I may be dating myself here, but I was totally one of those kids who wrote in 1337-speak all the time in high school. I blame it on Largo from the webcomic Megatokyo. Do people even speak 1337 anymore? The “leet-speak”...
One thing the native Apple app library lacks is a one-size-fits-all document viewer, something that lets you access a bunch of different document types in a single app. It can be frustrating to have to keep switching between apps ...
I love the movies of the Coen brothers. Fargo, Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and No Country for Old Men: it’s all good. The Coen brothers sprang to mind today because of the app I’m reviewing. When I started pla...
With so many people in US and UK battling obesity, it’s rare to not know someone in your social circle who isn’t actively trying to eat better. We’ve become increasingly more aware of the calories we take in, whi...
Spam calls and cold sales calls are way less of a problem than they used to be a decade ago. That’s partially due to legislation, and partly due to the fact that more people have cell phones today: mobile phones are way easi...
I think, in many ways, we’ve become a nation of quantifiers. Apps and social networks make it easier than ever to quantify the daily minutiae of our lives. Now, more than ever, we can know exactly how many friends we have, h...
Some of my favorite things come from “brothers.” Brooks Brothers. Super Mario Bros. The Venture Bros. Now, we can add another “brothers” to my list of favorite things: Layton Brothers Mystery Room, a new iO...
Alarm clock apps are one of those iOS categories that it’s really hard to care about. As long as it tells the time correctly and has a loud alarm, who really can tell one app from the next? Most people I know simply use Appl...
I have been, and always will be, the world’s greatest procrastinator. I never turn in work late, but I could be turning it in way earlier if I wasn’t constantly slipping a steady diet of YouTube videos and RSS feeds in...
For quite some time now, I’ve been trying hard to document random thoughts that came into my mind every once in awhile. I’ve tried several iPhone apps but typing down my thoughts and ideas can become quite tedious. It&...
When you’re on the go, it can be really frustrating to realize that you don’t have access to a document that’s on your laptop or desktop. Keeping a backup in your inbox or in Dropbox can help, but what do you do ...
In a world where both celebs and regular Joes get their phones hacked on a regular basis, many people are worried about the content on their phones. Your personal photographs should stay personal, but maintaining privacy over your...
We all have a soft spot for old things. For some people, it’s antiques. Others dig retro games. My favorite outdated thing to collect? Old, outdated, and neglected App Store apps. The App Store is always packed with the late...
Among the many Google mobile apps installed on both my iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3, Google Earth app is perhaps one of the least used. I don’t know but I really don’t find any use for it at all. I would rather check out Goo...
It hasn’t been that long since the news cycles were dominated with horror stories about cruise ships. Whether its a collision or an outbreak of the Norwalk virus, cruise ships have been at the center of some memorable news s...
