Former Vice President Al Gore’s new book, “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis,” is a $4.99 iOS app designed by Push Pop Press, a startup launched by two former Apple engineers. “This app,” according to Gore, “is a new kind of book that combines text and images, as well as video, interactive info-graphics and my own audio commentary.”
It’s also bullshit, according to Jason Baptiste.
Kicking off this week’s roundup of must-have iOS applications is the brand new TweetDeck app for iPhone, which its creator claims has been completely re-imagined and rebuilt from the ground up to be fast, flexible, and powerful.
Fring is the popular video chat and VoIP application for iPhone and iPod touch. It deserves some recognition this week thanks to its recent update that makes it the first application for iOS to offer group video calling with support for up to four people.
Fahrenheit – or Celsius if you prefer – is a new weather application that displays the temperature in your area on your home screen. No, it doesn’t require a jailbreak: it uses the iOS application badges to display the current temperature over the application’s icon with push technology.
Find out more about the applications above and check out the rest of this week’s must-have iOS apps – including TuneIn Radio and Lamebook – after the break!
Earlier this week, I was interviewed by a Russian TV crew about Apple. They were a bit surly and aggressive, not like polished, ingratiating TV people here in the U.S.
They kept asking strange questions about Steve Jobs, as is if he were a crooked oligarch. “Vy does Steve Joybs vant to be dictator? Vy does he vant to dominate ze vorld?”
We wrap-up another week of deals with two iPod touch bargains and a zip-up leather iPad case. First is a number of iPod touch units (3rd- and 4th-generation), starting at $149 for the 8GB model. Next is a 64GB iPod touch for $270. Finally, we spotlight a deal on the Sena ZipBook leather case for the iPad.
Along the way, we also check out the TabletMac ModBook from AxioTron and the SizeUp windows re-sizing software for the Mac. As usual, details on these and many other items can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.
Yes, Virginia, Apple did indeedpurchase the iCloud.com domain from Swedish cloud computing company Xcerion. But when it launches, don’t expect it to just be a locker for your streaming music. It’ll also encompass all of the functionality currently provided by MobileMe, and more…
Epic Games, in co-operation with Chair Entertainment, brought us Infinity Blade, one of the most graphically impressive, no-compromise game on the App Store. Infinity Blade costs $9.99, and not only is it worth every penny, but for the price, it’s graphically equal to many games on modern consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360…. and Epic sees app games as possibly killing off consoles once and for all.
The iPad as well as older cousin the iPod Touch have been adopted in schools like they were the next no. 2 pencils.
We’ve been following the roll-out in schools as well as the on-going woes that parents are having with in-app purchases – so a story about schools waiting to see how the lawsuit brought against Apple caught our attention.
Spins 3D is the latest game that’s left me scratching my head in complete flummoxation – if you need a brain teaser, it certainly teases brains.
We start the day with two MacBooks and the latest iPod nano. First up is a 1.4GHz MacBook Air laptop with a 12-inch screen for $879. Next is an 8GB current-generation iPod nano for $109. Finally, ExperCom offers a 2.4GHz MacBook Pro with 13-inch screen for $1,049.
Along the way, we also check out a quad-core i7-based MacBook Pro bundled with AppleCare, plus screen protectors for your iPhone 4 or iPad, as well as iLife software for your Mac. As usual, details on these and many other items can be found at CoM’s “Daily Deals” page right after the jump.
What a difference a letter makes: change “smuggle” to “snuggle” and the game about taking clandestine immigrants across the border becomes…a game about cuddly creatures escaping the wilderness for the comfort of a zoo, where they are provided plenty of food, shelter and “state of the art healthcare.”
The developers of Smuggle Truck changed the name and graphics to Snuggle Truck to gain Apple approval for sale in iTunes.
