Check the weather in style with Solar

While you get your basic weather information covered by Google Now, Solar for Android introduces a bit of style into your weather checks. The free weather app provides you will colorful, visual information at a single glance. You get the basic temperature, date, current conditions and time on the main screen and you just need to swipe down the main screen to view the three-day forecast for your area. You have to scroll up (not swipe) to see the clock spin and provide you will the 24-hour forecast complete with animation for snow and rain and color change for sunrise and sunset. Swipe in the other directions and see what other functions Solar has for you.

Do not expect to receive temperature notices on the notification panel though or a home screen widget. Solar wants you to experience the app on its own. You can download the app here. If you use an iOS device, Solar has been available for a while now and you can get it for yourself here.

Source: Lifehacker

Vine introduces focus and exposure locking to iOS

Vine wants to help you produce better looking six-second clips on iOS with its new update. The Twitter company introduced exposure and focus locking, which helps prevent any unexpected changes in terms of sharpness and brightness will you record. You just need to tap and hold on a subject to activate the feature. There is no word yet when the company plans to bring this to the Android and Windows Phone platform.

Source: Engadget

Amazon’s Kindle for iOS update geared towards students

Amazon is looking to help students study better with the latest Kindle 4.1 update for iOS. A new Flashcards feature is available for print replica textbooks that allows students to convert important terms taken from X-Ray for Textbooks feature or notes and placed into a flashcard set. X-Ray has also been updated to allow for sorting by alphabet, order of appearance or relevance.

Amazon also updated in-book search; added notebook filters by bookmarks, highlights, notes, and even specific-colored highlights; and revamped the interface of the Dictionary feature to suit the look of iOS 7 and make it easier for users to switch between purchased dictionaries and alternate languages. The other changes can be seen on the changelog over at the Apple App Store. 

Yahoo! updates Sports app for iOS, adds GIF creation tool

If you’ve thought about creating GIFs from some of your favorite sports moments, Yahoo! is giving you the power to do so on your iOS device. Yahoo! redesigned its Sports app to fit with the iOS 7 look and added a new GIF creation feature called Loops. It will allow you add your own caption, effects, and comments right inside the app. You don’t even have to look for that important or hilarious moment outside of the Sports app. You can download the app for the first time here or wait for the update to land on your iPhone or iPod touch.