Have kids or grandkids who adore The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham or How The Grinch Stole Christmas? Apple's App Store now has more than 45 different Dr. Seuss books, games and other apps available.
The latest app—Dr. Seuss Bookshelf—is a free download that helps you organize and launch apps tied to the best-selling children's author and illustrator.
A new app, Lost Kidz, might be considered a high-tech version of an AMBER Alert.
Here's how it works: If a child is lost or missing, parents or caregivers can immediately send an alert through the Lost Kidz app using the profile they've already set up in advance. Free but required, this profile includes a photo of the child along with information such as gender, height, weight, eye and hair colour.
As major fans of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — the popular Food Network show starring chef Guy Fieri — my wife and I recently set out to find a restaurant profiled in Las Vegas. The effort was worth it, but finding Yayo Taco wasn't that easy: It required a juggle between a Web search and Google Maps.
A new app called Food Network On the Road makes it a lot easier for television viewers to find restaurants profiled on their favourite shows.
There's no shortage of radio-controlled vehicles on the market these days—be it cars, helicopters and robots—all controlled by a nearby iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.
Now, auto aficionados can get their hands on a miniature Porsche 911 Carrera—complete with functional headlights, tail lights and signal lights.
In case you’ve never heard of Doodle.ly—dubbed the “social sketchpad” app—you can use your fingertip or stylus pen to doodle something on your iPad and then share your handiwork with others.
With a new update, the free Doodle.ly has added the ability to create your own user profile and follow someone’s drawings or they can follow you—not unlike the popular Instagram photo app.
Disney is celebrating a major milestone at Apple’s App Store: they currently hold the no. 1, no. 2 and no. 3 spots, for “Temple Run: Brave,” “Where’s My Perry?” and “Where’s My Water?,” respectively.
And while it’s not a game, per se, Disney has a new offering that’s climbing the charts, too.
You don't usually hear "saving money" and "Las Vegas" in the same sentence, but a new app can cut down costs for hotels, tours, live events and airfare to and from the Sin City.
Called TravelVegas, the free app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is based on the website of the same name.
We took it for a spin and found it lived up to its claim to provide discounts in and around the city.
Your iPad seems to be capable of almost everything: video calling, GPS directions, instant messaging, multiplayer games and music creation.
Now, your tablet might even help your toddler go the potty.
Based on the best-selling children's book of the same name, Potty Time with Elmo includes the original story—but can be read or heard in various ways—along with many songs, puzzles, a sticker reward chat and other extras.
Music lovers, listen up. Whether you've got an iOS device (iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch), Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone, look no further than TuneIn Radio Pro.
If you're a parent of kids or tweens, you might want to check out a new app called Totally Amp'd, as it's the first original mobile video series designed for kids ages 8 to 14.
Consider it a sitcom for the digital age, with 10 short "appisodes" reminiscent of a Disney Channel or Nickleodeon show. Plus, there's also a collection of related activities tied to music creation, movie editing and fashion design.
Fitness-related apps aren't too uncommon these days, including those that list exercises to try, video tutorials on maximizing your workout, or letting you log your progress using the touchscreen.
Even a visionary like the late Steve Jobs probably didn't expect that the iPad could be used to capture and analyze a golfer's swing and compare it with Tiger Woods and others.
But this is precisely what you can do with Tiger Woods: My Swing HD ($9.99), a joint effort between Tiger Woods Foundation and developer Shotzoom.
Everyone has a life story to tell—especially aging parents, grandparents or other relatives and friends you're fond of—and a new app lets you capture, preserve and enjoy these tales to ensure they're archived forever.
Simply called Record Their Stories, this $0.99-cent download for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch offers a simple way to record and edit stories or conversations.
Disney's Tangled, the 2010 animated film based on the Rapunzel fairy tale, is now an interactive book for the iPad.
Simply called Tangled: Storybook Deluxe ($6.99), it's similar to other Disney Storybook apps for the tablet, such as Toy Story, Beauty and the Beast, Cars 2, Peter Pan and The Lion King: Timon's Tale.
Sick of your smartphone or tablet's bland backgrounds? Not wild about your digital wallpaper?
You're not alone! But now you can do something about it and have some fun in the process.
Personalize your favourite iOS screen, with an app like Apalon’s Pimp Your Screen-a $0.99 download that houses a large collection of unique backgrounds to decorate your device.
What's a five-letter word for "must-have iPad app for those who love watching online video"?
The answer is Vodio, a simple-to-use yet powerful aggregator of personalized video content.
When you first launch Vodio, you'll see a carousel of video content that you can flick left and right with your fingertip. Each column contains videos based on a particular theme, such as music, comedy, news, tech, and so on.
iPad gamers might’ve experienced this with titles like PopCap's Plants vs. Zombies, Chillingo's Angry Birds and Halfbrick Studios' Jetpack Joyride, to name a few digital downloads.
If you spend a lot of time with Guy Fieri, Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay on the boob tube, why not take these chefs into your kitchen via your iPad?
The new and improved Food Network in the Kitchen for iPad adds a number of new features not found in the original app—released in November of 2010—including a fresh new user-interface, recipe comparison tool, user ratings and reviews, and the ability to add notes to recipes.
While it won't replace a bouquet of roses or a candlelit dinner, a new Valentine's Day app for iPad unwraps 14 love-themed apps to the person you gift it to.
And thrifty romantics will like the price, too, as this App Store download is completely free.
