In this week's incidentally infringing app roundup: NASA enters the iPhone's orbit, Earthworm Jim is ALIVE, your handset learns two tricks it should've known already, rhythm gaming goes pro, and Loopt users crudely proposition one another.
NASA: NASA's really stepped up their online presence in the last few years, giving armchair astronauts more media, stats and news than they could ever want. Nasa's iPhone app, matter-of-factly named "NASA app for iPhone," aggregates it all, including Twitter feeds, orbit trackers, images, video and mission updates. Free, unless you count income tax.
ReelDirector: This is as close as you're going to get to iMovie on your iPhone (which is still not very close, at all). Video stitching alone, though, will be worth the ($8) price of entry for many people, at least until Apple builds it into their camera app.
Loopt Mix: Loopt doesn't just keep track of friends now, it finds new ones. With the "Mix" feature, you can send any nearby Loopt users a friend request. And from the looks of the promotional shots, you're supposed to parlay that request into an entirely different kind of request, which we'll talk about after the kids go to bed.
Rock Band: Despite the obvious success of games like Tap Tap Revolution, the big rhythm game players have generally steered clear of the App Store. Until this week! Rock Band, late as it is, is pretty good, with caveats: the control scheme isn't ideal; the singing mode isn't actually a singing mode; and it could stand to include a few more than the base 20 songs. Which are licensed, popular songs, by the way—not lame mashups or no-name material like you see in some other rhythm apps. $10.
Continue to readCredit : John Herrman, gizmodo
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