Apps

In this week's not at all scared app roundup: Nikon teaches a photography class, the NBA gouges its most devoted fans (and they like it), board games go digital, Disney gets app-y, and, well, Zombie Bikini Babes From Space! Nikon Learn and Explore: Tons of photos, shooting tips, a photography glossary and access to Nikon World magazine, all for free. Useful whether you carry a Nikon or not. NBA League Pass Mobile: At first, you're like, "Whoa, 40 games a week, streamed live or from a 48-hour archive...

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. Plex for Android (Amazon Appstore) Previously $4.99, now $1.99. Plex for Android is our pick for streaming video and live converting video from any Windows, Mac or Linux PC. As long as you have the server app running on your PC, you can access your video from anywhere over WiFi or 3G/4G. Get it for $1.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

When you think about enjoying the great outdoors, embracing the natural world and soaking up all of the sun's vitamin D, technology doesn't really enter the picture, does it? But using tech and being outside don't have to be mutually exclusive. There are plenty of mobile apps to help you connect with nature, rather than keeping you glued to your virtual life.

Black Friday's not just for real-world goods; it's also arguably the biggest day of the year for sales on great apps. We've listed a ton of the best deals below, and we'll add more as we see them. If you know of any we missed, let us know in the comments! iOS Android Mac Windows Welcome to our coverage of all the best Black Friday deals. Deals are continuing to pour in, and this post will be constantly updated right up to the … Read…

A collection of iPhone apps -- such as Evernote, Dark Sky, and the New York Times -- were updated today to support the Apple Watch, even though the wearable isn't shipping until April 24.

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps that are released each week. But you’re in luck: We take care of a lot of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of...

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. Living Earth HD - World Clock and Weather (iTunes) Previously $1.99, now 99¢. Living Earth HD - World Clock and Weather for iOS is an app for your iOS device that provides three functions: a world clock, global weather reports, and an alarm. The app provides a live 3D simulation of the Earth as it currently looks, allowing you to view cloud patterns in real-time as...

Traveling is never particularly easy, but somehow, the ritual gets even more intense during the holiday season when you’re traveling at a time when everyone else is, too. But using mobile apps and services can make the journey run a little smoother: You can plan ahead, frequently check current and upcoming travel conditions, and work around unexpected hiccups. Here are a few Web services and apps available for Apple iOS devices and Google Android devices that should hopefully ease the holiday travel...

The iPad offerings were all over the place, jumping from intensive weather details to a news-reading puppy to enough emoji to ensure that you never have to use words for feelings ever again. But then again, that's what life is all about, after all—anthropomorphized dogs and avoiding face-to-face human interactions at all costs. Or something like that....

As we approach the end of 2013, it’s time to take a look back and pay some recognition to some of the finest apps that have hit the App Store over the past 12 months. It’s not easy to build…

This week's list includes the latest party game from Ellen DeGeneres, a meditation app to help you relax and a weather app that crowdsources its predictions.

There are hundreds of weather apps on the iPhone that will tell you in immense detail exactly how the weather is in any location around the world. Weddar does the…

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. HomeBudget with Sync (iTunes) Previously $4.99, now $2.99. HomeBudget with Sync for iOS integrates budgeting and expense tracking with the ability to sync expenses from multiple family members on multiple devices. Get it for $2.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

News. Weather. Mr. T-themed everything. There's a slight chance those are your priorities in life, so we're speaking to you with this round of iPhone apps of the week....

There are countless weather apps for the iPhone (and with iOS 7, a legitimately great built-in app), but that hasn't stopped developers from coming up with new ways to tell you when it's going to rain. The latest of these ambitious apps is Perfect Weather, the newest creation from Contrast, formerly App Cubby. Perfect Weather makes bold claims right in its name, but is it the be-all end-all for weather apps?...

Developers have only started to roll out iOS 8-optimized updates, but here's a first look at that are putting the new software to great use.

Somehow, Poncho is the only app genius enough to have a cartoon cat tell you about the weather. And now, fortunately, Android phone owners will be able to partake in that wonderful experience, too....

The first iPhone shipped without an App Store, but with a handful of useful apps—many of which are conspicuously missing on the iPad. Here's how to replace them, for free. The concept of nonremovable, single-purpose default apps makes a bit less sense on the iPad than it did on the iPhone, precisely because there are so many alternatives now available for download in the App Store. But this doesn't stop the iPad from feeling a bit naked without its Stocks, Weather, Alarm Clock and Voice Memo icons....

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. BeWeather & Widgets Pro (Google Play) Previously $2.99, now 99¢. BeWeather & Widgets Pro for Android offers stylish, highly customizable widgets and high definition weather animations with data from Weather Underground. Get it for 99¢. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

Today at its WWDC conference, Apple held the latest Apple Design Award ceremony, showcasing apps which it feels offer the best in iOS and Mac design. Since 1996, developers have been recognized for finding creative uses of Apple’s platforms. This year’s winners include Evernote, Yahoo Weather, Letterpress, Badlands, Finish, Mosaic.io, and others....

Tokyo-based Weathernews Inc (WNI) already makes Japan's top weather app with over 10 million downloads to date. So why does the company, one of the largest weather service providers in the world, want to enter the English-speaking market with a new iOS app called Sunnycomb that will vie for users against a hoard of other weather apps?

The Apple Watch won't launch until late April, but a couple dozen apps have already arrived.

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