Apps

With access to over half a million apps in the App Store, getting things done on our iPhones has never been easier. So instead of running around like a headless chicken this Christmas Eve in a desperate bid to buy gifts for all your friends and family, why not sit back, stick your feet up, and do you Christmas shopping on your iPhone? We’ve compiled a list of the App Store’s best apps for Christmas shopping that will help you plan, save, shop and send cards directly right from the palm of your hand.

Elliott Kosmicki is the founder of GoodPlum.com, a productivity and personal development blog for home business owners. You can also follow Elliott on Twitter. With iPhone...

It’s not really a secret that Japan is absolutely crazy about cell phones. And even though domestic makers churn out more than 100 different handsets every year (some of which are simply amazing), the iPhone is selling over here. SoftBank Mobile, the country’s exclusive iPhone provider, doesn’t release official data, but estimates put sales in Japan at well over one million units so far – not bad at all in this hopelessly over-saturated market. In other words, Japan doesn’t hate the iPhone, as some blog...

Apps Promo from AppGeneration Software keeps you informed of all app promotions available in the iPhone App Store. Given the hectic competition in the iPhone App Store, from time to…

iPhone 3.0 apps are still dropping fast and furious, left and right, cats and dogs, etc, but there's some reprieve for non-3.0 stragglers this week, too. Morning music? Personal broadcasting? Smug food habits? It's all here. Locavore 2.0: An hefty update to an already decent app, Locavore 2.0 mixes social networking with its local, seasonal food-finding abilities. Since everything's got some kind of "social networking" feature nowadays, here's what that means: Facebook Connect provides Facebook...

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. Percent Calculator - Pro (Amazon Appstore) Previously $1.00, now Free. Percent Calculator - Pro for Android puts a variety of real-world percentage problems just a couple taps away. Figure out percent increases, decreases, tip amounts and more with a minimum of puzzling and pondering. Get it for Free. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

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. GroupShot (iTunes) Previously 99¢, now Free. GroupShot for iOS allows you to fix and perfect your group photos on your iOS device. Simply take a few group photos, and if anything needs to be fixed, simply open GroupShot and fix them from within the app. GroupShot makes it easy to take the best of one picture and combine it with another so you have a perfect group...

iPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone 7. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out! If you want to jump to see the best apps in a specific platform, click here: 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? Sprd the Note: Share song with your friends directly from your iPhone....

Google has announced its first update to Google Chrome for iOS, adding the ability to share pages from the browser directly on your favorite social n…

Ever wondered which apps are using your cellular data allowance the most? A new app from Onavo has the answers. Onavo has developed a reputation for doing smart things with…

Google's popular Chrome browser, previously available across a wide range of platforms, finally came to Apple's iOS App Store on Thursday, offering cross-platform syncing and connectivity with Google services.

This beautifully designed iPhone alarm clock app will change your mornings. The minimalist Rise Alarm Clock [iTunes link] for iPhone by Simple Bots is a refreshing way to wake up. The unique alarm clock is intelligently intuitive. Fresh out of slumber, you won't have to rummage around for the right button to shut off the harsh tones. A simple swipe and pull will turn off the alarm. Click once to give yourself another five minutes of blissful sleep.

Loren Brichter is a legend amongst iOS developers. The 28 year old developer is the creator of Tweetie, which eventually became the official Twitter app. He’s the guy behind fan favorite word game Letterpress. He’s the creator of ‘Pull To Refresh’, cell swipe and slide-out panels that have become synonymous features in mobile app development. Yet few people who aren’t app and design junkies even know who he is.

Google has updated its Chrome browser for the iPhone and iPad with new fullscreen browsing options on the iPhone and printing capabilities on all devices. The printing feature uses Google's Cloud Print service or Apple's own AirPrint, and it also offers the ability to save websites as PDFs to a Google Drive account. Though the limitations in iOS mean that this version of Chrome won't be able to take advantage of Google's new Blink rendering engine when that is released, it's nice to see that Google is...

Microsoft finally made a native Office app, but it’s for the iPhone. Here’s a roundup of your best options when it comes to accessing and editing your Office documents on an iPad.

Reader Paul Inglis is interested in transferring media wirelessly to his iPad. He writes:...

There are many thousands of apps. Whatever your goal, as Apple’s erstwhile advertising campaign proclaimed, “There’s an app for that.” But some apps are simply must-haves—whether for their functionality, their interface brilliance, or just their entertainment factor. Here are ten apps your new iPhone shouldn’t be without....

Black Friday has brought an assortment of software deals from Apple's AppStore and third parties, and AppleInsider is also offering an exclusive, lowest-price ever on the No. 1 selling speech-to-text software, Dragon Dictate for Mac 3.0, as well as the R/C Micro Drone 2.0 + Aerial Camera.

When transitioning from a computer to the iPad there are still a few challenges that you will face along the way. Here are a few steps that may help you leave the personal computer era behind for good.

The quality and number of education apps has increased over the last few years. The following guide identifies apps that students and parents can use to stay on top over summer vacation.

The avalanche of app updates bringing compatibility with Apple's latest mobile operating system continued with offerings from two of the world's largest companies on Monday, as Microsoft brought interactive notifications to Skype for iPhone and Google added app extension support to Chrome.

Regularly journaling your thoughts and feelings is a good way to “check in with yourself,” raise your self-awareness and connect with your intuition, but it can also be a time-consuming activity that most of us don’t have time for, given our busy lives. A company called All Tomorrows wants to change that, by offering a quick and arguably more fun way to track your feelings…

In preparation for Apple’s first wearable device, mobile developers have been busy creating all kinds of applications designed especially for the Apple Watch’s small screen. The watch, which is said by early testers to be so usable that they found they were no longer pulling out their iPhone as often, allows you to interact with a variety of apps and notifications, ranging…

A week after updating its TestFlight app evaluation tool with support for iOS 9, Apple on Thursday added a backend feature that allows developers to seed beta builds of their apps to users outside of their dev teams.