Right before the holidays, I shared a list of 20 Must-Have Apps for That Tablet Under the Tree. That list focused on apps for the iPad and Android tablets, and it was intended as an introductory guide for new tablet owners eager to test-drive their gifts with apps that really showcase the capabilities of today’s tablets.
This week, to help out readers who may still be considering their New Year’s resolutions, I want to share 10 more apps—for both smartphones and tablets this time—that will make you a better conversationalist at the coming year’s cocktail parties. Download and peruse a few of the apps described in the slide show above and I guarantee that you’ll sparkle and scintillate more brightly, on subjects ranging from food and poetry to history, art, music, and literature.
Note that I’ve deliberately left out apps from Touch Press, which is a one-stop shop for amazing edutainment titles on the iPad like The Orchestra, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and The Waste Land. I’ve written so much about their apps that I decided it was only fair to give some other app builders a chance.
Here’s a text-based list of the apps above, with links to the app makers, app store pages, and pricing information.
The Atavist | iOS | $6.99 for a three-month subscription
Fontly | iOS | free
Goodreads | iOS | Android | free
Historypin | iOS | Android| free
Lumosity Brain Trainer | iOS | free
Philip Glass _Rework | iOS | $9.99
Poem Flow | iOS | $2.99 per year
Roaming Hunger | iOS | free
ShinyArt | iOS | $1.99 per month
Yours, Vincent | iOS | free
Author: Wade Roush
Between 2007 and 2014, I was a staff editor for Xconomy in Boston and San Francisco.
Since 2008 I've been writing a weekly opinion/review column called VOX: The Voice of Xperience. (From 2008 to 2013 the column was known as World Wide Wade.)
I've been writing about science and technology professionally since 1994. Before joining Xconomy in 2007, I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before that, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia.
I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats.
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