Calcbot for Mac
An unexpected but pleasant surprise from Tapbots, the new Calcbot for Mac is an exquisitely-designed calculator app for Yosemite.
Bruvelo — Smart Pour-Over Coffee Brewer
The Bruvelo is an automated pour-over coffee brewer with Wi-Fi connectivity and everything you need built right in, including a scale and burr grinder. It sounds crazy, but awesome at the same time.
Drafts 4 for iOS
Drafts 4 is a wholly revamped version of the popular note-taking and idea-capturing app for iOS. It's got more new features than you can shake a stick at.
Logic Pro X
Apple PR: Apple today unveiled Logic Pro X, the most advanced version of Logic Pro to date, featuring a new interface designed for pros, powerful new creative tools for musicians, and an expanded collection of instruments and effects. Logic Pro X includes Drummer, a revolutionary new feature that provides a virtual session player that automatically plays along with your song in a…
Feed Wrangler
With Google Reader being shuttered on July 1, many, many people are scrambling to find an alternative. Feed Wrangler is the most recent service to surface, and so far, its my favorite. The service is very basic at this point, but it imports from Google Reader easily and integrates with Pocket and Instapaper out of the box. My one complaint is that…
Instacast for Mac Beta
I listen to a lot of podcasts, but as my commute to work isn't very long, I often find myself listening to shows at my desk. As I use Instacast 3 on my iPhone, listening at my desk involves headphones or hooking up my phone to my speakers. With the new beta of Instacast for Mac, I can pause my iPhone, and…
Status Board for iPad
While I love my iPad, during the work day, it often sits on my desk, off. The guys over at Panic Software are trying to change that, with their new app for Apple's tablet. Status Board for iPad is a new $10 iPad app that takes the concepts of widgets and the OS X dashboard and brings it to the iPad. The…
Gramatica for Instagram
The fact that Instagram doesn't have an iPad app is a first-world problem that annoys a lot of nerds I know. Gramatica is a new iOS app that not only brings Instagram to the iPad, but offers powerful tools for the service on the iPad and iPhone. Think of this app like Tweetbot. It's a client, but one that adds lists, filters…
Basil for iPad
The iPad has infiltrated our lives in a ton of unique ways. It is portable, light and has great battery life. One of these ways is in the kitchen. While Safari is fine for searching and reading recipes, there's a better way: Basil. Built for the iPad, Basil can be used to search for, collect, organize and record recipes. With tags and…
Traktor DJ for iPad
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…
Twitterrific 5 for iOS
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 for iOS
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…
Rdio 2.0
Rdio, our favorite online music streaming services has hit version 2.0 with its iOS and Android apps. With a new look, better navigation the ability to pick up a song on your phone you were playing on your computer seamlessly, this app just keeps getting better. Rdio has 18 million tracks in the cloud, and you can share what you're listening to…
Dark Sky Weather App
Dark Sky is a new weather radar app that was born on Kickstarter and is now available for your iPhone and iPad. It does just one thing: forecast the next 60 minutes of weather. It does this by taking all sorts of data from the NOAA and running it through a lot of custom code. Moreover, Dark Sky animates its radar to…
Pear Note for iPad
Speaking of iPads and meetings, Pear Note is a brand-new iPad app that was made for exactly that. This note-taking, audio-recording, Dropbox-syncing, iPad app is built with one thing in mind: taking notes while at meetings and events. It records audio as you type your notes and comments, and then it maps the audio time stamps to the notes you typed. Clever…
Instacast iPhone App
Instacast is not the first iPhone app dedicated to managing your podcasts, but it is the first I have ever truly liked. Its most notable feature is that it offers over-the-air updating of your podcasts. You can update all your podcasts at once, or just one subscription, or even just one episode at a time. It will update the listing of all…
Byword – Writing App for Mac
When you work on a 23-inch monitor a good full-screen writing app can be hard to find. Apps that look good in full-screen mode on a 13- or 15-inch screen don’t necessarily scale well to 23 inches. Byword, however, scales quite well. It looks great regardless of if I’m writing on my laptop display or my cinema displays. And the dark color…
Dialvetica
Dialvetica is the best way to find contacts on your iPhone. It’s like the whole app has been built for a single purpose: get to a contact fast. Dialvetica’s custom interface is designed for this sole purpose, and so is the way it works under the hood. Searching for a contact within Dialvetica is far superior to searching within the Contacts pane…