What's new on the app stores on Tuesday 9 August 2011
A burst of 17 apps for your consideration
Fish Fight
Celebri-chef Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall has worked with Channel 4 on Fish Fight, an app designed to help people buy and cook sustainable fish. It includes more than 50 recipes, with Selfridges and the Marine Conservation Society also involved.
iPhone
Adobe CreatePDF
Adobe has released a PDF-creating application for Android smartphones and tablets, using the same technology found in its Acrobat software. It can convert a variety of file formats to PDF, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint docs and a range of image formats.
Android
Zappar
Augmented reality firm Zappar has released a preview version of its app for Android, showcasing the company's technology. For now it's fairly basic in terms of features, but more features and content are promised for the coming months.
Android
Rome: DK Eyewitness
Dorling Kindersley has released its latest travel app for iPad, and this time Rome is the city in focus. It has offline maps, lists of sights and attractions, and DK's signature cutaway illustrations for key buildings.
iPad
Edinburgh Festival Fringe apps
There are three official apps for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe: for iPhone, iPad and Android. The mobile apps offer listings (including half-price ticket discounts), and the ability to buy tickets from the phone. Meanwhile, the iPad app has the full Fringe programme, and also the daily guide publication.
iPhone / iPad / Android
Mega Mall Story
Buzzed-about Japanese developer Kairosoft – of Game Dev Story fame – has released its latest iPhone game Mega Mall Story. It's all about building the biggest and best shopping centre, with hints of popular iOS game Tiny Tower.
iPhone
Goings On: The New Yorker
The New Yorker magazine has launched a culture and tourism app for its hometown, offering events listings and recommendations from its team of critics, as well as restaurant reviews and audio tours.
iPhone
Vevo for PlayBook
Music videos service Vevo is already available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone as apps. Now it has a BlackBerry PlayBook version too, offering 720p HD streaming, TV-Out and the ability to stream videos while doing other tasks on RIM's tablet.
BlackBerry PlayBook
Guitarist Presents: Blues Guitar Heroes
Guitarist magazine has published its latest iPad app, with a special issue focusing on the world's best blues guitarists – Muddy Waters, BB King, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Paul Kossoff and more.
iPad
Kids Closer to Nature
This branded app from Aria Foods and the Forestry Commission offers suggestions for summer walks in woodlands, parks and forests, with location features to show the nearest places.
iPhone
Card Scanner Pro
Readdle's latest business app is all about scanning physical business cards to store details in your iPhone's address book. It claims to be fast, scanning cards in less than three seconds, and also smart, filling in contacts fields automatically.
iPhone
Dora & Diego's Vacation Adventure HD
Dora the Explorer returns to iPad with a new book-app, as she explores with her friend Diego. The app offers a mixture of storytelling and virtual stickers for young fans to place wherever they like in the scenes.
iPad
Game Guardian 2.0
Remember the good old days of computer and console cartridges that let you hack into popular games and give yourself infinite lives? Game Guardian is that idea, but for Android games – a "hack/alteration tool" that promises to let you "modify money, HP, SP, and much more". What we're wondering is whether this can be used for freemium games too: something that could be controversial to say the least.
Android
Proximitips
Published by mobile industry veteran Buongiorno, Proximitips claims to be a "real-time, hyper-local social magazine" app for iOS. That means a mixture of social updates, tips and offers for local hotspots.
iPhone / iPad
Cell and Cell Structure
This educational app for iPad focuses on biology, and specifically cells, their structure and function. Aimed at middle-school students, it mixes animation, videos and interactivity.
iPad
Playagram
Playagram claims to be "the best Instagram experience on a tablet today" – specifically the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The main problem: Instagram's API is read-only, so users can only look at pictures, not upload them.
BlackBerry PlayBook
PressReader for PlayBook
iOS and Android app PressReader offers more than 1,900 newspapers from around the world to read on tablets. Now it's available for the BlackBerry PlayBook too.
BlackBerry PlayBook
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Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/aug/09/apps-rush-fish-adobe-zappar
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