Apps

As news consumption shifts to the personalized social news stream, the platforms we use to consume the news are also changing. With its media-friendly design, the iPad is...

So you’ve just (carefully) torn open the wrapping of a brand new iPad. You’ve hooked it up to iTunes for its initial sync, but now what? Which apps should you…

US President Barack Obama is no stranger to social media and consumer tech, having joined services like Pinterest and Instagram and releasing an iPhone app in 2008 to help secure his position in the White House. The President's campaign team is back for another round this year with the new Obama for America iOS app, providing vital information to potential voters regarding policies, community activities, events, news, volunteer opportunities, and voting and registration details. While the free app is...

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Splashtop Remote Desktop (Amazon Appstore) Previously $4.99, now $1.99. Splashtop Remote Desktop for Android allows you to take control of your home computer via your Android device. Want to listen to music stored on your computer on your Android device while you commute? Open the app and listen to your music via 3G/4G. Need to go over a Word document that is only...

We have a bit of a high-brow edition of this week's best iPhone apps. From an app that'll teach you all about wine, to a stalwart lit mag, we're flexing your brain muscle for you this time around....

This week’s collection of apps include new ways to navigate the world—as well as new options for destroying the planet in your home movies....

You don’t have to pay for ebooks on your mobile device or your Mac: your local library will lend you ebooks, digital magazine and audiobooks. Here’s a quick guide to getting set up.

Some interesting apps launched this week. The long-rumored Draw Something 2 finally made its way into the App Store, and popular Android app Drippler finally made its way to iOS. Amazon released a new version of its Kindle app for Android, borrowing some design elements from the Kindle version of the app, and Nike launched a new app for its Fuel Band that lets you share not only information about your latest run with friends but photos as well.

With only three weeks remaining before Google Reader disappears for good, Feedly has completed its transition away from the dying service and onto its own backend cloud. Feedly has been among a host of third-party Reader clients searching for a new way to handle their users RSS feeds, which have long been loaded and synced over Google's servers. Now that Feedly is officially supported by its own backend, the service can continue to work after Reader shuts down on July 1st, and give users what should be...

Drippler, the makers of mobile apps for iOS and Android which serve as a hub for personalized news about your device, its features, as well as new mobile applications, is launching a revamped version of its service for Android, now optimized for Android tablets. The Drippler app has been installed over 7 million times to date, and this release is aimed at expanding that footprint even further. It…

Instagram is now optimized for iOS 7. Version 4.2 of the app launched in the App Store on Wednesday, and it's designed specifically for the newest version of Apple’s mobile operating system. See also: 25 Most-Followed Users on Instagram [PICS] The updated Instagram received a new look -- similar to that of other iOS 7 apps -- as well as new features. Photos in your feed are larger, and both the photos and videos are displayed at an increased resolution.

Flipboard has added a new private share option to its iOS app that lets users send individual articles to friends on the service via email....

Popular (and speedy) Reddit client app AMRC has just received a major update. Adding a new icon for the app, the update also offers (for a $2.99 in-app purchase) some premium features, including night mode, search, and shortcuts to save…

We've spent countless hours trying to get the little things right, from a smooth and buttery scrolling of the content feeds, to an adaptable image on article pages that expands when you pull the article down.

A trio of popular media apps received updates Friday, with live broadcasting app Meerkat gaining upgrades to compete with Twitter's Periscope, while Vine moves to 720p video and Instapaper adds Instant Sync and Twitter "textshots."

This week's list includes an updated version of Flipboard, a lightning-fast video app and the latest animated GIF tool from the GIF masters at Giphy.

Bye bye, Alien Blue.

One of our favorite applications to make it in to the App Store this week is Google’s latest iPhone app, Google Shopper. By recognizing products by barcode, voice and text search, and even cover art, Google Shopper helps you find the information you need on millions of products, including online prices, reviews, specifications, and more. Also to feature in this week’s list of must-haves is The Daily, the first digital news publication created exclusively for the iPad. The long-awaited publication boasts...

Instapaper, a bookmarking tool that lets you save items to read later, released version 4.0 of its apps for iPhone and iPad Monday. We’ve highli…

After months of work, today we’re delighted to announce a new addition to the The Next Web publishing house, a monthly iPad magazine cleverly titled TNW Magazine. Available in the…

You've seen the commercials; Apps are what makes an iPad come to life. Here are the very best ones for work, play, creation, consumption and everything in between. Twitter: The official Twitter app for iPad packs in the features, giving you a full Tweet-and-browse experience. It can be a little bit overwhelming at first, but powerful things often are. Free. Flipboard: A true testament to the iPad's transformative powers, Flipboard scrapes your Twitter and Facebook feeds for links and arranges them in a...

Prismatic co-founder and CEO Bradford Cross has taken a fairly measured approach to launching the company’s news discovery service. The team has only been opening the service gradually, and Cross tells me he’s basically treating the website as a place to test his ideas and develop the technology. Today, however, Prismatic is launching on the iPhone, and judging from both Cross’ comments and my own experience playing with the app, this looks like the first time the service is ready to reach a large...

Tablets, with their larger touchscreens that are less cumbersome than laptops, have been shown to lend themselves naturally to long-form content consumption, and that is spawning a new breed of services to fit the bill. One of those is Paris-based LeKiosk, a digital periodical “stall” that has now closed a Series B round of investment totalling $7.1 million to grow its business across Europe.