iPad Free App of the Week: Santa GPS for iPad

Find your location in relation to Santa’s workshop! Get up-to-date North Pole news and toy production information from Santa’s head elf publicist! Send Santa your Christmas wish list, or rate yourself or be rated on the naughty or nice meters. Know exactly how many days, hours, minutes and seconds remain before he arrives with all the toys and presents.

This all-in-one Santa tracking tool is great for kids and even some adults who act like kids.

When the bearded man in the red suit leaves the North Pole on Christmas Eve, Santa GPS provides minute-by-minute detailed location information, including when he’ll be in your area. Santa GPS will help you take the guesswork out of one of the most magical seasons of the year.

A great free app from the folks at Fission Media.

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Blackjack

A blackjack game app is now available for free for your Kindle.

The Kindle version features all of the most common aspects of the game including splits, double down, surrender and insurance, as well as multiple options for customization that allow you to play the style of Blackjack that you want to play. For example, you can configure the game to match specific structures like 'Dealer must hit soft 17' - a common rule variation in many Las Vegas casinos.

The built-in advice feature, which you can turn on and off at any time, applies basic strategy and will recommend the best course of action to maximize your chances of winning.  The screen is responsive and the game flows nicely.

Along with providing hours of fun, this realistic casino-style blackjack simulator will help you improve your understanding of the strategy of this ever-popular game.

Try Blackjack today!

iPad Free Pick App of the Week: Virtual Table Tennis

Free table tennis on your iPad. It's action packed and fast paced.  Three different levels are available to challenge even the best player, and it's easy to learn for the novice in the family.

You can put spins and speed on your shots just like the real game.

A fun free pick. 

iPad Free Apps of the Week: CBS Sportsline and Words with Pirates

Two apps this week as Words with Pirates is only going to be around for a limited time.

First lets look at the CBS Sportsline Football app.  If you follow NFL football while on the go, you'll want this app, if you play Fantasy Football on the CBS Sportsline platform, you'll need this all.

First, for following all the action, this is one stop shopping.  Game scores, recaps, and updates all in motion.  Highlight one game to follow even more closely.  The scoring updates and videos are great.  Also will give you a snapshot of the stats in all of the games.

Next, this is the app to have for all your CBS Sportsline Fantasy Football action.  Do anything here that you can do on your Mac or PC.  Add and drop players, set your lineups and see your team get or lose points as it happens. 

It's easy to use and beautiful to look at. Get this for your iPhone or iPad.

Also a bonus pick this week as it is available for a limited time only.  I guess it's in honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day which was on Sunday, now we have Words with Pirates.

If you like Words with Friends and pirates you'll get a kick out of this app.  Don't take it too seriously as this is meant for fun.  Make words like "yarrrr" and "arrrgh" and earn points.  Great sound effects and a fun layout for this app.  Try it out and get a laugh.

IPad Free App of the Week: U.S. Open Tennis

It's time for the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year, The U.S. Open in New York.

Don't feel left out of the action with the U.S. Open IPhone and iPad app for free. The app will give you more than just the scores and draws. Get the order of play for each and every day, behind the scenes interviews, and free streaming U.S. Open radio broadcasts you can listen to. Never heard a radio broadcast of a tennis match? You definitely need to check it out.

If you are attending the Open, the app has tips and info for what you might find on the grounds.

The app is free, take advantage of it.