Category: Reference Apps

A blog by @mircwalsh

App Review -Onlive Desktop

Today’s App Review is Onlive Desktop by Onlive Inc. This is an App I had been really excited about and had been counting down the days until the release. It seems that a lot of people were as the release date kept being put off and when the time came the systems were overloaded and…
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App Review – Disney World Magic

Today’s App Review is Disney World Magic by Versa Edge Software A recent trip to Disney Florida had me searching for Apps to help. The parks are so big and I am not a big fan of paper Apps so searched and searched until  I found this one. Many required internet access thankfully this didn’t…
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App Review – VPN Express

Today’s App Review is VPN Express by John Jiang. There have always been Apps that I have read about and said ‘oh I’d love to try that’ then I go to download and I am faced by the ‘this App is not available in your country error’. It has been happening for years with a…
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App Review – Photo Icon Contacts Shortcuts

Today’s App Review is Photo Icon Contacts Shortcuts (formerly iFavorite – a name which I preferred) by feel kim. This App is a very cool one and great value for money. What it does is allows you to add you contacts as icons on your home screen. So if for example you call one particular…
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App Review – Find My Friends.

Today’s App Review is FInd My Friends by Apple. I remember seeing a movie a few years back. One of those creepy horrors and they were following peoples whereabouts through an App on a phone. Back then I thought ooh that would be kinda cool. Find my Friends is one of many Apps that does…
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App Review – Free App Apps.

Today’s App review is not a review but more advice and App genre recommendations. Most of the Apps I have are either free Apps or else Apps that were at some stage free. It is impossible to find out what Apps suddenly become free so there are of course Apps for that. They are promotions…
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App Review – Private Media Folders

Today’s App review is Private Media Folders by Ryan McCormack I use Private Media Folders a lot and it is only of the first iPad Apps I got. I use it because I want to keep my folders private but because it is a really good App for organizing work into. Within the App you…
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App Review – iBooks App

iBooks comes installed on all new iOS devices and most people dismiss it figuring it is just for reading books but it’s not. Since last years update now you can use iBooks for PDFs and you can save them directly to the App from a mail message. What I do these days is email myself…
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App Review – Shazam

Today’s App review is Shazam by Shazam Entertainment LTD. Shazam is an oldie but a bestie. Have you ever heard a song on the radio or in a store or on the tv and spent ages racking your brain trying to remember what it is called and who sung it ? Well if that’s you…
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App Review – Special Needs Apps.

Because of my past work with Irish Deaf Kids as well as experience teaching special needs classes and giving talks on Apps for accessibility I am often asked for the best App for Autism or the best App for literacy development…. It is hard to know the best App but the one thing you can…
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