The Big Game is just a few days away and whether you’re a Giants fan or a Patriots fan, it likely will be a great time filled with adult beverages, tasty snacks, funny commercials (including one from Samsung) and great football. Research shows that many of you will be using a smartphone or tablet during the game, so let’s take a look at some great apps which will help you enjoy the Super Bowl even more. One of my favorite parts of the Super Bowl is that it gives you an excuse to eat all sorts of delicious food that’s probably not good for you but let’s step our games up folks and create bites that are better than your average feedbag. I really like the iCookbook app on the iPad because not only does it have thousands of recipes, it has voice controls in it so you don’t have to Read More

With the clock ticking down the hours until Santa arrives, here are some last-minute holiday apps to load on your iPhone or iPad as you go out caroling, do last-minute shopping or visit your friends and family: Santa's Big Helper ($.99): This has a number of features, and if you're looking for one good Christmas app, this is the one to grab. It has a Santa tracker, a naughty/nice list, the ability to write to Santa for those last-minute Christmas wishes, ask questions and more. FOOD52 Holiday Recipe & Survival Guide ($3.99): If you need a guide to hosting a holiday party or a good recipe for a family gathering, this app is great for doing everything from making pie to crafting a gingerbread house. There are eight suggested menus that will make fighting the crowds at the grocery store a bit easier, and you can follow community links to get Read More

There are over 500,000 applications for the iPhone and iPad, 300,000+ on Android and thousands more on other platforms. The average user has 65 apps installed on their phone . Many of us have more. Entire businesses have been built to solve the problem of “app discovery” – that is, a way to supplement the limited app search mechanisms built into the vendors’ own application stores. This is primarily to benefit mobile app developers, who can’t get their apps found. The end results of these products are pitched to consumers as tools to “find new, cool apps,” “find apps your friends like,” or “find the best apps that do X.” While these efforts are appreciated by app developers and end users alike, they don’t solve what is increasingly becoming a real problem: finding the apps you already have installed on your phone. Before sourcing factual data from mobile analytics firm Flurry as to the average number Read More

There are over 500,000 applications for the iPhone and iPad, 300,000+ on Android and thousands more on other platforms. The average user has 65 apps installed on their phone . Many of us have more. Entire businesses have been built to solve the problem of “app discovery” – that is, a way to supplement the limited app search mechanisms built into the vendors’ own application stores. This is primarily to benefit mobile app developers, who can’t get their apps found. The end results of these products are pitched to consumers as tools to “find new, cool apps,” “find apps your friends like,” or “find the best apps that do X.” While these efforts are appreciated by app developers and end users alike, they don’t solve what is increasingly becoming a real problem: finding the apps you already have installed on your phone. Before sourcing factual data from mobile analytics firm Flurry as to the average number Read More

Posted 12/09/2011 at 2:35pm | by Florence Ion The holidays are always the most stressful time for me. If I could measure my holiday stress with buckets for my tears, there'd be enough water for a full-functioning well. I learned that the best way to curb my anxiety about getting everything done is to get organized and use tools that help increase efficiency. And fortunately, with the world we live in today where smartphones are our saviors, there are a heaping of apps in the iTunes App Store that can aid in getting it together. In this week's Free App Friday, I try to solve your holiday stress issues -- and, well, mine -- with a list of helpful apps. The app is an absolute necessity if you're spending some time in the kitchen this holiday season. In addition to giving you access to thousands of online recipes, it lets you Read More

It’s that wonderful time of year when the weather gets warmer, the days get longer and people generally seem to be much happier. Yes friends, it’s summer time and we’re here to help you make the most of it. Over this series, we’ll take a look at how smartphones, apps and accessories can maximize your summer fun. We’re going to tackle how your mobile devices can help you travel and enjoy your vacation, cook or BBQ, get the most out of a roadtrip and XYZ. Today, we’ll take a close look at Cooking and BBQ. It’s all about good organization, making sure there’s enough food for everyone. Shopping list apps could help a lot here. If you’re an iPhone user, you’ll appreciate ShopShop – it’s super simple, yet powerful shopping list app that remembers your previous purchases making future entries a snap. I love it and I’m hoping an Android version Read More

A few weeks ago I got stuck for many hours at LaGuardia airport in New York (shocking, I realize, given how smooth air travel is these days). While at the Delta terminal I saw dozens of iPads installed next to small booths, designed for travelers to recharge and possibly play a game or order some food. We knew this was coming, but I was surprised to see them there nonetheless. While the iPads were physically locked down, iOS was pretty much just stock, with the apps Delta wants you to use on one screen, and all the stock iOS apps (Mail, Safari, etc.) on the other screen. I didn't see anyone swipe to the second screen while I was at the terminal. As you can see in the screenshot below, the apps Delta has added to the iPad are: Epicurious, Google Earth, SportsTap, Checkers Free HD, CNBC Real-Time for iPad, USA Read More

By Leanna Lofte, Monday, Feb 14, 2011 | Every week a few of us from team TiPb will bring you our current favorite, most fun and useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they’re iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch related, they’re fair game. To see what we picked, and to tell us your pick, follow on after the break! Nothing better for Valentine’s Day than a sappy chick flick. Unless it’s an action adventure movie with Vin Diesel, Johnny Depp, or Matt Damon…you get the idea. And how better to watch whichever movie you choose, than streaming over Netflix? Your Netflix subscription allows you to sign into the iOS app, and view tons of classic movies on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. And while the choice of current movies isn’t exactly extensive, there’s Read More

By Leanna Lofte, Monday, Feb 7, 2011 | Every day, TiPb gets flooded with announcements for new and updated iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad apps and games. So every day we pick just a few of the most interesting, the most notable, and simply the most awesome to share with you! Smurfs’ Village: Now with Valentine’s Day theme and items and new minigame. [Free, with in-app purchases - iTunes link] Real Racing: Real Racing, Real Racing 2, and Real Racing HD have received significant price drops until Valentines Day! [Real Racing, $1.99 - iTunes link] [Real Racing 2, $4.99 - iTunes link] [Real Racing HD, $4.99 - iTunes link] Angry Birds: Update with 15 new levels, new golden egg, and secret Super Bowl level. [Angry Birds, $0.99 - iTunes link] [Angry Birds HD, $4.99 - iTunes link] Epicurious: Now share recipes you love on Facebook, Twitter, Instapaper, Tumblr, and more. [Free Read More

Posted 12/31/2010 at 1:47pm | by Roberto Baldwin We thought about throwing a bunch of hardware on the floor and letting our pets pick the winner. Sure that sounds awesome in theory, but the bosses said we were being lazy, that we needed to put our animals away and get back to work. By the way, they picked the MacBook Air. Pets love the Macbook Air. A piece of paper that fell into the pile came in a close second. So here is the top wares for 2010 as picked by the Mac|Life editors. Editor in Chief Paul: Senior Editor Susie: Reviews Editor Ray: Associate Online Editor Flo: Associate Editor Nic: Editor in Chief Paul: Senior Editor Susie: Online Editor Robbie: Associate Online Editor Flo: Associate Editor Nic: Editor in Chief Paul: Online Editor Robbie: Reviews Editor Ray: Associate Online Editor Flo: Associate Editor Nic: Editor in Chief Paul: Senior Editor Read More

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Anyone who has prepared a Thanksgiving family dinner knows that the emotional minefield is laid long before the turkey goes in the oven. I speak of the annual quandary over whose recipe to use. Is it going to be Mom’s pumpkin pie or your mother-in-law’s? Either way, you risk offending half the family. That’s reason to give thanks for apps like Allrecipes and Epicurious, which offer terrific recipes and bring a Swiss-like neutrality to the Thanksgiving kitchen. Of course, neutrality isn’t the best reason to use these apps; there are the crowd-pleasing recipes they contain and and the fact that both apps having been reworked for the iPad, which, aside from the stove and refrigerator, may be the best device in the kitchen. Certainly you can print recipes off the Internet, or use these apps on your iPhone, but I’d say the iPad is the superior kitchen companion. It won’t curl Read More

Two highly-anticipated iPad app releases have finally hit the App Store, and they're both magazines: The New Yorker and Gourmet Live. The New Yorker (free for the app, US$4.99 per issue) joins Gourmet Live as the latest magazine apps from publisher Condé Nast. The navigation is simple: tap anywhere on the screen to bring up the controls. You can quickly move between sections and articles with the scrubber or table of contents. For more leisurely reading, swipe between pages. One unique feature is how the magazine's famous cartoons are handled. Tap anyone to bring up a scrollable cartoon gallery. Plus, you can enter the regular caption contest right from within the app. It looks great, and we're eager to try it out. Meanwhile, ill-fated Gourmet Magazine has been reborn as the iPad app Gourmet Live (the current issue is free; there's no word of future pricing). As John Gruber points out, Read More

For those of us iPhone owners that love to cook, the device has become a convenient way to find recipes and make grocery lists.  I used to use the “Everyday Food” app from Martha Stewart Living, however I recently discovered Epicurious, and since then it has turned into my one place to get recipes and make my weekly shopping list.  Although both the Martha Stewart app and Epicurious both offer many of the same features and functionality, Epicurious is free (and still better), whereas Martha’s Everyday Food is 99 cents. I love going through my Mom’s dusty old cookbooks (the Betty Crocker one is the best!), but if I ever do find a recipe I want to make, I have to write down all the ingredients on a paper grocery list.  Fortunately, Epicurious is now saving me that trouble (and some trees).  With one click you can add any recipe’s ingredients Read More

There you go, Apple has officially launched the iPad in 9 new countries today. Well, the iPad actually didn’t wait on Apple to go around the world, and one in four iPads bought in the US has already flown the country by now. Also, an important amount of pre-orders has already been delivered early throughout the week, so the launch is not really that much of a massive event. Anyway, for our international readers who just got their iPad, here is some help for you. Short after unpacking and starting the device, you’re going to feel like you don’t know what to do with it. This feeling is not going to leave right away as it takes a couple days to get used to this new toy. What you’re going to need are apps, and that’s where the fun starts: I would tell you to start with some free apps, so you Read More

While some TUAW bloggers use their iPads in the kitchen, TUAW reader Alan Daly has gone a step further and has built an his kitchen. In the video above and also in a Flickr photostream he's created, Alan shows the simple wooden mount that he used to embed the iPad into a kitchen cabinet. The iPad can be easily removed by unplugging it and then sliding it up and out of the mount. Alan demonstrates the iPad being used for many important kitchen tasks, such as using the Epicurious app, reading and watching news sites, and checking out TUAW. Alan commented in an email that "My wife thought I was nuts - until she saw the finished product ..." He bought a replacement cabinet door and cut that one in case things went bad, cut the hole with a jigsaw, and then used a Dremel tool to get the edges smooth Read More

Let’s set aside the question of whether you should get an iPad and suppose you already bought one last weekend. You probably floated home and loaded it with a few whiz-bang apps and maybe even passed it around to your friends. At some point in all the euphoria, you may also have wondered whether this device is just a trophy or something you can actually use. Such self-doubts can be easily cast aside, providing you delve a little more deeply into the App Store than the Top 100 list — and are ready to open the wallet again. If you budget around $100 for a few new and upgraded apps, you can easily make the iPad into much more of a constant companion than something you just trot out when the neighbors are watching. Start with productivity apps, because a mobile device is most valuable when it lets you work anytime, Read More

In preparation for the launch of the iPad tomorrow, iPad Apps are live in iTunes and we’re sorting through the best ones as fast as we can. But with more than 2,000 iPad apps in the App Store, the choices are already daunting. To help you find the best apps at launch, we’ve put together the definitive list below. It includes all the iPad apps reviewed on TechCrunch, as well as other promising ones we have not gotten to yet. If you have a favorite you think should go on this list, tell us why in comments. Here is our list, which we will keep updating through the launch of the iPad: Apple’s answer to the Amazon Kindle, iBooks turns the iPad into an electronic book reader with 60,000 books at launch to choose from (the app is free, the e-books are not). Although the Kindle has many more titles (450,000), Read More

Megan Berry is an evangelist for Mobclix, the industry’s largest mobile ad exchange, working on social media and marketing. She also blogs at The Huffington Post and the Mobclix blog. You can follow her on Twitter as @meganberry, or through the @Mobclix handle. Can your iPhone help your love life? I’ll have to admit I’ve found it’s more likely to lead to fights about whether it’s OK to check e-mail during dinner, but crafty iPhone developers have cooked up some great apps to turn your iPhone into a Valentine’s Day lifesaver. These iPhone apps can impress your valentine, provide dating advice, send virtual flowers, or even help you work out your anti-Valentine’s Day resentment. iWrite features eight different Valentine’s-appropriate styles of poetry. For each one, it walks you through the process from brainstorming, to examples, to step-by-step guidance. If you really want to cop out, it’ll even generate your poem for Read More

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The holiday season is the perfect time of the year to get together with friends and family, and nothing brings people together more effectively than a quality home cooked meal, which is why we created our Apps To Help You Cook For The Holidays Applist. Our Apps To Help You Cook For The Holidays Applist features a variety of apps that will help you shop for the big day, prepare a unique and yet simple meal, and cap off the event with a sweet dessert.  The apps included in the Applist are: If any of you feel that we have somehow missed the perfect app for this list, feel free to leave a comment below indicating which app it is so we can take a look at it and possibly add it to the list. While you are checking out the Apps To Help You Cook For The Holidays Applist, don’t Read More

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Thanksgiving is only a couple of days away, which means many of you are probably stressing out over all of the items left on your to-do list.  But don’t worry, we now have an Applist to help you get through this food-centric holiday with ease. The Apps To Help You Plan Your Thanksgiving Applist features everything you will need to get ready for the big holiday.  It contains apps that will help you find the best recipes and ingredients for your dinner, apps to help you remember those special moments, and even an app to help entertain your children. Now quickly head over to the Apps To Help You Plan Your Thanksgiving Applist so you can get started on, or hopefully finish up, planning the big day. Don’t forget to check out our wide variety of other Applists while you are there. Read More

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It’s fall premiere season, and that means new shows. But it also means sparkly new ads to fill all those commercial breaks. New Apple ads for the iPhone provided pleasant relief for me yesterday from the tedium of the two-hour Heroes premiere. On a side note, the Castle premiere was pretty good. But back to those commercials. All three highlight popular and unique iPhone apps, some of which have already been featured in previous commercials. Let’s take a look at the apps featured in each commercial. The first ad is called Dine and features a smattering of apps covering a range of different topics, including travel, dining, working and shopping. Here’s a breakdown of the apps featured. TripCase (Free) — Flight tracking, info and travel itinerary management app. Quite a few not so great reviews on this one, but it is free. New York Subway 09 ($4.99) — Navigate the labyrinth Read More

Were you watching the two-hour season premiere of House last night on Fox? Maybe you were watching one of the other prime-time shows, but if you had your eyes on the screen during some of the commercial breaks, you probably saw at least one of the three new iPhone ads that hit the airwaves last night. Each of the new ads highlights a total of six apps, up from the three that were formerly the focus of the older ads. The first ad I saw last night, "Dine," looks at Zagat to Go, QuickOffice, TripCase, New York Subway 09, Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List, and Gap Style Mixer. [Note: all app links will open the iTunes App Store] I'm happy to see that Apple is maintaining focus on the number and variety of apps in the App Store, instead of resorting to the narcissistic, touchy-feely, celebrity-filled tripe that T-Mobile has been Read More

set 22 A Apple publicou em seu site mais três comerciais de TV para o iPhone, focando como sempre na vasta gama de opções disponíveis na App Store, que já ultrapassa 75 mil títulos. O que chama a atenção nessas novas peças publicitárias é a mudança de mote, que mudou o clássico “There’s an App for That” (Tem um Aplicativo para Isso) para “O iPhone possui todo o tipo de aplicativos“. # Dine O primeiro se chama e mostra que há aplicativos que ajudam você a pegar avião (Trip Case – grátis), a pegar trem (New York Subway ‘09 – 4,99$), a fazer um jantar (Epicurious Recipes – grátis) ou então escolher um lugar para jantar fora (Zagat to Go ‘09 – 9,99$). Tem aplicativos para workaholics (QuickOffice Mobile Office Suite – 9,99$) e também para shop-aholiks, viciados em compras (GAP StyleMixer – grátis). httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApAbLUaSYnU # Nature O segundo vídeo leva Read More

Apple released three new iPhone commercials today, showcasing the variety of iPhone applications you can get for your iPhone. Interestingly, the new ads showcase six different apps you can get, unlike the 3 stories done in the past. - TripCase [App Store, Free] - New York Subway 09 [App Store, $4.99] - Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List [App Store, Free] - Zagat To Go ’09 [App Store, $9.99] - Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite [App Store, $9.99] - Gap StyleMixer [App Store, Free] - iXpenseIt [App Store, $4.99] - DailyFinance [App Store, Free] - GuitarToolkit [App Store, $9.99] - Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook [App Store, $9.99] - iBird Explorer Plus [App Store, $19.99] - Pizza Hut [App Store, Free] - Fandango [App Store, Free] - G-Park [App Store, $0.99] - VocabWiz College Vocabulary [App Store, $4.99] - 365 Crosswords [App Store, $4.99] - Classics [App Store, $2.99] - ABC Animals [App Store, Read More

Apple erhöht die Schlagzahl der App Store-Anwendungen in drei neuen iPhone-Werbespots. Aktuell werden auf 30 Sekunden-Spielzeit sechs Anwendungen gequetscht. Die neue Musik stammt übrigens abermals von ‘The Submarines’ – diesmal aus dem Album ‘Honeysuckle Weeks’ mit dem Song ‘Submarine Symphonika‘. Read More

Apple ha lanzado 3 nuevos anuncios para el iPhone 3GS, mostrando gran cantidad de aplicaciones diferentes. Aquí os dejo los anuncios y los links directos a las aplicaciones. Resto de anuncios después del salto. Read More

...applicazioni mostrate nello spot sono: Trip Case [Gratis - iTunes link], New York Subway ‘09 [3,99€ - iTunes link], Epicurious Recipes [Gratis -... Read More

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Sep 21, 2009 | Apple, evolving on the “App for That” theme that’s been the centerpiece of their iPhone commercials for over a year, has released 3 new ads called Dine, Nature, and Pass with the tag line “75,000 apps for just about anything”. Dine features Trip Case [Free - iTunes link], New York Subway ’09 [$4.99 - iTunes link], Epicurious Recipes [Free - iTunes link], Zagat to Go ’09 [$9.99 - iTunes link], QuickOffice Mobile Office Suite [$9.99 - iTunes link], GAP StyleMixer [Free - iTunes link] Nature features iXpenseIt [$4.99 - iTunes link], DailyFinance [Free - iTunes link], Guitar Toolkit [$9.99 - iTunes link], Lonely Planet Mandarin [$9.99 - iTunes link], iBird Explorer Plus [$19.99 - iTunes link], Pizza Hut [Free - iTunes link] Pass features Fandango [Free - iTunes link], G-Park [$0.99 - iTunes link], VocabWiz College Vocabulary [$4.99 - iTunes link], 365 Crosswords Read More

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Getting through the work week is hard enough for most of us... but the minute Friday afternoon rolls around, there's a certain breed that face the weekend with a long list of "honey do" projects and household duties. Yes, the weekend warriors need iPhone app love too -- whether to help with those maintenance challenges, or find ways to make the break from the day job a bit more enjoyable. Here's a five app collection just for you, my brothers and sisters in the two-day sprint; enjoy. [iTunes link] for iPhone, at $4.99, would seem to be a bit pricey compared to other grill-centric cooking apps selling for $0.99 (dadoo's Grill Guide) or the large number of free and well-regarded cookbook apps on the store (check out Epicurious Recipies & Shopping List, for one). Nevertheless, if you're serious about getting the most out of your grill, the $5 you spend on Read More

Have you ever wondered why women may appear stressed?  Women have to juggle many obligations and ensure everything runs smoothly.  From their careers to raising children, taking care of the family and household, to caring for themselves and their health.   In addition to having some fun with your iPhones, a variety of applications have made it easier for you to be more organized so you can anticipate, plan, and accomplish your goals. Shopper (MidCentury Software) MacWorld says this its the best-selling grocery app in the App Store!  Shopping at the grocery store has just been made easy for you with the Shopper app by MidCentury Software.  By utilizing the customizable features, you will be able to go through the aisles faster and more efficiently. Features NikeWomen Training Club (Nike, Inc) NikeWomen Training Club has given you the ability to totally customize your daily work-out.  These are exercises which are geared towards a woman Read More

The famous food site, Epicurious.com, is out with its iPhone offering. The free application called “Epicurious’ Recipes & Shopping List: On the Go and In the Kitchen” is designed for real gourmet lovers, allowing them to access most of the content from Epicurious’ website while on the go. Among the application’s features, we highlight: Sounds delicious? As I said, the Epicurious’ Recipes & Shopping List: On the Go and In the Kitchen is available free of charge through the AppStore. Here’s the link. Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the Read More

iPhone/iPod touch only: Popular food web site Epicurious has unleashed a new iPhone application that puts access to over 25,000 recipes from the likes of Gourmet and Bon Appetit at your fingertips. In addition to providing access to all of those great recipes (Gizmodo's Wilson Rothman is thrilled that the entirety of The Gourmet Cookbook is available), the app has an excellent feature that allows you to add a recipe to your shopping list to create a quick and easy checklist of everything you need to make the recipe. The shopping list feature could be better—for example, it'd be nice to be able to half or double recipes—but it's still a great start, and potentially a huge timesaver. Best of all, it's available for the low, low price of $0. Read More

While I’ve featured some cool apps in this column, for one reason or another, not all of them have stayed on my phone. This week, all these apps will likely be staying on my phone and one will actually make it to the home screen. Just last week I mentioned I failed Algebra II in high school and this week I’m left wondering whether that would have happened if I had an iPhone and this app. That said, because I did fail Algebra II, I couldn’t put this app through its paces when it comes to nasty equations. But, here, just take a look at this: Wow, that looks like some crazy math. Well, honestly, it just looks like a bunch weird symbols to me. If you know what’s going on above, good for you for passing Algebra II. Just because I don’t need that serious math, however, doesn’t mean I Read More

By – Some supermarkets have recipe kiosks; they are great to get cooking ideas. If you like to cook, Epicurious is a mini kiosk with over 25,000 recipes at your fingertips. Give it a spin, outstanding app for all the food lovers. [iTunes] Thanks John! Related Posts Read More