How To Create Your Own QR Codes and Scan Them on an iPhone

QR Code (Links to Apps Reviewed)

Ever seen one of these images before? Maybe you saw it was on a poster of a flyer... It's called a QR Code, the abbreviation of 'Quick Response Code'. In this post I'll show you how you can make one and how to scan them by using your iPhone!

QR Codes look like these squares with a lot black little squares inside. They are similar to bar codes.  They were originally designed for industrial uses, but became popular with consumer advertising.

By using your smartphone's camera, the user can scan the code with a special QR Code reading app, and it'll open up the web browser to the certain website, store or whatever the QR Code links to.



How to Create your own QR Code:

A great website that'll let you create your own free QR Codes is QRstuff.com.

You can make QR Codes that contain information for a lot of different things including:
A website URL, a YouTube video, Facebook page, Twitter page, Dropbox, Email address / message, Contact details, Skype call, Wi-Fi login (Android only), Telephone number and so on...

You can output your QR Code by: downloading an image, printing, email, or even get the code printed on something like a T-Shirt, Cup, Hat, ect...



How to Scan a QR Code:

There are many QR Reader apps available in the iOS App Store. One that I'd recommend is: 

Quick Scan - QR Code Reader 

By iHandy Inc.

With Quick Scan you can easily scan and decode all types of QR Codes.

Other features include:
- Ability to scan codes from photos in camera roll.
- Add contacts directly into address book.
- Open links directly inside the app.
- Unlimited storage for scan history.
- Save favorite QR codes.
- Share by mail and text message.
- And more...

- Download Quick Scan - QR Code Reader for iPhone, FREE, on the App Store. 

'Google Now' Now Available For iOS

The Google Search app has been updated to version 3.0.  The update includes Google Now.

Google Now is your new digital assistant. Similar to Apple's Siri, but more proactive.


Here's a description from the Google Search iTunes App Page:

"A helping hand from Google Now 
 • Get weather and traffic conditions before you start your day. 
 • Get updates on your favorite sports teams and breaking news stories as they happen. 
Find out more about all other ways Google Now can help you at http://www.google.com/now"  


Google Now is now available for iOS devices. To get the new feature, update the Google Search app or if you haven't yet downloaded the Google Search app, get it here, FREE, from the App Store.

Angry Birds Friends To Be Released For iOS and Android This Thursday

Angry Birds Friends (Image from Angry Birds Facebook Page) 

It has been announced over on the Angry Birds Facebook page, the popular Facebook game Angry Birds Friends will be available for download this Thursday (May 2nd 2013) for iOS and Android devices.

Angry Birds Friends lets players challenge their Facebook friends in a weekly tournament, get daily rewards and give and receive power-up gifts.

For more check out the Angry Birds Facebook page or play the game on Facebook now.

Icon Pop Word - All New Themes and Answers Waiting To Be Guessed! - iOS App Review

From the people that brought you the games, "Icon Pop Quiz", "Icon Pop Mania" and "Icon Pop Brand", comes a new game with new themes and hundreds of new icons to be guessed. The new app is:

Icon Pop Word

By Alegrium

FREE  -  iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad)

Just released on April 26th 2013, the new game "Icon Pop Word", brings fans new themes, and hundreds of new icons that are waiting to be guessed!

This new version includes:

- New Categories: Including; Jobs, Activities, Horoscopes, Sports, Hobbies, and more...

- Less ads

Icon Pop Word features a nice simple flat looking design. Everything's clear and simple to understand.

Pretty much the same as their old apps, but with the new topics and icons. In case you don't know how the game works, here's a quick demonstration.

Start playing and you are given a image or 'icon'. You are told the topic and are given how many letters are in the answer. Below is the available letters that you can use to guess the correct answer. 

In the case of the image above we are told it's an activity and we have a icon of a bird sitting on a glove of a persons arm. This image is related to the activity of "Falconry". After guess the correct answer you are taken to the next image.

Another activity, this one shows a image of a pencil on paper. It's not 'writing' even though you can spell the word, the answer here is, "Drawing".  

If you get stuck on a image you can use helpers that are on the right side. You are given a few free at the start and can get more as you guess correctly or by buying more though in-app purchases.

The 'skip button' will take you to the next round, the 'A' will reveal one letter of the word and the 'Trash can' will remove some of the incorrect letters that are down below. 

Your other two options (on the left) are to share to social media, and maybe get a friend to help you out on Twitter or Facebook. 

The "Icon Pop" games have already been download over 15 million times and and don't seem to have any plans of slowing down with this brand new version that surly won't disappoint the strong fan base. 

Out of all the image guessing games out there, the Icon Pop games look the best and feature some pretty amazing 'icons'. 

- Download Icon Pop Word, FREE, from the iOS App Store.

My Thoughts on the New 'Iron Man 3: The Official Game' - Available for iOS and Android

The Iron Man 3 game is out! In the game, you play as Iron Man, Tony Stark. 

The game is a "runner", which means you're constantly moving. 

As you're flying through the city, you're getting attacked and must fight back. 

You start off with the new Mark 42 armor for the first run but once you lose, the suit becomes damaged and you'll need to upgrade back to it later in the game.

So now you're given, armor Mark 3. You start flying around and fighting enemies, while dodging around obstacles like; planes, missiles, buses, blimps, lasers from bad guys and so on.

You can upgrade your armor(s) with the credits you collect, and get for completing missions, to improve: heath, weapons and whatever 'special' does.

You can buy new armors, however this is done incrementally in groups of armors and if your a mediocre player, just upgrading to the next available armor may take you about 120 'runs'.      


Likes:
- It's Iron Man!
- It's free-to-play
- Graphics are okay, looks not so great on a retina iPad, but still good.
- The idea of the game, would of looked good on paper. 
- The 18 different available suits.
- Since Robert Downey Jr. would of been too expensive to get to do the voice, 
I'm happy they picked Adrian Pasdar (who voiced Iron Man in the anime).

Dislikes:
- Suits are too expensive (will take a long time to save up credits)
- Game is too repetitive.
- Controls aren't that good (even with adjusting sensitivity).
- Game accuracy of movements is off
- Constantly being made to wait unless you use the rare diamonds.
- All text should be voiced, not only some parts. 
- Game is a 644MB download, and after playing uses 1GB+ of your storage. 
- Drains battery life, fast!

While playing the game it got me thinking, do the game developers want us to hate games? Is it so hard these days to make an enjoyable game? It's frickin' Iron Man, and you're flying through the city, shooting at bad guys! Playing this game should be fun, and (at least for me) it's just okay - but not fun.

If you're a fan of the "runner" game genre, you may like this game. If you're not a fan of "runners", you'll most likely find this game: frustrating, annoying and difficult.


You can download the Iron Man 3: The Official Game from the App Store and Google Play Store, for free. 

New 1 Minute Apple iPhone 5 Ad "Photos Every Day" [VIDEO]

Apple has released a new iPhone 5 Advertisement tilted, "Photos Every Day".

Apple highlights that more photos are taken with the iPhone then any other camera.

Zynga Launches 'Draw Something 2' For iPhone

Zynga has released Draw Something 2 for iPhone and iPod Touch.

There are two versions available: Free and Paid.

The free and paid version includes:

- New tools, patterns, stamps and colors.
- Share your drawings in a social feed.
- Follow friends, celebs, and discover new artists.
- Gallery: Collection of your favorite drawings
- Over 5,000 new words
- Daily Guess and Daily Draw challenges
- Free Draw
- And more...

Buy the paid version for $2.99 and you'll get:
- Free Sparkle Pen (only in paid version)
- No ads between turns
- Free star and coin bonus
- 1,000's of new words.

And where's the iPad version? I guessing it's coming soon. I don't get why a drawing app is released only on the iPhone first. Drawing on an iPhone isn't the easiest thing to do. The iPad is the best way to play and should of been the main focus of the release.

And no Android version yet, either. Android version is also coming soon.


- Get Draw Something 2 now from the App Store: Free / Paid version.

Angry Birds Toons - Episode 7 - Cordon Bleugh - Sneak Peek

Here is a short sneak peek at the next Angry Birds Toons episode, titled "Cordon Bleugh".
 
The new episode will be available to watch on any Angry Birds app on Sunday April 28th.

http://angrybirds.com/toons

IRON MAN 3: The Official Game - Starting to be Released For Download Around The World - iOS & Android

Iron Man 3: The Official Game (by Gameloft) for iOS and Android is starting to be released for download around the world.

In the game, you'll play as Iron Man and control Stark Industries in a endless "runner".

The Iron Man 3 game is FREE and is out right now for download in New Zealand and Australia, and will be available to everyone else throughout the day.

Small warning, the game weighs in at 644MB! A big file that'll take up some space on your device. You'll need to be connected to Wi-Fi for the download (if from your iPhone or iPad).

**Update: Game should be available to everyone now:
- Download Iron Man 3: The Official Game on the App Store

What's the Saying? Find The Answers Hidden In Each Pic! - iPhone, iPad - App Review

What's the Saying? 

By Cheat Master And Friends Words Cheats LLC

FREE - iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad)

You've guessed the picture, you've combined the images to make up words, you've found the common in four pictures, and now it's time to test yourself with catchphrases!

If you have played any popular picture guessing games, you'll be familiar with the set up of this game.

In 'What's the Saying?', you have given an images with cryptic clues inside. The clues will give you the answer which can be a sentence, phrase, saying, or even just one word.

Here are a couple of examples:

This one is really easy, it's all basically written out for you. If you examine the image you have the words "EZ", "AS", and the mathematical symbol "Pi".  Below the image is the spaces that show how many words there are and how long is each word. And below that is the letters available to make up the answer. And the answer to this one is obviously, "Easy as pie".

Here's another example:

In this one, we know the answer will be two words, and the first word is only one letter. Piecing the puzzle together, we have an "eye", under the word "stand". ....If you haven't got it yet - maybe this games not for you...

There is 150 levels currently available to play. For every correct answer, you are rewarded with some game coins.

If you get stuck on a level you can use your game coins to buy some 'Lifelines' to help you out.

For free, you can ask your friends on Instagram, or for 99 coins (each) you can remove the wrong letters from the grid, or reveal one of the letters in the answer. If you run out of coins you can always buy more (with real money) through the in-app purchases.

These image/word guessing games are so simple and easy to play for anyone young or old. You can just pick it up and start playing, there's not really any learning curve.

'What's the Saying?' is a great game to added to your collection. If you loved games like 'What's the Word' and '4 Pics 1 Word', you'll love this one to, if not more!

- Download What's the Saying? on the App Store.

Iron Man 3: The Official Game - First 10 Minutes of Game Play - for iOS and Android

Over at IGN, they have the a 10 minute game play video of Iron Man 3: The Official Game.
!Warning! The game may contain spoilers about the movie!

In the video you can see what the gameplay is like, story of game, and the graphics.

Just as reported the game is a 'endless runner'. You control Iron Man as you're flying throughout the city fighting bad guys.

The Iron Man character in the game sounds like he's played by Adrian Pasdar. Adrian's an actor that you may remember as Nathan Petrelli from the TV show 'Heroes'. He also played the voice of Tony Stark in the Marvel anime series of Iron Man.  

Iron Man 3: The Official Game will be FREE and available for download on April 25th 2013.

'Guess The Celeb' - A Test of Your Celebrity Knowledge

Guess The Celeb

By JN Interactive AB

FREE - iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad)

There sure is a lot of image based guessing games on the App Store. This one is really for the hardcore celebrity enthusiasts. 

'Guess The Celeb' will test your memory and celebrity know-all. 

In the game, you have the image and the mixed letters down the bottom. Type in the correct answer to move on to the next round. Simple as that! 

If you need some help, you have social networks to ask on or the 'Assist' in the game, where you can use the coins you get for answering correctly to buy help; 'Reveal First Name', 'Remove Letters' or 'Reveal Letter'.

All the answers in 'Guess The Celeb' seems to be the last names of the celebrities. This seems to be on purpose. 

I like the idea of the game and the cartoon images of the celebrities, however guessing celebrities just make this game difficult. It's not like 'finding' a word in a image or combing two images to make a word. With celebrities, you either know them or you don't. Therefore with this game you may start off well, then you get to a celebrity you don't know and you're stuck! Your options are to use the 'Assist' helpers, and then buy more coins when you run out or just give up and delete the app. Unless you take the third option which of course is desperately searching the Internet for "Guess The Celeb Cheats and Answers". 

I think when it comes to celebrities, you need multiple choice answers, otherwise it's just going to be too difficult. 

If you really love celebrities so much that you think you can identify them all, download this app! Otherwise, in my opinion, you'll probably get through a couple of answers, get stuck and delete the app. 

- Download 'Guess The Celeb' for iOS from the App Store.

10,000 iPhone 5's Used As Domino's [VIDEO]

No, it's not real. It's CG. But check it out anyway. This is what 10,000 iPhone 5's perfectly lined up and used as Domino's would look like.

The video comes from animators, Aatma Studio, who have also made iPhone CG videos like an iPhone that you can 'pinch and zoom' into a iPad.

This Domino video was "imagined as an advertisement for the iPhone 5 concept feature of NFC." (Near Field Communications).  NFC is the ability of content from one iPhone being passed into another.

Tamagotchi L.i.f.e. App, Based On The Original - Made for iOS and Android

Tamagotchi L.i.f.e. 

By NamcoBandai Games Inc. 

FREE - iOS (iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad) and Android

If you remember Tamagotchi's then you're probably a kid of the 90's. Now 16 years after the original release, based on the original virtual pet, Tamagotchi is back in App form!

You can reminisce and relive the pixel fun all over again and remind yourself of how old you are now!

In case you don't remember, Tamagotchi's are your digital virtual pet. Just like real pets, you'd feed it, take care of it, and even (digitally) clean up after it. And if you didn't - your Tamagotchi would die! 

Tamagotchi's was more of a girl's device / game, not to say that some boys didn't have them, but Bandai later released Digimon, which was more aimed at the male audience.

In the new version (app version), your Tamagotchi's are now in color with a higher resolution, and feature the original characters.  But don't worry, they all still look like 8-bit characters that you can barely make out.


- Download Tamagotchi L.i.f.e. on the iOS App Store

- Download Tamagotchi L.i.f.e. on Google Play

(Tamagotchi L.i.f.e. is currently only available to download in the United States and Canada).

How To Remove / Delete 'Fish With Attitude' from Facebook iOS App

Recently Facebook decided to add a app called Fish with Attitude to my favorites on the iOS app. Now to make it clear, I've never downloaded the app before, never played it on Facebook, never added it to favorites and had never even heard of it until I saw it in my Facebook app in the favorites section with the Newsfeed and Messages.

So I wonder how the hell did a app I never added, played, gave permission to, downloaded on iOS (still to this day) get in my favorites?!

Maybe Facebook is pushing this app down peoples throats, because just by looking at this apps' reviews, I can see I'm not the only one.  So if the 'Fish with Attitude' people wanna explain how their app magically became everyone's favorite, they can contact me - but I don't really care! What I did care about was how to remove 'Fish with Attitude' from my Facebook favorites. And luckily that was easy!

Here's how to remove the 'Fish with Attitude' link from Facebook on your iOS device:

What worked for me was simply going to the 'Fish with Attitude' Facebook game page on my computer and on the right I found and clicked "Block". I then reloaded my iOS Facebook app and 'Fish with Attitude' was gone!!

Pictoword - 2 Pics Make Up One Word - Combine To Get Answers! - iOS App Review

Pictoword: 
2 Pics, What's the 1 Word?

By Kooapps

FREE - iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)

Pictoword is a image based guessing game. It places two images side-by-side, with each image making up part of the word that you're trying to answer.

The game shows the two images, the scrambled letters down the bottom with a few random ones added in, and the blank squares which reveal the amount of letters in the answer we're looking for. 

There's also a Facebook share button, a buy more coins button and a settings button.

First example of Picstoword: This image above, my level 8. As you can see there's a image of a fire and a dog.  So the first images makes up the first part of the word and the second image the second part. We could pretty much be certain that the second part of the word must be "dog". Now it can't be "Firedog", not a word, so thinking what else is fire... "Hot!". So now place the two words together and we get "Hotdog", which technically is two words! 

In this next two images (Level 25) we have a railing and and a road. Place these two words together and you get "Railroad". 

The answers starts off easy but gets harder as you progress. 

And the last example:

Took me a few minutes to get level 31, because of that button! 

In this picture we have a person lying down and a power button. And if you thought of those two images the same way I just did, it might take you a few to guess it as well. Because you actually need to look at these images as someone "Laying" down and a "Off" button. (Variations of the same thing, kinda the point of the game!) Combined these two words to make, "Layoff".  

   

For every correct answer you gain 2 coins. Coins can be used to buy 'Boosts'. 

'Boosts' are your helpers for when you get stuck. Access the Boosts by pressing the pink lightning bolt. For 10 coins you can remove a letter. Reveal a letter for 35. Reveal one of the images words for 70 and Shuffle for 1000. 

As with all these word and image guessing games, you either love or hate them. But they help keep you brain sharp. And you'll get addicted and keep wanting to answer the next one!

- Download Pictoword, FREE on the App Store. 

Iron Man 3 - The Official Game App for iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android Devices

IRON MAN 3: THE OFFICIAL GAME

By Gameloft

FREE - iOS, Android.
Available from April 25th 2013

The official iOS and Android Iron Man 3 game is set to be released on April 25th 2013.

In Iron Man 3: The Official Game, you'll control Stark Industries.

Play as Iron Man.

Develop up to 18 suits from the movies and comics.

Upgrade your suits, unleash their power and defeat your enemies!

The game is a endless "runner" (like Temple Run, Pitfall...) or in this case, I guess it would be a "flyer".

The game looks awesome so far. The graphics look really good. Hope the game play is as great as it looks, and the controls are easy and intuitive for a touch device.

The games price is FREE-to-play, so that's really awesome. And of-course they'll be plenty of in-app purchases.

Here's the latest trailer for the game:



Also there's a 'first 10 minutes' of game play video over at IGN, check it out here.

Brand New Yahoo! Weather App Released For iPhone

Yahoo! Weather 

By Yahoo! 

FREE - iPhone (iOS) 

Yahoo! has released a brand new weather app.

The new Yahoo! Weather app features a nice graphical design featuring city images that match current weather.

Yahoo! Weather features: a four day ahead forecast. Weather predictions by the hour. Other weather details like; the Feels Like temperature, Humidity, Visibility, Precipitation, Wind & Pressure, Sun and Moon and a Interactive Map and movable weather info 'panels'.

Changing the iPhone into landscape view shows a image of the city.

You can add multiple locations, swiping left to right to change between them. Swiping down reveals the weather info.

A nice app. Great images, and details. Definitely better than Apple's default weather app which is powered by Yahoo! and The Weather Channel.

- Yahoo! Weather on the App Store.

Polar - Ask a Photo Poll Question, Vote on Answers and Share Your Opinions - iPhone App Review

Have a question that you want to ask? Need some opinions from other people? Or like giving your opinion to others? If you answered, "yes", to any of these questions, you should try out,  Polar by Input Factory, Inc.

Polar is an opinions app.  Anyone can ask a 'This or That' question, which is in this case a photo poll question; one or two images and the two possible answers. Then other Polar users can vote on your question and add a comment.

You can view questions by: Popular, People you are Following, Recent or Search a Hash Tag.

Polar is well designed, looks cool and is easy to use. Anyone can vote on the questions. To make your own questions and use the other features you'll need to register and make a profile.

Polar is a great way to crowd source an answer, for any situation. It could help you choose between two options or settle an argument or even for just general information.

Even if you don't have any questions to ask, you may find it fun answering others' questions and giving your opinion.

Polar is FREE and available for iOS (designed for iPhone and iPad).

Twitter Music App Now Live And Available For Download!

Twitter's new music app is now live and available for iOS. The web version will be available in the next few hours and the Android app is coming soon.

The Twitter #music app can help you discover new music.

Also features: Twitter Charts and ability to Follow artists.

You can listen to music via: iTunes, Rdio, or Spotify.

You can read more about the release on Twitter's Blog.

First impression for me is, "meh". It's pretty much just a "Popular" list, "Emerging" artists, a list of tweets from people you follow with the hash tag #NowPlaying and a profile page with your account and links to profiles of music artist that you follow.

Going to an artist page just tells you who (in music) they follow.

And the worst part is, on all the pages you can only hear a preview (or if you have a Spotify or Rdio account, full length tracks) of the most recent released song from that artist.

Maybe I might change my mind, but so far it's just a really over the top graphical top chart list.

Twitter Music is FREE and available on the App Store for iOS (designed for iPhone).

How to Display / Sort Contacts By First Name - (iPhone Tip)

You probably generally know others by their first name, so then, when you want to call someone you'll most likely want to find them by their first name. However the default option on an iPhone is to sort contacts by last name first. This can easily be changed! 

To change the name sorting and displaying order of your contacts, follow these steps: 

- Open the 'Settings' App.

- Scroll down and press, 'Mail, Contacts, Calendar'. 

- Scroll down to the 'Contacts' heading.

- Here you'll find two options: Sort Order and Display Order.

- In 'Sort Order' you can choose whether the app sorts your contacts by last or first name. This is the order they will be listed in. 

- And in Display Order, you can choose what order the first and last name appear in. (Eg: First name, then last name or last, then first). 

Keep Up With Latest News On Your Mobile & Tablet With These 3 Great Apps (Part 3) - Google Currents

Here are three great apps to help you keep up with the all latest news.

Google Currents

Google Currents is a great collective source of information.

There is heaps of customization to news topics and sources to make the app your own style.

There are hundreds of news sources you can subscribe to. They become magazine-like, and you can read stories from certain sites or by topic.

You can 'star' stories to read later, and share them.

Google Currents is a great collaborative news source. It wins hands down for variety and customization from news sources.


Download Link: iOS (iPhone & iPad) -- Android

Previous News App: BBC News

Keep Up With Latest News On Your Mobile & Tablet With These 3 Great Apps (Part 2) - BBC News

Here are three great apps to help you keep up with the all latest news.

BBC News

BBC News features live radio, top stories, stories by country, and major topics; including: Technology, Business, Entertainment, Health, Sport, and others.

News stories are contained in the app and are from the BBC.

You can change text size of the text in articles, watch videos and share the stories.

Also watch/ or listen to BBC News, 'World News Summary', 'Business Summary', 'World News Bulletin', 'Newshour' and more.  

Download Link: iOS (iPhone & iPad) -- Android


Next News App: Google Currents

Previous News App: Breaking News

Keep Up With Latest News On Your Mobile & Tablet With These 3 Great Apps (Part 1) - Breaking News +

Here are three great apps to help you keep up with the all latest news.

Breaking News +

Breaking News + has an Push Notification option, that'll notify you of the biggest breaking news stories chosen by their editorial team.

Links to the latest stories via many different news sources. Find news via 'Ongoing Stories' and 'Hot Topics'. If you find a topic that you like you can also essentially bookmark it in the topics section.

Downside to the app, there's no search and the app is basically a tweet stream, which then links you to the article on other sites.

Download Link: iOS (iPhone & iPad) -- Android


Next News App: BBC News

Angry Birds Toons - Episode 6 - Pig Talent - Sneak Peek

Here is a short sneak peek at the next Angry Birds Toons episode, titled "Pig Talent".


The new episode will be available to watch on any Angry Birds app on Sunday April 21st.

http://angrybirds.com/toons

Angry Birds Friends Coming Soon To Mobiles And Tablets

Rovio announced earlier this month that the popular Facebook Angry Birds Friends game is coming soon to mobiles and tablets.

In the Angry Birds Friends app, you'll be able to challenge your Facebook friends in a weekly tournament, get daily rewards and give and receive power-up gifts.

There is no release date known yet, but the game is said to be coming "soon".

For more Angry Birds news and updates, like the Angry Birds Facebook page.

Roar Rampage - Destroy Anything At Gets In Your Way As A Gigantic Dino! - iOS App Review

In Roar Rampage (By FDG Entertainment) you control what looks like a Boxing Godzilla.

Roar Rampage (iPhone)

You're a massive Dinosaur walking around destroying the city, by punching anything that gets in your way, including buildings and helicopters.

The game is divided by chapters and levels. There are 3 different chapters, with multiple levels inside each. There are a total of 45 levels, including boss fights.

There is also the 'World Tour' which is like a survival mode, where there is 100 missions /achievements.

Level Select Screens

You can customize your Dino in the shop. You can buy items, power-ups, clothing and different costumes. They are paid for with the Gems collected in the game. You can also buy more through in-app purchases.

I like the retro arcade feel of the game. The graphics are 'old-school pixelated'. The whole game feels like an old 90's video game, and this is because it's either based on or inspired by the old game Rampage World Tour.

Roar Rampage (iPad)

The boxing glove power-ups and also 'weapons' that you pick up are cool and fun. Smashing and destroying things as a gigantic Dinosaur is just awesome! A fun time waster.


Take a look at the Roar Rampage Launch Trailer:


Roar Rampage is priced at $0.99 (U.S.) and is available for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch).

Space Action Shooter Game: Radiant - iOS (iPhone, iPad) & Android - App Review

Radiant (by Hexage Ltd) is a modern, but retro iOS space action fighter game.

Similar to old fighter games like; Galaga. Space Invaders, Galaxian...


Radiant is action pack, colorful, story driven and features:

- Over 100 levels. With 10+ Boss fights.
- 6 Different upgrade-able weapons.
- 12 Special Powerups.
- 3 Different difficulty levels.
- Global scores.


Love the retro feel. The game is really colorful, and this at times can make the game feel cluttered and confusing especially when the enemy is shooting in the same color as you.

You control your space fighter by tapping either the left or right side of the screen. You can't move up or down. Only bad part about this is the enemy will fly everywhere, all over the screen.

You have multiple weapons to buy and upgrade and can switch in-between them in game. At the end of each level you can buy upgrades to your weapons.

There is a ongoing story with communications between you, your captain and the aliens.

Really fun to play, you won't want to put it down. My only complaint would be it does get really repetitive. But this is usually the same with all 'shoot-'em-up' type games.

If you're a retro fan of games like Galaga, you'll love Radiant.

Radiant, price and links:

iPhone: $0.99 / iPad: $0.99 (not universal)

Android: Free / Android "Radiant HD" $1.99.

Celebrities Fun Challenge Free - Can You Answer Them All?! - iOS App

Challenge your brain's facial recognition with Celebrities Fun Challenge Free (By Fun Games For Free).

Quiz game with multiple choice answers. Many levels from Beginner all the way to Legend, with hundreds of celebrities to answer.

Each difficulty has different levels inside, with 'rounds' of celebrity guessing.

You start a level and you are shown a series of 5 cartoon images of celebrities. Answer as quickly as you can to get more points and stars. Get at least one star to move on to the next level.

Celebrities Challenge is a fun unique celebrity quiz game. I like how it's more different and give you rounds instead of just the image and answer or type answer quiz games. The multiple choice helps make the game a lot easier if you get stuck. You can retry levels as many times as  you like until you get all the right answers.

The cartoon images are pretty good. Celebrities are very recognizable.

The game gets harder as you go on and requires you to be quicker and get more points.
If you love your celebrities, and quiz games, download this one!

Celebrities Fun Challenge Free, is FREE and available for iOS, designed for both iPhone and iPad.

City Maps 2Go - Offline Dowloadable Maps - iOS App Review

City Maps 2Go by Ulmon GmbH, offers maps for download (or offline maps). Which means there will be no data charges/ usage after downloading the maps. The device will only need the GPS that's built in, to work. This makes loading instant as there is no downloading, the maps are already there for you. 

City Maps 2Go's idea is great. One small problem however; noticed anything wrong with the picture below? 

Yeah, it's missing street names. A lot of the side streets are missing names. 

Unfortunately it's a major problem with a map service, if the maps are incomplete or no good. 

This isn't an isolated problem either, it seems to be over a lot of the different available maps, with users from all over the world complaining about missing data. But of course I'm not going to check every country so I don't know if any of them are all good. 

City Maps 2Go uses Open Street Map. You can check your area and see if all the info is there, or not.   

I like that you don't need an Internet connection (after downloading the needed maps). Don't like - the missing data. Maybe one day this app will be great, but not right now.

So no point in going on, maps without all the street names to me is rather pointless. 

City Maps 2Go is priced at $1.99 and is available for iOS (designed for both iPhone and iPad). 

Blogger App For iOS and Android - App Review

Sometimes you need to blog on the go, and you might not have a laptop with you, and since it's 2013, you shouldn't need one. With devices like iPad's, some of us don't even need big computers anymore.

If you're using Google's Blogger service, Blogger does have an iOS app available. And I thought the ultimate test would be to review the app by writing the review on the app!

On the Blogger app Home Screen, you have:
- Your blog and ability to switch between, if you have multiple.
- Posts,
- New Post,
- View Blog,
- and Settings.

In Posts, you can: Edit, View, Share, and Delete.

New Post: you can obviously write your post. Then add labels, pictures and location data. You can publish from the app or save it as a draft for later.

View blog, is exactly that - view your website.

And there's not much going on in Bloggers Settings: If you have multiple blogs you can switch between them. Set sort posts order by, 'Last Update Date', or 'Created Date'. And you can choose a default setting for images.

Okay, so that's what you can do, what about what can't you do on the Blogger app? A lot. For example, there's no stats data, no Page / post view data. You can't place an image where you'd like. Can't access Pages. No direct access to comments. No rich text options. No layout options. And a lot more...

To sum up, Blogger's app won't be a replacement for a computer. Unless you try using Blogger through Safari or some other web browser on a iPad or tablet.

The Blogger app is okay if all you want to do is write a quick post and add an image or write a draft to edit later when you're at your computer.

Blogger (app) is free and is available for iOS and Android devices.

Oh, and you can post links, but they'll look like this:

https://itunes.apple.com/app/blogger/id459407288

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.blogger&hl=en

Is the Mailbox App Worth The Wait?... - iPhone App Review

Mailbox made by Orchestra, Inc. and recently bought by Dropbox, is a new style email app, that's getting so much attention that it places new users on a reservation list.

With a live number countdown, you can actually see your position in line.  Getting access to Mailbox after downloading the app, could be up to a weeks wait with a good 40,000+ users currently waiting.

So is Mailbox really worth the wait? ...I say, yes!

Mailbox is really useful for users who get a lot of email. Mailbox is set around the idea of getting your inbox to zero.

Using gestures, you'll in no time fly though your messages by:
- Swiping a message right to archive,
- Swipe long to the right to send a message to the trash,
- Swipe left to mark a message for later where you be asked when you want to be alerted again, either later today, this evening, tomorrow, this weekend, next week, in a month, 'someday', or chose a date.
- Or a long left swipe to add to a list.

From the main screen you have quick access with buttons on top for inbox, 'later' message, your archive and a write new message button.

There are also options to add multiple Gmail accounts and to show App Badges.    

Mailbox currently will only work with Gmail accounts, and compared to Google's Gmail app, I think Mailbox has a better user interface, is quicker / loads faster, and just overall feels better to use.

Even if you use Mailbox for nothing more than just a different mail app 'skin', I'd say it's still worth it. But the best features is really the way to get to the important emails and 'move' the others out of the way.

Mailbox is a FREE app, and is available for iPhone.

Mailbox official video: