In the grand tradition, we make our monthly pick of our
favourite, most useful and most fascinating apps to hit the app store today
Cinemagram
We
are, at this moment, probably pouring way too much love for Factyle's
Cinemagram app to be healthily, morbidly sane. What Cinemagram does is
basically let you shoot and create your own GIF animations, only it's very much
more artsy that it sounds. You take a 2-3 sec. long video, and it lets you
animate a small region while keeping the rest as still as photograph. You slap
on a variety of xpro, vintage filters so lovingly provided (we say lovingly,
because it makes the experience much more wonderful) and then you share it to
the world. The result is a still photo with an animated part, and boy can the
effect be wonderful. Our descriptions won't do it justice, so just head over to
cinemagram.tumblr.com, and see why you should pick it up yourself.
Developer: Factyle Inc.
Price: $1.99
Clik
Clik is one cool, easy and (we daresay so)
intuitive way to share the videos you've somehow found - while thumbing through
YouTube in a party that isn't picking up - on a larger screen. This is how it
works: you open clikthis. com on a web browser or a computer/smart-TV, which
shows a QR code, which you have to scan with your Clik app on your device. You
pick the video you want to show and the browser will magically stream it, with
your phone now acting as a remote control. There's even a multiplayer mode,
which lets a few other devices get connected to the same screen at the same
time (via the QR code, of course). We'd like to think that it's something that
could potentially go further than this, and pave way to a new future of content
sharing.
Developer: Clik Interactive Inc.
Price: Free
Steam Mobile
If you're a gaming aficionado, you would
definitely be using as one of your means of purchasing games without having to
leave the comforts of your own room. Steam is also known to come up with a lot
of amazing discounts on games at random times, and it gets frustrating when
you're out and about knowing that there's a very good deal going on. Your
prayers of staying connected to Steam all the time has been answered with the
arrival of the Steam Mobile app. The app doesn't just allow you to browse games
that are on the database, you can also purchase them from the app and download
it when you get back home, and also chat with your friends via the built-in
Steam Chat service.
Developer: Valve
Price: Free
TeamViewer
Remote accessing your computer used to be
only doable when you are on another computer that is connected to the internet.
With modern technology however, accessing your desktop from your smartphone is
no longer a vapid dream. Introducing TeamViewer. All you need to do is
basically register an account with TeamViewer, install the software on your
computer, leave it logged on, and do the same with the Android app. Register
your computer's global IP address into the TeamViewer app, and you're all set
to go!
Developer: TeamViewer GmbH
Price: Free
