SoundBrush is a US $1.99 iPad app that lets you create original compositions by swiping your finger across the iPad screen. The description sounded a bit odd, but I had fun playing with SoundBrush and discovering what it could do. You can have a total of 4 instrumental lines -- piano, strings, flute and synth, and it appears the app selects proper harmonies when you lay your tracks down

SpellTower is a challenging word game that was recently updated to version 3.0.

There are apps that teach your kids math and apps that teach your kids language arts and then there are some like Murky Reef by Frolyc that teach them both.

I don't like to spend a lot of time keeping myself on schedule.

Did you ever find yourself ready for a night out and clueless about where to go and what to do?

I told Meg the other day that I'd take a look at XLR8, a $0.99 entertainment app currently rocking 5-star ratings over at the app store.

Drafts from Agile Tortoise is the ideal digital notepad for the person who wants to capture a thought before it's gone. It has a simple UI that doesn't get in the way of its primary function, which is jotting down notes. The app opens to an empty draft that's ready for you to record your latest thoughts, type out the draft of a tweet or prep some markdown code

I have been through sooooo many iPad cases and stands. Cases with keyboards, cases without, backpack cases, mini-briefcase models, you name it, I've tried it

In early March, TUAW's intrepid Dave Caolo reported on the U.S. release of the Withings Smart Baby Monitor , a US$299 device that works with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to let you keep an eye on your baby, aging parents or grandparents, or even your pets

There are some Mac users who just keep piles of bare hard disk and solid state disk drives around.