Posts Tagged with ‘apps’

Downloading iPhone apps on a budget? Don't have money to invest in Super Monkey Ball and Texas Hold 'Em? Still want something fun on your iPhone that will let you keep from getting bored in meetings and entertain the kids in the checkout line? Fear not; here are five completely useless iPhone apps you can download for free that should entertain even the most jaded child or cube denizen.
1. Tap Tap Revenge
Tap Tap Revenge is a game that should be [...]

There's nothing quite like the smell of a copy-cat early in the morning.  But then, what else would we expect of our trusty social network Facebook?  Aside from the many other cues Facebook has taken from different social platforms, when the Facebook app rolled out this morning as part of the iPhone Apps store, there were more than a few people who noticed striking similarities between the Facebook App and one rather popular micro-messaging application. 
Its hard to miss similarities [...]

Beginning this weekend, from Friday evening until Sunday, 200 to 300 developers, designers and entrepreneurs will all assemble together in San Francisco. What for, you ask? Well, one week after the release of the Apple iPhone, there can only be one thing that will draw a crowd of this size… the iPhone itself. The iPhoneDevCamp, also known as the iPhone Developers Camp, is taking place to allow anyone to discuss and develop new programs and improve the web experience for [...]

I sometimes have a strange feeling that a majority of new web applications that are launched daily are mostly launched for bloggers to write initial reviews, create some buzz and bring a handful of early adapters to the application. And only a select few apps actually get visibility among mainstream users, those that are actually supposed to create the community, share content and participate in various activities on this or that website.
Sure, the best Web 2.0 products eventually reach [...]

I trek over to Slate.com most evenings, where usually there is published a headline or two I find interesting enough to click through to. Scarce, however, are there pieces to do with the goings on in the technology world. Stuff about various Washingtonians and watchers of those Washingtonians crops up on the site with great frequency, and things generally classifiable as “miscellaneous” (not by Slate, but by the average reader) tend to take up most of the front page’s [...]

Review: Widgetbox - depository and interface for those producing web widgets and for those who are wishing to easily place web widgets on their blog or website.
The first time I heard about a “widget” was back in university when studying econimics. The supply and demand of a generic company producing a generic product called “widgets”. In the past couple of years, this “generic product” has moved to the computer realm with Apple leading the way with the ability to produce [...]