Crosshairs: App Measuring the Dimensions of Anything on your Mac screen

Crosshairs is a lightweight app for getting the dimensions of anything on your screen. You can drag a transparent overlay overtop of any app and adjust the box as much as you need. No more taking a screenshot just to get the size of something.

 

Quick! Download AirView Now, It Turns Your iOS Device Into An AirPlay Receiver

AirView is a universal application available for free in the App Store that does something iOS users have been asking since the original release of AirPlay: it turns any iPhone, iPad or iPod touch into AirPlay receivers capable of playing videos streamed from another device. With AirView, in fact, video can be streamed from iOS device to iOS device (iPhone to iPad, iPhone to iPhone) or from iTunes, something that Apple only does with the Apple TV 2nd generation.

 

Prevent the App Store From Closing After Downloads using StayOpened [Jailbreak Tweak]

Are you tired of the App Store closing everytime you download an app? It becomes a real pain when you need to download multiple apps, right? Well now you can prevent it from closing with a new Cydia tweak called StayOpened.

 

iBooks VS. Google's Newly Released Google Books

Couple of days back, Google announced their new eBook app release of Google Books. This app allows you to read eBooks off your iOS device just the same as Apple's iBooks. It also lets you buy books from a store. So whats the difference between iBooks and Google Books? Which is the better one?

 

Osfoora HD for iPad Updated with iOS 4.2 Support

Osfoora HD, the popular Twitter client for iPad has just received a major update including support for iOS 4.2.1 (or what Apple calls iOS 4.2). Most of users was asking the developer for multitasking support. The app now works great with fast app-switching. The new version also includes some features & bug fixes listed below.

 

Viber for iPhone Brings FREE Unlimited Phone Calls to Rival Skype's App

Skype developers should worry starting from now as it has new competition on the iPhone platform thanks to Viber, a new VoIP app that allows you to make unlimited free calls to other iPhone users over Wifi and 3G connections. The app is totally free, runs in the background without draining your battery, doesn’t have any ads and won’t charge you anything to make calls.

Everyone who have an iPhone should go ahead and install this app right now. When you install Viber on your iPhone, the app syncs your device’s contact list and shows you which of your friends are also using Viber so you can make free calls to them from your iPhone, regardless of the model you use, no user registration required (not as Skype!).

Viber uses Apple’s push notifications to receive calls even when closed, by clicking “Answer” on the resulting alert opens the app and connects the call.

Here's other good news TechCrunch reporting for Android users, the company is currently working on developing a similar app for Android users and aims to release it in the first quarter of 2011. Viber will also introduce free text messaging between its users the same as HeyWire.

What're you waiting for? Just head over app store (iTunes link), install it then tell your friends to do the same. I doubt I’ll be using Skype for iPhone again. Anyone else will go with me?

 

Infinity Blades RPG to Hit the App Store on December 9th!

The long waited Infinity Blades RPG will hit the app store on December 9th. The game was demonstrated in Apple's keynote before. This action role playing game was developed by Epic Games (also known as ChAIR) graphics has been flawless! The game will sell for 5.99 in the US.

Infinity Blade will also support Game Center and somehow provide live online battles with other people. Although the interface and the programming hasn't been revealed yet, many iOS users are eager to have this app in their iTunes collection.

Epic Games has made it clear in today's announcement that Infinity Blades will be available as a universal app for iPad, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPod touch 3G / 4G. Older iDevices will not be supported. More updates as they come! Stay tuned! [via Pocket Gamer]

 

This App Turns Your iPhone into a Radar Gun [REVIEW]

SpeedClock is a new app available in the app store that turns your iPhone into radar gun. Even though SpeedClock may be a useful tool, there could also be an accuracy issue in the app because of the estimation of distance the user must estimate. There is also possibly a greater accuracy issue for the iPhone 3GS becuase it doesnt have the gyroscope feature like the 4th Generation iDevices.

Despite SpeedClock's accuracy issue, in time it is probably going to improve and expand on it's goal. Here is the information from the developers of SpeedClock gave us from the press conference:

Employing the device’s three-axis gyro and basic trigonometry establishes distance. Speed and laps are measured using the motion sensing of the video camera, timing the interval between the object entering and leaving the frame. The app is compatible with iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, and iPod touch 4.

Speed Clock also has many other features including a speedometer, a timer, and a distance tool. The speedometer feature is basically meaasuring the speed of a moving object. It basically uses the camera to capture the speed of the moving object. Fortunately, this app comes with settings to set what speed to record it in and also the sensitivity according to your surroundings which improves the accuracy.

Another feature included in Speedclock is the timer. The timer also uses a motion sensor to detect when you start. This is extremely useful for anyone that takes track or any other activity that requires to job laps.

The last tool in SpeedClock is the distance tool. This helps the user know how much to stand back when using the speedometer feature. The app basically measures the iDevice's angle it is held in and the view it is seeing. This helps to determine how much of the scene the iDevice is viewing and how far away. This can then be used with the speedometer feature.

In conclusion, this app is extremely useful. Even though there could be some accuracy distortion, this app is brilliant for a brand new release. For just $0.99, this is definitely worth the investment!

Download SpeedClock for iPhone and iPod touch [iTunes Link]

 

ÜberTwitter for iPhone Now Available for Download

ÜberTwitter is the best twitter client out there for Blackberry users but for iPhone, it may be Osforaa or SimplyTweet. Anyway, the developers of ÜberTwitter have released an iPhone version of their app.

Features:
- Tweet a picture
- Add a location to your tweet
- Read and unread tweet colors
- Save a draft of a tweet
- Import your lists
- Change your avatar
- Edit your profile
- Direct message
- Search Twitter

This Twitter client doesn't differ a lot from other clients but it have something really special. By turning your iPhone into landscape mode, two column view appears, simulating the Twitter iPad app. In this two column view, tapping on tweets with links or images will have them load quickly in the right-handed column. This is a cool feature and works great most of the time.

So, you can get ÜberTwitter for free from the app store or by hitting the direct link below.

Download ÜberTwitter for iPhone [iTunes link]

 

Skyfire for iPhone 2.1.0 Brings New Features and Improvements

Skyfire web browser for iPhone has just received an update to bring lots of new features and improvements. Skyfire 2.1.0 brings new Twitter quickview, share to Twitter and other social media, open in new tab option and some improvements. Check the full changelog below.

 

Find My iPhone 1.1 Goes Live with iOS 4.2 Support

Just before iOS 4.2 with minutes, Find My iPhone 1.1 goes live with iOS 4.2 and Apple ID support for iPhone 4, iPad and iPod touch 4G owners. It also brings support for 30 more languages. Check the full changelog below.

What's New in Version 1.1
- iPhone 4, iPad, or 4th generation iPod touch owners can use Find My iPhone for free with their Apple ID (iOS 4.2 required)
- Support for 30 additional languages
- Important: this update is required for users of the previous version of Find My iPhone app (v1.0 and v1.0.1)

Stay tuned for the big launch today.

 

Use iPhone 4 Camera to Measure your Heart Rate

Have you ever wanted to measure your heart rate? using iPhone 4? and for free? Yes, Heart Rate is a new entry into the App Store that measures how fast your heart is beating using iPhone 4-only camera (not for you 3G and 3GS users).

The app is very accurate as it measures your BPM’s but the developers of the app noted that the app is intended for fun only, and should not be used for any medical purposes. Anyway, my heart rate is usually between 60 and 70, what's yours?

Download Heart Rate for iPhone 4 [iTunes link]

 

Splashtop Remote Desktop Brings its Windows PC Access to your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

If you are a Mac user (and have more than one computer) you will undoubtedly be familiar with Screen Sharing between machines. In a nutshell that is what Splashtop Remote Desktop does. Except in this case it is for connecting your PC to your iPad so you can use your iPad as a remote viewer and controller for your PC.

Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch works with Windows 7, Vista and XP. All you have to do is to download the app from the App Store to your iPad, and also download a client app from the developer’s (DeviceVM) web site. Once that second app is installed on the PC you should be able to connect from your iPad to the PC.

You are basically viewing, and interacting with an image of your PC’s screen so you can practically do anything on your iPad now that you can on your PC. This includes word-processing, Web viewing, playing games, videos and even (shock horror!) using Flash.

Here's a quick video shows it in action:

The app is available in the App Store for $6.99, and as I said, you have to download the desktop client for your Windows or Mac OS X. All can be found on the official site here.

 

VoIP Bug in iOS 4.2 Golden Master

According to MacRumors, Toktumi the company behind the well-known VoIP application Line2 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad has sent an email to its users warning them from upgrading to iOS 4.2 due to a new bug founded in this version which results in the ringer continuing to ring even after a call is answered when Line2 is running in the background.

Attention all Line2 iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users:

Please do not upgrade to iOS version 4.2.

If you upgrade to iOS 4.2 and you are running Line2 in the background, the ringer will continue to ring even after an incoming call is answered. This affects Line2 as well as all other VoIP and social calling apps. (Note: If you do not use Line2 your Toktumi service will not be effected.)

Apple Developer Support is aware of this issue and has designated its status as 'severe'. However, as of the most recent iOS beta (GMSeed build), this issue is still not resolved. We apologize for this inconvenience and will update you as soon as we get more information from Apple.

Line2 will continue to work as normal with your current operating system. We strongly encourage you not to install iOS 4.2 until Apple fixes the upgrade issue. We will send out an email update as soon as it is safe to upgrade.

Sincerely,
The Toktumi/Line2 Team

So it is expected that Apple has handled this bug in the newly released iOS 4.2.1 GM build for developers , you can check out details in this post.

 

HootSuite is Now Available for iPad

HootSuite for iPad is here! the online service to manage multiple social networks in one single place landed on the iPad with it's first app on the app store. HootSuite was already available for iPhone but it now comes to the iPad bringing all features, options and functionalities iPhone users have been able to enjoy for a year.

The app is very useful especially for Twitter users who has been using the official Twitter for iPad app with some bugs and login issues. From now on, with HootSuite, you can login with multiple Twitter accounts, Facebook profiles, Foursquare checkins and YES, HootSuite's it's own URL shortening service.

The official word:

Here are some of the remarkable tools built-into the new iPad HootSuite app:
- Multi-network integration (Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare)
- Message scheduling
- On-board click statistics
- Real-time Twitter search
- Built-in link shortener
- Geo-location aware

So, for iPhone users, you can update the app via app store with some bug fixes. For iPad users, you can download it for free from the app store or get it directly from the link below:

Download HootSuite for iPad [iTunes Link]

 

New Google Goggles Searching the Images [VIDEO]

The next generation search is in our hands, the new "Google Goggles" app which is a great creation by google and this may also boosts the google searches to an extent. What is this new Google Googles do is to recognize the pictures we take around us starting from monuments, books, buildings to cars and more! it can also scan that picture and give you the web results of that one you have taken.

Another good thing about Google Goggles that it also recognizes voice search. This great Goggle search is very interesting and useful, if you are not aware of anything just take the picture of that thing and it will show you the relevant search result for that object.

Google experimented “Google Goggles” and here is the video of that Experiment:

You can download this App for Android or iPhone from the link given below directly:

Download Google Googles for iPhone / Android

 

Official Google Voice App Finally Hits the App Store

Google Voice app for iPhone has just arrived the app store, With this native app, you’ll continue to have access to all the major Google Voice features on your iPhone. let's check out them.

Google Voice app features:

• Cheap rates for international calls
• Free text messaging to U.S. numbers
• Voicemail transcription
• Display your Google Voice number as caller ID when making calls
• With push notifications, the app will alert you instantly when you receive a new voicemail or text message
• Most of your calls will be placed via Direct Access Numbers, making them connect just as quickly as regular phone calls

Download Google Voice app (for free) for iPhone [iTunes link]

 

iOS 4.2 Compatible Apps Started to Appear in the App Store

Some apps (iTunes Link) in the App Store claims to be iOS 4.2 compatible suggesting iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users shouldn't wait long for the new update. The rumors are spreading everywhere about iOS 4.2 release date in the next couple of days so we may consider this rumors are true.

Besides, iOS 4.2 Game Center apps are being approved, this also confirms it's very soon. Though Apple hasn't officially confirmed the release date of iOS 4.2 but we believe it will be sometime next week starting from November 8th. We'll keep you informed whenever Apple pushes the update !

 

Skyfire Web Browser Started to Get Back into App Store 'in batches'

Skyfire's back! Sort of. After being approved in the App Store and started to be removed gradually from some countries and then world wide, the company has removed it because it was 'SOLD OUT'.

We are going to open batches of downloads for new users over the coming days. The first batch will be in a few minutes on the Apple App Store. It will be first come, first serve.

Now that it got 48 hours to increase their bandwidth and it will open batches of downloads for new users over the coming days, according to the CEO via blog post. He has also confirmed that it's available in the U.S. right now and other countries would follow shortly, leave us a comment in case you got it in your country!

 

CoBrowser Lets you Easily Share Your Browsing Experience with Other iOS Devices

Ever wished to share a webpage you’re viewing at your iPhone with your other iOS device? Yes, its possible now with the help of iOS application named CoBrowser.

CoBrowser is a collaborative browsing experience app for your iOS devices that lets you share your browsing experience with another iOS device. With this app you can easily show your friends what you are looking at.

CoBrowser saves the webpage you are viewing on your iPhone and using bluetooth sends the stored images and text to a friends device. It works perfectly over both 3G and WiFi. As long as both devices have Bluetooth enabled and one of devices has connectivity to the internet it works perfectly without need to internet connection on the other device. The app is designed for both iPhone and iPad and costs $1.99. [via AppAdvice]

Download CoBroswer for iPhone and iPad [iTunes Link]