While it took a little longer than expected, Skype has finally released an official iPad application. Early this morning a new version of Skype optimized for Apple’s tablet hit the App Store. Skype has offered an app for the iPhone and iPod touch for ages, but the latest version is optimized for the iPad’s larger [...]
Sid Meier’s Pirates! for iPad rises to #2 on the chart this week, standing alone with Apple’s Pages amongst a sea of angry-birds. Rovio is dominating the top-sellers list, with all three of their titles – Angry Birds HD, Angry Birds Seasons HD and Angry Birds Rio all ranking in the Top 5 in The [...]
While Tweetcaster already offers one of the most successful iPhone Twitter applications (iTunes Link), the developers have have introduced an iPad compatible version of the app (iTunes Link). The iPad user interface was designed to utilize the iPad’s 10 inch screen, meaning you’ll find plenty of boxes (trends, search filters, etc.) all within the real estate [...]
Ustream has updated its iOS application to additionally support the iPad. In addition to access to both live and recorded content, users are now able to stream to their own Ustream channel with the iPad optimized app. The native navigation system allows users to browse through featured channels and categories and search for Ustream content. [...]
Sky TV, one of the largest European satellite television providers, has successfully launched its ‘Sky Go’ application in the iOS App Store. Originally slated for a July 6 launch, ‘Sky Go’ faced a delay similar to Google+ and several other anticipated apps… with OS X Lion finally here, could Apple’s review team have been busy [...]
Price: $0.99 Score: 5/10 Category: Games Care to join the rat race and turn your iDevice into a hamster wheel? Download Finger Shoes and tap away on a predetermined track as the graphics whisk by. That’s pretty much all there is to Finger Shoes, but this is one time when simplicity isn’t necessarily [...]
Tapbots, the developer studio behind ‘Tweetbot’, has updated their popular twitter application to include push notification support. Although a highly anticipated feature, push notification capability will only be available to the first 1,000 users who update their Tweetbot settings. The push notifications service can be enabled from the settings menu, where users can choose to [...]
AOL, the company behind popular tech sites Engadget and Joystiq, has launched a new iOS music application. AOL described their latest app, dubbed PLAY, as “an application that lets you share musical moments with friends.” While some services, like Spotify, offer subscription based music streaming, PLAY offers a free catalog of popular tunes for playback [...]
Apple has tweaked the prices for hundreds of App Store applications as part of an international update, with slightly raised prices in the UK and lowered costs in Australia. Pocket Gamer has reported app prices increasing on a sliding scale. The UK equivalent of 99 cent apps have gone up from 59p to 69p, apps [...]
While the TiVo iPad application has been around since late last year, TiVo launched the iPhone counterpart just yesterday. While the latest version is essentially the iPad application reworked for a smaller device, it also offers TiVo HD and Series 3 functionality. TiVo Series 3 and HD users are limited to the application’s TV guide, [...]
Hundreds of thousands of people use PayPal daily to send and receive money, pay clients digitally, and to buy items online. Plenty of those who have adopted the iOS application will be glad to hear the mobile app has been updated. PayPal has been listening to customer feedback intently and has made multiple changes to [...]
iOS applications that offer full length television episodes are becoming increasingly popular. The CW has launched a new app that allows users to stream full length episodes of Gossip Girl, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, and 90210. Although complete seasons are nowhere to be found, it does play some of the most recent episodes along with [...]
Electronic Arts has finally launched its anticipated Scrabble game for iOS, Android, and FaceBook. The official Scrabble game, which is available in both the iOS App Store and the Android market, has been under wraps for months since EA bought the rights to the famed board game. offers cross platform multiplayer similar to ‘Words with [...]
Price: $1.99 Score: 8/10 Category: Games In Color Bandits HD an evil steampunk boss sucks every last ounce of color out of the world. As a cat-in-armor protagonist it’s you’re job to bring the color back. The only way to save the world from the doldrums of grayscale is to shoot the bad [...]
Star Trek PADD, an official interactive database of the Star Trek Universe rises to the number one spot this week, with a recently updated Angry Birds Seasons HD coming in at number two. An innovative new storybook, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore takes out number three, while Apple’s Pages and Angry Birds [...]
