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Entertainment It seems odd to turn on the TV and already see large, heavily-padded men running around a well-manicured field with pigskin, but NFL opening day is already upon us. It’s...

Another jailbreak-related scam application has appeared in the Apple App Store. A new iPhone application called “Activator” promises to d…

Along with major OS updates for both OS X Lion and iOS, Apple released a boatload of software today in the form of new apps and updates to old favorites. Here’s a quick look at what’s new, what’s changed, and what we think about that.

It seems Twitter can be whatever you want it to be – from a job-search tool to a real-time bus timetable platform. With that in mind, this latest mobile app…

Let's take a second to reflect upon how far we've come, from phone owners without the near-decade-old service that people don't really use that much, to people with it. That far! In other, slightly more scheduled iPhone news: some apps! 12Mail: MMS has only been working on the iPhone for what, four hours? So, uh, here's an alternative! 12Mail sends short—12 second, to be exact—video messages to your Twitter or Facebook account instantly, and for free. And if you designate a recipient who also has...

Matt Berry's Sexytime Soundtrack App uses the iPhone's accelerometer and cracks jokes depending on your level of movement. All you do is place the iPhone on your bed, flip open the app and listen to Matt Berry say crazy things like "Refund" and "Stop thinking about your wife". $1. Enjoy.

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. ROM Toolbox Pro (Google Play) Previously $5.99, now $2.99. ROM Toolbox Pro for Android is an app every root user must have. Combining the best aspects of various root apps into one, ROM Toolbox Pro will be your go-to app anytime you need to do anything root-related. Want to block ads from showing up on your device? You can from within the app. Want to customize your...

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. Who made the cut? Pick: Instagram is fun, but eventually you might tire of it. Japan's take on the photo...

AOL is launching Android and iOS apps to help users find and watch video content on their smartphones, the company announced today during the Advertising Week in New York. The apps are…

If you have little ones excited about the forthcoming holiday season, try these handy iOS Christmas apps. Each of the five offers a different way to count down to...

I have a fundamental belief that the 10-feet UI as a concept sucks and is broken," says Jeremy Toeman, Dijit CEO and creator of NextGuide, a modern TV guide app for iPad. "It doesn’t matter what kind of lipstick you put on a pig." Toeman spoke yesterday in Las Vegas at the 2nd Screen Summit, a group of marketers and executives bent on invading your iPad screen while you watch TV. While that might sound scary at first — Toeman’s software works a lot better than your service provider's "GUIDE" button for...

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....

Netflix has today introduced an enhanced player interface for iPad with version 3.0 of its iOS app. The update also brings back the zoom icon so that you can quickly switch between fullscreen and widescreen viewing modes, and better placement of the player controls.

chan creator Chris "moot" Poole spent two years building and refining Canvas, a family-friendly version of the massively successful 4chan, when he realized something was off. "90 percent of our users didn’t feel like they were at the level where they could make stuff on Canvas," Poole says. Whereas 4chan engagement stemmed from a very organic virality, Canvas’s "remix" culture perhaps felt a little forced....

Netflix on Thursday updated its native iOS app with two post-play features and some enhanced second screen options. You can download the latest app now directly from Apple’s App Store....

The Daily Show, Colbert Report, and South Park have made Comedy Central a household name, but one of the network's fundamental goals remains giving exposure to up and coming stand-up comedians. In that vein, it's recently released CC: Stand-Up for iOS, an app that lets viewers watch countless hours of performances from emerging acts in addition to established stars like Louis CK and Daniel Tosh. Optimized for both iPhone and iPad (oddly there's not yet an Android version to speak of) the app...

The coloring book has just gone high-tech. Mobile app colAR takes traditional 2D coloring pages and then turns them into 3D models that literally jump off the page. Unlike any coloring experience you’ve had before, the app makes the things you color come to life with animation that seems to bring the otherwise generic drawings to life. SEE ALSO: Top 25 Free iPhone Apps of All Time Armed with a 96-box of Crayola’s and some imagination, I gave the app a try.

Popular iPad app Procreate rolled out a significant update on Tuesday, bringing near real-time 1080p canvas recording and video playback, free in-app purchases and support for Wacom's forthcoming pressure sensitive Intuos Creative Stylus.

Netflix has updated its iOS app to support HD streaming and AirPlay. After noting that HD streaming was coming well over a year ago, today's update apparently brings high-quality video to iOS devices for the first time. We've been unable to get the feature working in either the UK or the US. We had similar issues with AirPlay. The update claims to enable AirPlay streaming for iOS 7, so long as you disable AirPlay mirroring. We've been unable to stream anything but audio to an Apple TV, however, and...

CatAcademy is a new iOS app from language learning startup, Memrise, best known (prior to this feline foray) for its eponymous crowdsourced mnemonic creation platform. Memrise's founding team has a background in psychology, neuroscience and memory-related research. CatAcademy draws on some of the technology and techniques the startup uses in that platform but stands on its own two feet as a…

A small technical slip-up has caused Apple a bit of embarrassment this morning. The firm’s ‘12 Days of Gifts‘ app, which promises iOS users one digital present each day from December 26 to January 6, currently lists a BBC documentary on Africa for £12.99/€12.99 in the UK and parts of Europe....

Monday morning brought about the launch of the new streaming network from World Wrestling Entertainment, as well as new applications for both iOS and the Apple TV that allow users to access the content from all of their Apple devices with a $10-per-month subscription.

A number of iOS device owners on Thursday are experiencing major issues with Apple's first-party Podcasts app, saying the title is unusable due to constant hangs and crashes.

What happens when stickers and emoji collide in a bespoke mash-up that uses your own self-image as the canvas? Bitmoji happens that’s what: a new Android and iOS app from personalized comic strips app Bitstrips that lets you create a custom avatar to star in personalized stickers.