New Apps & Games

Asphalt 7: Heat races into the App Store, costs just $0.99

Gameloft's Asphalt is one of the longest standing racing series on the App Store, offering a combination of fast-paced racing action, carrier management, officially licensed cars from hot manufacturers and great multiplayer.

Asphalt 7: Heat arrives just in time for the summer, available at an unbeatable price of just 99 cents, which buys you both the iPhone and native iPad version. It's a steal, really...

Official game for 2012 Olympic Games hits iOS

The official game for 2012 Olympic Games is out now for the iOS platform, available both in ad-supported free version. and as an ad-free download priced at threee bucks a pop. You can train your athlete and compete in nine Olympic events: 100M, 110M Hurdles, 100m Freestyle, Double Trap, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, 100m Butterfly, Kayak (K1) and Archery. Here's your trailer...

Google Offers app now available for iPhone

After failing to acquire Groupon last year, Google decided to launch its own deal-of-the-day website called Google Offers. The site pitches location-based deals on goods and services.

Today, Google has announced that it is taking the service mobile. A Google Offers app is now available for the iPhone, allowing users to discover, buy and redeem deals while on the go...

Display Recorder hits App Store, records your device screen in real time

You'll wanna act on this one right now. Display Recorder, an app by Bugun Software which lets you record your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad screen in real time, has just hit the App Store, priced at two bucks a pop (not to be confused with Ryan Petrich's app of the same name available for jailbroken devices). If I were you, I'd act now: Apple's likely to pull Display Recorder at a moment's notice...

Temple Run: Brave now available in the App Store

No matter how long you've been an iOS user, chances are you've come across Temple Run at one point or another. The game, known for its addictive gameplay, is currently ranked #47 on the App Store's list of top grossing apps.

Well, it seems like Disney is looking to cash in on that popularity. Temple Run: Brave was released in the App Store last night. And as the name suggests, it's a remake of the popular title using content from Pixar's new film... 

Amazon’s cloud-based music service finally hits iPhone

Amazon launched its cloud-based music player and an accompanying Android app a little more than a year ago.

Though users on Apple's platform have been able to access the web-based version of Cloud Player using the Safari browser on iOS devices, the online retailer wouldn't release a native iOS app until now...

Libon Voicefeed is like Google Voice for those who can’t use Google Voice

Google Voice is an exceptional tool, but the problem is that it just isn't available worldwide. If, like some of the iDB team, you happen to have the audacity to live outside the United States, then you are completely out of luck.

While Google promises that Google Voice is indeed on its way beyond American borders, there are alternatives out there that do the same thing, and if you're an iPhone owner, one of those alternatives is Libon Voicefeed from developer Orange Vallee.

A free download from the App Store and compatible with a wide range of mobile phone carriers across the world, Libon Voicefeed plugs the hole left by Google's reluctance, or inability, to bring Voice to the world. And it does a very good job of it, too...

Remarkable music video mixing app vjay hits iPad

Something awesome just landed on your iPad, courtesy of Algoriddim, the maker of cool DJ-ing app dubbed djay. Their newest release is a music video mixing program for the iPad called vjay. Now, I've been to parties where high-tech DJs perform live mixes using just Algoriddim's djay app, but this one takes the concept of fun to the next level...

UEFA releases official Euro 2012 iPhone app

As noted by MacRumors, UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) has just released its official app for Euro 2012. The 14th annual European Football Championship starts Friday, June 8th, and will continue on for the rest of the month.

Surprisingly, football (known as soccer here in the States) is slowly starting to catch on here in the States. It's by no means near as popular as it is in the rest of the world, but major TV networks are starting to bid for broadcasting rights...

Microsoft launches SmartGlass wireless media streaming for iOS and Android

Electronic Entertainment Expo, the industry's biggest interactive entertainment show, is underway in Los Angeles, California and Microsoft juts announced an interesting software solution for wireless media streaming to the Xbox 360 console from devices powered by Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating system.

Called SmartGlass, the app lets you beam video from your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Android device to Xbox Live and Windows 8. Another cool feature: with SmartGlass installed, your mobile device becomes a complementary display in games and apps that support this functionality...

Autodesk debuts SketchBook Ink for iPad, we go hands-on

There's certainly no shortage of high-quality drawing apps on the App Store, especially for the iPad whose spacious canvas begs to be drawn on.

SketchBook Ink for iPad, a new pen & ink drawing app from Autodesk, has been long anticipated. It's one of the select few third-party apps Apple showcased during the iPad 3 introduction back in March.

So, is it worth your hard-earned cash?