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Avid Studio: Thumbs Up on Interface, Sideways on Features, Down on Sound Effects February 07, 2012 
Back when Apple promised editing features built into the iPhone 3GS (the first iPhone to have a video camera), I wondered how a video-editing program could possibly fit into a phone. It wasn't just a question of available processing power, though that was part of it. It was also a question of screen size.
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'Inside the World of Dinosaurs' Feeds the Dino Lover in All of Us February 06, 2012 
As near as I can tell, almost every kid goes through an intense dinosaur phase, and for some adults, the fascination remains for decades. Even years after the movie "Jurassic Park" brought dinos to life, I would still eat up all the dinosaur documentary shows I could find, like "Walking With Dinosaurs."
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Yoink: Efficient Swatch Snatcher Makes Full-Screen Feel Less Bloated January 31, 2012 
Of all the changes brought about with OS X Lion, full-screen viewing was one that failed to make much of an impression on me, at least at first. Ballooning a window to the edges of the screen and blowing out the menu bar seemed a little restrictive at first. Full-screening an app the way OS X does it just felt uncomfortable and weird.
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Apple's Textbooks Improve Everything but the Text January 30, 2012 
After Apple announced that it had "reinvented" textbooks at its education media event in New York earlier in the month, I knew I had to take one for a spin myself. I downloaded the new iBooks 2 iPad app and launched it to get to the refreshed iBooks Store. I tapped the big "Introducing Textbooks" graphic and started looking.
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Numberlys: A Top-Shelf App for Kids, Though a Bit Overhyped January 23, 2012 
I must admit, I felt a bit duped by the description of the Numberlys app after I bought, downloaded and launched the app. I was expecting something bigger and longer that would appeal more to adults. Something gorgeous, imaginative, and slightly dystopian with an uplifting ending. What I got was something gorgeous, imaginative, and slightly dystopian with an uplifting ending. Just not something huge.
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Snapseed for Mac OS X Makes Your Photos Pop January 16, 2012 
The app that won Apple's coveted iPad App of the Year award, Snapseed by Nik Software, has made it to the Mac App Store and therefore, Mac OS X. Not only is this cool for photography-loving Mac users, it's cool because it brings some awesome filter and editing effects to the masses.
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Google Translate's No Babel Fish, but It's Cheaper Than a Personal Interpreter January 10, 2012 
Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide book series solved the problem of interplanetary language barriers with a Babel fish -- a little telepathic alien leech-like animal you stick in your ear that instantly translates any spoken language via pure brain waves. In the real world, about the closest we can get to that are online tools like Google Translate.
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Action Movie FX: Have Fun Blowing Up the Neighborhood January 09, 2012 
A free and unassuming little video effects app tapped into my practical joker personality this holiday season, and I just have to share it: Action Movie FX by Bad Robot Interactive. What does it do? It lets you film a short scene and then apply big-action Hollywood movie special effects to it.
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DSLR How-To App Is Kind to Newbies December 20, 2011 
Every year around this time, droves of pocket-cam photogs are turned into newly minted DSLR users. If someone in your life is generous enough to give you one of these relatively large, complex cameras during the holidays, and if you've never had a chance to use one very extensively before, then the dozens of new features and controls at your fingertips might be a little confusing.
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Outlook Web Email Has Its Points but Lacks Refinement December 19, 2011 
Many iPhone owners bought their iPhones for personal use, then realized they wanted or needed to connect to their work-related email, which is often based on the enterprise-focused Microsoft Exchange mail server. The PC client application is usually Outlook, and many companies offer their employees browser-based access via the Web.
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'Infinity Blade II' Carves Out a Plot This Time Around December 13, 2011 
I never beat the original "Infinity Blade." I liked the game, thought it was worth the money, spent many a joyful moment slashing away at a never-ending parade of uglies. But come on, that game was kind of hard. You're trying to kill a God King, and that's not an easy thing to do, even for a thirtieth-generation sword-swinger.
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'Blood & Glory' Delivers the Goods but Might Bleed Your Wallet Dry December 12, 2011 
When I stumbled across the iPhone and iPad game "Blood & Glory," I instantly got the feeling that it was like "Infinity Blade," the popular fantasy slasher fighting game. That alone wasn't enough to pique my interest, but when I saw that it was free, sported lush graphics, and had an eye-popping 43,000 customer ratings with a five-star average, I had to download the 111 MB beast and take a look for myself.
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An iPad Lover Plays With Fire, Part 3 December 06, 2011 
The Kindle Fire is a great little media-consuming tablet, of this there is no doubt: If you're a happy Amazon.com customer, a Fire will likely warm your heart. You can buy, rent and stream TV shows and movies from Amazon, buy and stream music, surf the Web, check email, and read lots and lots of books
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Forget a Million Filters - Picturesque Focuses on Just a Few Awesome Effects December 05, 2011 
A while ago I ran into a little photo effects app that helped me make drop shadows and those cool reflection photos that Apple popularized -- you know, the ones that make the iPhone look as if it is sitting on a shiny white tabletop, with a faint reflection below it. To make that reflection happen with a more robust photo-editing tool took many steps.
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An iPad Lover Plays With Fire, Part 2 November 29, 2011 
As a happy iPad owner, I've been messing around with a Kindle Fire, and for the most part, I like what I'm experiencing. The Kindle Fire is a solid tablet with a generally pleasing interface. While it doesn't compare to an iPad in a real direct way -- apples to apples, oranges to oranges -- it's a tablet, and more importantly, it has the potential to capture the hearts and minds of at least some Apple-loving users.
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Does Any App Play Straight Poker Anymore? November 28, 2011 
When Apple pulled its popular "Texas Hold'em" game from the App Store, I was moderately surprised, but then again, it's not like Apple was actively developing the game over the years. And besides, after racking up $100 million or so against the Artificial Intelligence engine, it's been a long time since I've actively played it.
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