Fresh iPhone Apps for July 27: Cooliris, Bubble Witch Saga, Manos - The Hands of Fate

Bring all the photos you shoot and share this weekend to one place with photo app Cooliris. It allows you to view shots from multiple sources and share them easily with your friends through social networking. It kicks off today’s Fresh Apps haul, followed by Bubble Witch Saga, a bubble-shooting puzzler that mixes in elements of Pachinko. Finally, we’ve got Manos - The Hands of Fate, a retro platformer old-school gamers are sure to enjoy.Cooliris...

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The Dark Knight Rises doesn't fall short of expectations

APPOLICIOUS ADVISOR RATING:4 of 5 bars PRICE: $6.99TASTY: Surprisingly well-executed combatBUMMER: A clumsy camera. Also, pushy in-app purchasesCOOL: An actual video game based on The Dark Knight films!As the first movie tie-in game to the Christopher Nolan Batman movies since 2005, Gameloft's The Dark Knight Rises has a lot to live up to. It sadly suffers from all the same issues all their other open world games have had to face. Despite that, it's actually very enjoyable and worth playing, as long as you can deal with some technical hiccups.Gameplay...

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Apple TV now includes Hulu Plus

Perhaps that rumored “special event” hosted by Apple on September 12 will offer more than just an iPhone 5 and iPad Mini? Might an app-enabled version of Apple TV finally be in the works?As first reported by MacRumors, the subscription-based Hulu Plus service is now appearing on the Apple TV menu (owners may need to reboot their device to see it). Hulu Plus, which has a monthly $7.99 fee, joins other blue blood digital services including YouTube,...

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HABU Music can help you set the mood

APPOLICIOUS ADVISOR RATING:3 of 5 bars PRICE: $0.99TASTY: Organizing your music by mood is a unique idea.BUMMER: Users of unlimited streaming apps are left out in the cold here.COOL: Ability to preview songs of a particular mood is nice for people buying a lot of music via iTunes.In a post-iTunes world, where practically any song can be played whenever you want for a nominal monthly fee, music-previewing apps are fighting an uphill battle. HABU Music attempts to fight the good fight by carving out their own specialized niche in the music app empire...

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iPhone App Video Review: ORC: Vengeance

Who’s in the mood for a dungeon crawl? ORC: Vengeance is a new action RPG from Big Cave Games and Chillingo, and it’s nice to see them supporting something other than cute physics puzzlers. It’s pretty rare. This game puts you in the boots of an unlikely hero: an orcish war chief named Rok, as you slice your way through gloomy prisons, stormy keeps and creepy crypts. The production values are crazy good for iOS, and the entirely gesture-based gameplay is frantic and fun, if a bitty iffy on the control side at times.Humanity being what it is, it...

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Fresh iPhone Apps for Aug. 3: List Bliss, Infinity Blade II update, Glass Balance

Spend less time in the grocery store this weekend with the help of cloud list app List Bliss. The app allows you to share your lists over an Internet connection and even synchronize shopping, so you and a pal can get everything on your list by doing half the work each. You can use the time you save to play games including another big content update to Infinity Blade II that adds new story elements and enemies to kill, and Glass Balance, an arcade...

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New partners Foodspotting and GrubHub have different recipes for growth

Like a burger and fries or apple pie à la mode, Foodspotting and GrubHub are two mobile apps that go really well together.Foodspotting, which has more than three million downloads across multiple platforms including iOS and Android applications, is a visual guide for unique food dishes. For the uninitiated, the pioneering app locates interesting meals near you, and invites users to snap pictures and share their favorite “food porn” experiences with...

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TCM Hollywood Tour iPhone app brings the past to life

APPOLICIOUS ADVISOR RATING:4 of 5 bars PRICE: $2.99TASTY: Great way to bring old-school celebrity maps into the app world.BUMMER: No way to set up a tour route through multiple stops.COOL: Short bios of all 100 spots make TCM Hollywood Tour more than just a celebrity-filled map.Whether you’re a native Californian or just a movie buff on a west coast vacation, there’s a new fame-centric app that is worth checking out in TCM Hollywood Tour. TCM Hollywood Tour brings the old “map of the stars” into the iPhone age by providing not just a handy map...

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iPhone App Video Review: Extinction Squad

Extinction Squad is the latest and greatest [adult swim] published game. They’ve partnered with developer Pik Pok once again, who were also involved with Monsters Ate My Condo and Bring Me Sandwiches!! It’s a hilarious and gruesome title with great, colorful art, nice music, and highly addictive gameplay. This is definitely up there as far as [adult swim] games go, offering a lot of fun and replayability thanks to the in-game store. It takes a little too long to unlock content and the app constantly encourages you to buy things, but I assure you...

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Report: iPhone 5 to be unveiled September 12

In the strongest indication yet that Apple is ready to show the world a new-generation iPhone, tech blog iMore is reporting that the company is planning a special event for Wednesday, September 12, to unveil the iPhone 5 and a new iPad Mini. The iMore report also says the new iPhone will be available to consumers on September 21.Of course, nobody from Apple has confirmed this report, which iMore claims comes “from sources who have proven accurate...

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Fresh iPhone Apps for Aug. 13: Burner, Organ Trail: Director’s Cut, Video Game Walkthroughs

Today’s Fresh iPhone Apps starts with Burner, an app that lets you create and use phone numbers that exist only for a limited amount of time, and at any point you can “burn” them – effectively deleting the number altogether. Following that is a helpful app for PC and console gamers called Video Walkthroughs by Game Front, an app that provides all kinds of tips and tricks for when you’re stuck in your favorite games. Finally, Organ Trail: Director’s...

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Fresh iPhone Apps for July 24: HISTORY Here, Office Politics, STRUCT

Learn a little something about your hometown or wherever you might head for vacation around the U.S. with the help of HISTORY Here. The app pings points of interest around you and shows you historic information about those places. Following that are a couple of game entries for your entertainment: Office Politics, a high-scoring game in which you need to tap to stab your coworkers in the back, and STRUCT, a building title that will also teach you...

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New Amazon Instant Video app not (yet) fully operational on Apple TV

While the new Amazon Instant Video app for the iPad will challenge incumbent video entertainment leaders including Netflix and Hulu Plus for mobile mindshare, the service does not yet work well on Apple TV via iTunes Mirroring.For Amazon Prime customers or anybody interested in alternatives to their current providers, Amazon Instant Video is a good deal. The app streams Prime content and also makes it available for offline viewing. Like other services,...

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AutoRap is just a broken record of an iPhone app

APPOLICIOUS ADVISOR RATING:1 of 5 bars PRICE: FreeTASTY: The Auto-Tune works just like it should.BUMMER: Only one free “premium” is a little thin.COOL: The tech that matches your rapping to the music is legitimately impressive.Let’s get this out of the way very quickly – AutoRap’s premium karaoke, that not only Auto-Tunes your singing but also takes your rhyme pattern and matches it to the music of the song (no matter how terrible you sound), is...

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Top iPhone apps for the 2012 London Olympics

Don’t try to tell me there’s nothing to watch on TV in the summer! The 2012 Olympics run from July 27, 2012, to August 12, 2012, and there are plenty of apps worth checking out for one of the best sporting events around. From apps that help you find your way around London’s Olympic Village to games that let you live out your Olympic dreams virtually, there is plenty to sink your teeth into when it comes to the 2012 Olympic Games.Those...

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Fresh iPhone Apps for Aug. 2: The Blocks Cometh update, Flight!, Campaign The Game

This week, we’ve got a few easygoing arcade titles for you on the App Store’s biggest game day. The first is an update to vertical scroller The Blocks Cometh, which throws in new characters and new challenges. Next is a paper airplane-throwing game called Flight! in which your goal is to get your plane as far as possible in a single toss. Finally, Campaign The Game brings simulation to the advertising world, putting players in charge of running...

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Slices for Twitter tops iOS Apps of the Week

This week’s top iOS apps begins with Slices for Twitter, a fascinating app that breaks down Twitter into categories and lets users really get the most out of the service. For those not obsessed with the blue-bird social network, our other favorite apps this week include a journaling app, a social rights scorecard app, an app to set your out-of-office replies from your iPhone and finally, one to teach your pre-schooler the alphabet.As the name suggests,...

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ORC: Vengeance tops iPhone Games of the Week

We’ve got a variety of awesome titles for you this week, ranging from the gorgeous to the addictive. Leading the pack is a title that brings some awesome graphics to Apple’s iOS platform called ORC: Vengeance. It’s an isometric role-playing title not unlike the extremely popular Diablo III, and the gameplay mechanics are similar enough that if you need a mobile Diablo fix, ORC is a great candidate. But we’ve got four more awesome titles you should...

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Appolicious remembers Jerry Garcia with a list of iOS apps for Grateful Dead Heads

The Grateful Dead was a psychedelic rock band that all but defined the Haight-Ashbury scene in 1960’s San Francisco. The band ricocheted into the “turn on, tune in drop out” limelight through an association with Ken Kesey and his infamous acid test and the singular charisma of band leader Jerry Garcia.Garcia, who would have turned 70 on August 1, passed away 17 years ago this week (August 9, 1995). The classic rock icon was actually into a lot more...

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Flock - Photos Together tops iOS Apps of the Week

This week’s top iOS apps might seem like a rerun, thanks to Flock’s feature set sounding suspiciously similar to last week’s favorite, Vyclone. But sometimes a good idea is worth repeating. The rest of our top apps veer off into all sorts of other territories like hailing taxis, sharing videos and creating visual diagrams of the things you love. Enjoy!In the same way that Vyclone took videos from multiple sources to combine them into one video,...

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iPhone App Video Review: The Infinity Project 2

The Infinity Project was a fairly well-made first person shooter that hit the App Store at the end of 2009. Despite its dated visuals and lack of polish, many regard it as an iOS classic. Now, that game finally gets a sequel, simply titled The Infinity Project 2, and it's a far more ambitious title that makes several improvements, even if it still seems dated. The game continues the war against the alien menace known as the Talon, who used a time machine to conquer earth in our present time. As you try to locate and take down the Talon, you learn...

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comScore products for measuring web site audiences, mobile usage and advertising effectiveness certified in Europe by ABC and OJD

Successful audits are testament to comScore’s ongoing commitment to transparency and quality in measuring the European digital marketplacePress releaseAugust 9th 2012. comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has announced that solutions across its audience measurement, mobile and advertising effectiveness product suites have been certified in Europe by leading industry associations, ABC UK and OJD. ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations) is...

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New Amazon Instant Video app not (yet) fully operational on Apple TV

While the new Amazon Instant Video app for the iPad will challenge incumbent video entertainment leaders including Netflix and Hulu Plus for mobile mindshare, the service does not yet work well on Apple TV via iTunes Mirroring.For Amazon Prime customers or anybody interested in alternatives to their current providers, Amazon Instant Video is a good deal. The app streams Prime content and also makes it available for offline viewing. Like other services,...

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Fresh iPhone Apps for July 26: Walking Dead: The Game, ORC: Vengeance, Bucketz, ParaNorman: 2-Bit Bub

It’s another big game day in the iTunes App Store, with this week’s haul being kicked off by the zombie apocalypse. Sure, there are a lot of zombie games out there, but none is as adult or engaging as Walking Dead: The Game. Telltale’s latest has some awesome writing and visuals, as does ORC: Vengeance, a top-down RPG with some incredibly good graphics. Arcade title Bucketz plays around with the Fruit Ninja formula a bit, adding balancing buckets...

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