Leech Tunes Free today

There is a really good app gone free today which I use all the time.  When you are in your car playing music from your iPad or iPhone it is really annoying to try and touch the next button or volume buttons on the small native interface.

Leech Tunes provides a slick interface where you use gestures to skip to the next song, choose another playlist, raise the volume, pause etc.  This kind of interface is indispensable when driving and I have even found it useful at times even when just playing around the house because it is so user friendly.

Get it today while it is free.  normally this app is $1.99.

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/leechtunes/id345439314?mt=8

StockTouch for iOS: The Trend is Your Friend!

StockTouch splash Screen iPad

As you may have read in my intro I am a Stock Trader by profession who loves tech and of course writing about it.  However, I have not written about any apps related to stocks yet.  Well today is the day I finally found a good one worthy of putting my name on.

This one is called StockTouch and it is currently free for the iPhone and iPad versions in iTunes.  Trying to get an idea for market direction requires some research, but StockTouch has a unique color coded display to show the history of individual stocks and sectors.  Take a look at the slideshow below to get an idea about what I mean.

This one shows the price increase percentage for the top 100 US stocks by sector starting at 5 years going to 1 day (For the 1 day chart there is a 20 minute delay on the quotes).  Take a look at the Materials group in the bottom middle.  We can visually see a trend downwards just by the amount of red showing versus green.  However, take a look at the Utilities right beside which is always up showing an uptrend in that sector.  This can give us an idea about which sector we may want to start investing in based on the trends.  However, the next slide show compares the same price increase, but relative to the S&P as a baseline.

5 Year trends for the top 100 U.S. stocks in each sector

Notice the materials sector again.  Even vs. the S&P it is even more red which can add confidence to the downward trend.  Note the Utilities has consistently beaten the S&P over the past 5 years.

5 Year trends for top 100 U.S. stocks by sector vs. the S&P.500

Now I am not trying to day that you should buy or sell something simply based on this information, but the trends are displayed in a very easy way to make them easy to identify.  This information can add value to the information you are already examining when deciding what positions to take.

In addition you can see global stock trends, volume ratios, individual stock charts and news as you drill down.  By looking at a day only you can visually see whether the market is up, flat or down on the whole.  Watch the video below from their website as it will display the additional features better than I will be able to in this blog.

Only $.99 And Must Be The Most Feature Rich iPhone Camera App Out There!

Pro Cam is really an amazing camera app for iPhone that is jam packed with features.  There is a list of the features below pasted from their website http://procamapp.com/ProCam/Home.html.

This camera even has the ability to take TIME-LAPSE photography and render it into video and FACE DETECTION.  That is really amazing since other apps sell uniquely for this function.  there are so many functions it comes with a downloadable PDF user manual from within the app you can open in iBooks to take full advantage of the camera.

Normally this app in only $0.99 anyways and it is probably the best value app out there I have seen, but better yet it is Free Today so it fits with this blog if you are reading this on time! I have had this app for a while now and I use it for nearly everything and has officially replaced the native camera app for me.

Get this app now and you will not regret it.  Here is the link to the iTunes site

https://itunes.apple.com/app/procam/id541557533?mt=8&affId=1855372&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

At the end is a nice video review of the app made by a guy named Jonathan on YouTube.

CAMERA FUNCTIONS

1. •Full focus and exposure control (touch focus / touch     exposure)
2. •White Balance lock 
3. •Adjustable image resolution (Full / High / Medium / Low)
4. •Adjustable aspect ratio (4:3 / 3:2 / 16:9 / 1:1)
5. •Adjustable JPEG compression quality (100% / 90% / 80%)
6. •Adjustable video resolution (Full HD: 1080p / HD:720p / VGA: 640x480 / Low:480x360)
7. •6x digital zoom
8. •Geo location tagging
9. •Flash settings (Auto / On / Off / Torch)
10. •Alignment grids (Thirds / Trisec / Golden / Horizon)
11. •Font / Back camera support

SHOOTING MODES

1. •Single Shot
2. •Anti-Shake with adjustable sensitivity (High / Medium / Low)
3. •Burst mode with adjustable image quality (Full / VGA)
4. •Self-Timer
5. •Interval 
6. •Face Detection
7. •Big Button
8. •Video

Source: http://procamapp.com/ProCam/Home.html.

Great Video Review by Jonathan about the ProCam features.