iPhone Cruncher

If you are a photographer who has been around long enough to see the ushering-in of the digital age, then you know how very much technology has changed the art (and sometimes science) of photography.
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CINCINNATI, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — RushCard, the prepaid debit card for smart money management, has introduced free mobile applications that give RushCard members easy, secure, on-the-go access to their card information from Android and iPhone smartphones.

RushCard users with Android and iPhone devices can quickly and securely check their balance and review transaction and transfer history. The app also gives them easy access to the Card-to-Card Transfer feature, which allows them to send money to other RushCard members for a fraction of the cost of wiring, and iPhone users can “bump” phones to begin a transfer even more easily. Additionally, any Internet-ready mobile device can access all these features through a version of the RushCard account management website that is optimized for mobile phones.
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Crossword lovers out there are in for a treat. Crux Crosswords HD developed by Rumination Software LLC has officially hit the iPad.

Crux Crosswords HD is simply brilliant, with the puzzle sources great and the growing selection of crossword puzzles is just practically unlimited. It does not only supports US sources for crossword puzzles but as well have a selection of British words as well.

Cruz Crosswords HD is packed with lots of features not just puzzles but also supports multiple users on the iPad’s big screen. You might think that it only caters for young adults but in fact Cruz Crosswords HD also has puzzles for every level and interest. What Cruz Crosswords does best is the deal with the ever-present digital crossword conundrum. The app brilliantly makes it easy for users to switch across to down, and jumping around the puzzle is very much the same as playing scrabble. They also incorporate a d-pad with a less common navigation including genius gestures for easy addition of words.

You can write in either ink or pencil and clues are available in multiple formats like a whole word, single cell and a mini puzzle made for the selected entry.

The user interface font looks like handwriting and even the puzzles themselves look and feel like newsprint. Overall Crux Crosswords HD is a great application app to store that is simple enough to keep you entertained for a while and keep those lazy Sunday mornings even lazier with this app in hand.

There’s no great way of spending some retro filled action games being resurrected from the past and made available for your iPhone. One of the longstanding games of all time would be Pac-Man, the yellow circle eating blob.

There have been numerous franchise that has been spiced up with Namco’s release, and here comes Pac’n-Jump that sends this dot chomping character genre that has never been experienced before. Pac’n-Jump has send new heights introducing this 8-bit legend to the endless array of climbing genre. Instead of making your way out to the walls of traditional Pac-Man mazes, Pac’n Jump is an entirely new game that introduces wall segments as platforms that anyone can bounce and that familiar chomp master will also climb in endless heights.

Namco promises to keep the enjoyment true with plenty of yellow dots and power-ups and as well as fruit to eat and the game will never be complete without those nasty ghost masters that get in the way. This new edition holds true to the company’s goal in setting new experience to greater heights and even more excitement. Beyond the first stage, gamers can unlock an additional three other stages that immerse in Pac-Man tittles from the older 8-bit decade.

Pac’n-Jump promises to provide users three different control schemes that includes an analog stick, digital pads, and tilt. Since the game plays in portrait mode the control schemes will play an important role in achieving success. Pac’n-Jump is a universal app that can be enjoyed with an iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

If you’re one of the many million people who is convinced that text messaging is one smart way to communicate with friends, family and colleagues, then having a utility app that manages all your messages may be useful for you. An app called as the SMS management is an all purpose app that helps users incorporate groups, favorites, GPS location into the iPhone’s messaging capabilities.

One of the great features of Top Utility SMS includes a character counter that counts the number of words when you are composing messages, creation of customer  models, SMS location notification and as well as managing group of multiple contacts. For example sending an SMS message gives you your current GPS location in a response to a created group.

Top Utility SMS manager includes many features but sometimes it may be too complicated as newbie’s will have a hard time navigating through it. One nice idea is to create messaging groups that can easily be contacted and simultaneously manage everything you would want to. While creating groups can be as easy as pointing out to the people who are specifically in a group but after composing a message it gets rather too complicated with users.

Top Utility SMS isn’t as user friendly as it can be. Text messaging should be done in a quick manner as supposed to be quick and easy. The lack of a main menu and choosing a group prior to composing a message makes a hassle of keeping a task. Though some users may find it very valuable but to some it may be invaluable.

If you’re a big fan when it comes to micro-plat forming genre, then you’ll surely love Thief Lupin, a Blue Wind game that is considered to be the #1 game in Germany, Spain, Japan and Singapore. A background of the story follows the most accomplished thieves on earth and are given the title the King of Thieves. But in order to achieve such a feat, they must sneak into famous buildings and landmarks in which they are carefully guarded.

Players have the opportunity to play as an inspiring master thief in whom he has an arsenal of many booby traps and some brain teasers to accomplish such a challenge. With over 300 stages to unfold along your journey, you get the chance to collect gems in which opens up new areas, new inventory as well as other game characters. Jewels also provide additional powers that will assist you in your future adventures.

Theif Lupin is actually simple to play as it is conveniently played with a tap of a single button. Even inexperienced users should have no problems with regards to the controls in moving through the game. With the easy one touch button feature, and amazingly constructed puzzles, casual gamers will get hooked even before they know it.

With a fun challenging game that goes well with newbie players, this app certainly is a sure hit with over 100 stages and different game patterns to muster. Overall, Thief Lupin is a wonderful game with enough variety and excitement to keep you entertained for over long periods of time.

With much social networking application these days, it’s no wonder how FourSquare and Facebook continuously dominates the market today. But with a growing trend that exists and with future social networking platforms evolving in their own ways, developers are seeking new ways in making new applications that is based on real time technology.

Shy Breaker, a GPS-based social networking, born out of the developers describing it as a lack of game, is a new trend for users to leave anonymous notes for other users that provides a second chance for them to connect. Shy Breaker is being marketed as a combination of anonymous location based networking dating site with a simple twist.

The advantages of using Shy Breaker was that users on board have the ability to engage in private conversations through the use of in-box messaging to reply to any posted note on the field. Posted notes are viewable by many users and replies are sent via the posters inbox. Users also have the ability to create notes and customize both the time and the location you have drop the note. So people who are having plans on taking a break from Sunday and want to tell other users where they are they can easily be updated with that note.

With a large user base limited geographic region, Shy Breaker is still at infant stages but can still be fun to use. According to the developer the next update will include users the ability to upload photo avatar, create a link to their Twitter accounts and Facebook profiles.

For busy people who are constantly on the move, their phones may be the source of stress and discomfort perpetuating with their way of life. But with the right app to manage their source of fatigue, the source of their troubles can also be the source of their inspiration.

Given with the numerous schools of thought, the power of meditation and preparation helps many people in developing focus and concentration that is best left to professionals regarding on this subject. Experts tinkering with the human mind has created an app for finding peace and stability. LotBraining Mental training for Personal Development is the app catered to such troublesome woes.

Developers of the app have proven that LotBraining is similar to that of the training boot camp used in NASA’s space exploration program. The app helps users address key areas of personal and professional development that includes success, joy, relaxation, confidence, courage, health, and motivation.  With the right training modules users can be prepare for their own mental processes.

In addition to basic training and testing, the 10$ application proves to be a great bargain. One of the main reasons for this app is that is an aid for personal reflection and meditation to provide an insight to proper breathing techniques associated with practice.  For people who are bombarded with stress, this app  can do lots of recording after a busy day at the office, This could even set a reminder for you to have a time to relax after a busy day and practice your relaxation techniques.

With many baseball fans out there who wants real time updates on their favorite past time sport like a score box,  a career summary or just about any statistical analysis to complete their game. Well fear not, Pennant is the only iPad app from Vagatron that gives you all those things in the palm of your hands.

The app takes play by play data from major-league games in the past between 1951 to 2010 that includes the Playoffs and World Series titles that provides users a wide variety of options for generally viewing every bit of data in the past. Users can easily view the most compelling data with each bat at a spoke wheel. A simple tap on any line in the wheel and a brief summary shows in which what happen with that batter and his teammates during the game if they were on the base at that time.

By moving your finger slightly on the batter, you can freely move to the next batter and also through the game batter, alternatively you can tap an arrow in the center of the wheel to have the game played in auto mode from the first to the last.

The graphics are intensely stunning and wonderful with the overall presentation being such an eye candy. Pennant can view as an app that gives reference more of that a fact book that archives every game. The only downside Pennant has is that it could at least give some in depth, links, data or sorting capabilities. Overall, the app is great and is especially useful for most baseball fans.

So if you’re trying to access your home office computer while waltzing around in some place where the lack of a physical computer is out of reach, it’s not that hard to find an app to do all your work. Whatever it is you do on your personal computer can be done using your iPhone or iPod touch, the very same actions life you were sitting in front of your machine.

Actions like, clicking, drag and drop, opening files and folder, edit files, copy and paste and so on can be done remarkably on your iPhone. There many options you can use in viewing your mini desktop in portrait or landscape modes. Tapping or pinching your iPhone makes the screen zoom in or out.

These are some other apps that make it easier for you to connect to your home computer and set up a remote access to your desktop. Once you gain control of your connection you can simply use your iPhone to do triggering actions: move the mouse to click on an object or use it to drag another window under stationery and click on it.

Many of the apps capable of doing remote access includes but not limited to Carter Harrison’s WinAdmin, LogMein’s LogMeIn Ignition, Jugaari’s Jaadu Remote Desktop and for users who are fond of using online backup service the KineticD Backup, KineticExtend.

Current version of Windows like Vista,XP, and Windows 7, include RDP by default settings. Configuring RDP connections isn’t that difficult but for those who are not familiar you can check a tutorial found at Microsoft’s Webiste.