Apps

Microsoft’s free My Xbox LIVE app for iOS just got a brand new update that introduces the ability to use your iPad as a remote control for your console. You can use it to navigate your way around the menus, control media playback, and to “find fresh entertainment” in the new Discover section.

I love Rocksteady’s series of Batman games for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. They are loving, incredibly crafted tributes to the Dark Knight clearly made by fans who get Batman, who is equal parts acrobat, brawler, psychopath, hero, detective and muscle. That’s why I’m excited to check out Batman: Arkham City Lockdown when it is released later tonight.

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...

If you were a gamer from a simpler era, you’ll remember Spy Vs. Spy with nostalgia. The game, based on the Mad Magazine comic, featured two spies trying to collect items in an embassy while booby trapping desks, doors, and safes for the other player to trip over. The mechanics are simple. As the black or white spy, you move through the rooms looking for a secret briefcase, a key, a passport, and some traveling money. If you chance upon your opponent you can club him (or her) into submission and you can ...

The Next Web selects 10 of the best iPhone apps to coax you out of your bed in the morning and guide you safely back into it at the end…

In its continuing effort to stay relevant in the gaming space, Adobe today announced Flash Player 11.2 and AIR 3.2, which further Adobe's goal to enable "console quality" games like Shadowgun inside your web browser. 11.2 includes support for mouse-lock (3:20 in the video below), relative mouse coordinates, right/middle click events, multi-threaded video decoding, and the capability for hardware accelerated 2D and 3D graphics for gameplay at up to 60 frames per second. AIR 3.2 (Adobe's platform for...

Firemint, maker of the superb line-drawing game Flight Control, has released a demo version on iTunes. If you would like to see what the fuss is about or are a big fan of the movie Pushing Tin, it's there now. The interesting thing about this retroactive sampler release is it's not a mere demo—it's what Firemint calls an "ad-supported free version". Which would suggest it's seen how much money Rovio is making from Android Angry Birds ad clicks and wants some of that. There's still some incentive to...

Well what do you know? It's Friday so we're smacking you in the face with a bag full of the week's best iPhone apps. You can track your heart rate, track your vacation, or just track the closest donut shop, and much more. Uncle Slam: Remember that MTV show Celebrity Death match where claymation famous people would battle each other in hilariously violent bouts? This is kind of like that except you can pit your favorite presidents against one another, and with an awesome name. John Adams v. John Quincy...

It is the weaving in and out of each different mode of the game that keeps you engaged and the gameplay fresh in Horn. The story unfolds at a welcome pace and there are plenty of hidden elements in the village to award the curious adventurer. …

In this day and age, learning a different language — especially at a young age — is essential. This week, take a look at an app that hel…

Apple on Thursday published a list highlighting some of the best content available on its broad array of storefronts, including the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore.

This week’s roundup of new and updated apps for your iPhone and iPad has something for people who love sports, music, or William Shatner. That covers just about everybody, doesn’t it?...

Few of us will enjoy the Super Bowl this year, since the Philadelphia Eagles aren’t playing it. Still, we can’t allow our sour grapes regarding Andy Reid’s unpleasant swan song in Philadelphia to taint our enjoyment of all things football. And thankfully, your mobile device offers plenty of gaming options to get your pigskin fix, whether it’s in preparation for Sunday’s Eagles-less Big Game or to stave off the misery of a football-free offseason....

Trying to find that perfect app for your Mac is challenging enough at times. Getting a great deal on that same software may seem next to impossible — that is if you don’t know where or when to look.

Spark some creativity and bring out your child's inner artist with this week's top apps.

Entertaining distractions for kids have come a long way since the early days of Concentration and Connect the Dots. That’s especially true if you’re an iPad user. Take a look at these masterpieces that highlight some game-changing graphics interaction and even how you buy them.

If I could rate a game based solely on how adorable it is, High Voltage Software’s free Le Vamp for iOS would easily get five mice. Unfortunately, “adorableness” isn’t really part of the criteria we use for rating games. But Le Vamp’s cuteness is just icing on the cake: this endless side-scrolling runner is a great game, with a couple of twists to keep you playing for hours....

Aliens vs. Predator: Evolution, a new $1 action title by Fox Digital Entertainment, isn’t just weighed down by its controls. It provides a buggy, repetitive gameplay experience that makes every bleak level seem like a chore. Despite some decent graphics and some RPG trimming, AVP: Evolution manages to disappoint on nearly every level....

Although the platformer has all but vanished from home consoles in favor of games where you shoot people in the face, it has recently made a resurgence on mobile. What these games lack in high-end graphics, they more than make up for in smart and addictive gameplay—you’ll need fast reflexes and more than a little brain power to conquer these mobile titles....

If you don't pay regular visits to the Apple Store iOS app, maybe it's time to start. In an effort to get you to fire the app up and possibly buy other stuff, Apple has started giving away free apps, songs, and ebooks from the app. Free is cool....

With most of the documents released by the NSA being an exercise in fitting as few letters as possible between strings of black bars, it's no wonder that a whole slew of [Redacted]-oriented games have been cropping up. The newest comes in the form of a surprisingly engrossing, interactive app composed entirely of text....

With the release of two new iPhones, iOS 7 and a fresh Apple TV update, now is a great time to test out iOS' AirPlay capabilities, especially for iPhone 5s owners, who can now take advantage of the speedy A7 SoC by throwing games onto the big screen.