Everything Apps
Should you pick up League of Evil 2? Only if you're a sucker for over 100 levels of punishment.
League of Evil 2 launched on iOS last week, making a big splash in the top 25. It's a pretty straightforward platform game with some smooth cortoon graphics. If there's one thing evil scientists hate more than irate lab monkeys and the pesky PETA people that inevitably follow, it's mercenaries with a cyborg arm and the singular goal of making them little more than a pile of gibs and goo.
"P90X is a popular fitness program that's made a bold leap onto the iPhone with outstanding content, if not polished experience."
P90X -- short for Power 90 Extreme -- is trendy fitness system that aims to get you into better shape in 90 days through a combination of exercise and nutrition, all highly packaged, polished, and available for purchase right on your iPhone.
Rovio has announced a new game to their Angry Birds series -- Angry Birds Space. They've revealed nothing more than a March 22 release date and the following quote:
One small fling for a bird. One quantum leap for birdkind.
Just get engaged and already overwhelmed with things like guest lists, budgets, colors, and vendors? Wedding Planner for iPad is here to organize everything related to your big day.
Double Fine, one of the zaniest indie game developers out there, recently decided that they would fund their next game through Kickstarter in order to get around the usual publisher restrictions. After blowing their funding target out of the water on the first day, the upcoming point-and-click adventure title will be coming to select iOS and Android devices too!
"Dine-O-Matic for iPhone is a gorgeously rendered, single purpose app designed to do one thing, and do it very well -- randomly pick where you should go out to eat when can't make up your own mind."
Launch Dine-O-Matic, and you're asked to tell it your favorite restaurants (or let the handy GPS feature help you quickly locate them). When you're done, or anytime thereafter, tap the plate to get your pick and watch Dine-o-Matic spin up it's FTL (food type locator) and jumps you right to a random selection. Then you can call to make a reservation, get directions, or just grab your wallet and head out to eat. That's it. That's all. You're good to go.
We are all familiar with Messages for iPhone and iPad and now Apple has brought Messages to the Mac. Messages for Mac is technically in beta, but it's a public beta which means if you're running OS X 10.7 Lion or the developer preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, you can download it now and give it a try.
Avoid carrier SMS and MMS charges and keep all your IMs in one place with iOS iMessage right on your Mac
If you have been waiting for Apple to release a version of iMessage for Mac then that day has just become a lot closer. After the release of the beta of OS X Mountain Lion earlier today, Apple has followed it up with the release of a beta version of its new Mac Messages app. Messages, which will replace the current iChat app, brings all of the great features of iMessage to your Mac while keeping many that made iChat great as well.
PolyMagic is a fantastic little iPhone and iPad app that lets you create interesting collages of photos. Most other similar apps only allow rectangular frames around each photo, but PolyMagic is filled with frames that are shaped like polygons, making your collages truly unique.
NPR's Music app has been updated with iPad support and introduces live concert streaming. The first show will be an in-app exclusive on March 7 with the Shins, who will perform songs from the anticipated new album Port of Morrow. If you have an Apple TV, you can beam these concerts to your television to enjoy on a large screen from the comfort of your couch.
