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"From internet-free voice-calling apps to Foursquare spin-offs, we covered a lot of ground with new iOS apps in May. So by way of a quick recap, here\u2019s our pick of the best from the past month.\r\nRingo\r\nWhile many apps have been challenging Skype\u2019s throne in recent times, Ringo launched this month with a fresh take on what a mobile calling app can look like.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro26Qu9or3A\r\n\r\nInterestingly, Ringo doesn\u2019t require an internet connection to make calls \u2013 it routes them in the same way a regular carrier does, so \u201Ccalls are not affected by fluctuations in internet connectivity that often lead to audio delays, loss of quality and dropped calls,\u201D the company says.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Ringo\r\nVhoto\r\nRather than taking lots of photos, what if you could simply shoot a video and choose from a series of the best stills from it? That\u2019s the basic idea behind Vhoto, a free social photo-sharing app that launched this month.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsELdVAlaU4\r\nYou can shoot directly from the app or import video from your camera roll. The unique aspect of Vhoto is that still images are always sourced from video, therefore not forcing users to pre-choose how to capture an event.\r\n\u27A4 Vhoto\r\nSwarm (Foursquare)\r\nFoursquare was founded upon the concept of \u2018checking in\u2019, letting you announce your location to friends and strangers alike.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn May, the company launched a new standalone app called Swarm, as it strives to redefine the Foursquare check-in to help you meet friends nearby.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Swarm\r\nMedium\r\nPopular publishing platform Medium introduced a read-only iOS app back in March, but it wasn't until May it came optimized for iPad.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, it remains a read-only affair, but this month's refresh now lets you follow other users from within the app, as well as adding a note when you\u00A0recommend content\u00A0from your device.\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0Medium\r\nVideohance\r\nWhile there's no shortage of video-editing and shooting apps for iOS, Videohance delivers a compelling, simple experience that should appeal to a myriad of users.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nYou can shoot within the app, either with a 1 x 1 square or 16 x 9 HD aspect ratio, or you can carry out post-production work on any video already on your\u00A0camera roll. You can also use the app to construct still photo slideshows with the same special effects available to the videos.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Videohance\r\nBeats Music (US-only)\r\nBeats Music, the now Apple-owned music-streaming service, introduced support for iPad this month.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhile the iOS app always worked on iPad via the blown-up iPhone incarnation, Dr. Dre's service now caters specifically for Apple's tablet.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Beats Music \r\nMoju\r\nMoju straddles a somewhat awkward bridge between photos and videos. In our review last week, we called it a self-styled Instagram on steroids.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nMoju lets you create animated still images \u2013 hologram-style\u00A0\u2013 comprising of up to 24 individual shots that can be viewed in any angle or order by twisting your phone back and forth.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Moju\r\nAdobe Voice\r\nAdobe introduced a new multimedia iPad app this month called Voice, a free app &amp;quot;that puts the creation of narrative,\u00A0animated videos directly\u00A0into consumers\u2019 hands,&amp;quot; as we wrote at the time.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVoice features real-time motion graphics, audio sweetening, and HD video output with minimal photo, video or design required. Aimed at SMEs, educators and students, it's designed to enhance and even replace PowerPoint-style deck presentations, by placing emphasis on the audio and\u00A0visual elements.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Adobe Voice\r\nYahoo News Digest\r\nYahoo launched its News Digest app globally this month, having previously been restricted to the US and UK.\r\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 \r\nBased on Summly\u2019s technology, a company Yahoo acquired last year, News Digest delivers roundups twice a day. It\u2019s available in four editions: the US, UK, Canada and \u2018rest of the world\u2019\r\n\r\n\u27A4\u00A0 Yahoo News Digest\r\nTwoDots\r\nDots, the Betaworks-developed that took both the iOS and Android words by storm last year, returned with a follow-up this month.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs with the original title, which notched up an impressive 20 million downloads, the\u00A0object of TwoDots is to find as many\u00A0vertical and horizontal lines of\u00A0same colored dots on the grid. Rather than\u00A0just playing games by yourself or against others, TwoDots is level-based with each one getting progressively tougher.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 TwoDots\r\nRoomer\r\nRoomer lets you buy and sell your unwanted, non-refundable hotel reservations.\r\n\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Wjg4kKJ9M\r\n\r\nThe first iteration of the mobile app, which launched this month, only lets travelers search and book discounted hotel rooms, rather than selling non-refundable hotel rooms. So you\u2019ll need to use the Web version if you\u2019re trying to shift an unwanted reservation.\r\n\r\n\u27A4 Roomer\r\n\r\nIf you\u2019re on the hunt for more iOS apps, check out some of the best ones from April, or put your feet up and peruse our pick of the bunch from the whole of 2013. Alternatively, you can check out some of the best Android apps from May too."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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