Now they have an app too, providing video tutorials and piano accompaniment for a series of vocal warm-up exercises.
Users can contribute their own recordings and links too.īetween them, Susan and Wolf Carr have worked on vocal coaching with the likes of Mastodon, Alice in Chains, Biohazard and Fleet Foxes, so when it comes to telling RAWK men how to scream (or, er, beardy men how to croon) they have strong credentials. Photographer Tomoyuki Uchida has taken a series of 24 huge-resolution images of Tokyo, which have been turned into a glossy book-app with built-in sound, animation and links. Retailer Gap is looking for a new face for its GapKids and babyGap ranges, and wants parents to snap shots of their children and upload them, before voting on which kids they think deserve to be finalists in the contest.Īndroid Awesome Calendar(+Google Task/Diary)įrustrated with the way your iOS device syncs with Google Calendar? This app may be more efficient, and throws in extra features too like To-Do lists, weather forecasts and photo-notes. Here's an example of how a brand is using apps in the US. The impressive physics look to be complemented by a dash of humour.Īlarm clock apps are plentiful on the Google Play store, but this one claims to be a bit more powerful: analysing your sleep patterns using its accelerometer to ensure it wakes you up during a "light sleep phase" for minimal grumpiness.Īnimals and phonics alphabet learning – together at last! This app helps children learn that M is for monkey and H is for hippo (for example), with a choice of US or UK pronunciation. It's an action strategy game that involves destroying as much as possible: cars, tower blocks, cows.
Owners of Android devices with Tegra processors inside should have a blast with Demolition Inc. It's still massively multiplayer though, getting players online to compete or co-operate as they play vampires in a world where the undead are being hunted by humans. The company behind popular mobile MMO Pocket Legends has a new game focused on vampires. The storyline focuses on characters including Iron Man, Captain America and Hulk, including interactivity and voice narration from Stan Lee himself.
Instead, it offers clips from the show's headlines with a rolling two-week selection, plus archives.Īnother day, another Marvel Avengers book-app on iOS, although this one's been published by parent company Disney.
In this case, that's for a book explaining the Titanic disaster to a younger audience, complete with a 3D ship walkthrough and footage of the ill-fated vessel being built and launched.Ĭomedy Central has launched a new app for its US The Daily Show series, although it stresses that full episodes aren't included. The user interface apes real shelves, with a mixture of viral videos and mini-games based on topical news and people.ĭK's new digital book Titanic isn't an app, as such – it's one of the new breed of iBooks on iOS that comes with video, animation and interactivity. It's both," explains this app's store listing. "Punch! isn't a superficial celebrity news rag, or a biased political news app. Windows Phone Ultimate 2012 Olympic Guideĭennis Publishing's latest iPad app focuses on the upcoming Olympic Games in London: a 148-page "MagBook" offering interviews, athlete spotlights and a daily schedule to use during the event itself. On the downside, it costs £4.99 and uses in-app purchases for "T-Coins" to spend on power-ups, which seems a little pricey.ĭigital music store 7digital has launched a Windows Phone app, which enables you to buy and listen to MP3 tracks, while syncing previously-bought songs from the service's cloud storage. On the plus side, Tetris for iPad looks beautiful on the new iPad's Retina display, and its one-touch controls work very well on the touchscreen. There are 10 categories, including restaurants, music, products and tradesmen, with the app tying into Facebook for its social graph. "Recommend anything – send it to whoever you like," encourages the App Store listing for this social app, which is subtitled "Recommendations with Friends". It includes expert commentaries, a full-length audio reading synchronised with the text, and ties in a Facebook group to discuss the play. Luminary Digital Media is the latest company looking to give Shakespeare an appy twist, with its new iPad version of The Tempest. A selection of 22 new apps for you today: Shakespeare's The Tempest for iPad