Apps

Tap, swipe, type: Android TV gets an iOS app for when your hardware remote goes missing.

Apple on Friday issued an ultimatum to Adam Howell, developer of sticker pack "Phoneys," saying he must fundamentally change the content of his top-selling iMessage App Store title or face removal.

Thanks to tablet technology, creating a music video has become as simple as swiping a finger -- well, sort of. Art Decade, a band consisting of duo Ben Talmi and Binod...

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It’s not really a secret that Japan is absolutely crazy about cell phones. And even though domestic makers churn out more than 100 different handsets every year (some of which are simply amazing), the iPhone is selling over here. SoftBank Mobile, the country’s exclusive iPhone provider, doesn’t release official data, but estimates put sales in Japan at well over one million units so far – not bad at all in this hopelessly over-saturated market. In other words, Japan doesn’t hate the iPhone, as some blog...

The App Store is littered with augmented reality apps, and it’s with good reason. The idea of projecting a virtual world into our everyday lives feels magical to almost anyone….

Cable providers are trying to eradicate the poor, outdated remote control, and Cablevision has taken the latest shot at the dying device. Today the company updated its Optimum TV streaming app for the iPhone and iPad, significantly redesigning the app's interface and adding several new features. Similar to AT&T's U-verse app that also updated today, Optimum's 3.0 update for both the iPhone and iPad allows you to use either device as a remote control, manage DVR recordings, and browse the channel guide...

NYPL Biblion: The New York Public Library has a stunning new app that lets you see a ton of essays, pictures, people, etc and information about the 1939-40 World's Fair. It's like a time traveling machine that brings you back to that era. The app is great too (though occasionally over the top), and easy to navigate, with stacks grouped together and galleries that are easily navigable. Free. The Final Hours of Portal 2: It's a 15,000 word, 13 chapter account of what it took to make Portal 2. Keighley,...

The App Store has something north of a bazillion apps lining its digital shelves, making it incredibly hard to find the good ones. Discovr Apps thinks it can help by drawing each app's "family tree" of related apps. It's an iOS app search tool that recommends apps to download. But unlike other apps that boggle you down with lists, Discovr tries a more interactive method: related app trees. When you search for an app (or click on an app Discovr features), it'll sprout apps related to that particular app...

Congratulations! You've made it to Friday again, which means another fresh batch of the best apps of the weeks. This time we're giving you something that might incite a little wanderlust, an exercise app, and much more. TV Guide: No need to lose sleep over your TV indecision. The new TV Guide app combines all your options into one place, showing you both what's streaming and what's on cable. It only lacks Netflix and Amazon Prime, which sucks, both otherwise you're going to have an easier time finding...

If you’ve not already filled up your brand new iPhone with content, here’s something you might like if you’re a fan of factual films. Documentary.net has released an iOS app…

Warner Bros is starting to offer TV shows the day after they air directly to mobile users. The new service is launching as part of an iPhone and iPad app called Day After US, which offers streaming and offline playback of "most current episodes" one day after they're first shown on TV, as well as access to episodes from previous seasons. Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, and The Big Bang Theory are specifically called out, and customers will be able to watch one episode from each series for free. Users...

Apple on Wednesday issued updates for nearly all of its iOS software to add support and new features taking advantage of the newly released iOS 6 operating system, as well as the forthcoming iPhone 5.

You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll commit untold violence! This week’s roundup of iOS apps offers users the full range of human emotions....

Almost a month after AppGratis closed a $13.5m Series A funding round, the app discovery service has announced it has passed ten million users worldwide....

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.

NextGuide is an iPad app that serves as a digital replacement for the trusty TV Guide, letting users find programming to watch on their television or from an assortment of online sources. The app's integration with live television is now getting an added boost with the addition of second-screen content from a variety of shows on the USA Network. With the new version of the app — going live today — users will now see a "USA Sync" button in NextGuide for shows like Psych, Burn Notice, and Suits. Watching...

The BET Awards app, which debuted last year and attracted 300,000 downloads, returns with updated gaming elements, including a fun way to vote. The game lets players vote for nominees with the slide of a finger, by flicking CDs at a moving DJ booth. The more CDs a user makes in a short time span, the more votes he or she will tally for a chosen nominee. Another gaming feature, "The Hustle," rewards power users with status upgrades and real-world prizes.

xRec, which appeared in the iTunes store on Saturday, promises to record everything on your iPhone's screen — including apps that prohibit screengrabs. If you're into that sneaky kind of thing, you better grab it fast, because we don't expect it to stay in iTunes very long....

Space never ceases to amaze. Humanity has been trying to understand the Solar System and the wider universe for decades, and yet there’s still an awful lot of unanswered questions and mysteries just waiting to be solved....

Netflix has updated its iOS app today to include its “Super HD” streaming for iOS 7, a feature that the video site made available to all its members last week, regardless of their Internet Service Provider....

Remember Memrise, the company that uses pictures to help you learn new information quickly using pictures? Well, co-founder Ed Cooke has launched an off-shoot called CatAcademy, which is introducing a series of mobile games to teach you languages through, well, cat pictures....

The second day of Apple's newly-expanded "12 Days of Christmas" promotion makes the pilot episode of popular television drama "Once Upon a Time" a free download for U.S. users.

Wrestling fans suddenly have a lot to watch. In the US today, the WWE Network is launching on mobile, streaming devices, and the web, offering live access to all monthly pay-per-view events as well as thousands of hours of on-demand content for $9.99 per month. The network's launch marks a big change in WWE's business model: instead focusing on sales of its monthly events for $44.95, it's hoping to sign up a wealth of subscribers at a lower rate to make up and eventually surpass the difference in...