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Byword is a word, a Mac app for the generation of words, and, as of yesterday, also an iOS app for the mobile generation of words. Byword is exemplary of how to make a writing app on the iPhone and iPad. That’s certainly high praise, but well deserved. Byword for iOS …

A couple of iSource team members recently took to Wunderkit, the free cross-platform cloud task manager, to see if it might help them stay more organized and dole out meaty article ideas more easily. This is their story. It’s actually also my story, so I’ll take it back into first …

It turns out that the wait to try out Steam Mobile was much shorter than I thought. I logged on to Steam on my PC last night and found a new item in my account inventory, and it turns out that was all I needed to take part in the …

I was approached a few weeks ago by the fine folks at RedDreamStar, who asked if I wanted to review their new game called Breaking Eggz. I hemmed and hawed like I normally do, but ultimately said yes. I’m glad that I did. Breaking Eggz allows you the player to …

If you take a look at screenshots of the original Photogene and then glance at Photogene2 (currently $0.99), the differences can be quite surprising. iPhone app interfaces have come a long way over the past few years, and Photogene is an excellent example of this. Menus feel a lot more dynamic …

The Early Edition 2 is the app that I have been loading up first every morning for almost two weeks now. It takes a bit longer (30-50 seconds) to prepare its dynamic layout than apps like Flipboard, but the wait is well worth it because the layouts in the early …

Jetpack Joyride is the newest $0.99 title from Halfbrick Studios, the developers of Fruit Ninja, and they have returned with another title featuring their protagonist, Barry Steakfries. That normally sends a small chill down my spine because previous games involving this hero have been very simple casual titles that lack …

PhotoToaster is a great three-tiered photo editing application for the iPhone and iPad, and I think it’s awesome enough to warrant a video to demo some of the features and the UI: For those who simply want Instagram-like effects, there are global presets that will play with every aspect of …

I reviewed Verbs when it first came out for the iPhone late last year. It was a very clean IM app, but the lack of landscape support and notifications kept me from using it in the everyday. Both of those aspects have since been addressed and I’m happy to report …

  I took a quick look at Clibe earlier today, and I thought I was Owen’ it to iSource to post my little journal pages about the impressions the app has made. I tried to embed the notebook preview in WordPress, but it didn’t work out, so I’ll have to …

  Quora – one of my favourite places on the web – has finally released a native iPhone app today. Quora is a question-and -answer online database that is coolly ingenious. You can ask a question on any topic and people, usually very knowledgeable people, will answer it. What makes …