FINDING A GOOD ANDROID APP

Posted on May 28th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

There are more than 400,000 Android apps. What’s a body to do? Fortunately, there’s an app for finding apps.

The app is Appreciate, and it’s for Android phones and tablets. Appreciate makes recommendations as it gets to know what you like. Or, if you want, you can tap various categories, such as New Games, New Apps, Local info, Guys, Girls, Kids and Trending.

If it thinks an app is a good match for you, it says so. (Have we reached the point where apps think?) A tiny arrow points to a cartoon of a woman if more women like that app, or a cartoon of a man if men like the app. The cartoons are so similar we couldn’t tell the difference. The only clue is the lady cartoon has a hair bun. (Is this sexist? Isn’t everything?) “Appreciate” has been downloaded over 100,000 times.

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GAMES PEOPLE USED TO PLAY

Posted on May 28th, 2012 by Joy Schwabach

Wolfenstein.Bethsoft.com offers a web-based version of the famous shoot-em-up, “Castle Wolfenstein.” It’s free. Joy was put off by the retro look of its low-res graphics, but it brought back memories for Bob. Castle Wolfenstein was the first video game to provide a 3D view of the action

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