I often write about action games in my collections, and it’s no secret I’m a fan of the racing-game genre as well. But another genre I like to play while on my commute is mind-twisting puzzle games. A new game was released a few days ago that has jumped to the top of the charts …

Summer is here in the northern hemisphere and many probably already have their vacation plans set for a short getaway to enjoy the weather. But if you haven’t made any plans yet, I’ve gathered up some highly rated apps to help you get out of town. This week’s collection of apps will help you plan the perfect trip. The first …

Matching with Friends (2.99, full version – Free, ad-supported version) is another in a long line of Zynga apps that let you play turn-based games with a friend on mobile devices. But instead of playing word games loosely based on Hangman, Scrabble, or Boggle, this time you’ll be strategically placing matching colored blocks on a gameboard, then sending your move …

Ever since I was a kid I’ve had a fascination with racing. My father took me to motorcycle GP races at the age of 4 and we went every year for most of my young life. The big-name racers of the day, the roar of the engines, and the smell of formula fuel as they sped around the track all …

Tumblr (free), the popular blogging platform, just released a revamped version of its app for iOS. In the major update to Tumblr 3.0, the layout has been completely redesigned (bringing it more in line with the Android version, covered in April by Jaymar Cabebe), giving you many of the tools found on the Web site and intuitive swipe controls for …

There are a ton of image editors available for iPhone that let you play with photos — many of which I’ve talked about here. But a specific set of editors lets you create a mask or lets you superimpose one image on top of another for some really cool effects. Recently, a popular Mac photo editor made its way to …

Amazon Cloud Player (free) for iOS gives you an option of getting all your music from the iTunes App Store, and its simple interface is easy to pick up and use immediately. Whether you have music already from Amazon or not, you can quickly log in with your Amazon account and listen to tracks already on your iPhone. If you …

I look through the new iOS releases and popular apps several times a day to find hidden gems to talk about here at the end of the week. Usually I try to come up with a theme to tie them all together, but I’ve been tracking some games over the past couple of weeks that are all good, but can’t …

As is always the case with every Apple event, there’s really no way we can know what the company will announce at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday. I’m personally hoping Tim Cook will walk out there with the iPhone 5 (my iPhone 4 is getting a little rough around the edges), but others are saying that won’t …

Now playing: Watch this: Foursquare checks in with a new interface 1:57 By now, “checking in” at coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and sporting events is a common practice across many apps, but it was Foursquare that really made this social activity popular. Before the announcement, I had a phone interview with Alex Rainert, head of product at Foursquare. Rainert says …