A burst of 16 apps for your consideration
MadPad – Remix Your Life
iOS music developer Smule is back with a new app for iPhone and iPad that aims to turn your video footage into a personal beatbox. You shoot clips, and they are then turned into "the ultimate percussive instrument". What's interesting is the way you can share your MixPad sets with other people – and download theirs – while recording performances to share on YouTube. Creative and very fun.
iPhone / iPad
Groovebug
Groovebug is a bit like a Flipboard for music. It's an iPad app that scans your music collection, then sucks in "rich content from the cloud" (i.e. websites) to serve up as a personalised iPad magazine. It uses APIs from Echo Nest and YouTube, and is free to download.
iPad
Telegraph Pictures for iPad
The Telegraph has launched its latest iPad app, with a pictorial focus. Telegraph Pictures offers 12 photos every day from the newspaper's archives. "Ideal for photography and news enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates the power of storytelling through beautiful imagery." A photography iPad app from a newspaper? Why has nobody thought of this before? Oh.
iPad
Blogger
Better late than never, Google has launched a proper iPhone app for its Blogger blogging service. It enables Blogger users to write posts and publish them or save as drafts, while also adding photos. It joins the existing Android version.
iPhone
British Journal of Photography
Incisive Media has released an iPad version of "the world's oldest photography magazine", offering a slickly-designed mix of photos (obviously), videos, articles and interviews, as well as reviews of cameras and lenses. The first issue is free to download, with others likely to be paid for in-app.
iPad
Blendr
At first sight, Blendr could be pigeonholed as "Grindr for heterosexuals", but there's a bit more to it than that. The idea is to "meet people who share your interests nearby", browsing profiles and chatting, with simple-to-understand privacy settings. "Think of it as the ultimate conversation starter and icebreaker in one great geolocation app..."
iPhone
Pixel Rain
Android puzzle game Pixel Rain is picking up some very good ratings on Android Market already from early players. It pairs graph-calculator-inspired visuals and chiptune sounds with a thoroughly modern physics engine.
Android
Influence
iPhone app Influence claims to be "the world's first social advice network", although unlike many social apps it's charging: £1.49 for the download. The idea is that users ask questions of their social network on anything from choosing an outfit, buying birthday presents or choosing a wine to go with a specific meal. Industry-focused features are coming in the future too.
iPhone
ShareShelf
Android app ShareShelf is an intriguing idea: it "lets you track who you have shared your possessions with", including pinging messages back and forth with friends who have borrowed items. "Not only are you tracking who has your stuff, but you're actually building a personal inventory of your assets on the fly..."
Android
PayByPhone
UK service PayByPhone enables people to pay to park in public car parks by phone – traditionally by calling, texting or its mobile website. Now there are apps for that too, for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. They can be used to register, pay and monitor/extend parking sessions, with an additional find-your-vehicle feature.
iPhone / Android / BlackBerry
Pocket League Story
Japanese developer Kairosoft's latest simulation has made its debut on Android. The focus? Football. Players manage their way to the top of the league, with tried and tested mechanics (and a pixel-art style) seen in the company's previous games.
Android
Kerrang! Music
Bauer Media's Kerrang! Radio station now has its own BlackBerry app: a free download that plays in the background, includes a schedule and live track data, and social features.
BlackBerry
A Drama on the Seashore
Stand by for a clunky word mash-up: apparently "literature+Tunes=literaTunes". That's the idea behind a series of iPhone book-apps, which match text with classic music. In this case, Honoré de Balzac's A Drama on the Seashore is paired with some classical Mozart music.
iPhone
Discosalt
Quarterly magazine Discosalt focuses on independent music, film and art. This first issue has a "Remix" theme, and has been released as a free iPad app.
iPad
bmi Voyager magazine
Airline bmi has launched an iPhone and iPad version of its in-flight magazine, including interviews, destination guides and style/travel stories. Oh, and "live internet links", presumably to be tapped on when not actually flying. bmi is working with Yudu Media on the apps.
iPhone / iPad
One Man Army
And finally... Android game One Man Army takes inspiration from real life. "The character Julian Assange has one and only aim to make the war sensitive information available to the world". Yes, it's the first (as far as we're aware) WikiLeaks first-person shooter.
Android
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