Tag: iTunes App Store
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TableDrum App Turns Your Incessant Finger Drumming Into Actual Drum Sounds
By Andrew Liszewski I’m a notorious finger drummer. Particularly when I find something to drum on that produces a really good sound. So my sympathies to my friends and loved ones because this new TableDrum app basically makes any surface sound like a professional drum kit. If your goal is becoming a drummer by taking…
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Save Yourself Hundreds Of Dollars And Opt For Yamaha’s TENORI-ON App Instead
By Andrew Liszewski Last time I checked, Yamaha’s TENORI-ON digital sequencer was selling on their site for $699. A far cry from the device’s original $1,000+ price tag, but still way too expensive for the musically un-inclined like myself. So if you’ve already got an iPhone or an iPad, you can save yourself $679.01 and…
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$399.99 ‘Luci Live’ App Promises Broadcast Quality Recording And Streaming
By Andrew Liszewski I realize that broadcast caliber equipment usually affords a level of quality not found in consumer-level gear, which is often reflected in the price. But I’m having a hard time seeing how Technica Del Arte manages to justify charging almost $400 for their 1.8MB Luci Live recording app. I mean having the…
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Letting Your Unborn Fetus Choose Its Own Name? – There’s An App For That
By Andrew Liszewski Worried about risking years of passive aggressive behavior from your kid because of the terribly embarrassing name you gave them? Well you can worry no more thanks to an iOS app called Kick To Pick which puts all of that responsibility on your unborn fetus. The app includes a database of thousands…
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Barcodas App Turns Your Pantry Into A Symphony
By Andrew Liszewski If you’re looking to do a price comparison between brick & mortar and online stores there’s a plethora of barcode scanning apps available for iOS that can help you there. But if you’re looking for a way to turn regular old barcodes into beautiful music, and I’m just going to assume the…
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Einstein’s Pedometer App Measures How Much Time You Gain While In Motion
By Andrew Liszewski According to Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, more specifically something referred to as Time Dilation, someone in motion will age slower relative to someone that’s not moving. So your co-worker sitting at their desk is actually aging faster than you whenever you head to the break room to get another doughnut. And now,…
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NoseDial App Is A Seasonal Must-Have
By Andrew Liszewski Why spend money on special gloves, a stylus or voice-activated Bluetooth gear in order to use your iPhone in the cold when there’s another available appendage for operating the touchscreen sitting right between your eyes? This German NoseDial app displays your list of contacts as a set of large buttons, making it…
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Pulse Phone App Cleverly Measures Your Heart Rate Using The iPhone 4’s Camera And Flash
By Andrew Liszewski Originally rejected from the iTunes App Store over a year and a half ago because the developers had to ‘hack’ their way into accessing the iPhone 4’s camera, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Pulse Phone app was only recently finally approved after Apple loosened their restrictions a few months ago. Now while it’s not the…
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Holo-Paint App Lets You Create Your Own 3D Floating Text Long Exposure Photos
By Andrew Liszewski Remember the ‘Making Future Magic‘ video (I’ve included it below to refresh your memory) that was making the rounds a few weeks ago? It was a collaboration between Dentsu London and BERG London that resulted in what appeared to be floating 3D text holograms created by taking long exposure photographs of a…
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‘Awareness! The Headphone App’ Lets You Hear What’s Going On Around You While Listening To Music
By Andrew Liszewski We all know you shouldn’t ride a bike while wearing earbuds since they block out ambient noises and tend to make you oblivious to what’s going on around you. But thanks to a relatively cheap app you won’t have to go out and buy a special pair of headphones if you like…