Kellex and I just went and played around with an app that was recommended by a reader. Needless to say the app worked just as intended if not better and we had a lot of fun while messing with it. The application is called Lapse It. Capturing HD time-lapse videos has never been easier and will be the first thing I do when I start my next road trip down I-5. Just set to how many snaps a second you want, render the video with a variety of different effects, then publish to your favorite social media sites. It’s that easy. 

A couple of updates to some of our favorite apps are available in the market as I type this. Google Maps jumped to version 5.12.0 and includes live event listings in Places pages for some major global players like New York, San Francisco, Paris, Zurich and London. The GMaps team also removed the “Post to Twitter” option from reviews in Places – is it just me or does that seem really odd? Anyone taking bets on a G+ sharing option soon?

The other update is for Adobe’s Flash Player 11, which as you all know, has essentially been given the ax going forward. In build 11.1.102.59, we see “performance improvements and bug fixes” that have to do with security and stability. That’s it.

Is this the last Flash update that we will ever see? Tough to tell. I can’t imagine that Adobe would stop putting out security fixes as they are needed. We just won’t be seeing anything new that you would write home to your mother about.

Market Links:  Google Maps | Flash Player 11.1

Cheers to everyone who sent this!

Calling all classic video game lovers, OpenFeint have just re-released Boulder Dash -the classic 1984 game made for 8-bit Atari computers.  Here we are almost twenty years later and it’s back for some more 8-bit action.  Game’s objective?  Explore cave systems hunting for diamonds.  Was this the 1980′s Minecraft? Possibly.  OpenFeint has brought all the original music, sounds, and graphics ‘back to the future’ for everyone to enjoy.  The game is sold as a collection, so you are getting 5 games for just 1 dollar.  As an added bonus, the next 5,000 copies sold in the Android Market will only cost you a buck, instead of the intended $3.99.  Go have some old school fun! 

The wait for Tegra 3 processors just got a bit more ‘deadly’.  The newest game from Exor Studios, Zombie Driver, uses the Tegra 3 chip to power a game filled with gore, fire, and awesome car races.  Think of PlayStation’s old Twisted Metal meeting zombie hordes.  That’s Zombie Driver.  Drive around reaching your destinations while running over, burning, and blowing up as many zombies as you can?  Sign us up. 

If you have the Amazon Appstore installed, then you were probably prompted late last night or early this morning to update it. This latest build is version 2.0, but more importantly, it matches the theme of the software that will come loaded on next week’s Kindle Fire tablet. It’s all charcoal, grey and black, along with some much needed UI improvements. This no longer looks like some 3rd party market, and instead feels much more like a part of a polished product that Amazon wants you buy on November 15.

So if you haven’t already, open up your Appstore and the update should be waiting for you.

Cheers Stephen, Anish, Kane and everyone else!

Just got back from a sweet concert? An awesome wedding on the bay? Well then you are bound to have pictures aplenty that you are going to want to share with the world. Introducing Photobooth, an app that will take your snapshots and combine them into a single file for easy uploading and sharing, similar to a real life photobooth. A great idea for all you chronic TwitPic users. 

There are probably more than a handful of you that own and utilize IM+ as a chatting service on Android. The “pro” version of the app – which is normally $9.99 – was free for a day on Amazon, causing us to write about it and eventually adopt it as a go-to-app for Google Talk, since well, pre-Honeycomb Android can’t seem to handle multiple accounts. So today’s update that introduces full-tablet support along with a more polished UI is awesome, except for the fact that the Amazon version hasn’t been updated yet.

Here is a list of the changes:

1. Version 5.0 changes:
2. Fully optimized for Android OS tablet computers
3. Support of native Android OS “Share” feature
4. IM+ widget allows to change status right from your Android home screen
5. Typing notifications
6. Upload your avatar right from IM+
7. Group chats for AOL/AIM/iChat and ICQ
8. Option to select a different notification for active chat
9. All chats are saved under Chats tab when IM+ is restarted/reconnected
10. Battery usage optimization

Solid, right? And here is where we run into issues with having multiple Android markets. Many of you only have and use this app because it was free from Amazon, but who knows when you will see the update for it. Meh.

Cheers everyone!