If the current series between South Africa and Australia has got you in the mood to hit some virtual balls out of the park, then Stick Cricket is the app to do so. Here you pick your favourite national team and after a turn in the practice nets, you can take on the world’s best in World Domination mode, or try to beat your best scores (and some of the best bowlers in the world) in All Star Slog, whereby you aim to make the highest total within five overs.

 

 

 

 

Using Bump you will be able to easily become friends on Facebook, follow someone on Twitter or share your contact info, location info, calendar events and more by simply bumping your two smartphones, or smartphone and iPad or iPod touch together. You choose what you want to share with the other person, then hold your mobile devices next to each other and gently bump them together. You can send a message (IM) to contacts who you have added as friends inside of the Bump app.

 

 

 

Cartoon and animation lovers will adore Cartoonatic as it will enable them to shoot actual cartoon-style video in real time. There are ten different artistic effects to choose from including Pencil Jetty, which makes it appear like everything in the video was drawn with colouring pencils. In-app purchases are also available including adding more effects, advertisement removal as well as the ability to capture cartoon still images instead of just video.

 

 

 

Stuck with an asymmetrical knot in your good-looking tie? The ability to tie a good-looking tie ranks quite prominently in the list of things a man needs to be able to do. Luckily this app schools the ignorant in easy how-to steps, whilst it will also educate those already gifted in the art to broaden their tie tying horizons. There are 12 different ways for tying a tie, such as posh windsor method. Both the illustrations and directions are very clear and makes the job of learning to tie a tie worry – but not knot-free.