What's new on the app stores on Monday 5 September 2011
A burst of 14 apps for your consideration
PostSecret
PostSecret is a popular website where people anonymously send in the "soulful, sexual and silly secrets" that they can't share in the real world. Now it has an iPhone app for browsing and submitting secrets, complete with a location feature to see the nearest ones.
iPhone
There's something of a buzz building around Weibo, which has been described as Twitter but for the Chinese market. Launched by SINA, it now has an official iPhone and Android app that its creator hopes will be "widely used, fast spread and it surely will be distinguished to the world".
iPhone / Android
IM+ Video
IM+ Video is a video-chatting app that ties into users' Facebook social graphs, so they can place video or voice calls to their friends.
iPhone
AR.FreeFlight
Parrot's AR.Drone was the first (but surprisingly not the last) remote-controlled helicopter for iOS devices. Now it's making the leap to Android, with the AR.FreeFlight app helping Google-powered handsets pilot the copter.
Android
Cancer Research UK Theme
BlackBerry users wanting a new theme for their smartphone could do worse than this one, since all proceeds are going to Cancer Research UK.
BlackBerry
Pod Odyssey
Pod Odyssey is an iPad arcade game from developer Coffee Pot Labs, with an enticing blend of mazes, robots, space spiders and some very attractive graphics indeed.
iPad
Ivor First Book
Thomas and Friends don't have the App Store to themselves when it comes to train-related literature. Ivor the Engine makes his second appearance on iOS this week, with an iPad book-app offering a tale from the very first TV series back in 1958.
iPad
Zoolander
Paramount Digital Entertainment's latest film-as-app for Windows Phone devices is a corker: fashion spoof Zoolander. As ever, the app includes the ability to watch the film, while also clipping scenes to share, taking trivia quizzes and finding out more on the actors and locations.
Windows Phone
Peggy: Storybook 1
Another day, another iPad book-app for children with impressive production values. Peggy is the work of Keyframe Digital Productions, and is aimed at 2-5 year-olds. Part of a new series called "Pop In", sound and animation are key parts of the storyline.
iPad
Kik Maps
Kik Maps is a location app for iPhone that works for users of the Kik Messenger application – one of a clutch of cross-platform BBM rivals. It aims to make it easier to share your current location with Kik Messenger friends.
iPhone
Net-A-Porter The Window Shop
Fashion site Net-A-Porter has launched a "Window Shop" in Mayfair, London, where people can point their phones and tablets at items in the window display to buy them from the device. The iOS app has just gone live, and uses the Aurasma technology for its image recognition.
iPhone / iPad
Pepe Jeans Mag
Pepe Jeans has a London-based magazine, and now it has its own iPad app too. The app includes photos and videos from fashion shows, info on Pepe Jeans' Autumn-Winter 2011 collection, plus store-finding and music features. Oh, and a virtual drumkit.
iPad
MeFeedia
The MeFeedia video aggregation site has a new app for iPhone and Android, serving up content from YouTube, DailyMotion, Vimeo and other sites.
iPhone / Android
Sounddropper
Sounddropper from Resonance Design is the latest location-based music app for iPhone. It wants to get people 'dropping' songs at specific locations, tying in to SoundCloud. As it explains: "Having a special song for your special lady in that place? Drop it there. You are a local artist that wants to audio graffiti your neighbourhood? Drop it there. A band releasing a special song just for the people at your gig? Drop it there..."
iPhone
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/sep/05/apps-rush-postsecret-weibo-ardrone
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