[photo by sheldonschwartz/Flickr]
It’s happened to the best of us. You’ve settled in the airport lounge, pre-flight bubbly in hand when suddenly you realise, d’oh! You’ve forgotten your camera. Then it’s phew! as you remember it’s 2011, and your smartphone doubles as a camera. True, it won’t be as good as this, but with these nifty photo-editing apps, you’ll be surprised how much more snap they can add.
One of the stops on the Midtown CultureNOW tour – Grand Central Station, choc-a-block with archi n’ art wonders [photo by Nataraj Metz/Flickr]
Art and culture apps are popping up like dots on a teeny weeny bikini, but as always, caveat emptor, some are far better than others. Here’s our pick of the very best to get you front of the queue, ahead of the pack looking sleek not slack, and at the cutting edge of ‘in the know’. Sm-art!
“This lounge will be fantastic once they install WiFi hotspots” [Photo: x-ray delta one/flickr]
There’s nothing lovelier than a beautiful hand-bound notebook, but nowadays we’re also surgically attached to our iPhone/iPad/Crackberry thingamijiggies. For travelistas constantly on the go, these little gadgets have proven especially handy to keep us informed and entertained [ed. and you know we're fond of things that can just slip into our back pocket, or a pretty clutch]. With the deluge of apps available across various platforms, picking the shiny nuggets from the trash can be a right ol’ faff. Here are six we’ve found, that have helped us with packing, chatting with locals and keeping both us and the little ones jolly while nursing our G&T in the airport lounge.
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