App of the Week: ‘Where You @’ enables text-based location queries

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Sometimes the most effective apps are the simplest. This week’s App of the Week, “Where You @?” is a quick and easy way for someone you know to find out where you are, just by texting two characters — @? — to your Android device. The app responds automatically to the person making the query… Read More…

App of the Week: Yabbly helps you make better buying decisions

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What’s the best way to find top-notch products, and avoid bad ones? Ask a trusted group of people who have made similar decisions, and in many cases already own the products you’re considering. That’s the philosophy behind Yabbly, currently available in beta on the web and iOS. Seattle tech vet Tom Leung, the company’s founder… Read More…

App of the Week: ‘StatSmack’ is perfect for March Madness

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Sure, you love your college basketball team, but how well do you argue against rival fans? StatSheet’s College Basketball “StatSmack” might just come in handy this time of year. It’s a free app for iPhone and Android. Just enter your favorite team, and the name of another team, and the app returns a list of statistical… Read More…

App of the Week: 123D Creature is a monster-making machine

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3D printing, or at least the concept of it, is becoming all the rage in the geek world. Here’s a new iPad app from Autodesk that taps into the trend in an interesting way. You may know Autodesk as the company behind AutoCAD and other high-end programs for design, architecture and engineering. The company’s new… Read More…

App of the Week: TED app gets us ready for BC in 2014

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We were excited to see the news last week that the main TED conference is moving to Vancouver, B.C., in 2014 — practically our backyard.  As it happens, the TED app for iPhone and iPad was recently updated with a slate of improvements, so we thought it only appropriate to give our new neighbors a friendly nod… Read More…

App of the Week: ‘Draw a Stickman EPIC’ is an adventure in creativity

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I’ll admit it — I was initially drawn to this game (no pun intended) by the name. What in the heck is this? I thought when I saw “Draw a Stickman EPIC’ in the Windows Store on my Microsoft Surface. The answer: It’s a fun and creative adventure game that lets you solve challenges with artistic… Read More…

App of the Week: ‘Taxi Turvi’ is a passenger’s best defense

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You’ve probably been there before. You’re traveling in an unfamiliar city, and you need to take a taxi to someplace you’ve never been before. You hop in the back seat, inform the driver of your destination … and get taken for a ride, literally and figuratively, as the driver goes on the most indirect and… Read More…

App of the Week: Mind Vault helps you memorize anything

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Our new App of the Week is great for students, or anyone else who needs to memorize something, and there’s a very Seattle story behind it. It’s called Mind Vault, and it’s available for $2.99 for iPhone and iPad. The app lets you enter any text you want by copying and pasting from an email,… Read More…

App of the Week: ‘Toca Tailor Fairy Tales’ is an artist’s paper-doll dream

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It might be a “kid’s app” but it’s entertained the hell out of me for the past couple weeks. It’s “Toca Tailor Fairy Tales” by Toca Boca. This app is the free version of a $2.99 app called Toca Tailor, and it’s essentially digital paper dolls. I’m a huge fan of this kind of thing, I love… Read More…