Over in London, the experimental electronic music scene is positively flourishing. Having lived in the UK’s capital city for the latter part of 2008, I discovered a bubbling sonic subculture — a community of creatives hijacking ice cream vans, reappropriating medical EPGs, and hacking instruments… Read More »
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Who’s that knockin’ at your door? Why it’s none other than the freshest pickings from the App Store, joined by a smattering of Apple news. Before we get stuck in to this week’s iPhone picks and recommendations from the App Store, let’s shift our focus for a… Read More »
[appreview] title=Leaf Trombone image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/leaf_trombone_icon.png price=$0.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=309080428&mt=8 rating=gold [/appreview] Learn to play the leaf trombone, perform your repertoire before a global audience, and prepare to be judged. Since the App Store’s launch last year, Smule has been steadily building an impressive portfolio of sound-based social apps for the iPhone. With Dr. Ge Wang… Read More »
[appreview] title=Amplitude image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/picture-2.png price=$0.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=307580587&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] Amplitude pushes the iPhone in a new direction, transforming the device in to a hand-held James Bond-style surveillance tool. An intriguing concept indeed, but would Q approve? Setting aside the more recent Bourne-esque gritty romps of the latest Bond movies — which are, for the record, utterly… Read More »
[appreview] title=AudioBoo image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/picture-28.png price=FREE url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=305204540&mt=8 rating=silver [/appreview] Do you tweet? Then maybe you should Boo! It’s like a multimedia Twitter, designed especially for iPhone users. Over in the UK back in 2008, Channel 4 (Britain’s edgy TV channel) launched a unique funding program entitled 4IP. Cut to 2009 and, having just announced a dedicated… Read More »
It’s the weekend, traditionally a time for quiet contemplation of the freshest iPhone releases, welcome to the App Store Pick. Hang on there one moment though because before we run headlong in to a stack of apps, we’ve got but a few moments to look at the… Read More »
I like my Airport Express with AirTunes. I use it to connect my home theater set-up to my iTunes library, and more frequently, for listening to Internet radio via iTunes. But it’s always bothered me that I couldn’t use it to listen to audio from any… Read More »
Being a big fan of my Griffin radioSHARK I was disappointed when the developers dismissed all plans on cranking out an HD Radio version of the device. Given the extensive source tagging in the digital stream, they could have integrated both recording to iTunes and… Read More »
Following in the ambient footsteps of Eno’s inaugural iPhone app, Bloom, comes RjDj. Developed by Reality Jockey, an Austrian dev outfit, they describe RjDj as, “the next generation of walkman or mp3 player… a digital drug which causes mind twisting hearing sensation.” Wrapped up… Read More »
Seemingly not content with having fathered an entire musical genre, pioneered generative music, produced U2′s Where The Streets Have No Name, collaborated with Bowie and generally rubbed-shoulders with a raft of modern music legends, Brian Eno has now released his first iPhone app dubbed
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Weekly App Store Picks: June 6, 2009
The week may be drawing to a close, but here at TheAppleBlog we’ve got an array of apps to get your through the weekend. As ever, I’ve got four notable new iPhone releases from the App Store to tell you about. Before we jump into the apps,… Read More »