A picture says a thousand words is how the epithet goes but, in Twitter's case, you would have to reduce it to 140 characters or less, of course. Jellibug is a photo application that gathers all the pictures that celebrities of all types post on their Twitter accounts and presents them all for you to view. So now you don't have to rush out and buy that gossip magazine that you really only buy because of the pictures anyway. Justin Bieber, Rhianna, Chris Brown, Jenna Marbles, Tori Spelling, Kristen Bell, Christiano Ronaldo or Shaun White..they are all here. Whether ... Read more
Let me just lay it on the line here. I love a good photo application. Judging by the number of photo apps available these days and the massive popularity of apps like Instagram, Photo Toaster, Jazz and Hipstamatic, the rest of the world loves them too. Powersketch is a little gem of a photo and video editor developed by the people who gave us Powercam, which FeedMyApp reviewed recently. It provides some very cool and unique special effects for photos and videos that will make your friends sit up and take notice. The PowerSketch app allows you to apply ... Read more
There's a new DJ in town and their name is...you. ofthemuse is a nicely named new social music and video entertainment application that adds a new dimension to the music player phenomenon. Not only is it a fun way to compete with your friends based on your listening taste but it also increases musical knowledge and exposes you to the plethora of new music available these days. Pit your musical taste against others by becoming an online DJ and have your friends and followers vote on who has chosen the best song. ofthemuse is a new music application that ... Read more
Okay now, listen up people. This is an app to recommend to friends. You can't beat a good photo warping app can you. There are so many of them around these days and most offer something a little different. There's Instagram, of course as well as a couple of recent ones that I love - namely Photo Toaster and Jazz. Powercam is a new and free social photo and video warping application for iPhone that features over fifty effect filters that work for both your photos and your videos. After you have created your masterpiece you can easily share it ... Read more
With the recent acquisition of Instagram by Mr Zuckerberg's all consuming Facebook organization we can expect to see a lot more photo editing applications on the market - as if there aren't enough already. However, the extremely cool looking Jazz could well be the one to make the big leap forward. This powerful photoshare and photo editor for iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone puts it's considerable hand up by offering unlimited photo stylings for the interested amateur yet provides plenty of unique features to make even the most hardened pro sit up and take notice. Jazz is a powerful ... Read more
Google+ has tended to be the forgotten brother when it has come to designing pretty covers for your online pages. While Facebook's Timeline has been festooned with great cover making apps like Picscatter, Cover Photo Maker for Facebook and New FB Cover but I'm finding it very hard to find any apps for tarting up your Google+ cover page. So thank goodness for Google Plus Cover Photo Maker - a free design engine for Google where you can make your cover page one notch up from the rest. CoverPhotoEditor.com is a powerful, responsive and very quick and easy to ... Read more
HATCHEDit is like a collaborative whiteboard for Android where you can organize your collective family life with a calendar, an address book, a family news and notebook tool and household blog. It's a place to keep all the important information the family needs and then adds a social aspect by letting you share relevant information, not only with your spouse and kids, but also with grandparents, babysitters and au pairs. HATCHEDit is a mobile whiteboard for managing your personal life and succeeds in bringing social collaborative tools online and into the home. Its a free organization tool that includes ... 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
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
Draw Something Free is a draw and word game for Android, iPhone, iPad and IPod Touch that has turned into something of a phenomenon. Developed by Zynga, it's a hilarious and totally addictive game that owes a little to the word game Pictionary. Zynga's previous games include Farmville, Cityville and Words With Friends. When you see your friends staring at their smartphone screen for ages as they concentrate on drawing before bursting into laughter you'll have a pretty good idea that they are playing Draw Something Free. Here is, without doubt, the most popular free social drawing and guessing ... Read more