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We’re only a day away from the first games, and the Internet is on the verge of a meltdown with World Cup news.  With 32 teams, 10 stadiums and an…

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. System Status (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now $1.99. System Status for iOS allows you to monitor and optimize your iOS devices' performance. From analyzing your devices' battery and disk usage to providing you with CPU cache info and memory page statistics, System Status will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about your iOS device. Get it for $1.99. (via Apps-...

Sports fans that use a tablet or smartphone — the "second screen" — during live game broadcasts are becoming more and more common these days. For this year's Super Bowl, a Century 21 Real Estate survey found that 36% of polled viewers said they would use a second screen to supplement the game-viewing experience. A Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup is catering to that trend with a new tablet app that aggregates real-time tweets from 1,000 media sources and 2,000 players.

Two of cable television's heavyweight content providers pushed intriguing updates to their iOS apps on Thursday, as ESPN refreshed its popular ScoreCenter app and HBO added support for Chromecast wireless streaming to HBO Go.

Apple has the best smartphone ecosystem, the best tablet ecosystem, and as of today, the best smartwatch ecosystem when it comes to apps. But the app story is dramatically different on the Watch in a way that you won't quite understand until you start to use one. Where on the iPhone and iPad, apps are almost everything that you do, on the Apple Watch, apps really aren't something you want to play around with. In fact, you may often find yourself wondering why you'd use some of these apps at all....

If you’re a Comcast Xfinity TV customer that subscribes to ESPN you can now get WatchESPN, the online and mobile app portal for the ESPN sports networks’ shows, at no additional cost — giving you access to live events, from NBA games to SportsCenter, from your computer and mobile devices. The move will double the number of customers who can access the service up to 40 million, bringing Comcast’s customers the same benefits already afforded to Verizon, Bright House, and Time Warner subscribers....

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- we take care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite...

Yahoo on Thursday released the 2013 version of its Fantasy Sports app for the upcoming NFL season, offering a revamped look, performance improvements, and the ability to draft players from an iPhone or iPad.

This week's list includes a new spin on a classic game, a personalized shopping assistant and a speed radar app for athletes.

When Apple introduced multitasking in iOS 9, MLB was one of the new feature’s early adopters in its MLB.com At Bat application for iPad. Today, the organization is releasing some new numbers on what impact the introduction of split screen viewing and picture in picture has on engagement and video viewing minutes in its application.In short? The news is good. Very, very good indeed.The…

The iPad for Business Series is supported by LogMeIn. Get remote access to your PC or Mac from any device, anywhere -- for free. The iPad is an excellent business tool,...

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. Download Manager (iTunes) Previously 99¢, now Free. Download Manager for iOS makes downloading, organizing, and viewing files on your iOS device easier than ever. Whether you want to download a video clip or a document from work, you can do so and view it straight from your iOS device. Download Manager is so powerful, it can even extract ZIP and RAR archives for later...

Way back in August last year, we reported that UK-based radio station TalkSport was to broadcast every English Premier League match globally from this season, via a Web-based portal that was also optimized for mobile devices. The one big caveat, however, was that due to rights-related reasons, TalkSport Live could only be offered outside of Europe, which was a major bummer for many....

Are you ready for some football? I hope so, because the college season is in full swing, and it’s week 1 of the NFL season too. And there’s just something about watching football in a crowded bar....

TechCrunch recently sat down with Avery D’Alessandro to pick over his mobile app, ‘The Love of Sports.’ The application, recently launched, wants to connect sports fans on the go. Its premise is that if you are the social sort of sports-adjacent human, you most likely want to hang out with your friends at the game, or at the bar watching game.Another higher-level social…

BSkyB have launched a standalone iPhone application for it’s UK SkySports News service encorporating digital news, live video and audio streaming as well as TV listings. The free app allows…

Entertainment Fall is in the air and football season is upon us. But that doesn't just mean epic clashes on the gridiron. It also means grueling hours with the computer, struggling with...

I may be a bit late to the party, but I’m comforting myself with the fact that the first UEFA Champions League semifinal is still a few hours away from kick-off (Visca el Barça!)....

Publishers can now promote their magazine apps for iOS by making them available to view for free at specific locations, thanks to a new use for Apple's wireless iBeacon technology created by a digital publishing startup company.

With newly-delivered Apple Watch units now on the wrists of the lucky, users will undoubtedly be looking to try out the best launch-day apps for their latest purchase. AppleInsider offers a roundup of some prominent and essential launch-day apps, divided by category.

Apple's iOS 4 has arrived, bringing multitasking and more to iPhones and iPod Touches everywhere (iTunes willing). Here are the apps that already take advantage of the new OS, and some that should be hitting the App Store soon. In the App Store NOW: • Dropbox - Sync your Dropbox files in the background. • Evernote - Download and upload notes in the background, and continue recording voice notes while you're messing around in other apps. • Zagat • LinkedIN • How To Cook Everything • Trapster...

Everyone knows Notre Dame’s record. Perfect season. 12-0. But what about their yards per game? Turnovers throughout the season? Attendance on road games? No one knows that stuff- no one but StatMilk. Atlanta-based StatMilk launched just before the 2012 college football season. The website a one-stop-shop for college football junkies. Seriously. The site offers a dead-simple portal to stats for…

SIf you're already a fantasy sports fan, chances are you've used Yahoo's Fantasy Sports app before. And just in time for football season, their newest version of the app comes with a major design overhaul and one very welcome, long await feature—mobile drafting....