This week, there are two apps that get an update and a redesign, while there's another app that's perfect for those who want to keep memories of their kids in a safe and less cluttered manner.

Foursquare: No more vague searches

Banking on the notion that most people already know what they want and that they don't just know where to get exactly what they want, Foursquare has rolled out an update for its app that lets users be more specific when in it comes to pinpointing the location of what they're trying to find.

Foursquare achieve this with its range of filters that, as the company claims, remains unmatched by other apps and companies offering a similar service.

In essence, the filters can let you be as specific as searching for places you haven't been to (meaning a bookmark on the places that you have), the price range of the restaurant or location, the ones that you've already saved from before, and even for a specific type of cuisine being served.

"With today's update for iOS and Android, Foursquare helps you find exactly what you want, whatever that may be," goes the official statement of the Foursquare team as quoted by PC Mag.

As impressive as a detailed search is, Foursquare is also allowing you to use friends as references, which can mean that the search can also look into your contacts' own list of places-they've-been-to, as you can use them as reference when searching for the location.

The Verge reports that the update is already available for download on both the Android and iOS versions.

Tumblr: A buyout and a new face

Following its buyout courtesy of Yahoo, Tumblr has another news tidbit in store, with its updated interface for the iOS application, which has already been available for the Android counterpart.

TechnoBuffalo pertains to this interface as one similar to the social network Path, though the design has pretty much been done and redone in several variations for different uses.

With the new interface, you get to easily choose among different commands, such as Video, Photo, Text, Quote, Chat, and Link. This replaces the grid-like design of old. Yahoo may have had a hand in this, but at least the changes are not yet as massive as anticipated.

Artkive: Keep kids' art forever

For most parents, a child's art is something of a bittersweet memory. Sweet in the sense that you know the emotion and work that went to completing it, be it for school or as a present for his or her loving parents.

The bitter flavor is more of an aftertaste, coming around after a year or two of collecting the artworks to realize that there's just no way you can keep collecting them forever.

Enter Artkive, the recently updated app that lets you keep your child's arts and other documentable memories into something of a scrapbook, so you can toss their original works knowing that your memories are safe and sound.

TechCrunch reports that aside from having a digital scrapbook of memories, you can even have them printed out in book form, so gone are the days of manually cutting, gluing, and writing.

Innovative enough to be of some use other than children's artwork--a woman was reported to have documented majority of her pregnancy term--Artkive does have a lot of use as well as room for expansion.

Download it now on the Android and iOS for free.

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