Date archive for July, 2009
StoneLoops! Of Jurassica (2)
7/20/09 •
For a seemingly typical marble-popping game, the awkwardly titled StoneLoops! of Jurassica by PlayCreek proves to be engrossingly fun and innovative enough to distance itself from the simple point and shoot setting of this gaming genre. With its beautifully rendered graphics and smooth, colorful palette, Stoneloops! is not only fun to play, but fun to ... Read More
Contest Fridays Week 5 Winners (0)
7/20/09 •
The fifth AppStruck Contest Friday received some interesting submissions both from the website and Twitter. After going through the submissions, the team which now includes our newest member David Gerhard found the iPhone app StoneLoops of Jurassica submitted by Matthew and the augmented reality app New York Nearest Subway by Acrossair picked by Kartick the ... Read More
Radial 50 (4)
7/17/09 •
Ever play that addictive ball game on console systems and computers, the one where you ricochet a ball off your moving paddle and the walls to strike and destroy bars collected at the top of the screen? Right! Me too! Only there are hundreds of variations of the same game, all stemming from one original ... Read More
Contest Fridays: Week 5 (4)
7/17/09 •
It is that time of the week again and the fifth AppStruck Contest Friday is awaiting your entries. We will run this contest every Friday and give away two $25 iTunes gift cards. All you have to do is, 1. Leave a comment on this post with the name of your favorite iPhone/iPod touch app ... Read More
iBabyBuddy (2)
7/16/09 •
I wonder how parents do it. I mostly dine in silence, amongst leafy arbors at the local brick-lined Bohemian joint, slowly flipping pages of the latest New Yorker, and find myself wrinkling my brow at the slightest wail from a child across the street, from what surely, I surmise, is some denied this-or-that or dropped ... Read More
iFlorist (0)
7/15/09 •
Sending a bouquet of flowers to someone has long been associated with holidays and thank you’s, congratulations and well-wishes. Aside from cards and sweet chocolate confections, it’s the go-to accessory of gift giving, the gift that will never go out of style and the gift that women always appreciate, even after the flowers have long ... Read More
vlingo (0)
7/14/09 •
Anything voice activated is still so new it feels futuristic, a technology still confined to the realms of movies set 50 years from now, like in Minority Report when Tom Cruise commands his house to do mundane tasks. Of course, ever since the clapper was invented to turn on lights based on a sound source, ... Read More
Vintage B&W (0)
7/13/09 •
Everyone loves taking pictures with their phone camera. It’s that all-in-one sensation people like, the not having to whip out a separate camera to snap a candid of friends while bar-hopping or when eyeballing that couch at IKEA they’re not sure will coordinate with the new leather Freudian chair most likely also made somewhere in ... Read More
6 Apps That Make Mom’s Life Easier (5)
7/13/09 •
6 APPS THAT MAKE MOM’S LIFE EASIER Whole Foods Market Recipes Peekaboo Barn Cardstar The Little Red Hen Grocery IQ Symptom MD I’m at the age when friends get married and maybe start a family. It’s that age when people are just finishing school or just starting school again, discovering the inner core of themselves ... Read More
Contest Fridays Week 4 Winners (0)
7/13/09 •
The fourth AppStruck Contest Friday received submissions primarily through the website. After going through the submissions, Jackie and I found iPhone voice app Vlingo submitted by Jesse and Vint B&W picked by Ocie the most interesting of the bunch to review. Congratulations Jesse and Ocie. Thank you for participating and let us do it all ... Read More
