Top 10 iPhone Apps Blogs and Sites
With tens of thousands of apps in the iPhone App Store and many coming from independent developers, the following blogs should help make sense of it all by highlighting which apps are most useful or fun.
With tens of thousands of apps in the iPhone App Store and many coming from independent developers, the following blogs should help make sense of it all by highlighting which apps are most useful or fun.
You could just randomly cruise around the Web and hope that you find the newest items at the best possible prices--or you could check out these blogs, which do most of the work for you. From fashion to electronics and most items in between, these sites have innovative ways to get the best deals onto your desktop.
Are you or someone you know the go-to video person for special occasions? These blogs (and sites) help you sort out how to create or transfer raw footage and then edit and package it to get a more professional-looking final result.
Games are fun, but every so often you run into a seemingly unsolvable puzzle or an unkillable bad guy--hey, it happens. These blogs can help out during those times when you really need to take it to the next level.
Ever since movies migrated from the big screen to VCRs, DVD players, PCs and now handhelds, there's been a need for authoritative writing about movies--or at least someone whose well-known biases help you find your way to films you enjoy. These ten blogs have both authority and personality, and cover the range of what both Hollywood and your artsy next-door neighbor have captured on film.
Sure, your home may be your castle--and it may need upgrades just as badly. These blogs discuss the ways that high tech can make your home more secure, efficient, beautiful and fun (with a special focus on home automation, home projects, and home theater.
The Android mobile-phone operating system is certainly the biggest trend in mobiles since the release of the first iPhone. These blogs help you make sense of what's happening with this Google product and figure out whether it's time to get an Android phone--and what cool things you can do with it!
Maps today do a lot more than just show where you are--they also point out destinations, weather, air-travel bargains and more. These blogs guide you through a world that starts with paper maps and moves to how to view and use Google Maps, Google Earth and even your city's Global Information System data. Oh, and they're great for learning more about your travel destinations too.
Moms need stuff for their families and themselves, and thousands of companies are only too happy to oblige. These blogs help to sort the good from the bad, the fun from the blah, and even the safe from the unsafe.
"Good TV" used to be an oxymoron, but now quality shows are popping up everywhere, regardless of whether they're drama or comedy, "reality" or news. These blogs find the best shows and summarize them, helping you see things you might have missed the first time around as well as finding new favorites.
If you can't live without the very latest tech, these blogs will help you figure out the best places to deposit your cash in exchange for the newest, brightest, shiniest battery-powered objects (and get something done once you do buy them).
All things GPS and handheld. If you need to know where you are to within two meters at most, or crave the latest news on Google Maps and Garmin, resident maniac Jeff Chappell can help.
One of the two granddaddies of the gadget-lust milieu, Gizmodo quenches your thirst for everything from iPhone video calls to secret military-aircraft prototypes. http://gizmodo.com/5416161/us-secret-plane-uncovered Twitter hashtags let you follow comments for particular stories and topics.
Has a slightly narrower focus on gadgets than Gizmodo, but also goes into greater depth about devices' inner workings and technology. Especially covers digital cameras, mobile phones, laptops and Bluetooth-enabled devices.
Takes a broader view of "gadgets" than just the digital, including everything from branding irons to booklights, with stops in between for chips that tell precisely what conditions your FedEx box is experiencing right now and wooden models of the Solar System.
CNET's entry into the gadget-lust category is slightly more practical-minded than others, covering outboard hard drives and camera tripods as well as mobile phones, laptops and video cameras. 404 podcast analyzes the latest tech news in radio-magazine format, giving your eyes a break from looking at all that candy.
Among the geekiest of this group thanks to a focus on how to make lust-worthy gadgets as much as how to buy them. Covers iPhone and Android apps and operating systems as well as iPhone accessories and ebook readers.
Broad-minded blog looks at tech and gadgets that do everything, not just push ones and zeroes around on a screen: a french-frier that uses just 1 tablespoon of oil per two pounds of fries, concrete-impregnated cloth, and smart wallets that have biometric fingerprint readers.
Unofficial, sure, but packed with information on the latest Mac and iPhone apps and accessories. Essential reading if you want to get more out your Apple-brand tech.
The latest gadget news as well as reviews of new devices, plus some intimidating-looking but hardly impossible projects like building your own home book scanner. Covers laptops, cameras, home WiFi setups, home robots and more.
Lusts after a wide variety of devices, such as cameras, mobile phones, ebook readers and laptops, plus the occasional projector, solar-powered radio, or rearview mirror with embedded GPS. Clean, easy-to-read layout lets you focus on the objects of your desire.
If you need some ideas for what your family can do together that don't involve a) takeout and b) Netflix, check out some of the following. They'll show how to turn (usually) typical household objects into things that are useful, educational, decorative, yummy or just great gifts.
In the current economic climate there's no shortage of argument about what governments, manufacturers and retailers should do. But where's the individual in all this? Fortunately, you can get a lot of sound, personal-scale advice on navigating to better financial health by visiting some of these blogs.
Family crafts projects can keep everyone at home, occupied and happy at the same time, particularly if winter weather keeps everyone indoors. These blogs make the case that the family that knits, whittles, scrapbooks, colors, and makes a menorah or Christmas-tree ornament together, stays together.
Let Dr. Spock handle parenting theory; these blogs are concerned with parenting practice, the everyday, down-in-the-trenches hard work of raising a kid(s), and their tips will help smooth the bumpy road from Toddlerhood to Teendom.
Every great car rests on technology and engineering. These blogs cover the hardware and electronics that keep you running and plugged in when you hit the road, from advanced diagnostic systems to Bluetooth capability to running the whole thing from your iPod.
