Thursday Apps

The Room 2

This is a great puzzle/mystery game. The graphics are gorgeous and it makes excellent use of the swipe features on iPad. This is the sequel to The Room, of which I was also a fan. However, the story is much more fleshed out in The Room 2. I played through the entire game in 2 evenings, and unfortunately, it won't have much replay value. Still, it was a lot less expensive than a movie for the number of hours of entertainment. It was well worth the cost.

http://www.fireproofgames.com/the-room-two

EasilyDo

This is the one I mentioned in class last week. I am still deciding if I like this app. It is trying to be a personal assistant app. It connects to other accounts and consolidates your appointments and related tasks in one place. It even suggests things you might need to do based on your calendar. It is trying to do the contextual app thing. I'm not sure it quite works for me, but I can't tell yet if that is because the app isn't quite there, or if I'm just not the right audience.

https://www.easilydo.com/

ACLU app

This is an interesting one use app I recently came across. I have not used it yet, but that's not necessarily a failing for the app. The ACLU app allows the user to discretely record audio and video of police encounters. This content is then uploaded to the ACLU website so that the video is protected even if the phone is confiscated or destroyed.

www.cnet.com/news/aclu-app-lets-android-users-secretly-tape-the-police/