Tap Tap Revenge. Even if you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you’ve probably heard the name tossed around here or there. The popular Tap Tap Revenge franchise comes from iPhone game developer Tapulous, and it’s proven to be one helluva cash cow for the smallish start-up from Palo Alto, CA. Following the release…
Paid App Upgrades Coming Soon to the Apple App Store?
In my daily chatter I usually end up talking to an iPhone app dev or two. Inevitably, at some point in the conversation we start blabbing about features we’d like to see in the App Store. For I don’t know how long now (perhaps even since the App Store launch), devs have had one nagging…
Vlingo updates its iPhone app with email and SMS functionality
Vlingo has launched an enhanced version of its voice-powered iPhone application, allowing users to send email and text messages simply by speaking into their beloved device. Unlike similar speech recognition apps that offer a single use only, Vlingo delivers up to six voice-powered features including: email, SMS Paste, social site updates, maps and voice dial.…
Dale Carnegie Training’s “Secrets to Success” hits the number one spot in the AppStore
I love Dale Carnegie’s work and if you don’t, it probably means you haven’t read the man. His famous “How to Win Friends and Influence People” is still a bestseller and one of the best books I’ve read on self-development and human relations. Last week we talked about Dale Carnegie Training’s iPhone app – “Secrets…
iPhone gets Google Goggles, but it’s called oMoby
iPhone users, your day of visual search reckoning has arrived! While Android users have been prancing around town with the Google Goggles app primed to identify objects by snapping a quick picture, the iPhone camp has been left without a viable visual search app to call their own. That is, until today. A new iPhone…
Lynda.com’s Instructional Videos Available on iPhone
Lynda.com‘s extensive software training video library is now available on iPhone to subscribers thanks to a dedicated application. Videos you’ve been running through will be bookmarked exactly where you were watching them on the desktop (and vice versa), so you’ll never miss a thing. You can also browse through all of the lessons available, sorted…
Yelp for Android and iPhone Updated with Draft Reviews and Bookmarks
Yelp’s business review application for Android and iPhone have both been updated with a couple of new features: Android is getting Bookmarks that are synced with your desktop browser-based account, and review drafting for later publishing; the iPhone version is getting compass-enabled mapping, so it faces where you are, and highlighted locations where you’ve reached…
Raging Thunder 2 Launches on iPhone & Android Market
If you’re a fan of racing games, then you might want to take notice as Raging Thunder 2 is now available on iPhone & Android. This is the first time I can think of that a game is released across two platforms, so it’s kind of a big deal. Raging Thunder 2 is the sequel…
Jade Polish RAINBOW Case from CAZE Features Swarovski Crystal Action
Time for a little bling-bling. The folks at CAZE have just released a new iPhone case, one that may appeal to the ladies in the crowd. The new ‘Jade Polish RAINBOW’ is a crystallized version of their Polish See-Thru case. The major difference here are the Swarovski crystals embedded into the bottom of the case,…
twiddish is a mobile social network for U.S. diners
A company called StewartSoft is launching a social network and mobile application for iPhone/iPod Touch for diners across the U.S. – twiddish. The service (and the accompanying mobile app) is made to allow people to discover the best and worst restaurant dishes through user-generated photograph-based dish reviews. Basically, it’s a Twitter-like micro-blogging service with images…