This week ’s roundup of apps include a couple of young offerings to take your imagination off - planet — plus raw apps for calendars , Mac security , and more .
Google Calendarhas last get in as its own app on iOS — spar Google - loving iPhone users the bother of syncing disparate calendar across chopine . The new app admit a agenda thought , the ability to schedule consequence directly from Gmail , and “ smart mesmerism ” to help you speedily fill out your event details .
Nokia ’s freeHereapp for iPhone is trying to position itself as an option both to Apple ’s native Io function and to the ever - so - democratic Google Maps . This app encourages you to download maps to your telephone set for offline use ; its features include spokesperson - run twist - by - bend navigation , maps for more than 100 countries , real - time dealings information in more than 40 country , and public transit direction for more than 900 cities .
Criminel , the $ 2 iPad offering , looks to be heavy on atmosphere . It “ is an experimental , mystery story investigation game . It features detective - work , coupled with picture taking , so as to create a unexampled type of interactive , cabal crime drama . Set in belated 19th century Paris , it evidence a thrilling , noir story set against the backcloth of advance scientific , industrial changes , and the forces that are trying to stop them . ” We do n’t know quite what that mean , but it looks cool .
OneShotis for those folk who like to share commentary — and lots of it — with their friends via Twitter . Read something you like on your phone : OneShot lets you screenshot it , crop out the extraneous hooey , play up the sententious material , and portion out it with the globe .
Sid Meier ’s Starshipsseems like a pretty expensive iPad game at $ 15 , but there ’s a circle of game packed in here : distance combat , starship customization , interstellar delicacy , and more . It ’s more than just a place gunslinger , in other words , boldly move where where few game have lead before .
The oldheads among you will call back trading lineup , not just for baseball game but for a form of sport activities , back in the pre - digital age . Star Wars : Card Traderrevives the practice for a fresh era , letting you pile up and trade “ card ” feature your pet characters .
Tetheruses the Bluetooth capability of your iPhone and your Mac to shut out down your Mac whenever you take the air off with your phone in your pocket . As soon as you return , the app automatically enters your password and lets you re - access your electronic computer , no job .
Ulyssesis in conclusion available on iPad after years as amuch - beloved Markdown composerfor Mac . “ Ulysses can transform your text into beautiful PDFs , webpages , standard ebooks and Rich Text papers . you’re able to copy as hypertext mark-up language or save to the cloud as Markdown . ” But a feature - rich offer like this one comes with a pricetag : $ 20 to download .
Wazeis incorporating Amber alerts … CNN(pictured ) now has a widget for the iOS 8 Notification Center … NYTimeshas lend the New York Times Magazine to its iPhone app .
