If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, this is a hard one to pass up. The developers of Pocket Zoo, the live animal cam app we looked at last month, dropped us a line to point out that their …
Continue ReadingEducation on-the-go is always handy. Keeping your kids busy with an app while you’re doing something important seems to be a pretty common tactic among iPhone/iPod Touch users. My kids usually prefer logic games, which are also my favorite, but …
Continue ReadingLike many, I first learned about letterboxing through an excellent article in Smithsonian Magazine back in 1998. I thought it was a fantastic idea, and longed to travel to England where it all began. If you are unfamiliar with letterboxing, …
Continue ReadingI don’t review iPhone applications very often, but every once in a while I come across something I feel is worthwhile. PocketZoo from the fellow Canuck (and new parents) husband and wife team at Tiny Hearts is one of those …
Continue ReadingAlong with Rory’s Story Cubes and Rory’s Story Cubes: Actions, now Rory’s Story Cubes is available for the iPhone/iPod Touch. If the cubes themselves aren’t portable enough for you, or if you’re worried that the kids might lose one, the …
Continue ReadingWith the iPod holding somewhere just shy of 75 percent of world sales for MP3 players, finding alternatives to Apple’s portable music player can be a bit daunting. There’s the Zune, of course, but I was interested in looking at …
Continue ReadingOn the surface, I’m probably an ideal iPad candidate: heavily invested in Apple gear already and looking for a device that’s smaller than the 17″ MacBook Pro I use for much of my writing, but with better battery life (and …
Continue ReadingI know what you’re probably thinking: Another iPhone game review? And is that really just a clone of Bejeweled? Well, yes, it’s another iPhone game review, but both of these games really use the iPhone platform well, and no, it’s …
Continue ReadingKnowing my fondness for music and gadgets, Sonos sent me one of their ZonePlayer S5 wireless music systems to play with over the past few weeks. Although wired.com’s Mark McClusky had previously reviewed the unit in December, I felt it …
Continue ReadingIf your kids are fans of the new-ish show, Team Umizoomi, they will enjoy a new app for the iPod Touch/iPhone called Team Umizoomi Kite Building Adventure! On the game’s main screen, you have the option to Meet Team Umizoomi …
Continue ReadingDespite the arrival of the iPad, some of us are still reveling in our relatively new iPod Touches. They’re much more portable, and easier to hand over to your kids so they can entertain themselves for a while. I’m sure …
Continue ReadingJust a few hours down the 401 from me, in the center of the Canadian universe (that would be Toronto), is the headquarters for GelaSkins, the “mobile art” company that wants to dress up your iPod, iPhone, laptop, DS, Kindle, …
Continue ReadingSo, the App o’ the Day is Teragati, brought to you by Mike Tsao of Attachment Computing (and a stay-at-home dad). Mike described it as a mix of “old-school Galaga mixed in with Doodle Jump-style gameplay” and it’s perfect for …
Continue ReadingCongratulations to hellorobert and @R1clifford, the two winners of our Air Brawn giveaway! Enjoy shooting down those enemies, but just remember: there’s a lot more of them than there are of you. Thanks to all those who commented! If you …
Continue ReadingWhere’s a Big Bad Wolf when you need one? The evil pigs (you can tell they’re evil because they’re green) have stolen all the eggs from the birds and are hiding in their houses made of sticks and stones and …
Continue ReadingBoy, you know that recession has hit home when you have to man the anti-aircraft gun and the mortar by yourself. You’d think that a base that is being invaded by waves of enemies would be staffed by at least …
Continue ReadingSure, most smart phones will let you see maps of where you are and where you are going. But what if you want to also study maps of the world, of continents, of countries, in only a way that you …
Continue ReadingIn this exciting time of promoting science, technology, engineering and math education, it is interesting and important to also examine women’s roles in these subjects throughout history. It’s easy to learn about them by looking them up on Wikipedia, but …
Continue ReadingDown in the garden there is a war being fought … slowly. Two armies of slugs face each other across the battlefield, each determined to break into the opponent’s base. Armed with acorn guns and salt shakers, they race—er, trudge—into …
Continue ReadingThe year is 3042, which of course means that there are death match tournaments. Fighters across the world strap blasters to their arms and shoot it out for fame and glory—or at least a high score on the Facebook Leaderboards. …
Continue ReadingThere has been much speculation about what Apple will be announcing today. Will it be a glorified book reader? An iPod Touch/iPhone on steroids? We will find out very quickly here, and then we can all envision how we could …
Continue ReadingOkay, I know, “Geekiest Comic Ever” is a big claim to make, considering there are other comics like “When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth.” But I had to get your attention somehow, right? And Erfworld is incredibly geeky in a fantastic …
Continue ReadingWhen I was considering retiring my Palm TX in exchange for an iPod touch (no AT&T service in the rural area where I live, so no iPhone), one of my essential applications was a good Chinese dictionary. I speak Chinese …
Continue ReadingHere’s a quick test to see if you’d enjoy the Voltron iPhone game: Do the phrases “Activate interlock!” and “Form feet and legs!” invoke feelings of nostalgia, and can you recite the next lines? If so, I can virtually guarantee …
Continue ReadingI doubt there’s a single person of any age who, on reading the Harry Potter books or watching the movies, has failed to consider how useful it would be to have a magic wand. Now, for iPhone and iPod Touch …
Continue ReadingEveryone knows that young children soak up their environment and learn new things quickly. This is the time when they learn quickest. So it shouldn’t be surprising that they can figure out new technology quite rapidly. Think about how many …
Continue ReadingWhile the Barnes & Noble Nook adds more fuel to the eBook reader war, I recently completed two weeks of putting Sony’s latest eBook readers, the Reader Touch Edition (PRS600) and the Reader Pocket Edition (PRS300) through their paces. The …
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