Apps

Discovery’s television series became a mobile mix of video, fan interaction and games during the early App Store years.

Revisit SHAPE Services’ Barcode Reader, the app behind this 2010 shopping guide, and learn how to check a product match before comparing…

A historical look at Mardi Gras 2010, the iPhone app that combined New Orleans parade schedules, route maps and useful local listings.

Revisit the lighter edition of SHAPE’s IM+ and the distinctions documented in the original review.

Identify Vito Technology’s original Star Walk and the star-guide idea documented in the 2009 listing.

The historical Glimpse app paired a moving photo sequence with location playback and a cloud-sharing service.

The 2009 Stylebook listing centered on photographing a wardrobe and arranging clothing into free-form outfit collages.

The historical anniversary post combined an astronomy-app celebration with a short-lived price promotion and quiz.

Identify Grat Crabtree’s historical film-slate app and understand what a readable slate contributes to an organized video shoot.

Being Properties’ historical app organized property records, expenses and maintenance jobs around individual buildings and units.

How SHAPE’s 2009 Business Card Reader used OCR to turn a photographed card into a contact, and what to check before relying…

The original Bank of Mom tracked virtual family accounts, including allowances measured in money or minutes.

The connection between Shortcovers and Kobo, and what it means when you find an old ebook purchase or app recommendation.

The original Quickoffice suite combined document and spreadsheet editing with several routes for moving files.

Quickword concentrated Quickoffice’s mobile workflow around Word documents, email and wireless file access.

Steve Welch’s cheese reference combines discovery with personal notes; the most useful entry is one you can recognize again.

The historical iSpyCams combined a public-camera directory with tools for viewing compatible personal cameras.

Identify Schematix’s original iBearArms app and why legal reference information must be read with its date and jurisdiction.

Identify the original 3GPS app and learn why a direction reading and a movement reading need context.

The early iPhone event-discovery concept and the details to check before arranging a night out.

The original Dinky Ball mixed accelerometer steering with a screen-tap jump and increasingly difficult tower levels.

A 2009 commentary considered why anonymous anecdotes and text-message humor suited the mobile screen.

A historical look at the Speeek name and a practical checklist for evaluating spoken translation on a phone.

The old FeedCount app tracked a publisher’s feed audience. Its historical metrics need to be read in the context of later FeedBurner…