Twitter Weighs In On the iPad

Did you know that your tweets are being scanned for content? That’s right, companies are scanning tweets for content on specific products, for example, I don’t know, one of the most talked about gadgets of the moment: the Apple iPad.  According to Attensity Analyze for VOC (http://www.attensity.com/en/Applications-and-Services/Applications/Voice-of-the-Customer/Voice-of-the-Customer-Index.html), which monitored over 55,000 tweets over a period of five days. These five days included prior, during and four days after the announcement of the iPad.  For a complete breakdown of the tweets, 20,000 tweet were two hours prior to, 20,000 was two hour after the announcement, and 15,000 were four days after the announcement. What’s very interesting is the trend of positive comments in relation to the iPad. Even four days after the announcement, there was a 69% positive comment rate. Of course, that could be because there were only 15,000 tweets used for that time period. The rest of the findings include some of

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Starting the Year Right: Apple’s App Store Reaches 3 Billion Downloads

Apple’s iPhone did a lot more than change the face of mobile phone gaming. It’s changed the way a lot of people look at smartphones forever. In fact, with over 50 million users and over 85,000 apps available, there’s an app for just about everything the hardware can do, and peripherals to make it do the things it can’t right out of the box. With over 125,000 developers using the platform (some of whom can actually say they’ve started coding for iPhone full-time), and more added every day, the iPhone train is headed downhill at full speed with no brakes. In the first few days of 2010, Apple announced that the App Store reached over 3 billion downloads. To put that in perspective, in the past eighteen months, an average of 64 apps were downloaded every second. With an all-but-confirmed tablet on the way and more iPods and iPhones flying

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Urban War Available for iPhone/ iPod Touch

Sigster has released a cross-network social MMO for iPhone and iPod Touch. Available to play on Facebook and My Space, this MMO is now available free of charge on the mobile platform. The game also allows players to purchase microtransactions and allows players to use a single account across all networks. Urban War is now avilable from the Apps Store.

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Kate Spade New York Agenda App

Applications for your iPhone just got a bit more stylish. Kate Spade, maker of great shoes and purses, has created an agenda application. The daily calender let’s you keep your events in a stylish manner. But this app isn’t just about style. They will also let you know about private and secret sale information that you can only get through this app. That’s a new and enticing use for applications! The app is free and is compatible with the iPhone and iPod touch.

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iPhone app gives you advice on how to live life

You can put this app in the “not every app has to actually be useful” column. Sinecure Industries has created an app that tells you how to live your life called “Halp!”. The app picks a random piece of advice and displays it for the user. A user can either take the advice or get something new with a shake of the phone. There are over 700 pieces of “advice” in the app. “We know a lot of people who are incredibly indecisive – not even about big decisions, but even what to have for lunch. This iPhone app is for them. We put in so many pieces of advice there are at least 10 that apply to anyone at any given time,” said the application co-creator Sean Flanagan in a statement. The advice may be random, but if it spews out advice like the above for gaining superhero powers,

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iSpeech Announces DriveSafe.ly Nomination

iSpeech has released a new innovative app everyone should check out. DriveSafe.ly is designed to prevent drivers from texting. With out any action from the user, the app reads text messages and emails in real time preventing driving distractions.The latest versions activates when users enter or exit the vehicle. DriveSafe.ly has been nominated for the 2009 Mashable Open Web Award for Best Mobile App. DriveSafe.ly is available for BlackBerry and Android at no cost. DriveSafe.ly is coming soon for the iPhone. To download the app, visit www.DriveSafe.ly

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New Cosplay App for the iPhone/ iPod Touch

Cosplay has come to the iPhone/ iPod Touch.  Developer, Daniele Malorana has released iCoplay to the Apps Store. iCosplay allows users to take photos from the library or newly taken photos and transform them into manga or anime. Users can then send these images to friends or post them on Facebook or Twitter. iCosplay is available from the Apps Store for a promotional price of $.99. A Lite version is coming soon.

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The Nook: The World’s Most Advanced E-Reader

The Nook is Barnes and Nobles’ answer to the Amazon’s Kindle. The Nook which will be released on November 6th, is coined to be the “The world’s most advanced E-reader.” You figure that this would be a very hefty claim to make.  Well this e-reader appears to be able to do a lot. Not only are you able to take a small library where ever you go, you are also able to download new books though the Nook’s 3G and Wi-fi connectivity. The great thing with the Nook is the fact that you can share your books with other people for fourteen days if they have another Nook or have downloaded the software into their computer, IPhone, or Blackberry. Also, if you have left your Nook home and you wish to continue reading, if you have downloaded your own software onto you Blackberry, or Iphone, you can pick up where

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Review: Gourmania for the iPhone/ iPod Touch

App Store Rating: 4+ Genre: Hidden Object/ Sim Number of Players: One Developer: Alawar’s Friday’s Games Release Date: Sept 22, 2009 Rating: Buy it! I never really know what to expect when a genre of games is introduced to the iPhone. Hidden Object games can be great on the PC or they can be truly terrible.  Thankfully, Gourmania for the iPhone/ iPod Touch falls in to the first category.  Gourmania is a combination Hidden Object and Sim Game where players have to complete recipes by finding the hidden ingredients. The story places the player as a chef working his or her way through a series a restaurants. The flow is very smooth and each level ends with a mini game giving players the chance to earn bonus money. The mini game adds a puzzle element to the game. Gourmania had several challenges to overcome. In general, I find Hidden Object

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New Sushi app for iPhones

Need another reason to get yourself an iPhone or iPod touch? How about “The Sushi Catalogue App” from Shogakukan, Inc.? Our friends at VIZ have alerted us to this new app that is available in the App Store (if you were unsure) and it has 80 different kinds of traditional Japanese sushi with illustrations, cross-references and full explanations. Mr. Yamamoto, Producer of The Sushi Catalogue, Shogakukan: “Whether going on an overseas trip to Japan or just down the street to the local sushi bar, The Sushi Catalogue is a useful companion for iPhone and iPod touch users,” says Mr. Yamamoto. “The Sushi Catalogue has it all and presents information in an easy-to-reference way giving people informative and fun ways to understand and interact with these unique traditions.” The app allows you to access different sushi dishes and has sub-categories for different toppings and seasonal availabilities, as well as variations on

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