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Race to the Finish Line in Doodle Kart

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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Race to the Finish Line in Doodle Kart

Price: $0.99   Score: 9/10   By Lara Vukelich As someone who is admittedly terrible at Mario Kart, I didn’t feel good about mastering Doodle Kart by j2sighte. While my fears were realized, I would ask prospective players not to let that discourage them from the app, as my inability to play is borne of an inherent suckage [...]

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Attention Teachers: Replace Your Old Gradebook with iGrade for Teachers

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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Attention Teachers: Replace Your Old Gradebook with iGrade for Teachers

Price: $7.99    Score:  9/10   By Lara Vukelich The days of penciling a student’s grades into a notebook are definitely over. Teachers can use iGrade for Teachers by Zysco to track grades, attendance and notes for their students. While this app can be used to make organizing student records easy for iPhone users, the release of the [...]

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Get a Green Thumb with Landscaper’s Companion

Friday, March 19, 2010

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Get a Green Thumb with Landscaper’s Companion

Price: $9.99    Score:  9/10    By Lara Vukelich As the descendant of women with green thumbs, it is much to my chagrin that I seem to kill every flower or houseplant that has the misfortune of crossing my path. That being said, I will never stop trying to maintain a balcony garden, and Landscaper’s Companion is one [...]

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Cribbage Isn’t Just for Grandma Anymore. . .Unless She Has an iPhone

Friday, March 12, 2010

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Cribbage Isn’t Just for Grandma Anymore. . .Unless She Has an iPhone

Price: $1.99    Score:  10/10    By Lara Vukelich Whether you are a seasoned player of Cribbage, or just trying it out for the first time, Cribbage Premium by Trivial Technology is worth checking out. For those unfamiliar, Cribbage is a two-player game involving cards and a peg board. In short, the objective is to get 121 [...]

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Get a Brain Work-Out with Mü

Friday, March 5, 2010

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Get a Brain Work-Out with Mü

Cost: $2.99    Score:  9/10    By Lara Vukelich There is an episode of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother in which one of the main characters is revealed to have a former gambling problem. Not to blackjack, or even slots, but to some strange game involving a wheel of fortune, dice, and jellybeans. When he [...]

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If you Hate the Recession You May Love The Bank

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

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If you Hate the Recession You May Love The Bank

Price: $2.99    Score: 8/10    By Lara Vukelich The banking system meltdown of late 2008 left many people angry. Not to mention homeless and/or hemorrhaging money from their 401K. If you count yourself among those who were negatively affected (AKA, most of us) The Bank might help you release some of your pent-up resentment. The game, by Primus Productions, [...]

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Find a Doctor Across the Pond with mPassport London

Saturday, February 27, 2010

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Find a Doctor Across the Pond with mPassport London

Price: Free    Score: 9/10    By Lara Vukelich Like its predecessor, mPassport Paris, the mPassport London application is very useful. The app by HTH Worldwide provides a number of medical resources, from a physician locater to a drug equivalency guide for any American living in or traveling to London. Under the doctors tab, you can select the type of [...]

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Pay to Add Contacts to Your Phone with Contact Hero

Saturday, February 13, 2010

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Pay to Add Contacts to Your Phone with Contact Hero

Price: $2.99    Score: 5/10    By Lara Vukelich According to iTunes, Contact Hero is an app that aids in business and personal networking. While this app by Spacemonkey Mike does have some potential concerning the former, it doesn’t do much that your iPhone can’t do already. When the app opens you are greeted by a screen with four entry [...]

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Feed your Status Update Addiction with Quick Status

Saturday, February 13, 2010

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Feed your Status Update Addiction with Quick Status

Price: $0.99    Score: 7/10    By Lara Vukelich One day I turned around and everybody’s mom had a Facebook page. I’m not sure when it happened exactly – but social networking sites are booming. If you belong to the Facebook or Twitter community and you like to keep your followers informed of your whereabouts or what [...]

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Hermes: The Rx For Tracking Medical Information

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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Hermes: The Rx For Tracking Medical Information

Price: $1.99    Score:  9/10    By Lara Vukelich Keeping track of personal medical information is not only convenient, but could be life saving. Hermes by Neville Boundreaux is an app that will save your medical history and other pertinent information in one easy to reference place. You can create a profile for each member of your [...]

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