ownership worries) while you watch them digging for treasure. Some of the features of this cute, arcade, action iPhone game are as follows:

- Intuitive and incredibly easy to master controls - try to find the hidden coins, all three of the secret bones, as well as the all-important golden boot in each level.

- A wide variety of hazards while you dig - from poisonous mushrooms to buzzing wasps. Try to keep your canines in one piece for the maximum score!

- Dig your way through 61 levels spread across 5 unique worlds - Forest, Snow, Junkyard, Jungle and Volcano! Each has their own challenges and treasures to find.

Three fun-loving puppies find an exciting map leading to buried treasure. Your job is to help the pups dig around for the treasure, but take care to avoid traps. However, you can use some cool power-ups to accomplish the task safely. Enjoy fast paced action, bright colors and fun game-play as you play with these energetic pooches in Diggin' Dogs.

COOL CONCLUSION: "Diggin' Dogs is pure fun for doggie lovers who like a bit of excitement, cuteness and rapid gameplay action!"

--Date/Version: Released 2/9/12 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS 3.1 or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
--Developer: Chillingo Ltd.

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DIGGIN' DOGS

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Cool iPhone, iPad Tech & Net News: 2/9/12

Got a few minutes? Catch up on the current iPhone, iPad Tech & Net News. Also, see Breaking iPhone News on the home page in the right sidebar.

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Lingo of the Day: metoobies - Participants in online conferences and chats who seem incapable of posting anything other than "Me too!", "Ditto", "What she said", et cetera.

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AppStart

Developer Quote: "AppStart is the first app to download on your iPhone: An app starter kit with all the essential apps you'll ever need."

 

- COST: 99 cents     - APP STORE STARS: 5
- Categories: Lifestyle, Native, Productivity, Reference

Got a new iPhone or iDevice, and wondering just where to start with the best apps for entertainment and simplification of your life? This is always the question I get asked the most: "Which apps do I need or should I get for my phone?" Wow, that's a loaded question! There are so many excellent apps, and it's time consuming to write lists to suit individuals. However, AppStart is a great way to introduce new iPhone and iOS device owners to the apps that complement one's lifestyle.

There are a number of sections listing the apps needed for particular folks. Essential apps are listed - they are what I call the Basics. Everything after that is gravy! You'll find apps for Foodies, Moms and Dads, College, Universal Remote and so many more categories. AppStart has broken down the App Store's categories into sub-sections making it much easier to find the ones you truly want. With cool graphics and smooth navigation, you'll be navigating your way around this app with no problem at all and learning the iPhone facts you want to know!

COOL CONCLUSION: "AppStart is where you begin your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad journey of discovery with great iOS tutelage and app ideas!"

--Date/Version: Released 1/4/12 - Version 1.0
--iOS/Age Rating:  This app requires iOS or later. Rated 4+.
--Device: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.
--Developer: AppAdvice LLC

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APPSTART

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