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Questli app lets you turn your life into a quest-filled game

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 9:49am

Love the challenge of accomplishing a quest? Questli, a new iOS app launching today, allows users to create both web and virtual quests for pretty much anything you can imagine, and then rewards you for it — "real money and prizes," according to the app description.

App of the Day: predict weather sooner, better

Megan Wollerton

Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 6:00am

You're planning to spend a lovely day outside, but the weather report calls for rain. Wouldn't it be nice to know exactly when it will start pouring/sleeting/snowing, etc. in your location?

Gmail app shows up in, then disappears from, the App Store

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 12:15pm

The long-awaited Gmail app for iOS finally showed up in Apple's App Store today, only to be quickly yanked for widespread reports of serious bugs. Geez, you think they would have had it working properly after such a long wait.

New Apple Store app offers super-speedy in-store pickup, self check-out

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 10:44am

Apple is set to launch an updated version of its Apple Store app tomorrow, bringing with it two sizable new features: fast in-store pickup and self check-out.

Apple releases Airport Utility App for iOS 5

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 10:45am

If you're downloading the just-released iOS 5 for your iPhone, Apple has a new goodie for you to play with: the new AirPort Utility App.

Facebook iPad app finally available to social network junkies

Raymond Wong

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - 5:13am

At long last, it's here. The app that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn't want to give us is finally here — Facebook's official iPad app — is up for download and it's pretty polished.

The iMaschine app is like having a music studio in your pocket

Friday, October 7, 2011 - 11:20am

Well, this is impressive. the iMaschine app is like having a full music studio in your pocket, combining a sampler, sequencer, and audio processor into one program that you can use to make full songs on the fly.

Rumor: Apple considering an app rental program for iPhone

Raymond Wong

Monday, October 3, 2011 - 10:30am

Amidst the rumors surrounding the iPhone 4S/5, a stranger nugget of info arrives. Twitter user SonyDickson spotted a string of code in the latest iTunes 10.5 beta 9 that suggests Apple might start allowing app rentals. Say what? Why would anybody rent an app?

Life of George is an iOS game you play with Lego bricks

Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 11:45am

This is pretty sweet: Life of George is a new iOS game that gives you a pattern and then has you build it out of Lego bricks. When you're done, you snap a picture and it scores your work.

Infographic of the Day: the warring app stores

Megan Wollerton

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 6:00am

It all began with the iPhone app store on July, 11 2008 and several others have sprouted up since. The mobile app revenue in 2010 was $5.2 billion and the projected 2011 revenue is $15.1 billion. Check out the infographic below to see which app store leads the pack.

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Questli app lets you turn your life into a quest-filled game

App of the Day: predict weather sooner, better

Gmail app shows up in, then disappears from, the App Store

New Apple Store app offers super-speedy in-store pickup, self check-out

Apple releases Airport Utility App for iOS 5

Facebook iPad app finally available to social network junkies

The iMaschine app is like having a music studio in your pocket

Rumor: Apple considering an app rental program for iPhone

Life of George is an iOS game you play with Lego bricks

Infographic of the Day: the warring app stores

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