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Four iOS Apps to Buy with Your iTunes Gift Card

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Ah, December 26th. Boxing Day. Christmas is finally over and it’s time to take stock of your gifts. Invariably, many of us receive colorful plastic cards, with a dancing silhouette on it, worth trading for digital things on iTunes. A fine gift and all, but what the heck do you do with it? You don’t buy music (Spotify Premium takes care of that) or movies or TV shows (Netflix!) so that just leaves apps and games to blow a measly $10 gift card on. Believe it or not, there are applications that are worth spending money on, and it’s all the sweeter when you’re not spending your own money.

 

10000000 ($2.99) and You Must Build A Boat ($2.99)

10000000 is a simple fast-paced match-three game with RPG elements. Your little guy runs through a 16-bit dungeon and into monsters, and you need to match tiles in order to attack, defend, and get items. Easy to pick up yet painfully addictive, 10000000 gives you plenty of replays as you try to ultimately get the ten million points needed to open the door to your freedom. Once you hit that milestone, download the sequel: You Must Build A Boat. The goal is different (you must build a boat) but the gameplay is the same, and with tons of new features and secrets as you build your boat bigger and bigger, recruiting monsters to act as your crew while moving up-river.

 

 
 
 

Pocket Casts ($3.99)

If you’re tired of the iTunes podcast interface, give Pocket Casts a try. We prefer it for two main features: reverse-chronological sorting (for starting a podcast series at the beginning) and easy downloads for offline listening. Almost everything is customizable, from playback to storage, and convenient features such as intro-skipping, silence-removal, and variable speed lets you get the most pod for your time. We also believe that every app should have at least an option for a retina-pleasing dark theme, and Pocket Casts makes the cut. Some podcasts the iFixYouri crew enjoys:

  • 99% Invisible – Interesting stories about day-to-day designs you don’t generally think about (examples: revolving doors, the NBC chimes, and “Busta Rhymes Island”).
  • Welcome to Night Vale – Regular updates from the creepiest town in the Southwest. Surreal, often-dark humor in the form of local newscasts from the fictional Night Vale.
  • Embedded – Investigative journalism for people who like self-contained stories, unlike the months-long yarns of Serial. Each episode stands alone and covers its topic in gripping, explorative fashion.

 

Djay Pro 2

Algoriddim’s popular app lets you be a pro DJ, allowing playback and mixing of digital audio files with a user interface that tries to simulate the concept of two turntables and a microphone. Works decently well on your phone but you really need an iPad to fully realize its potential. Integrates with Spotify (Premium account required) and features a huge array of effects, waveforms, and sampling capabilities. A lot of professionals use Djay for both composing and live performances, but for such a low cost, it can be just as much fun for a desktop disc-jockey to start mixing their favorite tunes.

 

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Amazon Music Unlimited, and a Lesson on Playlists

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Amazon’s new music service, Music Unlimited, drops today, ready to take on heavyweights Spotify and Apple Music. The service is separate from the music-streaming component included with an Amazon Prime subscription, and is vastly greater: tens of millions of songs versus about a million. Of course, we’re curious as to how it stack up to its competitors, so we downloaded it and pumped up the jam.

 

Amazon Music Unlimited’s price point is exactly the same as its competitors: $9.99 per month. There are, of course, discounts. If you have Amazon Prime, you get a two-buck discount to $7.99, which is not exactly the best deal since Prime costs $99 a year (making this more of a “courtesy” to those already signed up). Prime members can also save by signing up for a year for $79 ($6.58 a month). A $3.99 option is available to those with an Amazon Echo home speaker, but the service can only be played through that device…and we mean only that device. If you have several Echo devices (which isn’t that absurd with the cheaper Tap and Dot models), four dollars a month will only get you music through one device at a time. All three services offer a family plan, with up to six accounts, for $14.99 per month.

 

There is no direct student discount, which arguably helped make Spotify Premium and Apple Music so popular by cutting the monthly fee in half. Signing up for Prime for Students is $50 a year, so combining that with the Prime discount means students can get access to Music Unlimited and Prime for $10.75 a month, with all the other Prime goodies. It’s essentially like getting Spotify Premium or Apple Music, plus Amazon Prime for an extra $0.75. A great deal, but how does the app match up?

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The Music Unlimited app seems to be a hybrid between Pandora’s algorithm-built playlists (data-driven artists-like-this) and Spotify’s curated playlists. It launches quickly and takes you to a homescreen showing you recommended music and new releases. Tapping for options next to a song or album gives you a “Customers Also Listened To” option, which is interesting; file that under “somewhat curated.” It’s neat in theory, but for smaller niche artists, that tab just shows you more songs by the same artist. Hopefully that feature will grow as more people use it.

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The curated playlists are, to be frank, pretty weak. For jazzheads like me, the majority seem to be either “Best of [ARTIST]” or lame “Jazz for [ACTIVITY]” lists. How much different can “Jazz for Reading,” “Jazz for Studying,” and “Jazz for Writing” be? There’s also very little modern jazz except for the the “Fun Jazz Fusion” playlist, which is also the only jazz fusion playlist, fun or otherwise. Genre playlists are depressingly generic, sounding more like best-of lists. Anything with “punk” in the name will have “Search & Destroy” by The Stooges, “Blitzkrieg Bop” by The Ramones, and more tracks from Punk 101. It’s rare to find a deep cut in any of the curated playlists, and that’s supposed to be one of the perks of that versus algorithm-generated playlists.

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The mood and holiday playlists are downright cringe-inducing. A Groundhog Day playlist is 20 songs with the word “shadow” or “sun” in the name, the Halloween playlist is a mix of old theme songs (The Twilight Zone, Ghostbusters) “spooky” song titles (“Werewolves of London” and “Ghost Town”) and, oddly, Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,” presumably just for the “creepy” organ intro but there’s an extra 8 minutes after that that are decidedly not creepy. “Fantasy Draft Party” is a blend of success-themed songs from such a shocking range of genres, I don’t recommend actually playing it in public: DJ Khaled, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Rage Against The Machine, ABBA, Ludacris…I can keep going but it gets worse.

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Really, most of the party-theme playlists seem to have been curated by people don’t go to parties, or at least never paid attention to a DJ or well-done personal playlist. A great party playlist should flow from song to song, creating a balanced ebb and flow of volume and energy. You can skip around genres and tempos as long as such changes are gradually worked up to. Most popular Spotify playlists are great with that; you can hit play as people arrive to the party, set it and forget it. On Amazon Music Unlimited, a ’90s alternative rock playlist transitioned from the smooth, breezy chords of Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You” directly into the brain-crunching opening guitar slam of Rage Against the Machine’s “Bulls on Parade,” causing me to rip my headphones off my head.

 

 

Another major criticism (that might be more widely agreed with) is the lack of any sort of equalizer or sound control within the Music Unlimited app. The fancy seven-band EQ that comes with Spotify Premium is great, but I’d settle for the same bass-treble-mid option that was present in your dad’s first car. Nope, nothing. Even the most casual audiophile prefers to have a little bit of control over the tone of their music, and it’s a little ridiculous to not have this feature for $10 a month. There’s also no option to normalize volume, or set the same volume level for all tracks, which would have helped in the ’90s incident mentioned above, and any other time a playlist jump all over the century. Amazon, however, does include a sleep timer that I’m rather jealous of (I like to doze off to Icelandic dream pop). Another cue to take from Spotify is to make a song, when selected, play in the background without bringing up its own page with album art. Maybe in some exotic language there is a word for “deal-breakingly annoying design feature” but for now, we’ll have to translate it piecemeal.

 

The verdict? If you have to throw $10 somewhere, we suggest sticking with Spotify Premium or Apple Music for now. It takes a company a while to build up a library of music, and even longer to figure out how to present it to users. Amazon will have to rework the way it suggests music to you through the app, but Spotify faced the same issue all those years ago. A good start will be getting rid of those awful curated playlists. They’re the equivalent of politely asking your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, bring this party to a screeching halt.”

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Chat Securely with Google Allo, Face-to-Face with Duo, or…Not

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If you have your ear to the ground, tech-wise, you might have heard of Allo, Google’s new messaging application for Android and iOS. No, it’s not a rebranded Hangouts. The two apps will exist independently alongside Duo, a video messaging app released in August. A lot of users are already stumped. Why need three apps when one (the most established) already does what the other two do? We’ll break it down for you.allo screenshot

 

The main purpose of Allo is one-on-one messaging, although group messaging is supported. It has a pleasantly simple layout and, way more importantly, optional end-to-end encryption. This “Incognito Mode” also features expiring chats (with settings ranging from 5 seconds to one week) and private notifications, meaning non-rich (displaying on your lock screen only that you have received a message). It has a real “secret agent” feel to it, and is obviously intended to steal some of the secure-messaging market share from BlackBerry. There has been some criticism from security experts, including one Mr. Snowden, regarding Allo’s encryption feature not being activated by default and requiring a special “mode” to be entered. More fun, less useful features include changes in text size (by long-pressing the send button until a small slider bar appears) and the ability to send a tiny Google Map with a dropped pin on your current location. Allo also has an odd “Smart Reply” feature that utilizes Google’s impressive machine learning algorithms to predict responses for you, depending on context and your previous replies. One example even showed Smart Reply suggesting responses to a received photo, allowing you to easily pretend to care about your friend’s child doing something mildly interesting. However, until Smart Reply gets to know you, the suggested replies are rather bland. Here’s a thrilling snippet of conversation between my editor and I using only suggested responses.

 

Allo’s main intention seems to be to show off a preview of the new Google Assistant, before it appears in Google Home (Google’s response to Amazon Echo) and future Android Wear smartwatches. It’s an expansion of Google Now, the system of “cards” showing information Google thinks you’ll be interested in combined with voice search. Assistant expands on that through Allo, turning the process into a two-way conversation (versus the prior “Let Me Google That For You” method) and…Assistant is pretty darn good at talking. Telling Assistant “I want to go to Boston” brings up landmarks in Boston along with suggestions to look up flights, hotels, and more. Complaining “I’m hungry!” shows you restaurants in the area along with ratings; a quick tap opens up Maps and drop a pin. You’ll also be asked what you’re in the mood for, and this information is saved for the future as the app gets to know you. Assistant, along with competitors Siri and Cortana, has a long way to go before being a true personal assistant (I tried getting it to book me a flight, to no avail) but it’s a step in the right direction for Google. This kind of competition is healthy and will push the three companies into making some serious breakthroughs in the future.

 

Duo is simply a spinoff of the Hangouts video chat, again using a streamlined layout. Android users have the “Knock Knock” feature, which shows the recipient the video feed of the caller before they pick up. Google says this is to “make calls feel more like an invitation rather than an interruption” but also means that you better get your finger out of your nose before you press the Call button (the feature can also be switched off). Duo streams video in HD 720p but also optimized depending on connection, and is able to seamlessly switch between WiFi and mobile data.

 

The most important thing about these new applications is that nothing is changed for those who don’t want it. This spinning-off isn’t like Facebook forcing you to download its Messenger app. Hangouts is still around and still feature-rich, but Allo is designed just for those who wish to text chat one-on-one (securely, if needed) or in small groups, and Duo for one-on-one video chat. The main focus of Hangouts will remain cross-platform functionality (being able to talk via a laptop or a cell phone), group chat and video chat, and free voice calling. Users are free to download one or all three and use them how they wish, and facilitates the sort of custom user experience Google is trying to expound through its Android platform.

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Google Turns 18

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GOOGLE IS LEGAL

 

Balloons and ribbons all around the Googleplex today as the California-based über-company celebrates its 18th birthday. “My oh my, you’ve grown!,” one might say, and one would be quite correct. Starting out as a search engine by two college students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google has become THE search engine, the archetype of which all other search functions are compared to. Along the way, it’s grown, mutated, been renamed (Alphabet), and absorbed everything in sight like a crazed tech amoeba (the most ridiculous statistic is that Alphabet has acquired, on average, more than one new company per week since 2010). In addition to being the top search engine, Google owns and operates the largest email provider (Gmail), web browser (Chrome), and map service while quietly collecting data from its 24 petabytes (24 million GB) of daily user-generated requests. While most 18-year-olds are up to no good, Google stands by its “Don’t be evil” motto and promises to only use the data to help its applications to understand their users.

 

Of course, Google’s ambitious policy tends to skew along the lines of determining the stickiness of a nearby wall, and after several attempts they now exist in both worlds: the virtual and the physical. Its cellphone line Nexus has been growing in popularity, along with Nest home devices. Some of their experiments seemed to be little more than publicity stunts (we might just be jealous that we weren’t picked for the Google Glass beta) but some show promise. Google Fiber has been providing affordable high-speed internet to cities and metros across the US, while Translate can now utilize your phone’s camera to translate text in real time. They’re also on the frontlines of developing driverless car technology, with plans to have a finished product on the road by 2020.

 

There’s been concerns, of course, and recently it seems Google’s troubled teenage years have reared their ugly head. Its constant collection of data has been a sensitive subject in an age where internet privacy is constantly being threatened, but like most teens when caught doing something shady, Google explains that its intentions are pure. It wants to personalize the experience for each user without the user’s effort, and when it works, it’s wonderfully seamless. Who hasn’t been amazed when Google Maps remembers where their car is parked? And if you’re going to have to look at advertisements, why not look at ads for products that are relevant to you? But if you’re not into the idea of letting Google read your mind and run your life, it will even let you Google (it’s a verb!) methods for avoiding its ever-present gaze. And that search will be pleasant, fast, and relevant. It still does best what it was originally intended to do: gently take your hand and guide you through the vast internet frontier.

 

Today, the cell phone war is still raging on. But regardless of what we own, let’s look at how this ubiquitous company has changed the world for all sides, iPhone and Android user alike. Anytime today, if someone sends you a YouTube link to watch, or you use Waze to find the best route through traffic on your Nexus, or use Google Translate to understand a foreign penpal, think of the multicolored company in Mountain View, California, and wish them a happy birthday.
For some quick fun, check out their archive of Google Doodles: that’s the name of the animated, often-interactive banners they use during holidays, both popular and obscure. https://www.google.com/doodles/

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Google Play Music, Now for iOS 7

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Google has updated its Play Music app for the iOS 7, the new operating system for the iPhone 5 and new iPad models. The folks over at 9to5mac.com explain:

Google has updated its Google Play Music app for iPhone with several new features and a refreshed UI for iOS 7. The app was first released last month but had not yet been designed for the latest version of iOS.

Besides the updated interface, the app includes support for “I’m feeling lucky” radio stations, the ability to search for music and create stations by genre, and auto-playlists.

Google Play Music for iOS 7

You can grab Google Play Music for free on the App Store.

What’s New in Version 1.1.0.988

– UI updated for iOS7

– Added support for I’m feeling lucky radio

– Auto-playlists (including Thumbs Up playlist) added to playlist view

– Genre radio stations added for All Access users

– Added ability to search for genres

[h/t modmyi.com]

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Credit Card Processing, There’s An App For That

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The introduction of the Smartphone has greatly increased the quality of access to many of our lives and no where has this point rang truer than in the world of small business. With the introduction of the various card processing systems for Smartphones such as Square and ROAMpay. The average small business owner now has the opportunity to accept credit card transaction and potentially widely increase their sales growth.

What Does This Mean for the Average Entrepreneur?

Obtaining a merchant account has not always been a easy task and for those just starting out in the open market the ability to offer alternative forms of payment, beside just cash transactions, can make all the difference. Whether the business be retail, culinary, artistic or other. Having an attachment for one’ s Smartphone (or in some cases iPad) for credit card processing alleviates the hassle of bulky point of sale terminals and worst yet, the old fashion “knuckle buster” manual imprinters. All in all presenting their customers with a smooth and convenient shopping experience which often results in repeat business.

Caring For Your Business By Caring For Your Smartphone

Having a Smartphone as a small business owner is a “no brainer” whether it be for credit card processing or simple day-to-day activities. Therefore, the protection and maintenance of such a vital tool is paramount. At iFixYouri, you can rest assured that if your Smartphone happened to be involved in an accident, be it water damage, a cracked screen or simple battery replacement issues, you are certainly in good hands. Because, when it comes to nurturing your business there’s no sense in faulty equipment stunting its growth.

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Orlando By iPhone: The Best iPhone Apps for The Theme Parks

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Orlando by iPhone - Best iPhone AppsIt’s become a standard catchphrase: “I’m going to Disney World!” Well, are you? Or Universal, or Sea World, or many of the other peripheral parks in the Orlando metro area? If that’s the case, you may want to load up on some useful iPhone apps for the Orlando theme parks. These apps will do everything from give you wait times, to reserving dinner, to finding nearby parking.

Below we’ve listed our favorite iPhone apps for Orlando. And hey, if you’re in the area, stop by iFixYouri Orlando if anything happens to your phone.

Walt Disney World iPhone Apps

These iPhone apps are exclusively for the Walt Disney World Resort.

My Disney Experience – Free

This is one of the official WDW and free iPhone apps made available by Disney, which allow you to explore the resort. From the app site:

An official App from Disney! Featuring Walt Disney World® maps, official Disney Parks-provided wait times, FASTPASS® return times, and the ability to view menus and book dining reservations, manage and share itineraries with family and friends, find details about nearby Disney Characters, attractions, entertainment, park hours and schedules, and more!

Disney Mobile Magic – Free

This is an official app for visiting the Walt Disney World parks. It uses the GPS in your iPhone to locate character appearances, attractions, restaurants and shows. It also checks wait and FASTPASS return times.

Disney World Wait Times – Free

This gives you information on all the ride wait times for all 4 Disney World parks. The times for each park displayed on the same screen, and you can both see recent times submitted for each ride, or submit them yourself for other users. Photos and descriptions are available.

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort App – Free

Part of the vacation experience at Walt Disney World revolves around the hotels, which are some of the finest you’ll find anywhere, and not just on the Disney grounds. Two of these hotels, the Swan and the Dolphin, are run externally from Disney – however, they have some great iPhone apps you can use to browse the 17 different restaurants, bars, and lounges in the resort. Also available: a separate app solely for the restaurants, which have won Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence, the Four Diamond Award as designated by AAA, the Top 500 Restaurants in Florida by Florida Trend Magazine and Critic’s Choice for Best Restaurant Overall -Orlando Sentinel, as examples. Separate restaurant app also available, for making reservations and reading menus. Look for both iPhone apps if you are staying here.

Disney World Dining – $1.99 (VersaEdge Software LLC)

In order to decide which of the 160 restaurants you’re going to dine at at WDW, download the popular Disney World Dining app includes full menus, and can locate the restaurants closest to your location, in addition to one-touch dialing for the Disney dining reservations number.

Walt Disney World Park Hours $0.99 (Minneware)

Opening times for Disney World can vary from park to park, and based on time of year, or even special events. Thankfully, the Walt Disney World Park Hours app includes frequently updated information on opening and closing times, in addition to daily event schedules for shows and parades. This Disney World app covers the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios and the water parks.

Walt Disney World Maps Box Set – $1.99 (UPinPoint LLC)

The bestselling Walt Disney World Maps app contains full-size maps for the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and other Disney theme parks in Orlando, not to mention the resorts and smaller Disney attractions. Each map allows you to search for individual rides or attractions and prioritize your must-visit list. It also has GPS locators, to help you figure out where you are in the maze of a Disney park.

Universal Studios Orlando iPhone Apps

These iPhone apps are exclusively for the Universal Orlando parks.

Universal Guide –  $1.99

This official Universal Studios iPhone app gives you access to in-depth attraction and facilities information for both Universal Studios Florida and Universal’s Islands of Adventure. It also lets you set up alerts to notify you when a ride’s wait time goes below a specific time making it easier for you to get the most out of your day at the parks.

Universal Orlando Wait Times – Free

Similar in function to the Disney Wait Times app, this gives you the ride wait times for Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. All times for each park displayed on the same screen, and you can also see recent times submitted for each ride. There are photos and descriptions of rides, and you can even submit a ride wait time if you’re in the park, and see rides nearest to your GPS location with compass direction to them

 Theme Park Nerd Guide – Universal Orlando – $1.99

From the site:

• View your location on a map.

• Display rides, attractions and facilities nearby.

• Get intelligent, sat-nav like directions to any ride, attraction or facility.

• Create an itinerary for your day with the inbuilt day planner.

• Sort your itinerary by category.

• Search through items.

• Filter items by category.

• View photos of rides, attractions and facilities.

• View detailed ride descriptions, histories and specifications.

• View the height restrictions for rides.

• See what facilities a ride has, such as on-ride photos or property storage.

• Use the location based features even if you don’t have a GPS capable device with ‘manual locations’ mode.

• Receive automatic wireless updates, bringing you the latest park info seamlessly.

Sea World iPhone Apps

Sea World Mobile App – Free

From the Site:

  • True GPS navigation with highlighted paths to your destination
  • Interactive park map with search. Find nearest restroom, places to eat, ATM, and more
  • Real-time updates on wait times for rides, plus height restrictions
  • Displays next show times for all shows
  • Basic park info, calendar with operating hours, weather, and driving directions
  • In-app camera lets you take photos without leaving the app (iPhone only)
  • Learn more about our animals, conservation status, and locations where you can connect with them
  • Car finder feature lets you find your car when you leave the park (iPhone only)

Miscellaneous Orlando Attractions and Features iPhone Apps

Official Guide to LEGOLAND Florida – Free (Merlin Entertainment)

For those of us who have been to the big parks a hundred times, here’s a cool theme park that may be off your radar. This app gives a general overview of the theme park’s attractions and events, along with a detailed, virtual map, lists of special offers, a car locator, games and in-park activities.

Height Requirements for Orlando Theme Park Rides – $0.99 (OBA Ventures)

Travelling with the little ones? Now you can get height requirements for rides at Orlando theme parks in advance. This app gives you requirements for rides at Disney, SeaWorld and Universal.

parkIN’ – Free

Parking in Orlando can be a nightmare. Fortunately for us, the City of Orlando has created an app that offers detailed information for downtown Orlando parking garages, including hours of operation, price and number of spots available. It also gives real-time traffic views, satellite and map views, and photos of the various garages.

Orlando Essential Guide – $2.99

For visitors who want to see more of Orlando than just the parks, this app delivers 264 detailed entries and shows you not only to the most popular must-see places but also hidden gems most visitors never know about. Complete with images, maps, and events calendar.

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Enjoy these great iPhone apps during your stay, and let us know in the comments what you think of them. And say hi to Mickey for us.

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5 Great iPhone Apps for South Florida

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5 Great Apps for South Florida

Living in South Florida, as some of us here at iFixYouri.com do, is a pretty easy lifestyle when compared to the rest of the country. The beaches, the great year-round weather, and the convenience of shops and malls makes areas such as Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami international travel destinations. Furthermore, iPhone usage is high in the South Florida area, and it only makes sense for people to use apps that are useful in their daily lives. So, if you live in Florida, or are planning on visiting, here are some of the top iPhone apps for life in the Sunshine State.

New Times (Miami or Broward/Palm Beach) – New Times is a long-running publication that has articles and features on the hot spots and new events in the area.

App features include:

– Broward Palm Beach New Times’ award-winning events and concert calendar, searchable by date, artist, neighborhood, venue or genre.

– Access to Broward Palm Beach New Times’ daily blogs for up-to-the-minute news on Broward politics, music, food and arts.

– Last night’s concert and nightlife reviews. See what you missed–and find out what you don’t want to miss tonight.

– Hundreds of event and concert listings every day, with Editors’ Picks of the best things going on in Broward.

– Broward’ most comprehensive restaurant listings, searchable by cuisine type and neighborhood, with reviews by Broward Palm Beach New Times’ award-winning writers.

– Slideshows of Broward nightlife, concerts and events from Broward’s best party photographers.

– Access to Voice Daily Deals for savings and great deals in Broward.

Duffy's Sports Grill app
Duffy’s MVP Members can login via app.

Duffy’s MVP – Beloved South Florida burger joint and sports bar Duffy’s has a fantastic app for locating your nearest Duffy’s, the menu, and it even has a login for Duffy’s MVP members, which allows you to track your Duffy’s points in order to get free stuff. If you live in the Palm Beach, Broward, or Dade County area and you’re a burger lover, this one is a must-have.

Yachting Weather – Most people in Florida are avid boaters or fishers. This app allows you  to receive precise sea weather predictions in a 3-day rythm – or with an update to “Yachting Weather PRO”- in a 5-day rythm.You receive the seaweather predictions according to your current GEO location which is either found by GPS, a single click on the map tool or by manual input. Whether you are on a sailing boat, a motor yacht or doing other water sport activities, with the numerous options you can configure “Yachting Weather” exactly on your needs. Available free or pro version.

Hurricane TrackerHurricane Tracker –  Complete tracking maps, everything from the NHC, exhaustive invest (Tropical Wave) info, NOAA Weather Radio, forecaster Audio/Video updates, real time feed (as it’s happening) & detailed Push Alerts for: New storms, TS/Hurricane warnings & other changes. Storm history, checklists, over 65 images & animated maps and much more. Essential during hurricane season.

Ultimate College Football – Who in South Florida isn’t college football crazy? Between alumni of the Florida Gators, the Florida State Seminoles, the Miami Hurricanes, and recent upstarts like USF, UCF, and FAU, the conversation of your team during football season is not far off. Know your stats like a pro with this great app for stats, schedules, and much more.