Posts Tagged ‘The World Outside My House’

Friday Findings

Roxie’s a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventures – Roxie’s a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventures is an interactive journey; an exciting combination of a maze and a ‘search and find’ puzzle game that the whole family can enjoy. Your journey starts by driving a car. Find your way through the different land and cityscapes and stumble upon challenges where you might [...]

 

Friday Findings

Discover Your Body HD – Discover Your Body HD is a funny and educational application for kids and adults. It allows you to explore the human body and learn about its organs and parts. The body of a boy or a girl will be displayed and you and your little one can explore different body [...]

 

Looking Glass Children’s Videos

Do you have a curious kid in your home? One who wants to know about the world around them; what things are, how they work? Then Looking Glass Children’s Videos is the app for you. Looking Glass is a subscription video service that helps kids (designed for ages 2-8) explore the world they live in [...]

 

Meet Jill Seman from Mom Maps

This week I’d like to introduce you to Jill Seman the developer of Mom Maps. Jill was kind enough to take a few minutes and answer some questions for me about her life, her inspiration for Mom Maps and more.

 
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Mom Maps

Mom Maps was recently updated to version 4.6 and I’ve taken another look at this popular app. Below is my original review followed by details and thoughts about this recent update. ******** The Mom Maps name says it all – this app gives you maps just for moms. It uses your iPhone’s location to give [...]

 

News Addict

News Addict is a slick looking app that gives you access to fourty-one websites for news sites, magazines, network channels and major newspapers.  The app is designed to look like a newsstand with the icons for the different websites spread across it.  Tap on the website you’d like to read and the it will open [...]

 

Noteworthy Places

     Noteworthy Places is an app that I could really use. When you are out and about and you discover a place that you’d like to remember you use this app to mark it down. The app notes the location’s address and it’s place on a map. You can add in comments, a phone number, [...]

 

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Mom Maps – Updated

Version 4 of Mom Maps was released last week. I haven’t given it an authentic test run yet because my schedule has been too tight and I’ve had no time for any fun outings. I’m looking forward to breaking out of my drive to school, WalMart, Costco, home and repeat  rut and finding some fun [...]

 

Siri Assistant

   Siri Assistant is billed as your new personal assistant, who just happens to be an iPhone app. It combines a smorgasbord of different information into one app that is also very easy to use. You can ask Siri to do all sorts of things for you. Find a restaurant, check the weather, book a [...]

 

GeoMania

The last time I studied Geography was in college but that knowledge is unfortunately long forgotten and I’m sorry to say what I retain now is thanks to my viewing of the Amazing Race. Because my geographical aptitude is so sorry  this app had me all worked up. GeoMania tests your knowledge of world geography. [...]

 
 
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Individual Text Tones for Contacts

My 9 year old daughter told me about an iOS 5 feature that I was totally unaware of until last week. Miss S. showed me how to set up individual text tones for my contacts.

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iOS 5.01 Released: Includes Fix For iOS 5.0 Battery Life Issue

iOS 5 Gets Its First Update Thanks to my husband Zack for getting this post out about the new iOS 5.1 release. I’ve yet to install the update…but I’ll be following his instructions below. Shortly after the iPhone 4S hit the market a bug was discovered that severely impacted battery life on those new devices. [...]

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I review iPhone apps for moms. I have a decent grasp of techy things but the technical guts (for lack of a better word) of how the apps work are beyond me. So my reviews will be practical and purely subjective. Reviews for moms by a real life, actual mom. My kids will vouch for me.