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Just in time for the haunting season comes this app that offers up plenty of scares. It has creepy sound effects, an instant haunted house, and optical illusions. With The Fright Factory, it is almost like having three apps in one. While it’s not something you are going to sit… Continue Reading »

If you’re at all interested in astronomy, Star Walk is a fantastic resource for an evening of star gazing. If you’re not into astronomy, you just may be after playing around with this. Yes, it’s educational, but more importantly, it’s very cool. It’s also easy to use, so you can… Continue Reading »

MyReef 3D Aquarium is a virtual saltwater aquarium for your iPhone and iPod touch. You know how you’re always looking at that big aquarium at the dentist’s office and thinking, “Dude, maybe I should get one of those for my van,” but then you realize you’d have to clean it,… Continue Reading »

Skee-Ball is that game where you roll balls up a ramp in an attempt to get them into various rings for high point values, but Freeverse is never content to just leave things as they are. So, they’ve added multiple play methods, in-air ball control, various goals to reach (hit… Continue Reading »

Many people have been waiting for decent Gmail Push Notifications to come to the iPhone. There are quite a few of these applications in the App Store that try to solve this issue, and there is now also a way to get Gmail emails through Push using Google Sync and… Continue Reading »

There’s just so much junk to remember these days that a password/data management program is pretty much a necessity. I’ve tried a few before for both the Mac and the iPhone, and they were usually too proprietary. But now I’ve tried the iPhone app SplashID from SplashData, and I’ve finally… Continue Reading »

What’s the first name that comes to mind when you think of GPS navigation? Likely TomTom, after all, they are known for GPS devices. But what about iPhone apps? Let’s take a look at how TomTom’s iPhone navigation app compares to the other big names in navigation on the App… Continue Reading »

The Deep Pinball is quite possibly the best pinball sim currently available for the iPhone. It has a fun, imaginative playing field that faithfully replicates the kind you can still find in truck stops and bowling alleys across the country. The graphics are attractive, the audio is authentic (although I… Continue Reading »

I grew up in the period when banking was something that only happened Monday through Friday, during business hours. When you had to figure out how much money you needed before the weekend started—if you ran out before Monday morning at 8 a.m., you had to write a check>. It… Continue Reading »

After a short wait, Apple has reviewed and accepted the Facebook 3.0 App Store application for user in the general public. This update brings many features that the Facebook website has had for a while, and changes the interface dramatically…in a good way. Overall, it is a great improvement upon… Continue Reading »