Welcome to our weekly installment of Picks of the Week at iSource where we provide our expanded coverage of Apple accessories and applications Here we will promote our favorite iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac and Apple TV related items, as well as bring you occasional tips and tricks. Hopefully many of our favorite items will also be of interest to you. Please feel free to comment on our selections, and suggest picks of your own. Check out this week’s picks after the break
iMapWeather Radio (v1.1)
Picked by: Jay
In the wake of the devastation by the tornado in neighboring Joplin, Missouri, my pick this week is iMap Weather Radio. I was coincidentally driving through that area just an hour after the tornado hit but was unaware of the severity of what had occurred. As I travel more, this brought to mind that I should consider having a weather app that knows where I am – instead of the usual zip code of my home (sorry WeatherBug).
iMap Weather Radio monitors your location and up to 5 “favorite” locations to not only display the usual real-time radar loop on a map, it also lets you toggle alerts of weather phenomena you’re interested in like severe weather, flood, winter, fire, etc. The alert is familiar head-turning screech sounded by NOAA.
More Precise Alerts: iMapWeather Radio provides more precise alerts than those offered by the typical consumer alerting service. Most alerting services will alert you to severe weather if you are in a county only partially covered by a watch/warning, even if you are not actually directly in the watch/warning. With iMapWeather Radio you only get an alert if your device or saved locations fall inside a watch/warning box. That means you are not disturbed by false alarms.
You may think it overreacting, but living with the possibility severe weather is commonplace in Missouri and I’m willing to pay for being more prepared.
AND YES, it works since it just went off (right after the television did) alerting a severe thunderstorm is in the area as I write this.
($9.99) iTunes Link
Modern Combat: Domination (v1.0.1)
Picked by: Alex Jordan
Description: Just as I noted last week, I don’t have much time for gaming these days, but when I do sit down, I want to play something that I can pick up and put down quickly. Modern Combat Domination, fits that description nicely. It is a first person shooter, mainly focused on online play. There are five maps, and multiple match types, such as the classic deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture he flag, and more. It’s not to say that the game doesn’t have it’s problem. The AI isn’t the sharpest, there aren’t a huge number of online gamers playing it yet, and the the number of maps are limited. It’s essentially a knockoff of CounterStrike: Source, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. At any rate, it looks good, it plays good, and at $12.99, the price can’t be beat.
($12.99) iTunes Link
Google Search for iPad (v0.8.2.6553)
Picked by: Thomas 
My pick of the week is the Google Search app for iPad. It’s incredibly useful because it recognizes voice commands and is also smart to recognize frequently searched brands. There is the occasional time that it will confuse “Kobo reader” with “Coco reader”, but most of the time I’m actually surprised how accurate the voice recognition is.
I never quite got the point of this app when on the iPhone, but it makes a lot more sense on the iPad when I don’t have a stable surface to write on. In fact, it has recently become my go-to app for surfing while away from a desk.
Google Search still lacks native Instapaper support (and will probably never get it), but I’ve managed to work around this by simply using the “Share via Email” function to mail links to my personal Instapaper account.
(Free) iTunes Link
Maps+ (v1.0.1)
Picked by: Renkman
Compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad, Maps+ enhances Google Maps with a diverse set of additional features that run right on top of the interface every iPhone owner is already familiar with. Created by the great folks at IZE Ltd, makers of OpenMaps, Maps+ has become my go-to map app recently—and here’s why…
-While following your movement on the map you can tap on your current location and if your device has GPS, you can also reveal your coordinates, horizontal accuracy, altitude and vertical accuracy.
– You can get online route directions with alternatives
– If your device has GPS, you can record and edit GPS tracks
– You can get a reminder alarm to remember a specific task while traveling (e.g. remembering a specific exit to get off at)
– Full multitasking support for available devices
– If you have a Twitter account, you can follow tweets of those around you
– Label and export your bookmarks (alarms, pins, routes, tracks)
– You can import your bookmarks by opening a GPX file using Safari, Mail or any other app that supports quick look.
– Link to alarms and pins. Open these links on your device to add them to your bookmarks in Maps+
– Uncluttered interface only 1 button away.
– Complete customization of short-cut buttons on the home page.
– My favorite–LANDSCAPE MODE!
With a one-time in-app upgrade fee, you can permanently unlock the following limitations
– Labels are limited to 1.
– Pin bookmarks are limited to 3.
– Route bookmarks are limited to 1.
– Route transit points are limited to 2.
– Track bookmarks are limited to 1.
– Track recording is limited to 2 km.
– Alarm bookmarks are limited to 1.
– Importing bookmarks from GPX is disabled.
– Logging in to Twitter is disabled.
(Free, $2.99 Upgrade) iTunes Link
There you have it! Hope you enjoyed this week’s installment of Picks of the week. Please let us know what you think, and share with us some of your favorites.
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