AppsPresented by Sonja Fuchs, Web Technology Specialist

April 2014

What’s an App?

• Specific to an OS (operating system)

• Better than a web app

• More expensive to produce

• Can rate and give feedback

• Can get “like” items

• Takes up space on your device

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Top Smartphone Apps

Top iPad AppsApp Store Official Charts for the week ending April 21, 2014

Paid Free

Minecraft - Pocket Edition, Mojang Hearthstone: Heroes of WarcraftBlizzard Entertainment, Inc.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Gameloft Microsoft Word for iPadMicrosoft Corporation

Goat Rampage, Swift Apps FarmVille 2: Country EscapeZynga Inc.

Wallykazam! Letter and Word Ma..., Nickelodeon 2048 - The GameKetchapp

Heads Up!, Warner Bros. Piano TilesHU WEN ZENG

The Survival Games : Mini Game..., wang wei Trials FrontierUbisoft

Hitman GOSQUARE ENIX INC Flappy Smash - The End of a Ti...Makeover Mania Story Games

R.B.I. Baseball 14MLB.com HornPhosphor Games Studio, LLC

Blek Denis Mikan Microsoft Excel for iPadMicrosoft Corporation

The Walls - Mini Survival GameLinal Richmore Family Guy: The Quest for StuffTinyCo, Inc.

How Do I Find Apps?

• Browse the store

• Read up on “top apps” (tech blogs, news sites, etc.)

• There’s an app for that!

• Word of mouth

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Is the App a Keeper?

Check out• # of installs• G+1• Video• Description• Reviews• Similar

Bonus:• Similar• More from

this developer• Editor’s Choice

Fitness Apps

FitBit and My Fitness Pal• Hardware required for FitBit

• Track daily goals and progress for steps, distance, calories burned and more

• Food journal to record caloric intake

• Community

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Grocery List/Meal Planning

Buy Me a Pie!• Sync lists • Assign by color or event

PepperPlate• Menu planning• Create shopping lists• Save recipes from other sites

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News

FlipBoard- your “personal magazine”• Add blogs like the NYT• Connect to your social networks

for the latest

Agogo (iOS only)• Audio app for the on-the-go

person• Listen to music, talk radio or even

text-to-speech news

Photo Editing

Photo Editor by Aviary• Draw and add text• Cosmetic tools

Flipagram• Use photos to make videos• Can add music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UQkkt1ikDo

My Fave Apps

What are Your Fave Apps?

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