A burst of 7 apps for your consideration
Adaptive Path
Web designers and app developers will be scrambling for their iPads to download this app from US experience design firm Adaptive Path. It offers more than 100 talks from the company's UX Week and MX: Managing Experience conferences, including execs from Facebook, Twitter and NASA talking about user experience.
iPad
Official Rugby World Cup 2011 App
The International Rugby Board has turned app publisher in the run-up to the World Cup, with this official app for iPhone and iPad. It will include live match commentary and stats, video highlights, and news from the tournament in New Zealand.
iPhone / iPad
Flattr
Social micropayments service Flattr started life as buttons on websites allowing visitors to donate money to whichever creative owned it. Now it's moving into the real world: Flattr's app can scan "IRL" codes to donate there and then.
iPhone
Square Card Case
Mobile payments startup Square is getting a lot of buzz in the US, helping retailers and venues take payments without credit cards. Now there's a separate Card Case iPhone app that helps users browse daily menus, store digital receipts and pay with their name. US-only for now.
iPhone
KidsProof Launcher
Handing your Android smartphone over to a child to keep them occupied? KidsProof Launcher may be just the thing to ensure they don't monkey about with your crucial data and apps. It lets you specify which apps they can use, while locking up the ability to text or make calls.
Android
DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow is the latest music artist to launch an Android app to complement an existing iPhone version. Like many of them, he's using Mobile Roadie to do it.
Android
A.plus for Twidroyd
Actor Ashton Kutcher is also making a name for himself as an investor in tech startups. Now he has his own branded Twitter app for Android, courtesy of UberMedia. It's the mobile version of an existing A.plus desktop Twitter client.
Android
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