Friday Five: in which we take a look at the past week and pick out five interesting new releases! Wow, is it July already? Fancy that. In just a couple of days (literally!) we’ll be celebrating July 4th…not that the App Store hasn’t already released a slew of sales in the name of Independence Day. Here, though, we’re concerned with new releases from the past week. Without further ado, I present…our weekly Friday Five! Hope you find them interesting! Diptic Diptic is a simple little photo app that lets you combine two or three images, creating a diptych or triptych, respectively. It also includes brightness, saturation, and contrast tweaks, as well as custom border controls and five different layouts. The function is simple, but then, sometimes simple is what you need. Diptych and triptych creation is a rather popular means of making photos more “meaningful,” especially among teens, so I expect Read More

Apple seems to be on a roll of late with App Store app lists. First came The Best Games You’ve Never Played, a roundup of hidden gems that haven’t quite burned up the app charts. Now they’ve released the Awesome iOS 4 Apps list, a collection of apps and games that have been updated to take advantage of iOS 4′s new features, like support for the Retina Display and Multitasking/Fast App Switching. Here are some notable that have made the list: Now I haven’t tried all 42 apps on the list, but I don’t think I’d consider all of them to be awesome. I suppose it’s all a matter of personal preference and interests (and of course, apps that actually have been updated for iOS 4 already). The entire Apple roundup can be found right here on iTunes. Read More

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Eager to get some iOS 4 or iPhone 4 specific applications?  Here are ten to get you started: Designed for the iPhone 4, this is labeled as an HD application as it makes use of the iPhone 4’s Retina Display to provide super high-resolution graphics.  Play through the championship on your own, or challenge a friend to a game via Bluetooth.  $7.99, US-Only. The iPad app comes to the iPhone 4, with stunning results.  This amazing interactive book takes you on a journey through the periodic table, while making use of the iPhone 4’s high resolution display and sensitive multi-touch system.  It’s not cheap and it’s a hefty 1.2GB file, but it’s worth it.  $9.99/£5.99. One of the first games to make use of the new iPhone 4’s gyroscope, Eliminate puts you in charge of a series of 12 weapons inside a gun range, where 144 challenges await.  The gyroscope provides Read More