Apps

PJ Gurumohan, CEO of tablet publishing startup Genwi, likes to talk about creating unique experiences tablet, rather than just porting over an existing website. A good example of what he has in mind: Tweek, a new app that Genwi (pronounced “Gen Y”) has created with Times Internet Limited. TIL is the Internet and mobile arm of Times Group, which publishes the Times of India. It already offers iPad apps for the Times of India and other publications, but with Tweek, TIL CEO Rishi Khiani says the company is...

Jackass: Tens Years of Stupid: Jackass: Ten Years of Stupid for iPad is a behind the scenes look of the biggest Jackasses we know: Knoxville, Steve-O, Pontius, Wee-Man, etc. There's video clips, gross photos, and essays on the entire history of Jackass. It's awesome to re-watch some of the epic skits, look back on the history and see the creative-yeah, I said creative-process behind the show. There's also two super simple games to waste your time on too. $5 Hound: Hound is a voice recognition app that'...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding, the second highest-grossing independent film ever, depended on an organic groundswell of praise in 2002 to become a sleeper box office hit. Lead...

The whole world knows that the armored Avenger, Iron Man, is actually genius billionaire playboy Tony Stark. The high-flying superhero will land in theaters again this May in Iron Man 3, but if your child wants to read up on his adventures before that, check out the latest installment of Marvel Reads.

Practice addition, match puzzle cards and learn scientific concepts like friction and gravity — all in this week's top apps for kids.

A perfect cocktail of poor planning, laziness, tech glitches and fate combined to reduce years of digital Apple iPad artwork to little more than fading memories.

came and went, and we served up a gargantuan summary of some of the best apps to hit the App Store over the 12-month period ending in December. Now, with 2014 well and truly underway, here’s a quick snapshot of some of the best new iOS apps from January....

Words are wind: use the app instead.

Whether or not they came out in 2010, these apps rocked for travelers this year. I spent most of my summer studying the intersection of tech and travel, as well…

Being a parent in the smartphone era is a serious blessing. We have an arsenal of essential parenting tools that didn't exist a few years ago -- and they're right in our...

If you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance you got up early this morning for Apple’s version of Christmas Day—the launch of the iPhone 5. The phone is cool, of course, but apps are what make it useful and fun. This week’s roundup of new and updated apps includes apps for gaming, apps for grocery shopping—and a navigation app that takes advantage of changes to the phone’s native Maps app....

Get your adventure caps on -- it's exploring time. This week's app collection for kids is all about taking the road less traveled.

Google has updated its Play Books e-reader apps for iOS and Android to include support for EPUB and PDF files from outside the Play Store. The new feature has been enabled as part of Google's strategy to unite its cloud services, allowing users to either upload their ebooks via its website, or import them from their Google Drive storage. Google says that users will be able to store up to 1,000 files for free, as long as they are under 50MB....

As Apple's App Store nears 50 billion downloads, the company reveals the all-time most popular apps for iPhone and iPad.

After being bought by online retailer Amazon, digital comics platform ComiXology has discontinued its legacy iOS application and issued an entirely new release that lacks a digital storefront, allowing the company to avoid Apple's 30 percent cut of in-app purchases.

Apple has launched a countdown to its 25 billionth app downloaded from the App Store, but more is at stake than the glory of a historic download. The company is giving...

Comixology has updated its Comics iOS app to take full advantage of the Retina display found on Apple's new iPad. Version 3.1 introduces a new high-definition digital comic format dubbed "CMX-HD" that offers a remarkably sharp reading experience to owners of the tablet. Just a select number of comics are currently available in the Retina-optimized format, but Comixology CTO Marc Goldberg promises the company will be filling out its catalog "over the next few months." But what about file sizes? Will iPad...

A new version of Apple's iBooks reader app appears to have been revealed in an iTunes listing for French comic book Largo Winch. Made available yesterday, issue 18 of the comic claims to require "iBooks 3.0 or later," while the latest version of the app currently listed by Apple remains 2.2, released almost exactly one month ago. The apparent slip-up was spotted by French Apple blog iGen, which points out that the timing of the update would make sense given the near-certainty that Apple will release a...

An iPhone without apps would be like a zebra without its stripes — plain and boring. As we all know by now, the ability to download and run third-party apps is the x-factor for mobile devices, particularly smartphones. SEE ALSO: 5 Best iPad Apps of 2012 Getting great new apps, many of which are free, makes your phone feel new and exciting. Scroll through the gallery above to view our picks for the top six iPhone apps of 2012.

If you’re a frequent user of the official Nook app for iOS, then you’re going to love its latest update. In addition to support for high resolution magazines on the iPad, version 3.4.0 introduces support for Nook Comics, more detailed imagery, better organization options, and lots more.

Ever since Apple required app developers to give the Cupertino-based company a 30 percent cut of in-app subscriptions and purchases, Amazon has looked for ways to get around the policy for its Kindle ebook app. Today the company updated the app with a fairly nifty workaround: it's introduced in-app search to let users find and download free samples of books. As with the prior version of the app, when you get to the end of a free sample, the app offers to email a link to the book on Amazon, where you...

Billion-dollar Japanese mobile games firm DeNA has moved into manga, the wildly-popular Japanese comics that have captured worldwide audiences, as it seeks to make its mark in another entertainment space....

Goodreads, the social network for book lovers, has at last seen its first major update since Amazon bought the company last March. This week, Goodreads rolled out a significant redesign on iOS (coming soon to Android) – something regular Goodreads users have wanted for some time. Now, instead of having you land on an outdated, grid-like homescreen when the app is first launched…

Looking for a quick last-minute gift? Not feeling up to fighting the holiday traffic, crowds and checkout lines? Just too lazy busy to shop? Then you may want to consider giving the gift of an iOS app. You can gift any paid app from iTunes on your computer or from the app’s description page on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Just scroll down past the screenshot and look for the “gift this app” button. All you’ll need is the recipient’s email address to complete the transaction.