The sound of swishing nets and the sweet smell of competition are once again filling the air. That’s right: basketball season is back. If you’re an NBA nut, obsessing over the latest scores, trades, and news, then Basketball Junkie is one slam dunk of an app. It gives you one-touch access to the 18 leading sources of hoop-related information, including, but not limited to, ESPN NBA, NBA Twitter feed, Eastern and Western conference standings, Fox, NBC, CBS, and the NBA Teams and Scoreboard. With Basketball Junkie you can shake your device to set a site as your homepage, access full screen reading through landscape mode, delete undesired sources, and take advantage of its sleek design. From free throws to fouls and from sex scandals to on-court brawls, Basketball Junkie ensures you’ll get your fix of all the action.

iPhone developers have taken it upon themselves to develop applications for nearly anything that would improve your life, yet, through a great deal of research, I’ve discovered that America’s gridiron league can’t be found anywhere near the iPad. Read the rest of this entry »

Unless you live in places like southern California, the weather is something you constantly need to check and be prepared for. Even now, in the Summer, you never know when it will be blisteringly hot, horribly humid, or damp and windy. Luckily, there are some weather apps that can help you gather a more accurate daily outlook so that there won’t be many surprises (unless you like getting caught in thunderstorms). These apps are “what’s hot”: Read the rest of this entry »

With the World Cup kicking off tomorrow, excitement is filling the air..and cyberspace. People won’t just be receiving World Cup news from televisions, newspapers, and websites; now all of the latest action will be streamed to iPhone apps, so that you can be in the know on the go. Here are 2 standouts:

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11Kicks, a free application made by Footbo, is a fantasy soccer(football) game that lets you enter a new team every week and compete with others in public or private. You can also follow your team’s progress in real-time, check out the opponent’s line ups, follow the latest match scores and the events, and talk about them with your friends! Read the rest of this entry »

This is not a game!!. It’s a bona fide simulator designed to assist any golfer in determining the break and travel of a putt.

It uses two “lie” readings, one at the ball and the other at the cup… to simulate the real trajectory of the putt, given enough power to travel to the ball. Read the rest of this entry »