Penmia is a totally secure writing and journal tool for your mobile that let's you capture, share and organize all your precious memories easily and quite beautifully. As George Carlin used to say...it's a place for your stuff. It's an easy to use free application where you can keep lists, jogging schedules, vacation experiences, photos, lyrics and links - in fact, pretty well anything and everything that you want to be reminded of later or share with friends now. Penmia is a free, secure online journal that allows you to capture, organize, and share your memories like you never ... Read more
What would you buy if you won the lottery, i wonder. They reckon that most lottery winners spend everything they win in the first five years and, I can only assume, that they spend all their money in Most Expensive. Here is a fun entertainment app that brings out the Paris Hilton in all of us. It's a fantasy shopping app (well, I guess the fantasy depends on how much money you have in the bank) that let's you search and find some of the most expensive items that money can buy - assuming you have the dosh, of course. ... Read more
Sleep Time is the latest in an series of health and fitness apps for iPhone developed by Azumio that includes Instant Heart Rate, Stress Test and Stress Doctor. This impressive set of health tools was developed in conjunction with both Stanford and University of California and has been a huge hit the world over in terms of great health and fitness applications. Sleep Time is a beautiful looking and easy to use app that analyzes sleep patterns to allow you to wake up refreshed and well rested. Sleep Time was developed using proven sleep science in conjunction with Stanford ... Read more
Every now and again, a game comes along that redefines a genre. Sentinel 3: Homeworld is just such a game. It is a tower defence strategy game that pits you against the usual waves of ever more formidable enemies, but it does so with such flare and panache that we felt it worth a mention here. Firstly, you have a Commander, a giant robot (Mech Warrior style) that forms the basis of your defence. This commander "levels up" as you progress through the game and attributes such as "shot strength", "health", "PSI (the effect he has on nearby turrets)" and ... Read more
GasBuddy is the app that every North American driver needs to own. With gas prices across the country varying so much from area to area and some gas stations seemingly plucking the price of a gallon of petrol out of a hat it's more important than ever to know where you can get the cheapest gas price closest to where you live. GasBuddy is a free and totally up to date online method of gathering gas price information based on consumer input and enabling you to identify the cheapest fuel prices across North America. GasBuddy.com is a gas price ... Read more
Well first up, let's get the plaudits out of the way. PocketCloud Explore was named Best Mobile App at the recent Mobile World Congress by Laptop Magazine and MSNBC Gadgetbox. It was also named Best App Ever by another organization. So why does utter so many accolades? Because it's the missing link that we've been looking for, that's why. Explore let's you grab all your photos, multimedia and documents on your computers while you are out and about on your smartphone. Wherever and whenever you like. Gee, we've really moved on over the last few years when attempting to ... Read more
It was Andy Warhol who said that in the future, everybody will be famous for 15 minutes. Meriad doesn't offer quite that much time but it does offer you 30 seconds to record your thoughts for the rest of the world to see and hear. This free video microblogging social application for your mobile let's you capture moments in your life rather like a Twittering video diary where your friends and the rest of the world can get a glimpse into your world - 30 seconds at a time. Meriad.co is a new social networking platform that enables you ... Read more
Everybody hates traffic jams. Some of us would sell our Grandmothers' to avoid them. Our cities are being clogged by too many cars on roads that have often seen better days. What's Traffic is travel application for Android that will take the heat off your Grandmother. It's an easy-to-use traffic app that let's you see what's happening with the traffic surrounding you enabling you to take better travel decisions and avoid those hot spots that will hold you up. If you hate traffic snarl ups as much as the rest of us this easy-to-use app will help you instantly ... Read more
Have I told you how much I love travel guides? TripFlick is a ruthlessly efficient free next generation guide for android that doesn't give you heaps of irrelevant information about flower shows and the city's secret nightlife. Some of us might actually prefer that kind of information but TripFlick doesn't go down that route and just concentrates on the important stuff. It does, however, add a rather intuitive side by offering you personalized recommendations based on other users' experiences and geared to your personal preferences. TripFlicks considers that travelers face enough problems without having to deal with overwhelming and ... Read more
This simple Learn to write Chinese application from the Monkey Write people is another in the series following their earlier Numbers, Blessings and Eating Out excursions. It's a free and easy to use language, education and learning tool for android that literally teaches one to write Chinese characters and turns it into a bit of a game that even kids can play and learn from. It's said that the only way to truly master the complicated art of Chinese writing is practice, practice and more practice. However, doing that on paper could be construed as being rather dull - ... Read more