The iOS and Android app Path has hit version 3.0. The new version keeps everything people love about Path — a great design and a truly private social network, but adds private one-to-one and group messaging. And stickers. Yes, stickers. Here's Matt Panzarino: The stickers have been put together in collections called ‘packs’ that run $1.99 and contain a dozen or more stickers.…
While there are several "DJ apps" out there for the iPad, Traktor DJ is unique. Instead of presenting turntables on your tablet's screen, this $20 app shows the waveforms of your selected tracks, allowing you you to touch your music as you mix, scratch and drop the beats. (Does "drop the beats" sound cool? It does in my head.) The app can…
The generically-named Belkin Kitchen Cabinet Tablet Mount is a great way to use your tablet (ok, let's face it, your iPad) in the kitchen without putting it in danger of being spills and accidents. With an easy-to-install arm that requires no tools, putting this mount in is a snap. It's compact enough to fit easily in a silverware drawer, and comes with…
Dropbox is amazing. The cross-platform, free services allows users to sync files and folders across multiple computers and devices easily. At work, I have a shared Dropbox folder that members of my department use to transfer and store shared files. It works really well, and is especially with LAN sync enabled. While I use Dropbox with a group of 4, the service…
Mailbox, the long-anticipated email/to-do app that promises to help you better organize your inbox, has finally been released to the public. Demand for the app has been so high that the developers have instituted a waiting list in the app. As of this writing, that list is over 538,000 people long and still growing! Some reviewers who have been lucky enough to…
We've talked about OmniFocus before, and I'm excited to share the news that the OmniGroup has announced the next version of the GTD application for Mac. Due out sometime in the first half of this year, the new Mac version takes heavy cues from the iPad version, including a new Review mode, a Forecast view and a unified sidebar. OmniFocus 2 will…
Last night, Twitter announced a security breach in which hackers gained access to usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted/salted versions of passwords for 250,000 users. Turns out, I was one of the lucky quarter million. I got an email prompting me to reset my password. While it's annoying to have to do so, it wasn't hard, thanks to 1Password. Made for…
Remember the Tamagotchi craze of the 1990s? You know, those little virtual pets you carried around in your pocket? Ever imagine what it would be like for that cute little alien to grow up into a HAL 9000-esque robot that ordered you around while cracking jokes about you? That's basically how I would describe this hilariously awesome new to-do list app called…
What started as a quick text entry app has grown into a powerful tool for getting things done on the iPhone and iPad. The new version of the apps has lots of new goodies, including unlimited custom URL actions, more robust Dropbox support and more powerful URL callback support. The developer has even launched a new site for users to share actions…
There is no shortage of image annotation apps on the Mac. OS X's built-in Preview application offers some simple tools, and Evernote's Skitch is a favorite of many, but the new Mac app Napkin is different. In addition to offering lots of editing tools, Napkin allows you to use multiple images to create one, new image. Instead of firing up Photoshop to…
I do a fair amount of sketching on my iPad mini. As I'm not doing so for artistic reasons (I'm usually just sketching out a diagram or layout), many of the drawing apps on iOS are overkill for my needs. Enter Ink. The new free iOS app from Minimal Tools offers only one color and weight of ink, on a white canvas.…
Since the advent of the Mac App Store, there's been a movement toward simple Mac apps that do one or two things, and do them well. Without a doubt, this is a side effect of iOS, where simple apps tend to do better than more complicated ones. Nasturtium Player for OS X is a great example of this. The app can be…
If writing is on your list of New Year's Resolutions, and you use Apple products, you should check out iA Writer. The app is minimal and easy to use. Powered by iCloud (or Dropbox, if that's your thing), it syncs text quickly and easily between devices. It has full Markdown support, but here's the kicker: it has no preferences. Instead, iA Writer…
PCalc for iOS is a perfect companion or students, programmers, engineers or nerds looking to have a full-featured calculator on their iOS device. Complete with extensive unit conversions, a paper tape, an RPN mode, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal and binary calculations, PCalc is in a different league than anything else. PCalc for iOS is currently…
While Apple's built-in apps for the iPhone and iPad get the job done for most people, some of my favorite apps for the platform are those that take existing functionality and improve upon it greatly. Rise is one such app. It's a simple, clean, beautiful alarm clock. Setting an alarm is as simple as sliding up and down the screen to the…
Both Shawn and I rely heavily on OmniFocus in our work. As with most things that we look at and use every day, we both wish it was a little bit nicer. Icons & Coffee is here to help with this very problem. The group is offering a set of 50 (!) icons to be used to define Perspectives within the app.…
While this isn't the coolest or most fun app we've ever come across, Google Maps is back for iOS, as a free app. iOS 6 famously included Apple's home-grown Maps, and to be frank, they aren't always awesome. While Google's offering isn't perfect, either, it will be nice to have both when out and about.
Twitterrific was the Twitter app when Apple launched the App Store for the iPhone. In fact, an early version was available for jailbroken phones before apps were allowed on the platform. The newest version of the app is a big departure from previous builds. The UI is all new, and is text-driven. It's not all that different from Microsoft's current look, but…
Instacast 3 is a re-working of my favorite podcatcher for iOS. The new interface is cleaner than before (especially on the iPad), and everything is faster. If you liked Instacast 2, you'll love Instacast 3. While I am not currently using an iOS device for podcasts, this app makes me want to try using my iPad mini in my car again. Check…
Fantastical for Mac is one of the best calendar apps for OS X, and this week, Flexibits introduced Fantastical for iPhone. The new iOS app brings the desktop's natural language engine to the iPhone, so event entry is quick and easy. Fantastical's DayTicker makes thumbing though days' events just as quick and easy. The only bummer here is that the app doesn't…