Apps century

LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of thousands of new apps are released to the Apple app store every year. And every June, Apple selects a handful of them as the best of the best, as part of its Design Awards, handed out to app makers at the Worldwide Developers Conference. This year's winners are dominated by games, with five awards for playtime apps, along with cooking, productivity, photo, currency exchange and an e-mail assistant. Let's take a look: — Blackbox  is a free game that uses iPhone tools to play--tilt it, shout at the speaker, there are even sound clues that help vision impaired folks to be able to play. Naturally, there are also in-app purchases starting at 99 cents for hints and extra game play. Blackbox is an example of "thinking creatively and finding the answer," an experience that "feels deeply rewarding, even profound," said Apple, in selecting it for a Design award. — Lake  is very simply a coloring book for the iPhone or iPad, it’s...