It's all about a cartoon giraffe cooking in the kitchen.Īndroid Jay & Silent Bob in: Too Fat To Fly Bo's Dinnertime is one of them, coming from developer Heppi. I've noticed a definite uptick in the number of actually-good children's apps being released for Android.
You can add yourself to the Expendables 2 movie trailer and share it with your friends." "Upload a short video and improve it with cinematic special effects. Hollywood studio Lions Gate has released a promotional app for upcoming film The Expendables 2 that tries to get fans in on the action. IPhone / iPad The Expendables 2 Infinite Trailer Its app will focus on photography during the Games: "The best live Olympics photos & moments captured by Reuters award-winning photographers." The trickle of Olympic Games apps is turning into a flood, with Reuters latest to dive in. Spanish social network Tuenti is majority-owned by operator group Telefonica, and is hoping to find an audience globally with its messaging app. He's probably now banned from Stratford for the next month. Sprinter-turned-pundit Michael Johnson has put his name to an iOS game whose aim is "reinforcing the message that burgers and milkshakes slow you down whilst healthy alternatives put you on the right track". Here's a possible antidote if you're unhappy at McDonald's sponsoring the Olympic Games. It's a music rhythm game, Parappa the Rapper style (sort of) made by Ice Cap Games. Pop culture heroes Jay and Silent Bob have popped up on iOS with a "breakdance party time" game. And it is fun: offering DJ sets, podcasts and radio shows on a streaming basis, with the ability to set favourites to never miss a new show.Īndroid Jay & Silent Bob in LET US DANCE!
On-demand radio service Mixcloud has been available on iPhone for a while, but now Android users can join in the fun.
Starbucks has added its mobile payment features to the UK version of its Android app, enabling people to pay for their skinny latte drinks from their smartphones. There's also a personal trainer mode to improve your skills by playing against the clock. IPhone Official Scrabble Words: Collins Scrabble Checker and Solverĭispel those destructive rows over the Scrabble board with this app from HarperCollins, which presents the official list of eligible words for the famous board game. With its developer Tapulous now part of Disney, it's got a new version promising more than 300 tracks to tap along to from famous names. Music game Tap Tap Revenge was a huge iOS hit from the early days of the App Store (and, indeed, before when it was available for jailbroken devices). Launched by the Braille Institute, it sorts apps by category, price and star rating, with a forum for people to swap tips on their favourites. This is a very good idea: an app to recommend other apps that are suitable for blind and visually-impaired iPhone and iPad users.
Educational, yes, but also really playful and fun. It counts from 0 to 10 depending on how many fingers and thumbs are placed on the screen, with colourful number characters and simple maths mini-games. UK studio Cowly Owl has come up with a wonderfully creative iPad app for children learning their first numbers. For more on Amazing Alex, see this separate story.
Expect 100 levels of physics-puzzling, with an editor to create and share your own levels. Rovio's first post-Angry Birds game is Amazing Alex, a rebranded version of existing game Casey's Contraptions (which in turn was inspired by an older game, The Incredible Machine). But this also means a brand new iPad version of Tiny Wings, complete with the ability to play against friends on a single device.
There is a sequel to iPhone hit game Tiny Wings, but on iPhone it's been released as a free update to the original – something for which developer Andreas Illiger deserves every ounce of praise he's currently receiving online.