Author: Mikhail Madnani

Sure Google Reader is dead and many folks stopped bothering with RSS after that. Twitter may seem like a place to consume news and in many cases it is the best place to see news break in real time. Having been late to the Google Reader party, Reeder was the app that got me into RSS feeds and the backend didn’t really matter as long as it worked. When Google announced the impending death of Reader, I had to look elsewhere for a sync solution. Reeder development seemed to be dormant as well at that time. A lot of people…

Launch Center Pro for iPad Having used Launch Center Pro (henceforth LCP) for iPhone everyday since it released, I even had it installed on my iPad because the scheduled app and app action launches were great. Fast forward to now and Contrast has finally released Launch Center Pro for iPad as a separate app. I’ve seen them get requests for a dedicated iPad app for a long time and I’m glad they chose to release a separate app. It even got featured by Apple as Editor’s Choice for iPad.

There are tons of apps for chefs and food enthusiasts in general on the App Store. Most of them are often for iPad given its larger canvas to work with. iOS 7 has seen most apps ditch realistic interfaces and skeuomorphism. Sooshi on the other hand, retains a lifelike icon that is probably the best sushi roll you will ever see. The app itself not only teaches you multiple things about sushi but it is designed really well. On launch you’re greeted with a pixel perfect launch screen followed by the sushi section. The app is split up into different…

We haven’t posted wallpapers here for a long time. Yesterday I found two great sets of wallpapers and photos. When Romain Guy isn’t working on something amazing at Google, he takes absolutely stunning photos. He has collected a bunch of them in an album called Wallpapers here on Google+. The wallpapers are all 2048px and he has provided higher resolution images on his Flickr page. The iconic wallpaper found on Google’s Nexus 5 promo images is also in this set. These are free for personal use and all taken by Romain Guy. The second set of wallpapers is from Thomas…

Twitterrific 5.6 Twitterrific has only been getting better with its last few updates and it finally has streaming over wifi for your timelines. Twitterrific 5.6 also adds list management with privacy settings and list creation. Direct message images can now be viewed as well. I absolutely love Twitterrific for iOS and it has now finally become my goto twitter app on both iPhone and iPad with streaming. Best of all, it is now available for only $0.99 for a limited time. Twitterrific 5.6 is available on the App Store and is a free update to existing owners.

Network for iPhone From just having one great podcast app to having so many amazing apps and an official app, the App Store adds yet another app to the Podcasts category. Network is a minimalist pod catcher for iPhone that is so minimal that there isn’t really much to talk about. The interface is dead simple and is mainly gesture controlled. Views slide in and bounce and nowhere is there any clutter. The playback controls are also quite big and easily accessible while doing something else. I’ve been using it for over a week now and while it doesn’t suit…