Looking for something fun to do with your family, spouse, or group of friends? Fire up A Day’s Outing, a terrific little app that helps you find nearby events and activities. The start page lets you quickly search for outings based on a variety of criteria, any of which you can change with just a …

Yo, Netflix! When are you going to give us an iPhone version of your awesome iPad app? You said it was coming “this summer.” According to my calendar, August is just about half over. Since I’m an impatient pup, I decided to follow Lifehacker’s instructions for watching streaming Netflix videos on an iPhone. It took some doing, but it works–and …

The iPad may work wonders as a mobile video player, but it’s rather hamstrung by the limited number of video file formats it supports. Indeed, unless you convert all your videos to MP4 format (a lengthy and sometimes fruitless process) or stream them via an app like Air Video (not an option when you’re offline), you’re sorta outta luck. Enter …

As a teenager I just about lived in the video arcade (Abbey Road in Farmington Hills, Mich.–anyone remember it?). I owned an Atari 2600, an Apple IIe, an Amiga, a Sega Dreamcast, and just about anything else that was good for games. You’d think, then, that I’d go ape over something like C64 for iPhone 1.7, a newly updated Commodore …

Chop Chop Soccer may not have realistic graphics or gameplay, but it definitely delivers a ton of fun. Gamerizon The child stars of Gamerizon’s Chop Chop series look like angry-eyed refugees from “South Park.” But, man, do they know how to bring the fun. Witness Chop Chop Soccer, the fourth game in the series. It’s little more than single-player soccer …

Let me preface this review by saying I’m a lifelong Trekkie. While I’ve stopped short of attending conventions, I have purchased posters, novels, and even the CD soundtracks from several of the movies. Sometimes I’ll listen to James Horner’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” score just driving around town. That’s right: I’m a big enough Trek nerd that …

So you decided to jailbreak your iPhone using the fast and easy browser-based method that’s been making headlines all week. Now it’s time to stock up on the apps Apple doesn’t want you to have, mwa ha ha! (Don’t you just love thumbing your nose at authority?) As a first-time jailbreaker (finally got the aforementioned JailbreakMe to work early this …

Brother’s free and easy app makes it a snap to print wirelessly from your iPhone (or other iOS device) to your MFP. Brother If you own an iPhone, iPad, or iPod and a Brother multifunction printer, today’s your lucky day: now you can print and scan from one to the other. Specifically, Brother iPrint&Scan lets you send photos from your …

“Yertle the Turtle” is arguably the best book ever written on the subject of turtle-stacking. Oceanhouse Media A few months back I told you about five amazing iPad e-books for kids, noting that Apple’s tablet is arguably the single best platform for reading (and, thanks to various interactive features, experiencing) children’s books. App developers and book publishers seem to agree, …

Have you heard the news? A recent court ruling says it’s not illegal to rip your own DVDs, as long as you’re not violating copyright law (i.e. sharing or selling the DRM-freed content). So let the ripping begin! All you need is the right software. From now until Aug. 9, you can get iSkysoft DVD to iPhone Converter for free. …