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Apps of the week: Newsy, Pocket Trains, gMusic, and more…

So, you’ve had iOS 7 for about a week now. What do you think of it? Most people, including jailbreak fans, have had positive things to say about Apple’s newest mobile operating system. Not everything is perfect though. There have been security issues, complaints of motion sickness, and there is sure to be more problems in the future.

This weekend, forget about what everyone else is saying about iOS 7 and sit back with this list of apps to help you enjoy the next two days off…

Apple working with MLB on interactive Ballpark app

Apple has teamed up with Major League Baseball developers to enhance their 'MLB.com at the Park' app, according to a new report from Mashable. They're said to be working to create custom, interactive stadium experiences for fans.

The app, which has apparently been worked on by the pair since February, takes advantage of Apple's new iBeacon micro-location APIs in iOS 7 to provide users with info on their devices specific to where they're at in the ballpark...

Chainsaw Warrior review: save the world from the Darkness

In 1987, Games Workshop launched a single-player zombie fighting board game that made it possible for lonely souls to play a full game all by themselves. I know what that is like. It’s not as sad as it sounds.

Recently, Auroch Digital re-imagined Chainsaw Warrior for iOS. Now, you don’t even have to read the complicated directions in order to kill zombies, destroy the Darkness, and save New York…

Pocket Trains rolls in to become App Store Editors’ Choice

Fans of NimbleBits will be happy to know that a new simulation game has been added to their portfolio, alongside the likes of Pocket Planes and Tiny Tower.

Pocket Trains is an 8-bit simulation game that has you toting goods across Europe, and eventually the world, with your miniature railroad empire. Soon after its launch, this game has grown in popularity so fast that Apple has given it the coveted Editor's Choice award in the App Store for this week…

Velocity review: learn how to read faster than ever before

A couple of weeks ago, we told you about an app that helps you learn how to speed-read. Syllable shows you one word at a time and lets you increase the pace until you are reading lightning fast.

Velocity is another app that features the single-word speed-reading program that teaches you how to overcome the act of sub vocalizing sentences. This one has a few additional features you may be interested in…

Blur transforms ordinary pictures into stunning iOS wallpapers

Now that we all have iOS 7 installed on our iPhones, we are frantically looking for wallpapers that compliment the new design. Sure, Apple’s included Dynamic wallpapers are pretty cool with the way they move around, but you only get one style.

Blur turns any image into an iOS 7 style wallpaper with one simple control. Take a picture of your dog and turn it into cool looking wallpaper for your Home screen and it won’t even look like your dog anymore…

Newly updated Pushpins lets you share shopping lists across devices

I hate grocery shopping. I’ll put it off until I’m scraping together a dinner out of sliced cheese, stale corn chips, and a half-eaten burrito. The one thing that makes grocery shopping a little less irritating is having a well-organized list that allows you to get in and get out.

Pushpins is a recently updated grocery shopping app that lets you create a list of brand name products, find coupons from stores in your neighborhood, and share your list with others with very little effort…

Following user backlash, Realmac Software reinstates original ‘Clear’ app

Realmac Software has decided to reverse course, and reinstate its original 'Clear' todo list app to sell alongside its all-new universal app it released for iOS 7. It originally planned to discontinue the iPhone-only app.

But that plan has obviously changed over the last week or so, following user backlash. Original Clear purchasers were upset they'd have to pay again for the app, despite the fact that they didn't need an iPad version...

No, THIS is the first app to take advantage of the iPhone 5s’ M7 coprocessor

Earlier today we ran a story about Strava Run, a fitness tracking app that tracks your runs and analyses your performances. Like many other media outlet, we believed Strava was the first app available in the App Store to take full advantage of the iPhone 5s new M7 coprocessor.

As it turns out, we were wrong. As many readers were quick to point out, Strava was not the first app available in the App Store to fully use the M7.

The first app to do bring Motion Activity M7 support to an app is Argus, an all around health and fitness tracker that has been been available for quite some time...

Uttr review: get today’s headlines without looking at your iPhone

If you are always on the move and don’t have the time to sit down to read the day’s headlines, there is a way to find out what your favorite RSS feeds are reporting without having to take your eyes off the road.

Uttr is an RSS feed app that does the reading for you. Instead of taking the time to sit down with a cup of coffee and your iPhone, let Uttr read the headlines while you go on about your business…

Tower of Fortune 2 brings slot machine RPGs to iOS

What is the one thing you would love to see added to a typical role-playing adventure game? I already know what you are going to say. Gambling, right?

Tower of Fortune 2 (ToF2) makes your dreams come true in this sequel of adventure gaming based on a roll of the dice, or actually a pull of the slot machine arm…

Echofon Twitter client redesigned in iOS 7 update

Those keeping track of major iOS 7 app updates can add another one to the list this morning. The popular Twitter client Echofon has received a major redesign in its 7.0 update.

For the most part, the app acts and runs like its predecessor. But the UI has received a fresh coat of iOS 7-inspired paint with flat blue text and icons, and ample empty white space...