Apps

Safari on the iPhone is as good as it gets for mobile browsing. But it's missing the deeper features, like true tabbed browsing, a full screen mode and a slew of other settings. Dolphin Browser adds all that. Dolphin Browser has been wildly popular on Android for quite some time already but it's finally on the iPhone now. What makes Dolphin Browser stand out in the glut of third-party browser apps (tabbed browsing, porn mode, full-screen are all common now) is that it throws in a gestures features that...

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. NOAA Weather Radio (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now $1.99. NOAA Weather Radio for iOS not only streams NOAA weather stations but offers a wealth of weather info and recently updated with 5x zoomable animated radar maps. Get it for $1.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

It's hard to argue that there's a better virtual assistant for the iPhone when you've got Siri, because Apple can create app that is completely integrated with iOS. That said, if you don't have Siri there are plenty of great options that may even be better some day. Here's a look at why Siri's great but plenty of other excellent alternatives as well. Platform: iPhone 4SPrice: Free (with an iPhone 4S)Built-in This is just a quick overview of Siri's capabilities. For more information, visit Apple's...

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. Call Master Pro Key (Google Play) Previously $4.99, now $2.99. Call Master Pro Key for Android gives root users total control to block or ignore calls and texts with a slew of options. This key requires the free Call Master app and removes all upgrade prompts. Get it for $2.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

On one hand, the $8 MyScript Notes Mobile from Vision Objects is yet another of the growing number of iOS note taking apps. However, it attempts to separate itself from the pack by focusing on handwriting as its main—well, actually, it’s only—form of input.

Newvem is bringing its Amazon Web Services analytics to CIOs and IT managers via a shiny new iOS app that will let CIOs use their beloved iPads and iPhones to keep tabs on Amazon cloud services in use.

Unless you’re plagued with serious night terrors, waking up is one of the hardest parts of the day. But what if your rise and shine moment was turned into a game that let you compete against your friends? Let me tell you, it wouldn’t fix the problem entirely, but it would make the process a little less painless. That’s what Wake N Shake aims to do. The app originally launched as the…

Brewster, the relationship-centric contacts app for iPhone, is today releasing a new version — its first major update since launching in July 2012 and then going international — that will take its smart syncing technology to a new level: Brewster now syncronizes with your iPhone contacts, giving you access to your Brewster-created contacts directly through your native Mail, Message and Phone…

Yahoo has given Axis, the hybrid browser / search application for iPhone and iPad it launched back in May 2012, a bit of a revamp....

It was a big week for apps. Twitter released Vine, a new way for creating and sharing video content, and Temple Run 2, the app that garnered an astounding 20 million downloads in its first 4 weeks in the iOS App Store finally made its way to Android. We saw a few new apps for reading your news, and a new app for sharing your opinion about literally everything. Curious what some of these new apps really look like? Check out the video above for a visual run-through of our top apps from the week.

Pierre Valade and Jeremy Le Van met while working as user experience designers at Foursquare and decided to partner up on a couple side projects. One area they were interested in was improving calendar applications, but they didn't want to devote themselves to anything too time-consuming -- after all, working as part of Foursquare's small design team takes up enough time as is.

If you have room on your schedule, there’s another iOS calendar app to check out. This one’s from the same developers as PDF Expert and Scanner Pro. It’s free and simply called Calendars.

Popular iPhone calendar app Fantastical was updated today to version 1.1, bringing with it a variety of features users have asked for like time zone support, event invitations, multiple alerts, and even an app badge that displays the current date. "The last two months have been insane, having all these users and passionate complaints," Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons told us. "We wanted to have an update that said 'we're listening.'"...

If you use Google Drive for iOS, you’ve probably discovered the lack of landscape support when editing a document on your iPhone. Fortunately, that’s no longer an issue, thanks to the app’s latest update — which is available in the App Store now.

Google has rolled out an update to its Gmail iOS app today, one designed to guide users towards the Internet giant’s other native apps....

Evernote has today rolled out a new Reminders service to its clients on the Mac, iOS, and the web. The new service rolls three of Evernote’s most-requested features into one, delivering in-app and email alarms, quick note-based to-do lists, and the ability to pin notes to the top of your note list.

To-do list startup Any.DO is spinning out a brand new calendar app called Cal, which represents the “first in a suite” of standalone apps from the Israel-based company....

Dropbox continued to develop its impressive presence on iOS after the iPhone and iPad app got an update that brings swipe-based actions and the ability to share multiple images....

With all the advances and conveniences that iOS offers, there’s one place that OS X continues to trump Apple’s mobile platform: automation. But with the appearance of IFTTT for iPhone, that gap is perhaps narrower than it once was....

Apple subsidiary FileMaker, Inc., announced this week that it will discontinue development of its Bento consumer database application in order to better focus on developing its remaining products.

people are about to ascend on Black Rock City, Nevada to join in the Burning Man festival experiment. There’s going to be art galore, crazy events, weird costumes for days, and the brutal Black Rock Desert meting out its hellish punishments on each and every Burner. Making the trip to BRC is easy, but surviving is entirely different, so we’ve found eight great apps that will help you get out of the desert alive:

When Clear for iPhone launched 18 months ago, it introduced an unparalleled degree of simplicity in getting things done using an iPhone. The app's bare bones mentality might rub some people the wrong way, but there's no doubt that Clear, with its vibrant color palette, chromeless interface, and intuitive gestures, has been highly influential on app design since it launched. Today, Clear is finally coming to iPad as part of a brand new version of the app for iOS 7 that works on both iPhone and iPad, and...

A little over two months after FindIt first launched for iPhone, the email- and file-search app has now quietly rolled out on Android too....

If you've spent as much time in the App Store as we have, then you already know that there are some weird app developers out there. Aside from your standard social, news and gaming apps, there exists another group of apps -- along the outer edges of the App Store -- that is seriously bizarre. Exhibit A: "Poo Log." These apps are largely out of sight and out of mind, but some of them are actually kind of helpful.

Okay okay, the App Store doesn’t exactly have a shortage of to-do list apps, smart calendars and general productivity tools. But there’s always room for one more where beautiful design and promises of efficiency-boosting features are on the table, right?...