Apps

Kicking off this week’s must-have games roundup is Uplink, a title you may remember from 2001, when it made its debut on PC. This computer hacking simulator has now been remastered for the iPad’s touchscreen, and despite being 11 years old, it’s still an awesome game. Accompanying Uplink is a hugely enjoyable platformer, a unique take on golf, a first-person catapulting game, and more.

Happy Labor Day! If you’re stuck for something to do while you’re off work today, why not treat yourself to a new iOS game? Developers have been slashing their prices to celebrate the holiday, and there really are too many games to choose from. Here’s the huge list of reductions from just EA, Gameloft, Namco Bandai, Sega and Capcom.

If you're planning to grab the newly available Verizon-flavored iPhone, chances are you're new to the wondrous world of iOS, and therefore in need of a solid list of...

Get ready to set your house on fire! The Sims are back and are awaiting their invisible leader — you. Players have full control over a number of Sim characters just like The Sims of old. As the omnipotent creator, gamers have the ability to cause Sims to fall in love, live their life and watch them go to the bathroom. For free! No word on a naked cheat code, though.

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…

There are literally thousands of apps in the iPhone App Store, with hundreds being added each week. It's hard to keep track. In the same vein as our "iPhone Apps We Like" posts, take a look here at what stood out this week-notable for usefulness, novelty, birthing a child, whatever. Let's spend some iTunes credit. Wikime: Hands down my favorite app of the week, Wikime takes a location reading and then queries Wikipedia's large list of geotagged articles, showing you info relevant to where you are at...

The end of the month is here, and that means it's time to do a little housekeeping on our list of the absolute best iPhone apps. Who will be inducted? Who will unceremoniously get the boot? Photosynth: It's a free-wheeling panorama photography app by Microsoft. With Photosynth, you just just spin around, fire away and let Photosynth stitch the picture together. Free. Seamless: Paired with a free app in the Mac App Store, Seamless can fade out a song you're playing in iTunes on your desktop and fade in...

Sometimes, you play games to build something, like being the architect of your own simulated city. Sometimes, though, it’s more fun to wreck stuff, like being the architect of your own sandcastle’s destruction. In Plague Inc. by Ndemic Creations, you get to have the appeal of strategic creation and the subversive glee of wanton destruction as you craft a pandemic to destroy all of humanity.

Award-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin, has partnered with MEDL Mobile for the release of Marlee Signs, an app that teaches users the fundamentals of American Sign...

This week's apps have a theme: temporal and spatial relations logic puzzles. Flip through the gallery above to see which of the apps -- filled with mazes, puzzles and more...

This holiday season, you've plugged that very important hole in your life — the one between your smartphone and your computer. Whether it's the 9.7-inch iPad or the new 7.9-inch iPad mini, you're now in possession of a device that not only has a great screen and a fast processor, but one that gains you access into one of the best app stores on the planet. The iOS App Store has an incredible number of great apps and games, but the best ones can be hard to find among the huge selection. Of course you...

This week's roundup of new and updated apps features new ways to achieve a Zen-like state....

Flip through the gallery to see this week's collection of the 5 best apps for kids.

Some games hold your hand as you walk towards their complex game mechanics, ensuring that you're fully prepared to handle whatever beasties await you in the dark dungeon. That's not 10000000....

Remember Lodsys, the “inventions” firm that started issuing letters to iOS developers’ doors back in 2011, warning them that by using Apple’s in-app payment mechanism they were infringing on patents it owned? Well,  as MacRumors notes, Lodsys has now risen from its slumber to take on the might of Disney, and others....

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is the best thing that ever happened to the “Games” folder on my iPad. It’s one of my favorite games of all time, and I love that I can play it whenever, wherever now that it’s on iOS. If you haven’t already snapped it up, now’s a great time, because it’s on sale for the first time since it hit the App Store.

Apple's iOS App Store remains by far the most profitable place for mobile developers to sell their applications, but Android's Google Play has managed to increase its share of revenue significantly over the last six months.

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Ryan Matzner of Fueled. Fueled is a digital product design and development incubator based in New York, Chicago and London....

Tilt your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch to guide your zombie fish around its 2D tank, collecting points and other fish.

Those still rocking an iPad 2 may have been disappointed to see that it wasn’t supported by Deus Ex: The Fall when the title made its debut on iOS last month, but a new update out today fixes that problem. It also brings major improvements to enemy artificial intelligence, and addresses some bugs.

Swampy is back with a new version of popular mobile game, Where’s My Water. Where’s My Water 2 splashed its way onto mobile Thursday, including 100 new puzzles and challenges and a new way to play the game. See also: The 15 Best Free iPad Games At its core, Where’s My Water 2 follows directly in the footsteps of its predecessor, which launched two years ago. In the physics-based puzzler, you try to bring water to Swampy -- wherever he may be on the page.

We all have a certain propensity for obnoxiousness now and then -- it's just human nature. What's not human nature is an app called "Fart Contest." Pique your interest? There's also an app specifically made to make the loud, obnoxious droning sound of a vuvuzela, the instrument popularized by the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Or the dozens of apps that involve virtual drums.