Apps

One of the most anticipated Twitter clients for the iPhone finally hit the App Store yesterday, and I was staggered by the attention it received within its first few hours – I can’t remember the last time an iOS application launched with that kind exposure – especially not a Twitter client. From Tapbots – the creators of Convertbot, Pastebot and Weightbot – Tweetbot promises to be a full-featured Twitter client with a lot of personality; boasting a meticulously crafted user interface, smart gestures, an...

Everyone knows the iPhone isn't just for making and taking calls -- it's a slim supercomputer at your fingertips, with the potential to improve your daily efficiency. But...

The iPhone 4 can record video in glorious 720p HD. Unfortunately, when you use the built-in Send to YouTube function, that same video gets compressed to 320p. A new app sets out to remedy that problem, and does so both simply and for free.

40 million people move each year in the U.S., spending a total of 1.6 billion hours on their search. The process of looking for an apartment can be a total…

The iPad's potential as a personal video device is handicapped pretty severely by the limited file formats it supports. CineXPlayer, the latest app to sneak past the App Store approval squad, helpfully plays Xvid videos with zero conversion required. Just like last week's ill-fated MiTube, CineXPlayer's stay in the App Store will likely be a brief one, so you should grab it now before it gets yanked. But when you do have it, CineXPlayer lets you drop AVI videos encoded with the Xvid codec right onto...

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. 100 Cameras in 1 HD (iTunes) Previously $1.99, now 99¢. 100 Cameras in 1 HD for iPad not only comes packed with effects for your photos but also sports a smooth UI and exports its effects to Instagram. Get it for 99¢. (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. Buy Me a Pie! (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now Free. Buy Me a Pie! allows you to create lists and share them with your family and friends' iOS devices. Perfect for grocery lists, Buy Me a Pie! ensures that you will never miss an item on your shopping list again, as it automatically syncs with your iOS device the moment someone edits a shared list. Get it for Free. (via...

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. Ghostwriter Notes (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now Free. Ghostwriter Notes for iPad makes it easier than ever for you to take notes on your iPad. Sports smooth and legible digital ink, Ghostwriter Notes allows you to important and annotate your PDF documents, print your pages over the air, name each of your notepads and pages, and even share your notes with your friends...

MyCalendar Mobile, by K-Factor Media, is a simple iOS app with one purpose—to help you remember your friends’ birthdays. It’s primarily focused on Facebook friends, but it can also gather birthdays from the Contacts stored on iPhone, iPod touch or iPad (though it’s not optimized for that last device), as well as accept birthdays that you enter manually into the app.

Every so often, an iOS developer attempts to make a quick buck by creating a simple app, naming it after a hugely popular jailbreak tweak, then releasing it in the App Store with the same logo and screenshots. That’s exactly what JB Solutions has done with IntelliScreenX, a $0.99 app that promises to be the ultimate notification center for your lock screen. In reality, it’s nothing more than a nasty alarm clock.

When I first encountered the SpiderOak backup-service a few years ago, I found myself imagining that a marvelous alien species had designed it to teach us about their culture. It’s a little more explicable these days, even as the company has built out its synchronization and sharing components on top of the backup component....

These five apps are designed to make driving easier, more enjoyable and increasingly social.

Because of the rankings, the top-grossing games and the ones that get the most downloads are known. But Apple and Google are much more conservative with what they reveal about apps and their active usage. And active usage is a far more important metric than the download, because the more retention and engagement an app has, the more opportunity there is for users to transact inside of it. Onavo…

Popular iOS fitness tracker RunKeeper was updated on Tuesday to add support for the Pebble smart watch. And Boingo's Wi-Finder now offers users the ability to subscribe to its Wi-Fi hotspots directly through an in-app purchase.

Point.io has launched its enterprise back-end as a service (BaaS) platform focused on document management, sharing, and collaboration. Leveraging a Parse-like environment, developers can build applications that can integrate with cloud services like Dropbox, Box, and Hightail both externally and behind the firewall....

Google would like you to know that you’re not just limited to setting up your shiny new Chromecast via your laptop—if you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can now hook up or manage your Chromecast directly from an iOS device, thanks to a new free Chromecast app from Google....

Sick of the stacks of paint chips and countless shades of beige? A new Google Glass app can help. Powered by paint retailer Sherwin-Williams, ColorSnap Glass lets users turn photos of design inspiration -- a favorite piece of art, a scene from your backyard -- into a custom palette. See also: 5 Handy iPhone Apps for Home Improvement First, a Glass user snaps a picture of their inspiration, which is sent to Sherwin-Williams’ server.

Appsfire is ditching its renowned app discovery service on iOS and Android in order to shift its business towards its new developer-focused native mobile advertizing solution....

After a hiatus, the Federal Communication Commission is once again polling iOS users to get an idea of their connection speeds, part of a larger test of America's broadband infrastructure. A new app called FCC Speed Test, which was released earlier today, measures broadband performance. That includes download and upload speeds, latency, and packet loss — all things that can be sent back to the FCC as part of its nationwide study. A nearly identical app was released for Androidusers last November,...

Weather apps are a dime a dozen, but what do you use when you want to know the exact temperature where you are right now? That’s the question that drove app company Robocat to make Thermodo, a small thermometer that…

Finally!

Apple has apparently changed its mind on allowing "Send to iCloud Drive" functionality within apps, and has asked for the popular FTP application Transmit for iOS to be resubmitted to the App Store.

As mobile developers rush to release applications compatible with Apple’s new wearable device, the Apple Watch, many are still wondering what sorts of app experiences make sense for the wrist’s small screen versus that of the smartphone. To some extent, where the Apple Watch really shines is with “invisible” apps – paying for items with Apple Pay, or using the…

This week's list includes a redesigned Skype, a clever way app to make up your own text threads and an app to help you learn to play piano.