Apps

You can chuck that Merriam-Webster dictionary that's sitting on your desk out the window (along with all your magazines). It's been iPad-ized and it looks beautiful. Also, it's free. Hold your iPad in portrait orientation, and it's kind of a ho-hum app that lets you search for words. Turn it landscape, however, and it acquires a scrollbar that lets you smoothly browse through every word of the dictionary. Tap to get your definition. It's not quite an E-Book, but I like it better than other apps, which...

Doug Imbruce, the CEO of Qwiki took the stage today at Tech Crunch Disrupt in New York City to give the audience an update since the visual feast of search won Tech…

As a company, Do@ launched in March 2010 in San Francisco, but today at Tech Crunch Disrupt, the company has officially launched its product: the ultimate mobile search experience. Mobile search…

A couple years ago, Steve Jobs drew a line in the sand between mobile apps and search. “On a mobile device,” he declared, “search hasn’t happened. Search is not where it’s at. People aren’t searching on a mobile device like they do on the desktop. What is happening is they are spending all of their time in apps.” Up until now, the divide has remained. You can either search the mobile web or you can search inside narrow apps. But today with the launch of Do@ at Disrupt NYC, you can do both. Do@, wh...

Is the shine of your new iPad 2 gone yet? Hope not! An app from our list of best iPad apps should make it brand new all over again. Which apps were the best in April? Here they are. NBA Jam: I was gonna have to go Ron Artest on EA if they bungled the iPad port of this classic, but thankfully they've turned out a excellent, faithful update of the original. "He's on fire." "Boomshakalaka." Big head mode. It's all there waiting for you. $10. Qwiki: It's like a visual Wikipedia. Which is to say it's a super...

Photosynth: Basically, Photosynth is a panorama photography app. It's got Microsoft's Photosynth engine under the hood, stitching together as many shots of a given area-up, down, left, and right-as you feel like snapping to create a surprisingly smooth model of the space. Whereas other apps of its ilk have you do this thing where you kinda slowly and steadily smudge your way around in a circle to develop a panorama, Photosynth lets you take as many overlapping rectangular shots as you want and sorts 'em...

Qwiki: Qwiki for iPad, like their website, is like a visual Wikipedia. Which is to say it's a super pretty way to learn stuff. How so? Instead of delivering information in text and hyperlinks, Qwiki provides a narrative to the topics you search for with an audio commentary and relevant visuals. But! It ain't perfect. The voice that narrates each Qwiki is robotic and if you watch enough Qwiki entries, you'll notice that they're terribly formulaic. And though every presentation is super purrty, it only...

Qwiki for iPad, like their website, is like a visual Wikipedia. Which is to say it's a super pretty way to learn stuff. How so? Instead of delivering information in text and hyperlinks, Qwiki provides a narrative to the topics you search for with an audio commentary and relevant visuals. You can either search for a topic or 'play' a Qwiki displayed in each category. During the Qwiki, you can tap pictures to look in more detail or jump to other Qwikis to learn more about the picture. Using Qwiki on the...

Information experience startup Qwiki, fresh off a $9 million funding spree, is out with its much anticipated iPad application Wednesday. The iPad application resembles the...

A good quote deserves to be remembered, and Quotebook is designed to do just that: it's a simple, elegant way to archive those scraps of language you know might be worth revisiting down the line. Quotebook, $2, iPhone. There's not a whole lot to it: it's a notebook for quotes. A quotebook. You can easily enter a new quote, along with an "author," a "source," a rating out of five stars, and, if you want to keep organized, a tag or two. Then you can search through your collection of quotables, browse them...

A number of universal applications on the iOS App Store have listed an unknown product placeholder name -- "ixMac.MarketingName" -- as a compatible device, fueling speculation that Apple could be poised introduce apps on a new device.

Bing for iPad is here, a destination for all your Bing search queries and a handful of other things, like maps, movie trailers, news, and more. So how does Microsoft's vision of a touchscreen future look? Pretty damn nice. Bing, Free, iPad. Bing has finally officially landed on the iPad, and instead of just serving up search, their app is a slick portal to all things Bing: search, natch, but also weather, news, maps, movies, trends and the like. And it looks great! Slick transitions make menus...

Microsoft has just released the official Bing app for iPad on the App Store, making it the first Microsoft app for the iPad. The app features the glorious slideshow of…

Microsoft has released a new tablet-centric version of its Bing search app, Bing for iPad. The new app takes many of the same features from the Bing search engine and Bing...

Microsoft introduced its new dedicated Bing iPad search application Thursday, and my first impression is that it offers more useful features than Google’s iOS app in a better package. Yet while it may outclass the competition, I also doubt I’ll ever use it again.

We all like a sweet treat now and then, and they always taste better when they are homemade. Thanks to the wonders of the App Store, there are a plethora of recipes...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard: Shadow Vanguard is a completely original game in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six universe, built from the ground up for play on the iPhone and iPod Touch. A whole new three-man Rainbow team faces down the latest international terrorist threat, each member focused on a particular specialty: Stealth, Recon, and Demolition. Players can strategically tackle a well-organized terrorist group across 11 story mode missions either by themselves or with up to two friends via...

I was always confused at how popular the Google Mobile App was on the iPhone. Did people use it? It was the third most popular free iOS app of all time! Why didn't people just use the search bar in Safari instead? I don't know! In any case, the Google Mobile App got a complete revamp complete with a new name: Google Search. The app is more than a glorified web-site-in-an-app now, with snazzy gestures that reveal a toolbar with specific search options (Images, News, Shopping, etc) and the usual voice...

Got a new iPad 2? Nice! Here are all the apps that have been discounted just for you. • Notability for $.99 (normally $1.99) • The Early Edition for $.99 (normally $4.99) • Articles for iPad - The Wikipedia App for $.99 (normally $4.99) • Pocket Informant HD (Calendar & Tasks) for $5.99 (normally $14.99) • Inspire Pro - Paint, Draw and Sketch for $.99 (normally $7.99) • FX Photo Studio HD for $2.99 (normally $4.99) • GrooveMaker Club for iPad for $3.99 (normally $6.99) • GrooveMaker Cool...

When a natural disaster hits there isn't a lot of time to gather supplies. Thankfully, you likely have an invaluable technological multitool in your pocket right now: your smartphone. Here are some apps you should have ready just in case. Disaster Readiness, iPhone, Android: A concise but thorough guide that tells you how to prepare for all manner of disasters, from floods and fires to cyclones and chemical spills. Want to know how to recharge your phone without electricity? How to put together a primo...

If you've got a little Erin in your go Bragh, you'll want to be able to show it off on March 17th. And while the Irish Heraldry app has been around since December, tis finally the season to get your Irish up. The app packs in 1200 Coats of Arms, full color family crests, and a guide to what those symbols actually mean. Because you never know when you're going to need to back up that "Kiss me, I'm Irish" move.

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 will be inducted? Who will unceremoniously get the boot? Rdio: It's our favorite subscription music service and can easily replace your iPod app altogether. The baked-in social elements make it super easy to find new music your friends are digging, and the whole app just got an attractive makeover. $10/month. Google Translate: Google Translate's been kicking around for a...

Tap Translate: Translate foreign language words right in Safari—no need to switch to another app. Worth checking out if you're routinely finding yourself befuddled by weird lookin' words. $2. IntoNow: It's like Shazam for TV. Just hold up your phone to any TV show from the last five years or so (or any movie that's been broadcasted on TV) and it'll tell you what episode you're watching. Crazy. Free. Rdio: Rdio, our favoritest streaming music service, got a nice makeover and some new features to...

If you're passionate about crazy cocktails like the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, the Fuzzy Navel, or enjoy the odd Lady Godiva, then we have a treat for you. While the App...