Want to help with the Oil spill in the Gulf? There's an App for that
A team of developers has created a free iPhone app that allows members of the public to report the presence of oil from the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico.
I'm not sure why a game would be an essential app — maybe if you're bored. But this list of 10 top iPad games from Macworld is definitely worth checking out. I couldn't resist buying Pinball HD. I'm not really into gaming, but i spend so much time having to show my iPad off to interested people that I thought this would be a good one to let them see the sort of cool things it can do.