The iPhone camera is pretty spectacular. I have a few point-and-shoots in my house and they all suck compared to the iPhone. But they do have one thing the iPhone’s native camera app lacks: the focus-lock shutter control found in fancier point and shoots. Mattebox fixes that. More »
We all sing-a-long to our favourite songs. Maybe it’s in the car. Maybe it’s in the shower. Maybe it’s at your company’s karaoke party and you’re trying your best to sing Once Bitten, Twice Shy even though you don’t really like the song. Wherever you’re singing, there’s a good chance you’re singing it wrong. Here’s an app that’ll fix that and save you from the occasional “Hold me closer, Tony Danza.” More »
Contrary to form, let’s talk about something old-fashioned: music boxes – specifically, the kind that are attached to snow globes. More »
If you have a gym membership, there’s a good chance you’re just throwing your money away. It’s not because gyms are bad places. It’s because you’re a lazy slob who signed up and now has about a thousand excuses why you shouldn’t go. If you’re as unmotivated as I am about pumping iron, GymPact’s monetary reward and punishment system could get you out off that couch. More »
Moving text from your iPhone to your Mac usually involves copying it to an email. Sending the email. Copying it from the email and pasting it where I need to it go. Usually it’s a URL or snippet of text I need access to while on the go. And getting text from the Mac to the iPhone is the same in reverse. Cloud Copy creates a cloud-based clipboard that makes copying and pasting between devices easy. More »
The Magic 8-Ball helped me decide to go to college. It helped me decide what to eat as a child and it’s the reason I bought a Jazz drive. It’s not infallible. The Onion Answer app is the logical next step in deciding my fate with inanimate objects. More »
Unravel the mysteries of Stonehenge. Did aliens build it? Was it built by Druids as a place to sacrifice virgins? Oh Stonehenge, how you taunt us with your grey boulders and alignment with the sun. Luckily I no longer have to fear what I don’t understand. The new Stonehenge Experience app will answer all my questions about alien sacrifices and sun dials. More »
My wife tells me I dress like a hobo. So, when I actually dress like an adult ready to face the world, it’s sort of a big deal. Cloth will help me remember the outfit my wife picked out for me and share it with my friends. Because there’s no way I’m going to remember what pants I was wearing. More »
Google+’s group video chat orgy Hangouts has some nice updates rolling out in the next few days. Most significant among them is that it’s coming to G+ mobiles apps. Least significant? Virtual antlers and a red nose for your head. More »
I Just Made Love may be the only free application that you must never download. I mean it — you wouldn’t like to have this foursquarish app any closer to your iPhone than what you would like to have herpes near your genitals. More »
