The latest updated version of Yahoo!, which delivers news stories and search results, uses Summly software to create summaries of those stories to make them easier to digest on mobile. We’ve also got Lovely, an app that helps you search through thousands of listings on houses and apartments to find a new place to live. Finally, The Legend of Holy Archer iPhone game tasks players with firing arrows and controlling them to take down evil monsters.
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Yahoo! update (Free)
What’s it about? Yahoo! makes searching the web and finding what you want to read and know more about easier, and now curates what news it presents based on your interests.
What’s cool? Yahoo! acquired news-browsing app company Summly less than a month ago, and the news summary service has been integrated into their mobile app. The app presents news stories and web search results in a clean, easy-to-read format, and provides a stream of stories from a number of sources. The newest update to Yahoo! adds a whole mess of new features, possibly the best of which his the ability to tell the app about what news you want to see more or less of, which Yahoo! takes into account to curate the list of news stories that it presents to you. It also includes more web search options, like the ability to filter for just images or videos.
Who’s it for? If you’re looking for news and information that’s easily digestible while you’re on the go, you’ll want to try Yahoo!.
What’s it like? Give Google Search a go for another search alternative, and try Pulse for a news-focused app.
Lovely – Find Homes and Apartments for Rent update (Free)
What’s it about? Moving? Give Lovely a shot for finding a place to live in your target area, or use it to find out what’s available around you using your device’s GPS capabilities.
What’s cool? Lovely lets you search through thousands of house and apartment listings from wherever you are. Firing up the app and creating a free account lets you page through tons of potential places to live in a given area, and provides you with alerts and Push notifications when new listings hit the market, so you’re always up to speed on the latest potential rentals or properties. You can also use the app to get in touch with landlords, and its latest update improves performance and provides featured listings for your attention.
Who’s it for? Anybody in the market for a new place to live should try Lovely for help finding it.
What’s it like? Zillow and MyNewPlace both can help make finding a new place to live a lot easier, as well.
The Legend of Holy Archer (Free)
What’s it about? Take down monsters by shooting them with magic arrows in The Legend of Holy Archer, which is as much a game about shooting as it is about flying.
What’s cool? Your job in The Legend of Holy Archer is to take down monsters, but to do that, you’ll need to hit them from long distances with powerful arrows. None of the levels are quite so straight-forward as firing your arrow and letting it hit its mark, though – instead, you fire your arrow from a standing position and a third-person perspective, and then take control of it while it’s in the air. You can move your arrow quite a bit before it reaches its target, allowing you to bank around obstacles and aim for weak spots, but if you use too much control or fly too far, the arrow will lose power and drop. Each level also includes power-ups you can nab along the way by guiding your arrow through them as it flies.
Who’s it for? If you’re a fan of titles that emphasize flying and careful control, try The Legened of Holy Archer.
What’s it like? Get more archery fun from ArcherWorldCup 2 and Archery Challenge.
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