Articles by Max Eddy

Astro Shark (99 cents on Google Play) is the story of a large, friendly shark whose best friend Laika—the famous Russian space dog—is captured and sent into space. Angered at the abduction, the Astro Shark takes to the skies in pursuit. This is where you come in, propelling the Astro Shark on its rescue mission…

Cubes vs. Spheres (99 cents) delivers exactly what it promises: level upon level of brutal warfare by geometric shapes. You take control of the spheres, which you flick at the deadly and angular cubes that march relentlessly forward against a stark, minimalist background. At your disposal are six deadly orbs, ready to unleash Euclidian death…

Lookout has been a stalwart companion in the Android security space, providing protection from malware and anti-theft features all while keeping a down-to-Earth outlook on security. A sleek design, smart features, and good malware support mean it has all the pieces of a winning Android security app. However, some wrinkles in how those pieces work…

In Year Walk (iOS), you take the role of young Swedish man who desires to see the future by undertaking the ancient titular vision quest. To do this, you must walk from your home at the stroke of midnight to the local church, encountering strange creatures and visions along the way. The game is ostensibly…

If the premise of a hue-changing sheep that uses prismatic laser blasts to destroy slavering, color-coded wolves doesn’t pique your interest than I can safely say you will not enjoy Color Sheep ($0.99). If it sounds appealing, then you’ll be rewarded with a game whose strange premise combines with fast-paced, addictive gameplay for round after…

Quick View (free) for Andorid is the mobile companion to DigitalQuick, a service that allows you to easily encrypt files on your computer and on the file-syncing service Dropbox. DigitalQuick also allows you to control what other people can do with your secure documents, such as edit, copy, and print. Though still in beta, DigitalQuick…

When Google Keep (free) launched earlier this week, some scratched their heads over the clean, simple service and wondered whether it could compete against the likes of Evernote. While the Keep Android app does what it’s supposed to do, and does so stylishly, it has yet to prove its worth in an already crowded space….

SwiftKey Tablet Keyboard for Android ($3.99) swaps out your tablet’s existing keyboard for one that’s better designed for thumb-typing, makes smart predictions about what you’ll write next, and introduces a Swype-like input method called Flow, which makes firing off quick messages a breeze.  I was blown away by SwiftKey Keyboard for smaller devices, and was…

Launched last year in Sweden by MAG Interactive, the word-finding game Ruzzle has recently shot to the top of the games category in Google Play in the U.S. It’s not a mystery why it’s popular, since the game combines fun, brisk word searching with highly social competition. A Different Kind of Word Search If you’ve…

A partner to Thoughtcrime Labs’ secure voice application, RedPhone Beta, the free TextSecure :: Private SMS/MMSfor Android brings seamless encryption to your text messages. An attractive solution for the paranoid, or elected officials who wouldn’t otherwise be able to resist sabotaging their careers. Easy Setup Like RedPhone Beta, TextSecure is designed to be as accessible as…