apps Tyke, a minimal notepad app for the MacOS menu bar Rob Beschizza

design The skeuomorphic hell of music-making apps Rob Beschizza

privacy AccuWeather app caught "red-handed" tracking location of users against their wishes Rob Beschizza

happy mutants A Twitch subsidiary has created an official D&D digital toolset Cory Doctorow

politics Iran sucks at censoring apps, so the Persian diaspora is using them for unfiltered political discussion Cory Doctorow

apps Hexels: grid-based art app for painting pixelated worlds Rob Beschizza

war Apple finally allowed drone strike alert app, then removed it again Andrea James

Japan Why just four seasons? Ancient Japan had 72 microseasons Andrea James

Gadgets Web companies can track you — and price-gouge you — based on your battery life Cory Doctorow

apps OverType, a typewriter simulator on the web Rob Beschizza

movies World's first app-turned-movie reveals why those birds are so dadgum angry Carla Sinclair

writing Proselint is a "style checker" for your writing Rob Beschizza

design Great, weird, and bad examples of Empty States in apps David Pescovitz

apps Woman shot dead by drug gang after following Waze app's directions to wrong destination Xeni Jardin

censorship Apple removes an app that tracks U.S. military drone strikes from its store Cory Doctorow

ios VHS Camcorder app makes iPhone video look like 1980s tape David Pescovitz

Business App for subscribing to a network of clean NYC bathrooms David Pescovitz

offworld Play the number puzzle that launched a thousand clones, now free Leigh Alexander

Games Apps bring new possibilities to board games Matt M. Casey