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| Apps Rush: My Life as a Refugee, Box, Sky News, Slipknot, Dragon Story, Cheezburger Builder and more | Apps Rush: My Life as a Refugee, Box, Sky News, Slipknot, Dragon Story, Cheezburger Builder and more |
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| A selection of 11 new and notable apps for you today: | A selection of 11 new and notable apps for you today: |
| My Life as a Refugee | My Life as a Refugee |
| A game about being a refugee? This is the work of the UN Refugee Agency: a game that sees players "contemplate the same life-changing decisions refugees make in a true-to-life quest to try to survive, reach safety, reunite with loved ones and re-start their lives". The aim: to raise awareness of the issues. Android / iPhone | A game about being a refugee? This is the work of the UN Refugee Agency: a game that sees players "contemplate the same life-changing decisions refugees make in a true-to-life quest to try to survive, reach safety, reunite with loved ones and re-start their lives". The aim: to raise awareness of the issues. Android / iPhone |
| Box | Box |
| Cloud service Box has launched an app for Windows Phone, helping its corporate customers share files and collaborate on documents from their Microsoft-powered device. Windows Phone | Cloud service Box has launched an app for Windows Phone, helping its corporate customers share files and collaborate on documents from their Microsoft-powered device. Windows Phone |
| Sky News International for iPad | Sky News International for iPad |
| As the title makes clear, this isn't an app for BSkyB's home market of the UK. Instead, it's Sky News for the rest of the world, offering news, live TV streams and extra content. "Free for a limited period" according to its App Store listing. iPad | As the title makes clear, this isn't an app for BSkyB's home market of the UK. Instead, it's Sky News for the rest of the world, offering news, live TV streams and extra content. "Free for a limited period" according to its App Store listing. iPad |
| Slipknot: Wear The Mask | Slipknot: Wear The Mask |
| Here's a partnership that few Slipknot fans would have expected: the band have teamed up with agency Saatchi & Saatchi to make their first official smartphone app. The idea: fans make their own Slipknot mask in the app, and share it via Twitter, Facebook and email. The link above is for Android, but here's the iPhone version. Android / iPhone | Here's a partnership that few Slipknot fans would have expected: the band have teamed up with agency Saatchi & Saatchi to make their first official smartphone app. The idea: fans make their own Slipknot mask in the app, and share it via Twitter, Facebook and email. The link above is for Android, but here's the iPhone version. Android / iPhone |
| Dragon Story | Dragon Story |
| Where there's money in freemium gaming, there's fast-followers. Backflip Studios has been making a mint from its DragonVale game, but rival publisher TeamLava has its own fire-breathing offering, Dragon Story. It's made the leap from iOS to Android, getting players to hatch, raise and breed virtual dragons, using in-app purchases to speed up their ambitions. Android | Where there's money in freemium gaming, there's fast-followers. Backflip Studios has been making a mint from its DragonVale game, but rival publisher TeamLava has its own fire-breathing offering, Dragon Story. It's made the leap from iOS to Android, getting players to hatch, raise and breed virtual dragons, using in-app purchases to speed up their ambitions. Android |
| Cheezburger Builder | Cheezburger Builder |
| Meme-focused website group Cheezburger Network's new app claims to be "the best way to caption your photos", helping people add captions to pics and submit them to the company's sites. iPhone | Meme-focused website group Cheezburger Network's new app claims to be "the best way to caption your photos", helping people add captions to pics and submit them to the company's sites. iPhone |
| GetTaxi | GetTaxi |
| A thought: why have so many of the taxi-hailing apps focused on iOS and Android, when a lot of the people taking taxis everywhere (in London at least) are still on BlackBerry smartphones? GetTaxi is hoping to capitalise with its BlackBerry app, which is currently available in London and Tel Aviv. BlackBerry | A thought: why have so many of the taxi-hailing apps focused on iOS and Android, when a lot of the people taking taxis everywhere (in London at least) are still on BlackBerry smartphones? GetTaxi is hoping to capitalise with its BlackBerry app, which is currently available in London and Tel Aviv. BlackBerry |
| Travel Angel from Orange | Travel Angel from Orange |
| Here's another useful BlackBerry app, from UK operator Orange. It tracks data, text and call usage when you're abroad: "giving you total control so you can see how much you've spent to date". Okay, so cutting roaming rates for all of the above would be good too, but at least being able to track usage is a start. BlackBerry | Here's another useful BlackBerry app, from UK operator Orange. It tracks data, text and call usage when you're abroad: "giving you total control so you can see how much you've spent to date". Okay, so cutting roaming rates for all of the above would be good too, but at least being able to track usage is a start. BlackBerry |
| Chortle | Chortle |
| UK comedy website Chortle now has an iPhone app, offering news, videos and a listing of upcoming comedy shows, including use of location to filter out the ones near you. iPhone | UK comedy website Chortle now has an iPhone app, offering news, videos and a listing of upcoming comedy shows, including use of location to filter out the ones near you. iPhone |
| Play by AOL | Play by AOL |
| AOL has launched a new version of its music app Play by AOL for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. it's a music player with social features built in, and while the news isn't much use for people in the UK – where the Kindle Fire isn't available – the fact that the app has been revamped for a seven-inch tablet hints that it could also be coming to Google's Nexus 7 in the near future. Android (Kindle Fire) | AOL has launched a new version of its music app Play by AOL for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. it's a music player with social features built in, and while the news isn't much use for people in the UK – where the Kindle Fire isn't available – the fact that the app has been revamped for a seven-inch tablet hints that it could also be coming to Google's Nexus 7 in the near future. Android (Kindle Fire) |
| Ripple | Ripple |
| Ripple looks interesting: an app aimed at sports fans with an emphasis on the London Olympic Games. It's based around two views: a top-down map and an augmented reality view, offering information on local businesses and venues in London – but also with scores, news and medal tables from the Games. Windows Phone | Ripple looks interesting: an app aimed at sports fans with an emphasis on the London Olympic Games. It's based around two views: a top-down map and an augmented reality view, offering information on local businesses and venues in London – but also with scores, news and medal tables from the Games. Windows Phone |
| Comments | Comments |
| 4 comments, displaying first | 4 comments, displaying first |
| 25 July 2012 11:03AM | 25 July 2012 11:03AM |
| I missed this. With official devs not making available alot of good classic board games available on Android, DRisk solves one of those. Nice differentiation between paid and free versions too. | I missed this. With official devs not making available alot of good classic board games available on Android, DRisk solves one of those. Nice differentiation between paid and free versions too. |
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| 25 July 2012 11:56AM | 25 July 2012 11:56AM |
| *mists over happily at memory of lunchtime-long Risk matches in schooldays* | *mists over happily at memory of lunchtime-long Risk matches in schooldays* |
| Did you ever play Diplomacy? That was fun, although even more mammoth in terms of game length. | Did you ever play Diplomacy? That was fun, although even more mammoth in terms of game length. |
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| 25 July 2012 12:12PM | 25 July 2012 12:12PM |
| Heh. Yes. A staple along with Settlers and Cosmic Encounters. | Heh. Yes. A staple along with Settlers and Cosmic Encounters. |
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| 25 July 2012 1:51PM | 25 July 2012 1:51PM |
| Thought I'd take a look for Diplomacy too. Another one to try out on your new N7. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cx.ath.troja.droidippy | Thought I'd take a look for Diplomacy too. Another one to try out on your new N7. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cx.ath.troja.droidippy |
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| A selection of 11 new and notable apps for you today: | A selection of 11 new and notable apps for you today: |
| My Life as a Refugee | My Life as a Refugee |
| A game about being a refugee? This is the work of the UN Refugee Agency: a game that sees players "contemplate the same life-changing decisions refugees make in a true-to-life quest to try to survive, reach safety, reunite with loved ones and re-start their lives". The aim: to raise awareness of the issues. Android / iPhone | A game about being a refugee? This is the work of the UN Refugee Agency: a game that sees players "contemplate the same life-changing decisions refugees make in a true-to-life quest to try to survive, reach safety, reunite with loved ones and re-start their lives". The aim: to raise awareness of the issues. Android / iPhone |
| Box | Box |
| Cloud service Box has launched an app for Windows Phone, helping its corporate customers share files and collaborate on documents from their Microsoft-powered device. Windows Phone | Cloud service Box has launched an app for Windows Phone, helping its corporate customers share files and collaborate on documents from their Microsoft-powered device. Windows Phone |
| Sky News International for iPad | Sky News International for iPad |
| As the title makes clear, this isn't an app for BSkyB's home market of the UK. Instead, it's Sky News for the rest of the world, offering news, live TV streams and extra content. "Free for a limited period" according to its App Store listing. iPad | As the title makes clear, this isn't an app for BSkyB's home market of the UK. Instead, it's Sky News for the rest of the world, offering news, live TV streams and extra content. "Free for a limited period" according to its App Store listing. iPad |
| Slipknot: Wear The Mask | Slipknot: Wear The Mask |
| Here's a partnership that few Slipknot fans would have expected: the band have teamed up with agency Saatchi & Saatchi to make their first official smartphone app. The idea: fans make their own Slipknot mask in the app, and share it via Twitter, Facebook and email. The link above is for Android, but here's the iPhone version. Android / iPhone | Here's a partnership that few Slipknot fans would have expected: the band have teamed up with agency Saatchi & Saatchi to make their first official smartphone app. The idea: fans make their own Slipknot mask in the app, and share it via Twitter, Facebook and email. The link above is for Android, but here's the iPhone version. Android / iPhone |
| Dragon Story | Dragon Story |
| Where there's money in freemium gaming, there's fast-followers. Backflip Studios has been making a mint from its DragonVale game, but rival publisher TeamLava has its own fire-breathing offering, Dragon Story. It's made the leap from iOS to Android, getting players to hatch, raise and breed virtual dragons, using in-app purchases to speed up their ambitions. Android | Where there's money in freemium gaming, there's fast-followers. Backflip Studios has been making a mint from its DragonVale game, but rival publisher TeamLava has its own fire-breathing offering, Dragon Story. It's made the leap from iOS to Android, getting players to hatch, raise and breed virtual dragons, using in-app purchases to speed up their ambitions. Android |
| Cheezburger Builder | Cheezburger Builder |
| Meme-focused website group Cheezburger Network's new app claims to be "the best way to caption your photos", helping people add captions to pics and submit them to the company's sites. iPhone | Meme-focused website group Cheezburger Network's new app claims to be "the best way to caption your photos", helping people add captions to pics and submit them to the company's sites. iPhone |
| GetTaxi | GetTaxi |
| A thought: why have so many of the taxi-hailing apps focused on iOS and Android, when a lot of the people taking taxis everywhere (in London at least) are still on BlackBerry smartphones? GetTaxi is hoping to capitalise with its BlackBerry app, which is currently available in London and Tel Aviv. BlackBerry | A thought: why have so many of the taxi-hailing apps focused on iOS and Android, when a lot of the people taking taxis everywhere (in London at least) are still on BlackBerry smartphones? GetTaxi is hoping to capitalise with its BlackBerry app, which is currently available in London and Tel Aviv. BlackBerry |
| Travel Angel from Orange | Travel Angel from Orange |
| Here's another useful BlackBerry app, from UK operator Orange. It tracks data, text and call usage when you're abroad: "giving you total control so you can see how much you've spent to date". Okay, so cutting roaming rates for all of the above would be good too, but at least being able to track usage is a start. BlackBerry | Here's another useful BlackBerry app, from UK operator Orange. It tracks data, text and call usage when you're abroad: "giving you total control so you can see how much you've spent to date". Okay, so cutting roaming rates for all of the above would be good too, but at least being able to track usage is a start. BlackBerry |
| Chortle | Chortle |
| UK comedy website Chortle now has an iPhone app, offering news, videos and a listing of upcoming comedy shows, including use of location to filter out the ones near you. iPhone | UK comedy website Chortle now has an iPhone app, offering news, videos and a listing of upcoming comedy shows, including use of location to filter out the ones near you. iPhone |
| Play by AOL | Play by AOL |
| AOL has launched a new version of its music app Play by AOL for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. it's a music player with social features built in, and while the news isn't much use for people in the UK – where the Kindle Fire isn't available – the fact that the app has been revamped for a seven-inch tablet hints that it could also be coming to Google's Nexus 7 in the near future. Android (Kindle Fire) | AOL has launched a new version of its music app Play by AOL for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. it's a music player with social features built in, and while the news isn't much use for people in the UK – where the Kindle Fire isn't available – the fact that the app has been revamped for a seven-inch tablet hints that it could also be coming to Google's Nexus 7 in the near future. Android (Kindle Fire) |
| Ripple | Ripple |
| Ripple looks interesting: an app aimed at sports fans with an emphasis on the London Olympic Games. It's based around two views: a top-down map and an augmented reality view, offering information on local businesses and venues in London – but also with scores, news and medal tables from the Games. Windows Phone | Ripple looks interesting: an app aimed at sports fans with an emphasis on the London Olympic Games. It's based around two views: a top-down map and an augmented reality view, offering information on local businesses and venues in London – but also with scores, news and medal tables from the Games. Windows Phone |