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"7 Apps You Don't Want to Miss (6/2/2012)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZombie Swipeout\nZynga's newest mobile game Zombie Swipeout became available in the United States this week. A followup to the game Zombie Smash, the zombies take flight in the game requiring you to slash them with an assortment of weapons.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlindsquare\nA new app in the App Store is helping blind people find their way around using Foursquare data. Called Blindsquare, the app helps create a map of an area that a blind person may not be familiar with, as well as provide information about popular nearby destinations based on the number of Foursquare check-ins an establishment has received.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBit.ly\n\nPopular link shortener bit.ly got its own iPhone app this week. The $.99 app lets you create short URLs with your iPhone using the bit.ly or j.mp service. Once you've created a shortened link, you can copy that link to your clipboard to use it in other iPhone applications. \nThe app also allows you to track the statistics for a URL you've created, or lookup a particular URL to see who created it and where it goes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith Mitt\n\nPresidential candidate Mitt Romney made waves on the interwebs this week with his new campaign app 'With Mitt.' The camera app is deisgned to allow you to take pictures of yourself or others and share them with a campaign-themed slogan laid over them. \nUnfortunately for Romney, one of the slogan options incorrectly spelled America as \"Amercia,\" prompting many to share photos making fun of the candidate rather than supporting his campaign.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStorypanda\n\nStorypanda is a reading app for kids that comes with a stocked bookshelf of interactive stories. Stories give you the option to choose the character's fate, giving the same book multiple different stories and experiences. \nYou and your child can also create new versions of a particular story. The background, characters, and text of stories are changeable and children can place themselves in their favorite tales. Finished books can also be shared with friends and family around the world.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCheckon.me\n\nIf you're headed out of a first date with a stranger, or just headed to a club in the wrong side of town, Checkon.me can make you feel a little safer.\nThe app lets you select several people from your phone's address book as \u201Cfirst responders\u201D when you're in trouble. When you head out for your adventure, you set an alarm in the app. When you're safe, you turn the alarm off. If you don't confirm you're safe with the app in the time specified, however, then your first responders will be notified that you might need assistance, and will be given a map to your phone's last recorded GPS location even if the phone has been damaged, turned off, or has no cell coverage. The phone also has an SOS alarm that can be activated if you know you're in a dicey situation and need help.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDark Sky\n\nIs it going to rain or is it just cloudy outside? An app called Dark Sky knows, and provides you minute-by-minute details on what the weather is going to be like where you are, as well as how long something is going to last. So, for instance, if it were to start to rain, you can find out at a glance whether the storm is going to last for just a few minutes of you're going to be stuck in a downpour for the next few hours.\nThis week the app was updated to include 24-hour forcasts, allowing you to plan your entire day outdoors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt can be tough to keep up with all the new apps that are released each week. But you\u2019re in luck: We take care of a lot of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of some of our own highlights from the week.\nThis week we found an app that will help you read with your kids, and another by a presidential candidate that shows it wasn't really proofread before it was published to the masses.\nAnother app helps keep you safe when you're headed out on a first date or into the unknown, and yet another will let you pinpoint what the weather will be like while you're out on your adventure to make sure you're prepared accordingly.\nIf you're staying in for the night, Zynga's newest mobile game was released in the U.S. this week and can help keep you occupied.\nCheck out the gallery for a look at some of the highlights from the week, and let us know about some of your own app highlights in the comments.\nStill looking for more? See one last week's Apps to Check Out for some other interesting mobile apps worth a look."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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