Valentine’s Day is almost upon us. It is not one of those days that you can take lightly (especially if you are a guy). Preparing for this day can be quite a stressful process. But there are apps and tools that could help you plan this day for your special someone in a less stressful fashion. Here are 8 iPhone apps for Valentine’s Day that you should not miss:

Valentine’s Day – Cards: lets you create attractive cards for this day on your iPhone. It has 23 backgrounds, 12 font colors, and plenty of other elements.

Love and Valentine’s Day Frames: this app lets you make your existing photos more romantic. It has plenty of cool frames and photos you can use to enhance your photos. Read the rest of this entry »

Reading interesting books is a great way to educate ourselves and keep our brains sharper. Unfortunately, there are only 24 hours in each day. That means there is only so much we can read without letting it take away from our work. Learning how to read faster lets you read more books in a shorter period of time. You can always invest in one of those expensive speed reading software programs to teach you how to get started. But these 5 speed reading apps for iPad can help too:

Acceleread for iPad: teaches you advanced techniques to improve your focus, speed, and reading comprehension. It also gets rid of your old habits.

Reading Trainer: improves your retention and increases your reading speed dramatically. You can think of it as a trainer for your eyes. This improves your vision span, eye movements, and concentration.

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Being color blind is no fun. Those who are color blind don’t have to make drastic changes to their lifestyle. But that issue could slow them down, especially in design and other jobs that require having to deal with colors. Thankfully, there are tools that show people how severe their issue is and ways they can get around it. Here are 6 iOS apps that can prove helpful for the color blind:

DanKam: this augmented reality tool makes it easier for the color blind to identify colors on their phones. Read the rest of this entry »

Those of you who have lived in major cities or have to do business in them from time to time know too well about the hassles of finding an open parking spot in certain parts of them. Sometimes, you are forced to park in areas that you may not be familiar with. It is not always easy to find your way back to your car in those situations. You also want to make sure you don’t stay at one place for too long (to avoid getting tickets). These 7 iPhone apps are what you need to park your car like a pro and avoid trouble:

Honk for iPhone: tired of those parking tickets? There is no excuse for getting one if you have this application installed on your iPhone. Keeps track of your parking meter and the time left on it so you don’t to.

Parkbud for iPhone: has a superb UI but is more than just a pretty app. It can help you find your car (with step by step directions). It also keeps track of time left on your meter.

Parker for iPhone: has a ton of potential. This application shows you open parking spots by using live information from sensors. You can keep track of where you have parked your car and even rate the place.

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Apple iPhone and iPad are great shiny devices. But beneath the surface, they are not that different from your personal computer. These devices do have a processor, a certain amount of RAM and storage. When you are using your idevice, you may not realize that there are other processes that are running in the background (just like it is the case on your PC). System manager utility apps for iPhone let you keep track of this information and find ways to improve your idevice’s performance.

If you are just curious what’s running on your idevice or want to know how much resources you have left on it, these 5 system manager apps are worth a look:

System Manager for iPhone: an attractive application that tracks running background & system processes, disk, battery, and network information. It has a very intuitive interface and makes it easy to keep up with programs running on your device.

SystemInfo: provides detailed information on your iPhone and iPod Touch. It tells you about your resources, your battery level, your memory information, and much more.

Activity Monitor Touch: works on most idevices. It shows you your UDID, capacity, free memory, battery power, and network state. The information on disk space, memory, battery life and CPU activity can help you diagnose issues with your device and get the most out of it. Read the rest of this entry »