Apps

Flipboard is a great concept: Scrape the content from all the feeds you care about -- Facebook, Twitter, RSS and others -- then mix it together and dress it up so it looks...

News360 is releasing a new version of its iPad app today. It’s meant to be a major revamp of the newsreading app, one that CEO Roman Karachinsky tells me has been in the works since August of last year. The most noticeable change is a new look for the app. Overall, the design feels cleaner and slicker than the versions I’ve seen in the past. There’s a new home screen you can see the biggest and most relevant news in one place before diving into different categories. And when you open up a story, the art...

If you’re not yet familiar with Flud and its nifty news reader app, maybe it’s because it’s only been available for iOS devices (iTunes link) until very recently. Earlier this…

Planetary: Planetary is an iPad-only music player that renders your collection as a stunning universe of stars (artist), planets (albums), and moons (songs). Each successive level is fluidly interactive: tap on the name of a song to play it, give the display a gentle nudge to set the solar system spinning in motion, and expand with two fingers to zoom out back to album view. It's hard to explain the experience in words, but it's just one of those brilliantly designed apps that responds to your every...

iPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone. 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? NextDraft: From the mind of Dave Pell, NextDraft gives you the top 10...

Bloomberg released a major update to its flagship iPad app this week, transforming what was a basic news and portfolio tracker into a robust vi…

If you have a penchant for keeping tabs on the news from your smartphone, or latest movie releases for that matter, 2012 saw a slew of handy apps that could help you in your endeavors....

With the Podcasts 1.2 update released Thursday, Apple’s own app is now on par with other iOS podcasting apps. One area in which it really excels now is automatic downloads of new episodes.

In its first update after being purchased by LinkedIn for $90 million, Pulse on Wednesday showed the first signs of integration with the networking site by baking in the ability to share stories with a user's professional network.

Flipboard has confirmed that it now supports Instagram videos in its apps....

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week, Twitter made waves with updates to its Android and iOS apps, an iPhone app helps you speed up your reading and an app from Apple lets you tune in to its 2013 iTunes Festival, which kicks off in London on Sunday.

More and more people read articles on their smartphones, using their work commute on a train or a visit to their doctor's waiting room to catch up on the latest news. But with so much reading on tiny mobile devices, a readers' vision might begin get a little strained. A new app called Wibbitz lets your eyes take a break from text by creating quick video summaries that combine the biggest facts in the article with easily recognizable images.

Readability, the popular ‘read-it-later’ service that first came to the iPhone and iPad two years ago, has been redesigned for iOS 7 and introduced its new social sharing feature called Recommendations to the iOS app....

Prepare to further isolate yourself in a world containing only the news and information you care about: a new mobile application called Pipes has just launched a simple tool to help you find and follow any topic, from Apple or Google to the FIFA World Cup, or whatever else you want.The app is similar in some ways to short-form news reading apps like Circa or Yahoo’s News Digest…

Our favorite iPhone apps of 2014.

Early adopters of the Apple Watch can receive alerts fir breaking Apple news and browse the latest headlines thanks to the official AppleInsider app, which includes support for the new wrist-worn device.

A company called NewsON launched today, offering cord cutters and mobile consumers access to local news with an app that works on iOS, Android, and Roku devices. The service, which is financially backed by a cohort of TV stations, claims to offer local news coverage across 75 percent of the U.S., including video content from a total of 118 stations in 90 markets.The launch comes at a time…

The GOP's new mobile app, out now for iOS and Android, will support both live streaming and 360-degree video from the Republican National Convention taking place on July 18th. The app, called RNC 2016, will be used to live stream speeches at the convention, feature 360-degree video, and provide users with a map and schedule of the event. The RNC takes place at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, OH and marks the moment the Republican Party nominates its candidate for the upcoming presidential election....

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Bolstered by arrival of the 3GS, launch of in-app purchasing and push notifications, the iPhone apps of 2009 have become richer and more robust experiences. Across 11 categories, here were this year’s standouts.

Microsoft released its latest iOS application today, MSN UK for iPad. The iOS app provides access to MSN UK articles, including an option to download current issues for offline viewing. Microsoft has also built-in support for photo galleries and various MSN Videos that can be streamed to AirPlay compatible devices. The main interface for the MSN UK iPad application bears a striking resemblance to the popular iOS Pulse News app. MSN's includes a tile interface from side-to-side and even a pull to refresh...

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. Voice Brief (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now $1.99 . Voice Brief for iOS acts as your personal assistant by reading your customized content to you. Whether you want to know what the weather forecast is going to be this week or want to learn what is going on in the world, Voice Brief will read it to you directly. Get it for$1.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS Windows Mac

With all the apps out there, it can be difficult to figure out what apps are worth your hard-earned dollars. We took a look through Apple’s App …