Grammy fever is in the air! Social networks such as Twitter and Facebook are being flooded with posts about the 54th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony that kicked off just a few moments ago. Whether it’s pure love for music for the urge to watch favourite celebrities, millions of people around the world tune in to watch 2012 Grammy Awards live. Thanks to the digital age we live in, it is now possible to stream 2012 Grammy Awards live on an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

A Grammy Award is an accolade given by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. The sole purpose is to recognize and cherish the outstanding achievements made by people in the music industry. The very first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959 and since then it has become an annual happening. The 2012 Grammy Awards are a bit different from previous ones because some categories have been overhauled. Staples Center in Los Angeles is the venue for this year’s ceremony.

Apple has sold millions of iOS devices around the globe ever since the first one was released back in 2007. Nearly everyone who can afford it, has an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. These amazing devices coupled with the technology of today allow a way to stream 2012 Grammy Awards live. So even if you live in a country where the event is not being broadcasted, there is still a way to watch the ceremony.

The official Grammy app is the solution. Updated annually before the ceremony itself, this app can be used to watch the Grammy ceremony live. The app also includes latest photos, videos, news, trivia and much more. Apart from the live stream of award ceremony, pre-shows, interviews, red carpet and all VIP events are also streamed and can be viewed using this app. The app is available for download absolutely free of cost from the iTunes App Store. All you need is an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch that runs iOS 4.0 firmware or higher.

Download official Grammy app and stream 2012 Grammy Awards live on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

The Instagram app was originally launched back in 2010. It started off as a small project and has since then grown its own cult of followers. Instagram has a vast userbase, which includes celebrities, musicians as well as the average Joe. Now Instagram 2.1 is available for download and it comes with a host of new features.

Instagram has over 15 million registered users around the world. Since the day it was launched, Instagram users have uploaded and shared over one hundred and fifty million photos. This is particularly amazing because Instagram for Android has not been released as yet, and these statistics are only of Instagram for iPhone, the only platform its available for up till now. It is safe to say that once the Android version comes out, increase in Instagram userbase will be through the roof.

The premise of Instagram app is very simple. A variety of amazing filters can be applied to pictures taken with the Instagram app. From within the app, these pictures can be shared across a variety of social networks. It is the filters that making this app amazing, as it is a very simple way of adding some cool effect to your photos. Also with Instagram 2.1, users will notice subtle changes to the overall user interface. A new Sierra filter has been added to the already extensive list of filters available. Developers have also added the Lux option, which enhances photos with just one tap of a button.

Full Instagram 2.1 release notes:

• Lux: a new way to enhance your photos.
• Simplified and improved design.
• New filter: Sierra
• Change your profile picture from within the profile page.
• Tap on push notifications to go straight to the photo.

The best thing about Instagram 2.1 is that it’s totally free for download. You will just need to have an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch that is compatible with iOS 3.1.2 firmware or higher.

Download Instagram 2.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch [iTunes App Store]

Apple fanboys are in love with the company’s latest smartphone primarily because it comes with Siri. The new artificial intelligence based personal assistant that lives inside in your iPhone 4S is unique in many ways. One could not have thought that a competitor for it will surface soon. On the other hand, the Evi iOS app was just released and it brings some serious competition for Siri on iPhone 4S.

Siri is capable of performing a variety of functions on Apple’s latest smartphone. It can read out emails, sms messages and it can also send replies if you dictate them to Siri. It is also capable of creating calendar entries, settings reminders and alarms. Siri can also search WolframAlpha and Wikipedia, when required it will also launch a browser based search. Such convenience and functionality is to die for, not literally though.

Enter Evi, a brand new app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Evi uses the same voice recognition technology by Nuance that Siri uses. While it can not perform elaborate functions such as sending texts, reading emails, settings calendar and alarms, Evi does the internet search part quite beautifully. The best part is that the app is not limited to just that.

Local information is available for Evi, however it is only available for US and UK at the time. Ask Evi to search for restaurants near you and it does that. Ask Evi for directions and it becomes your guide. Ask Evi how many kilos in a ton and it will answer appropriately. You also have the ability to rate answers given by Evi. The developers claim that Evi evolves as you continue to use it on a regular basis and soon enough the answers being given to your queries are up to your preferences.

Full feature list of Evi is as follows:

• Voice or text input – Chat to Evi in plain English and she will understand
• Local information for UK and USA – Shopping, news, dining and more. Evi knows where you are and gives answers based on your location
• One tap words – Allowing you to build your question super-fast
• Built in browser – No need to swap to a different browser, view web links within Evi’s app
• A learning and adapting intelligence – Rate Evi’s answers to help her learn more about the world
• More than a search engine – Evi takes the searching out of search, able to review and compare nearly a billion facts from her database to give you exactly what you need

Side note: Evi is also available for Android smartphones free of cost from the Android Market. Evi for iOS costs $0.99 in the iTunes App Store. The app is free for Android because that particular version does not use Nuance voice recognition technology.

Download Evi for iOS from iTunes App Store

CES or Consumer Electronics Show held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada is the largest electronics show in the world. Naturally, we get to see some really cool products there. Many companies try to release their products, services or even apps during this time frame particularly because consumer interest is really high during CES days. CES 2012 is under way and popular music recognition service Shazam has released a new app titled Shazam Player for iPhone, and it is now available for download.

Most people know Shazam for what it has always been, a music discovery engine. Shazam apps are available for a variety of mobile platforms. The premise of this service is simple. Launch the app, let it listen to whatever music is being played on the television, in somebody’s car, in a club or basically just music playing anywhere. The app will then show you what song that is, and most of the time Shazam is spot on. The service is insanely popular and with the new Shazam Player for iPhone, they’re taking it a whole step further.

At first glance one can easily comprehend that Shazam Player for iPhone is built as a competitor to the native Music app on iOS devices. This app comes with added features that are not provided by its competitor. You can share your favourite songs to various social networks straight from the app. You can watch videos of your favourite songs on YouTube from right within the app. You can also discover lyrics straight from the app itself. Apart from these features, Shazam Player for iPhone comes with all of the features that are required in a normal music app.

Other features of Shazam Player for iPhone include:

• Bring your music to life with LyricPlay™. See streaming lyrics in time to the music – you’ll always have the words to your favorite songs with you.
• Share the soundtrack of your day on Facebook and Twitter
• Watch YouTube videos and concert clips
• Find tour dates for the bands and artists you’re into
• Manage your music – see your iTunes playlists and create new playlists on the fly
• Select your favorite tracks and hide ones you don’t want to hear
• Add to your music – buy new tracks on iTunes from within the app
• View music by artist/album/title and use the Track Tray to see all the great Shazam features available for each song
• Top tracks – a changing list of LyricPlay tracks – buy them straight from the app if you don’t already own them
• Identify new music you’re hearing by instantly launching the Shazam App

The best part? Shazam Player for iPhone can be downloaded for free from the iTunes App Store. You will need an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad running iOS 4.3 firmware or higher.

Download Shazam Player for iPhone [Official iTunes App Store Link]

Who doesn’t like playing games on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch? There are a number of insanely popular iOS games that one might find on every other iOS devices. Doodle Jump is one such highly addictive game. Now the developers of Doodle Jump have released an update which takes this addictive fun to a whole new level.

Doodle Jump itself is a very simple game which takes full advantage on the gyroscope on your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. In Doodle Jump, you guide Doodle the Doodler using some of the most subtle and accurate tilt controls in existence on a springy journey up, up, up a sheet of graph paper, picking up jet packs, avoiding black holes, and blasting monsters with nose balls along the way. Once you start playing it, Doodle Jump is very hard to put down!

In this free update the developers have added a new Ice Blizzard world in Doodle Jump which includes Chill Breath caves that you must avoid in order to abstain from freezing. There are razor sharp Icicle Platforms throughout the game that you must avoid. Monsters have been replaced with very angry penguins that try to take Doodle the Doodler out. On top of all that, to add a really realistic element to the game, developers have added Ice Blizzards as well which make it harder to see as you progress up, up and away.

Features of Doodle Jump for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch include:

• 9 incredible worlds + 3 secret easter eggs
• Broken, moving, disappearing, movable, and exploding platforms
• Jet packs, propeller hats, rockets, and springs that fly you higher
• UFOs, black holes, monsters!
• Jump on monsters to bring them down MARIO-style
• Submit score to Facebook & Twitter
• Compete agains Facbook friends!
• Global leaderboards, achievements!
• Doodle Jump: HOP The Movie secret easter egg

Doodle Jump is compatible with any iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 3.1 or later iOS firmware. The file size of this game is 19.3 MB. Although this update is free, if you don’t already have Doodle Jump on your device, you’ll initially have to pay $0.99 to purchase it from the iTunes App Store.

Download Doodle Jump Ice Blizzard For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch [iTunes App Store Link]

It goes without saying that Angry Birds is by far the most popular game on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. For long it has been the top grossing paid and free game on the iTunes App Store. Time and again Rovio, the parent company behind Angry Birds has updated its flagship game. Now they’ve released a major update, Angry Birds 2.0 is now available for download on your iOS device.

What’s New In Angry Birds 2.0:

Angry Birds 2.0 is essentially marking the successful two years of this insanely popular game franchise. The Angry Birds are celebrating their 2nd birthday, but the pigs are crashing the party and it’s up to you to save it! As a birthday gift Rovio has unlocked all episodes in Angry Birds 2.0. This means that you do not have to clear a previous episode to advance to the next one. Simply pick whatever episode you’d like to play and start flinging those birds away!

Angry Birds 2.0 now allows you to play 300 fully unlocked levels of Angry Birds. Apart from that, there are 15 special birthday cake levels that can also be played.

In essence, Angry Birds is an amazing physics-oriented game. The game play is so easy that even toddlers can play it without any difficulties. The object of Angry Birds is to fling, for lack of a better word, the wide variety of birds at pigs and destroy their defences. As we previously mentioned, Angry Birds can become a global phenomena ever since it first came out for the iPhone and since then it is available for a wide variety of platforms which include both desktop and mobile devices.

You can download Angry Birds 2.0 from the iTunes App Store right now using the link given below. All you need is an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 3.0 firmware or any later version. Be advised that Angry Birds 2.0 is priced at $0.99.

Download Angry Birds 2.0 For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch [iTunes App Store Link]