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There are many grid cameras in the App Store, but Grid Lens by Bucket Labs caught my eye because it adds a little bit of fun, something you don’t see often in camera apps.

How To Set Up Super Quick Web Searches In Alfred [OS X Tip]

The latest update to Alfred adds a selection of smart new features, one of which is a new way of grabbing selected text from any Mac app and pushing it straight into one of your other Alfred actions – such as a web search, for example.

Repeat Timer Pro Is A Great Thing For Timing Things [Review]

This is the timer-tastic Repeat Timer Pro, a two-dollar multitimer for iOS.

Your Kids Will Probably Enjoy This Cute iOS Platformer [Review]

Meet Niko, star of a cute-character platformer for iOS that involves the usual amount of bouncing, running, hopping and collecting things.

ZAGGFolio Keyboard Case Is Tough, Stylish And A Delight To Use [Review]

If you do a lot of typing on your iPad, the ZAGGFolio keyboard case should be on your list of things to try. It’s a nice wireless keyboard and solid iPad case combined in one reasonably-priced unit. Let’s take a closer look.

If iBooks Author Is Overkill For Your Simple eBook Project, Try Book Creator For iOS Instead [Review]

Apple’s new iBooks Author application for Mac is an impressive piece of work, even more so when you consider that it costs nothing. Although easy to use compared to many other page layout apps, it’s still quite a lengthy and complicated process to produce a book with it. It’s also squarely aimed at the education market. It was designed for the creation of textbooks.

So what if you want to make a shorter, simpler ebook? What if your kids want to make one? iBooks Author, for all its benefits, would probably be overkill. Enter, stage right, Book Creator for iOS. This five-dollar app lets you create simple ebooks on your iPad with very little fuss.

Stuck On Earth, Perhaps, But Not Stuck For Lovely Photos To Look At [Review]

Today’s Best Thing Ever has to be Stuck on Earth, an app for travellers who haven’t left home yet.

Pentax Unveils Compact K-01 Mirrorless Camera

Pentax just announced a new interchangeable lens digital camera, the K-01. Like a lot of mirrorless cameras these days, the idea is to create something smaller than a DSLR, without sacrificing image quality or the flexibility to swap lenses when you need to.

How To Type Like A Hacker On Your iPad [Review]

If you’re the kind of geeky person who experienced a little thrill of joy when the hacking scene in Tron:Legacy included realistic use of a genuine command line interface, you (or perhaps your kids) might also enjoy playing with Hacker Typer.

Retro Heaven: Bill Gates’s 1980s Game Donkey Returns For iOS [Review]

Back in 1981, Bill Gates co-wrote a PC game called Donkey, commonly known (as some apps were back in those days) by its filename, DONKEY.BAS. If you’re old enough to remember those days and old enough to yearn for them, you might enjoy playing Donkey all over again on your iPhone.