Paper (by FiftyThree) stands out as one of the simplest and most beautiful ways to create sketches and drawings. Although the app has just recently launched, it’s already been named Apple’s “App of the Month” for March 2012 and has an impressive 1.5 million downloads. Let’s take a closer look at Paper and see why it may be one of the best drawing apps available for the iPad.
The tremendous array of applications for our mobile devices is staggering. We have games and messaging programs and eReaders and so much more. But there are also apps available to help keep us action-oriented and make our days more productive. On first glance, iTomato does not look like one of those apps — it’s just a simple timer for the popular Pomodoro Technique. Let’s explore how the iTomato app may prove useful within this popular time management strategy.
When building an iOS application, one thing to consider is a concept called “data persistence.” Data persistence is a method of holding onto data in case the application or device…
The multiplication of mobile devices makes it more and more difficult to ensure that your website looks fine on many screen resolutions and screen ratios, from the iPhone 320×480 to…
Perhaps the simplest app to create is a blog feed reader. Typically you will not find a native mobile app that’s there only to display a feed. Normally, this is…
Wake Smarter is dubbed as the first voice-controlled alarm clock for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Just tell Wake Smarter when you want your alarm, and that’s it! But this app has more under the surface than you think. Let’s take a look and see what really makes it stand out.
Introduction In my previous article we created a simple app that interacts with the Twitter API and pulls down a single tweet from the public timeline. In a typical application,…
Path — a “smart” journal app — aims to change this. Path allows you to share your life (music, photos, videos, location, etc.) with your close friends and loved ones in a simple social network tied to your mobile device. I know what you’re thinking though…doesn’t this sound just like Facebook or Twitter or any other social networking app? It does in theory, but Path has some interesting quirks which definitely make it stand out from the rest.
In general, consumers are looking for a game they can play for a minute or two and feel completely satisfied. One of the precious gems that fits this need on…
After carrying a trusty Black ‘n Red notebook for years (not quite hipster enough for a moleskin, you see…), I finally decided I should give complete digitisation a proper go. Trying various apps, I found some too complex, some too simple … and then one that felt just right.
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