All About Apps
In today’s iPhone and Android-dominated world, the power and possibilities of every product, service and form of entertainment available have been harnessed and stored for purchase from virtual marketplaces, now an integral feature on our handheld devices. These tiny colorful icons known as mobile apps have proven themselves capable of changing the way we work and play with nothing more than the tap of a finger.
Need to make a last-minute reservation at your favorite Manhattan hotspot? With OpenTable for iPhone or Android, users can make free restaurant reservations at more than 15,000 OpenTable-enabled restaurants in New York City as well as the rest of the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. If you are looking to uncover new culinary gems in your city, the OpenTable app allows you to search restaurants nearest to your location, see table availability in real-time and map out the results with an interactive, location-based map.
Ready to take window shopping to the next level? Want! for iPhone is a photo sharing app designed to capture the things people covet most and share them with the world via a mobile photo wish list. The app enables users to follow other people and their wants, and organizes wants by tags such as music, movies, clothes, and cars. Every user generates their own personal catalog of things that they want, and the app will compile most wanted lists across different vectors including location, person and tag.
Eager to try on an extraordinary new career? Say hello to the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! iSword app, an interactive app allowing users to sharpen their skills as virtual sword swallowers. Available for iPhone and iTouch devices, iSword is the world’s first sword swallowing app, employing the device’s camera for a one-of-a-kind sword swallowing simulation. On your journey to becoming a sword swallowing virtuoso, explore spreads from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Strikingly True annual, experience epic tales of past sword swallowers and stay up-to-date on listings information for all Ripley’s Believe It or Not! attractions.