Six months ago, I started taking medications for my high blood pressure. I have also used my iPad to help remind me to take said medications.

Using DoseCast, I can be reminded at a specific time to take the meds. With Dosecast, you can enter in the medication(s) and what time you want to be reminded. You can set the app to send a push notification.

If you have already taken the medication, when you are reminded, you can choose the time you already medicated.

This is also a great app if you have a loved one that needs to take a medication. That way, you don’t forget.

If you are into Strategy RPG games, we have one for you. Legendary heroes is a game where you attack their towers, and defend your own. You can take on new challenges, or soon go into multiplayer mode.

You control up to 3 different players in the match. Use the minions to the best of their ability so your health doesn’t get too low. As you go, you get special skills you can use to attack and retreat.

This game does have in-app upgrades to get to new levels. Legendary Heroes is brought to you by Maya, and is available for iPad and iPhone. www.legendaryheroesgame.com

Check out yesterdays iPad app – OneNote for iPad

If you are a user of Microsoft products, and have an iPad, you are one that wishes Office had a better presence on this device. As we work toward a Cloud based world, we see many opportunities for this to be reality. For example, last week we talked about OnLive Desktop.

If you can’t use a virtual desktop, and want an app, then give OneNote a try. It’s part of the Office 2010 software to create notes. Everything from to-do lists, to directions, and more.

OneNote lets you create searchable notes, using text, pictures, and bullets. Use SkyDrive to store and sync the notes with your desktop. The free version lets you create up to 500 notes. An in-app purchase allows you to increase the notes.

Check out yesterdays iPad app – Crack and Break it

I know you want to do it. Just give that iPad a good whack in frustration. However, you don’t want to do that to a $500 (or more) computer. So we have to find virtual ways to break the iPad screen.

That is where Crack & Break it comes in. With Crack and Break it, you can smash your iPad screen just by tapping it. Put on a custom picture, and break it to the point the screen falls to pieces. If you want to break other types of glass, Crack and Break it also has glass blocks, lightbulbs, florescent bulbs to break. For an in-app fee, you can get more items to break.

With the lightbulbs, I make a game out of it. See how fast I can break the lit bulbs. If the designer could put a timer in the game, it would bring a challenge to the app.

The app is free and works with iPad and iPhone. Crack & Break it comes with a 3 1/2 star rating. The app is by Giorgi Otiashvili.

Check out yesterdays iPad app – Popcorn Flix

Also check out Crack & Break it on YouTube

You might have Netflix. You might have Amazon. But when those sites don’t have anything to watch, you start to look at alternatives. That is what Popcorn Flix is all about.

With Popcorn Flix, you can watch hundreds of movies online. It is a commercial based movie service, but if you can get past that, you can watch a great drama, action flick, comedy, and more. These are all full-length movies for iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.

Popcorn Flix is brought to you by Screen Media Ventures, LLC – one of the largest independent distributors of motion pictures. So download the app, grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy a movie tonight, on Popcorn Flix.

You can find out more at www.popcornflix.com

Check out yesterdays iPad app – OnLive Desktop

Editors Note: Sony purchased, then closed OnLive on April 30, 2015.

Dipping back in the mailbag – This week, we learned a little more about OnLive Desktop. This is a service that loads up a virtual windows box for you. Complete with Office 2010, and a couple other Windows programs.

OnLive Desktop is a service you sign up for. There is a free service, with 2 GB to use, then plans starting at $4.99 a month. Best part about this – you can use this on iPad or Android.

You can sign in on your computer to upload files to be used. For instance, I could upload power point presentations, then use the iPad to present. All you need is an internet connection.

You might wonder how OnLive can do this. There was a licensing issue with Windows 7, so to keep in compliance, it has switched to Windows Server 2008 R2. It takes a little bit of getting used to, but add a Bluetooth keyboard, and you could really get some Word documents written.

Goto www.onlive.com to find out more.

Check out yesterdays iPad app – Fing, Merkury Innovations 360 Rotating Stand

 

On Monday, Facebook announced the 1 billion dollar acquisition of Facebook. Although the two companies state that Instagram will be run separate, there are still a lot of people leaving the photo sharing software because they don’t want any part of Facebook. Still, over 5 million downloaded the app for their mobile device.

If you decide to leave Instagram, you want another alternative. Best part is there are many different alternatives for your iPhone and iPad. Ones like Photo Toaster. This is an iPad app that lets you change the way you picture looks. Contrast, brightness, change the color, and more.

Additional options are to add borders, and customize the picture a little more. So if you want to desaturate, instead of B&W, you can. When you are done, you can then send to Facebook, Twitter, or send to your pictures.

Check out yesterdays iPad app – Fing, Merkury Innovations 360 Rotating Stand

 

As an IT admin, I have always wanted to keep track of who is on my networks. Especially if a rogue machine was to get connected, causing an IP conflict. That is what Fing helps me do. I can find out what computers are on my network, and record that information, so if there are any discrepancies, I can see them right on my iPad.

With this app, you can find MAC addresses and PC names, Customize names, Wake machines on the LAN, share details, translate IP addresses to domain names, and more. This can work with many different networks, and can also sort by IP, MAC, name, vendor or more. So this is a perfect tool if you have to maintain IP addresses in remote locations.

Fing is free and also works on iPhone

We also look at the Merkury Innovations 360 Rotating stand for iPad. It gives your iPad a solid stand to set into. The rotating face lets you go from landscape to portrait by turning it.

The only downfall of the stand is you have to take your case off to connect into the 360. It’s perfect for those iPads that are stationary – like a Kiosk, or a register iPad.

Get the Merkury Innovations 360 iPad stand on Amazon

Check out yesterdays iPad app – Universal Movie Tycoon

There are many Sim games out there for the iPad. But how many of them let you make movies like Uncle Buck, Biloxi Blues, Despicable Me, or the big Lebowski?

The game Universal Movie Tycoon lets you build a studio to create the movie of your dreams.You start with an empty lot, in which you build sets upon. The first set will let you make the first movie, which is Uncle Buck. Choose the director and actor, then you are off and running.

As you continue, you build more sets, movie prop houses, makeup trailers, and more. You expand the set, then add roads and greenery. As each movie is complete, you get rewarded with cash. Use the “Movie Magic” to move your creations along, and level up.

Just like most other sim games, you can purchase in-store credit for more movie magic or other items. Collect from each building at the end of the day to get more money to make more movies. You can also choose to purchase and watch the movies before you make them.

Universal Movie Tycoon is free, and has a 3 1/2 star rating

Check out yesterdays iPad app – Japanese Speak Board

Sometimes, your business travels take you out of the country. Other times, you stay in country, but have to speak to others that are not fluent in English. Saying a few words in their language can sometimes break down barriers.

So let the iPad speak for you.

Speak Board is a list of words and phrases you can use to ask for things, find out where the bathroom is, find the time and more. We look at the Japanese version of Speak Board, but you can also get German, Spanish, Itallian, French, and more.

Simply call up the app, then choose the item you want to say. The iPad will then pronounce the word or phrase for you. Use it as a learning tool for basic words, or just let the iPad do the talking.

Check out yesterdays iPad app – Cute Nails in HD