If you’re into gardening, games, geography or Jazz there are some new apps that you might want to check out this weekend!
On the gardening front, there are three gardening apps available for the iPad that have received great reviews. The first is called The Landscaper’s Companion, the second is titled The Gardening Guide from the Mother Earth News and the third is The Gardening How-To app.
The Landscaper’s Companion ($5.99) is an encyclopedia style app that has searchable listings for more than 20,000 plants and vegetables. And for each plant or vegetable there is a listing of which geographic zone the plants/vegetables should ideally be grown in, how much water and sun the plants/vegetables should get as well as physical descriptions (and photos) of the plants/vegetables. The Gardening Guide from the Mother Earth News app (Price: Free) is a great resource for vegetable gardeners as it offers tutorials and article that have been published in back issues of The Mother Earth News all of which focus on vegetable gardening; and The Gardening How-To app (Price: Free) focuses on how to grow flowers of all kinds and includes many photos and video clips.
On the geography and Jazz front, “The Barefoot World Atlas” (Price: $7.99) is a great geography resource for kids and likewise –“A Jazzy Day” (Price: $4.99) is a fun interactive app that introduces kids to Jazz instruments.
And on the games front, there is a new version of Angry Birds! It is called Angry Birds Space ($0.99) and features those colorful birds and green pigs interacting in different gravity situations!
Here’s a link to a New York Times article, titled A Review of Apps for Gardeners, regarding all the apps mentioned, except the Angry Birds Space app:
And here’s a link to an Information News article, titled Angry Birds Space Mirrors Real Rocket Science, which offers more info on the neat new Angry Birds Space app:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/mobile/232700137
Linda R.
Tech & Book Talk at SSCL 