Archive for the Apps Category
Posted on March 3, 2012 by kelly maddox
Apple’s App Store reached 25 billion downloads today, ending the company’s “25 Billion App Countdown” promotion launched a couple weeks ago. The winner of the promotion, who hasn’t been announced yet, will be awarded a $10,000 gift card for App Store, Mac App Store and iTunes Store content.
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Posted on February 27, 2012 by kelly maddox
Adobe has released an iPad version of their popular Photoshop app. It lets you transform your images with core Adobe Photoshop features designed specifically for tablets. You can combine images, apply effects, share results with friends and family through sites like Facebook and more. Photoshop Touch is available in the App Store for $9.99. The [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2012 by eli courey
Skip Tunes is a cool Mac app that lets you control Spotify, Rdio and iTunes from your menu bar. It gives you a simple way to change songs, pause, view album artwork and more without having to switch to the app. Skip Tunes has a beautiful design and feels like something that should be native [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2012 by kelly maddox
According to TechCrunch, Apple has acquired Chomp, an app search and recommendation engine that has an iPhone app in the App Store. My understanding is that such deals will remain intact for now but are likely to end once the Chomp team and product transitions over to Apple. The same is likely true for Chomp’s [...]
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Posted on February 22, 2012 by eli courey
Last month OnLive released its free OnLive Desktop iPad app that lets users run Microsoft Office apps streamed from OnLive’s remote PCs. The company has now introduced a paid “Desktop Plus” subscription service that provides enhanced functionality, including priority access and a Flash supported browser. OnLive Desktop Plus is cost $4.99 a month. The free [...]
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Posted on February 3, 2012 by vincent oliver
With advancements in technology, filing taxes keeps getting easier. Now you can file your federal and state taxes on your iPad with TurboTax 2011, pretty cool. Features: Transfer last year’s info from your TurboTax online, iPad or desktop tax return Import your info from 400,000+ employers and financial institutions Answer simple questions, and we fill [...]
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Posted on January 19, 2012 by eli courey
Apple released a new iOS app today called iTunes U, which gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools. iTunes U is a universal app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad and available for free in the App Store. Free courses in a wide array of subjects: Take free courses created [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2012 by eli courey
After being pulled from the App Store, music streaming service Grooveshark launched an HTML5 web app that works great on iOS. Check it out at html5.grooveshark.com. Grooveshark has over 15 million songs and lets you listen to your favorite music, discover new bands and share across social networks all for free. You can search for [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2012 by eli courey
OnLive just launched their new iPad app called OnLive Desktop. The app lets run Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint from a cloud-based PC desktop environment. Features: Instantly view, edit and create documents using actual Microsoft® Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint Easily transfer files between OnLive Desktop and other devices Experience high-performance, instant-response PC applications [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2012 by vincent oliver
Showtime released an iPad app today. Showtime Anytime gets you unlimited access to full length versions of their original series, uncut hit movies, hard hitting sports, comedy, reality/documentaries and more. The app is free but requires a subscription through a participating TV provider. HBO has a similar app for iPhone and iPad called HBO GO, [...]
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