Microsoft today launched Office Lens, a mobile document scanner app that works with OneNote, for iOS and Android smartphones. The app, which allows users to snap photos of paper documents, receipts, business cards, menus, whiteboards, sticky notes and more, was first launched a year ago as an application designed only for Windows Phone devices. But in conjunction with the company’s…
Fantastical fans will be happy to hear that the indie calendar app for Mac and iOS is making the jump to the Apple Watch.For those wondering why the app hadn’t made the jump sooner (“It’s been out for a month, what the heck!” is what I imagine frustrated Apple fans mumbling to themselves), Fantastical developer Michael Simmons says the team decided to wait until he…
As much as it pains me to say it, Steve Jobs was right: smartphones are better without physical keyboards. You get more screen and more customizable buttons, and the brutal truth is that a well-done virtual keyboard will let you type faster and more accurately than you can with even the best physical keyboard. It's better....
The company that built the “computer in the cloud” from scratch to take the heavy lifting away from our devices, Upthere, has launched their apps into beta, letting in those who signed up for an invite in slowly.Upthere Home and Upthere Camera for iOS, Android and Mac are now live, and I’ve been playing with them for a better part of the last week. The service is free during…
Microsoft just quietly launched yet another experimental iOS app.
Microsoft is taking on Adobe Spark Post and startups like Canva with its new app Sprightly, available today on iOS. Similar to its competitors, the app promises an easy way for smaller businesses to quickly create and design content like fliers, coupons, catalogs, price lists, e-cards and more, as well as quickly share them across social media.Sprightly is a product emerging from…
Make space on your phone.
OnLive made headlines earlier this week when the company announced a new iPad app at CES which brings Windows 7 to the iPad, allowing you to run Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Those of you who are interested in the app and you live in the U.S., you can grab it now, for free, from the App Store.
Facebook hogged tech headlines this week with news that it was pushing its Timeline to all users and will IPO next week. But while the 800-million-person social network...
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small...
Most business users have simply had enough of dealing with outdated equipment supplied by slow-to-act IT departments, and for a very affordable price, are starting to fund their own IT revolution by bringing their new iPads to the workplace. Here’s how you can do the same.
Back in July, we covered an iPhone app called Trimit that allows users to take large chunks of text that they write or import through a link, and shrink it…
Launch Center Pro for iPhone from App Cubby isn't particularly easy to understand. It looks like a second home screen for your iPhone filled with colorful icons — some familiar, some unfamiliar. What Launch Center Pro does is create a home screen for commonly used "actions" like texting your Dad, shooting a photo in Instagram, searching for a term using Tweetbot, creating a quick note in Simplenote, or using your iPhone as a flashlight. Using "Groups," you can create a quick-access folder of actions...
Opera Mini, the fast-ish browser previously available for the iPhone, has finally made its way to the iPad. The speed dial, 'tabbed browsing' and trademark zippiness of Opera Mini is all there. The official release, Opera Mini 6.0, has also been updated for the iPhone 4 and both versions (iPad and iPhone) have received a face lift. Sure there are a ton of capable web browsers for the iPad, but Opera Mini is a little better at compressing data than the others (that's important in these 3G data crunching...
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. SayHi Translate (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now 99¢. SayHi Translate for iOS recognizes your speech and speaks the translation in any of 23 languages (and growing) for on-the-spot conversation across language barriers. The app uses Nuance recognition and SayHi's own "special sauce" combo of translation engines for impressive accuracy. Get it for 99¢. (via Apps-aholic...
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. PowerAmp (Android Market) Previously $4.99, now $1.99. PowerAmp for Android is a powerful, full-featured music player and our pick for Android's best, with support for multiple formats, a ten-band graphic equalizer and customizable UI. Get it for $1.99. (via Android Police) iOS iOS
iPhones. iPads. Android. 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. Which ones were tops? Brewster: There are about a dozen ways you can get a hold of someone, which can make for...
We love Readdle’s productivity apps here at Cult of Mac, especially when they’re going cheap. The company is currently holding a Back to School campaign that sees a number of iOS apps that “are indispensable for studying” reduced. Those included are ReaddleDocs for iPhone, ReaddleDocs for iPad, and Remarks.
We have a bit of a high-brow edition of this week's best iPhone apps. From an app that'll teach you all about wine, to a stalwart lit mag, we're flexing your brain muscle for you this time around....
I’d consistently heard great things about Fantastical for Mac, but I wouldn’t buy it. I wasn’t ready to pay upwards of fifteen dollars for a nice-looking menu bar calendar, though it did include the "List View" I’d come to love on my iPhone. But then a colleague showed me Fantastical’s event creation bar, a white box that turns your words into calendar events. I was sold, and for months I like many others longed for it on iPhone. "We knew there’d be a market if we just ported Fantastical, but that’s not...
Google on Tuesday released a major update to its Gmail iOS app, with a new look and several new features headlined by multiple-account support. Amazon also rolled out a new version of its Kindle app, which sports deeper integration of its touted X-Ray feature.
Apple on Tuesday released updated versions of its suite of iWork apps for iOS. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers for iOS were each updated to version 1.7 to makes it easier to collaborate and share items with iWork for Mac and Microsoft Office. Apple has a complete list of all features compatible between Microsoft Office and iWork for iOS...
