The 2011 Academy Awards will be held today Sunday, February 27th and movie fans are gearing up for the big day. While the world is discussing which movies will be receiving awards for being the best of the best, many of you will be frantically planning a last-minute get together. To help you with that process, we have compiled five must-have apps to help you with the party preparation. Punch Bowl is an event planning app that lets you host an event, invite guests, and create and manage a list of food items for a potluck. A message board feature lets you share information with your guests, especially helpful for large groups. You can also use the app to find local vendors for those hard-to-find party items. Punch Bowl is available for free in the App Store. Want to cook but not sure how to prepare those scallops? Then check out “How to Read More

Fresh and great! Yojimbo for iPad is a companion app that syncs effortlessly over WiFi from Yojimbo 3 for Mac OS X (required; sold separately), letting you take all of your Yojimbo data anywhere. Yojimbo for iPad even handles your encrypted entries. The “Official” Etch A Sketch application. Re-live the classic drawing fun of Etch A Sketch on your iPad. Dazzle your friends with doodle masterpieces. Teleprompt+ is a simple yet powerful professional teleprompter for the iPad. Perfect for presenters, lecturers, students, teachers, broadcasters, podcasters, filmmakers, musicians, business professionals, or anyone who would benefit from having a powerful visual aid while engaged in a speaking activity. Tweet Library — the advanced Twitter app with archiving, collections, and filters. If you have ever wished that you could find an old tweet after it fell out of the Twitter search index, Tweet Library was designed for you. The PBS Mobile apps enable our Read More

With all of the social networking and "check-in" services that are available these days, you might think you've seen it all. But there's one currently untapped, check-in-able experience left and that's . GetGlue, a free app by AdaptiveBlue, thinks it has that niche covered, and in essence, it's like Foursquare for media. The idea is that every time you watch a TV show or movie, listen to music, read a book, or even drink wine, you use GetGlue to check-in to that particular experience. GetGlue is free, and you can get it almost anywhere that you're likely to consume media. It gets a thumbs up from me, but if you're not convinced, hit up the gallery for a walkthrough of the iPad version. GetGlue - iPhone - iPad - Android - Read More

by Social sharing and recommendation service GetGlue has just released its iPad app. Get Glue for iPad comes just two months after GetGlue was released for the iPhone and a few weeks after GetGlue for Android. Like the other apps, GetGlue for iPad lets users check in to their favorite TV shows, movies and music; share their check-ins with friends; and get personalized suggestions based on their interests. The app also lets users earn points and stickers from GetGlue and its brand sponsors. The iPad’s larger screen means that viewing streams of conversations and checkins from friends is easier and more manageable. You can also vote up or down within the stream and to go directly to profile, objects and conversations. This video gives you an idea of what all the GetGlue mobile apps are about: In addition to the new iPad app, GetGlue has also signed a new partnership with Read More

Browsing the App Store this weekend?  Here are twelve new or updated apps for the iPhone and iPad worth taking a closer look at if you are: We covered this when it was announced a short while ago, and now the iPad version of Chinatown Wars is ready for download.  Enhanced graphics and improved controls await.  $9.99/£5.99. Gameloft’s new golf game has seven game modes, a variety of courses and even the chance to upload replays of your best shots to YouTube.  The graphics have been specially enhanced for the iPhone 4 too.  $6.99/£3.99. Do we really need to tell you what the pigeons use to bomb the cities in the game?  There are 45 missions to complete, simple controls and you can access your iPod music collection within the game.  $0.99/£0.59. The social network for all forms of entertainment gets its own, dedicated iPad app.  It looks great too, with Read More

By Chris Nitz on September 10th, 2010 Lots of new apps and games to grace your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as our week comes to a close. Every week, we endeavor to point the way to the games and apps that most made an impact in the App-o-sphere. Here’s this week’s picks: Zombie Highway – Cars, guns, and zombies bring smiles to all the kids faces. What else do you really need to know to not already love this game? Steer the car to avoid obstacles that creep up in the way. Shoot zombies that are looking to get some juicy brain matter. Repeat until you are king of the Facebook rankings. Time to prove just how awesome those zombie survival skills are. $0.99 Released: 2010-08-27 :: Category: Games $0.99 Released: 2010-09-09 :: Category: Games $0.99 Released: 2010-03-08 :: Category: Games Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD – Time for Read More

GetGlue users who have iPads have a reason to get happy today -- there's an official GetGlue iPad app available in the App Store. We talked about the Glue social network and iPhone app when it debuted a few months ago, and Glue is now quite popular. It's great to see the GetGlue app on the big screen now, and you can even get a special "iPader" sticker (one of the common bonuses for achievements in GetGlue) for using your iPad to check in. The free app does an outstanding job of utilizing the extra real estate on the iPad display, and makes it much easier to follow what your friends are watching, reading, or thinking about. As noted in a phone call about GetGlue that I participated in yesterday, the new app allows for a more immersive conversation with friends. In other GetGlue news, the company has reward partnerships in Read More

...is pretty close to what I wish Ping was… and they just came out with a free iPad app, too. http://bit.ly/9jDISr... Read More

...@ttscoff: Glue is pretty close to what I wish Ping was… and they just came out with a free iPad app, too. http://bit.ly/9jDISr... Read More

Social check-in app GetGlue has been making significant strides in the mobile space lately with the release of an Android app following success on the iPhone earlier this summer. Today, the popular app which allows users to check-in, rate and like things like movies, TV shows and music, has come to everyone's favorite "lean back" entertainment device, the iPad. With some added functionality (and more sticker deals to boot), GetGlue hopes its iPad app will become your couch surfing app of choice for "second screen" media interaction. Those familiar with GetGlue on the Web or on their phones will find the iPad app very familiar. As one would expect, the app lets you check-in to the service's 8 standard categories - music, movies, TV shows, books, games, wine, topics and celebrities. The added screen size of the iPad lets you more efficiently like, rate and comment on items without leaving each Read More