Already this week, we told you about the latest update to . We also brought you roundups of the and f for iPhone. Read on for some of the other new and updated apps that caught our eye this week:
: This has been taking Wikipedia articles and making them beautiful on the iPad for a couple of years now. turns the offering into a universal app that runs equally well on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, but it also has a few other new tricks up its sleeve. The iPad version of the app, for example, lets users do in-page searches for key words and terms. And the app now has a read later function, making it easier to reference your references later on.
: You know about how theres a Starbucks on every block in big cities and malls? Well, in certain parts of the countryNew England, for exampleDunkin Donuts is just as ubiquitous. So the new should be very popular indeed in those locales. Yes, it lets you browse the menu and find nearby stores quite easily, but the most significant function of the app is that it lets you pay for your donuts and coffee using your iPhone: If youre in a store, you can tap the app and it will show a barcodethe employee behind the counter will scan it, and your purchase will be charged to your account. (Users can load their virtual card with money ahead of time.) And theres even a social element: You can send a DD Card to your friends so they can buy their own glazed donuts, and know without a doubt how much you love them. Your friend, that is, not the donuwell, maybe a little of both.
: Well admit: This is the kind of app where wed usually pull a quote from the movie and use it to make a joke. Only & none of the really popular quotes from the movie are fit for print. So well just tell you that the $15 app for iPad is the iOS version of a limited edition book published several years ago by the actor Matthew Modine, who played Private Joker in Stanley Kubricks 1987 classic movie about the Vietnam War. The app contains Modines photos and diary from the movie shoot, and includes a four-hour audio version of the text read by Modine himself.
: We admit to being slightly bewildered that the iOS platformone of the most advanced, most elegant pieces of technology ever created by humankindis so often used to make retro 1980s-style games. Nostalgia is a powerful force. Two new games appeal to days gone by: The $1 for iPhone and iPad is a sequel to an earlier 8-bit gamer, : Flip managed to be rescued at the end of the last game, but now he must avoid asteroids and an interstellar shockwave as he journeys home. The $3 is exactly what it sounds likea pastiche of the old Oregon Trail game, featuring a group of people traveling west. Also, they fight zombies.
: Still needing help getting things done? We offer two new solutions here: one inexpensive, the other deluxe. On the cheaper end of the spectrum, theres the $1 app for iPhone, a purple-hued offering that helps you track your deadlines and offers both countdowns and notifications of impending due dates. Meanwhile, the $20 has received a significant updateone thats free to existing users of the app. Among the many new features in the app is Things Cloud, which lets users sync their tasks and appointments between their iPad and other devices where they do work. There is also a new Daily Review to help you see your days activities at a glance.
This for the iPhone and iPad was already one of the coolest apps in the galaxy, and now its got even more features and amazing images of our solar system. It includes new information depicting the internal structures of planets circling the sun; there are also new depictions of asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets. The update also includes enhanced graphics, and new gesture support to help users view the planets and their movements from unusual angles. But if your is limited to planets closer to homesay Marsyou might want to check out the Web app at the blog. The panoramic photo can be viewed just fine on a computer screen, but it really comes alive on your iPhone or iPadswing your device around and your view of the Martian landscape shifts with it. Its almost like being John Carters neighbor.
updated with a new search function to make it easier to find movies & is now optimized for Retina displays on new iPads &. the instant-messaging app added VoIP-enabled voice calling & updated its iPhone app to include iPad compatibility & improved its control over AirPlay mirroring & and updated its user interface and added new video effects.