App Discovery Apps
So many apps…so little time. We love apps. Apps for our smartphones. Apps for our computers and tablets. They do wonderful things and make life easy but how do you keep up with the when thousands are released each day. We have found some… well, uh, apps, to help you discover the latest and greatest new apps.
Tappd is a new app that works like a social networking site. It’s goal is to keep you tapped into the hottest new apps, apps that are trending, apps that your friends have, apps that experts recommend. You can “tap and tell” or share your favorite apps or search by hashtag or keyword. It’s free for the iPhone now, with other platforms soon to be added.
Quixey bills itself as a search engine for apps. The free Quixey app itself works only on the Android platform. But the main Quixey website is a very valuable source for finding whatever sort of app you need on whatever smartphone you have.
Appflow is for iPhone apps. It uses crowd sourcing to help you find the new apps highest rated by other users.
For the best overall guide to new apps – organized by platforms – check out the website Applolicious.
Mike Wendland
Mike is a veteran journalist whose video "PC Mike" reports have been distributed weekly to all 215 NBC-TV stations since 1994, making him one of the most experienced tech reporters in the country. His tech stories and videos have appeared on MSNBC, CNBC, the Today Show, The New York Times, USA Today and in numerous national newspapers and magazines. In addition to the PC Mike tech blog, he also publishes the Roadtreking.com RV Travel Blog in which he travels North America in an RV reporting about interesting people and places.
