Software

GymPact Charges You For Being A Lazy Bum (and Pays You To Get Pumped)

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.


December 22, 2011
Software

Cloud Copy: A Unified Clipboard

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.


December 21, 2011
Software

The Onion’s Magic Answer Ball App Is Snarky Wisdom On The Go

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.


Software

Stonehenge Experience: The School Of Rock

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.


December 16, 2011
Software

Cloth: An App That Tells The World You Look Pretty, Oh So Pretty

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.


December 15, 2011
Mobile

Google+ Hangouts Get Mobile (and Antlers)

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.


December 14, 2011
Software

If You Use This iPhone App You Will Be Forever Alone

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.


November 11, 2011
Gadgets

Glooko Enlists The iPhone For Managing Your Diabetes

Maintaining a daily log of blood sugar levels is one of the most effective ways to deal with diabetes. And with Glooko’s logbook app and MeterSync cable, your iOS device can become an effective tool for spotting trends and managing the condition.


November 8, 2011
Software

iOS Security Flaw Allows Trusted Apps To Take Over Your iPhone

Apple’s pretty proud of its App Store approval system. Too bad security hacker Andy Miller found a code-signing flaw that allows good apps to go bad. Here’s how an app downloaded from the App Store could become a malware threat.


November 7, 2011
Software

App Deals Of The Day: iPhone, iPad, Android

Gizmodo AU

Piyo Blocks 2, Worms plus more in today’s app deals roundup.