The last time we caught up with the good folks at Realmac Software it was to check out its design-focused to-do list iPhone app called Clear, which we said may change how we use our devices forever. Clear subsequently arrived for Macs too, bringing with it iCloud-syncing to make your to-do lists cross-platform....
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iPhone Apps of the Week: Office 365, Skymotion, and More 0
June 15th at 2:50am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsS...
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Apple touts App Store milestones for 5th anniversary 1
July 3rd at 10:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMarking the fifth anniversary of the iPhone App Store, Apple has sent a poster to members of the press marking the many milestones the digital download destination has seen over its first half-decade.
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Make Tricky And Beautiful Geometric Patterns In Isometric 1
July 21st at 8:50pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsiOS has filters and drawing apps up the wazoo, so it can be hard to see the point of new ones. But Isometric allows you to create and manipulate designs and optical illusions that are weirdly compelling. It's something about starting from a blank screen and building such a dimensional pattern....
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Ink’s New Mobile Framework Lets iOS Apps Talk To Each Other, Share Data (You Know, Like On Android) 1
August 15th at 5:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsInk, home to the Ink File Picker (formerly known as Filepicker.io), which lets developers integrate access to cloud services within their applications, is today launching its second product, Ink Mobile. This new iOS framework is designed to help mobile applications talk to each, too, rather than just with cloud services. And more importantly, it lets them share data.
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Silent Circle launches extra secure Silent Text encryption app for Android 2
September 5th at 11:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsCommunication encryption company Silent Circle has released a version of its text message privacy app Silent Text for Android....
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A Collaborative To-Do List App That You Might Actually Want To Use 2
September 23rd at 3:10am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsHere are two facts about me. Number 1: I have a roommate. Number 2: Sometimes I notice that there's no more dish soap in the hall closet. If my roommate and I used a collaborative to-do list app we could stay coordinated for the communal shopping, but we prefer different systems that can't sync to each other. That's why I really feel the motivation behind List Weaver....
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Skimbox Goes Beyond Email Triage With A “Priority Inbox” App For Consumers & Enterprise 3
October 14th at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA new application called Skimbox is attempting to take on the heady challenge of fighting email overload in a way that makes sense for both consumers and the enterprise. The app, launching first on iOS, uses the concepts popularized by Mailbox – with its various swipes and gestures – as a way to move through email messages. But Skimbox’s core idea does not involve email triage – it’s about…
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Web service IFTTT gets iOS Photos and Reminders integration in update 3
November 7th at 5:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn an update to its iOS app, Web-based automation and productivity service IFTTT (If This Then That) added deeper integration with Photos and Reminders, improved background syncing and added swipe gestures for iOS 7.
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Black Friday software and the lowest prices ever on Dragon Dictate 3 and Micro Drone 2.0 0
November 29th at 5:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsBlack Friday has brought an assortment of software deals from Apple's AppStore and third parties, and AppleInsider is also offering an exclusive, lowest-price ever on the No. 1 selling speech-to-text software, Dragon Dictate for Mac 3.0, as well as the R/C Micro Drone 2.0 + Aerial Camera.
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43 of the best Android apps launched in 2013 4
December 29th at 9:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIn a year that saw Google Play finally pass the one million milestone in terms of live apps, it’s fair to say there’s a deluge of file-managers, smart calendars, funky cameras, games and more to sift through to get to the real gems....
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Octonius: All Your Evernote, Dropbox & Google Drive Files 0
January 28th at 4:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIf you consider yourself a power-user of Evernote, Dropbox and Google Drive, you may wish to check out Octonius, which recently officially launched in the App Store....
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SurveyMonkey Releases An App For Surveys On The Move 0
February 20th at 7:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsSurveyMonkey, a provider of online survey tools, has launched a mobile app to for users to create, monitor and analyze surveys on the go....
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Using Office for iPad: getting to work 0
March 28th at 3:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsMicrosoft Office has long been the productivity suite juggernaut on the desktop, and today it's trying to claim some new territory: the iPad. Launched this afternoon, Office for iPad translates Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into touch-friendly mobile apps, finally giving the many, many Office users with Apple devices an easy way to sync, edit, and present their documents across their desktops, tablets, and phones. Though Microsoft has offered a way to do this on a tablet before, it was only through a...
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Acompli is the powerhouse email app for iPhone that Outlook users have been waiting for 1
April 24th at 5:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsFor all the advances the smartphone has brought us, our email is still largely chained to the desktop. Stock email apps have never had half the features of their desktop counterparts, and theyâre all but useless when it comes to scheduling meetings or finding your files. They were built under the assumption that you would rarely want to do more than check your messages and send the occasional reply while on the go, saving the real work for when you were in front of a larger screen and physical...
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At Long Last, Facebook Messenger Arrives on iPads 1
July 3rd at 8:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWe've been waiting long enough.
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Microsoft to Update OneDrive Apps, Unifying Business and Personal Files 0
August 28th at 6:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsMicrosoft is making it easier for mobile users of its OneDrive cloud storage platform to access both business and personal files at once.
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Revamped iWork apps for Mac, iOS roll out with Handoff and iCloud Drive support 2
October 17th at 2:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsContinuing the stream of software updates launched on Thursday tied to the launch of OS X Yosemite, Apple released redesigned iWork for Mac and iOS suites with built-in support for iOS Continuity features and iCloud Drive.
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Workflow for iOS aims to simplify automation of complex multi-step tasks 0
December 12th at 6:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsA newly launched iOS application dubbed "Workflow" enables users to drag and drop combinations of more than 100 different actions to create automated and complex workflows.
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Pop Launches An App That Makes Video Chat As Easy As SMS 1
February 19th at 7:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA new video messaging app, Pop, founded by Josh Nguyen, who previously ran product at both Tumblr and Flickr, is launching today to make video messages as easy to send as traditional SMS. Using a simple, one-screen interface, Pop connects with your phone’s address book and lets you send out a short video with just a tap, even allowing you to add colorful filters on top of the message…
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Gmail For Android Gets A Unified Inbox 0
March 30th at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsGoogle updated its Gmail app for Android today, and the most important feature is probably the addition of a unified inbox. Most of us probably manage multiple accounts and until now, you had to awkwardly switch between them in the Gmail app. To get started with this new unified inbox, you simply switch to the “All Inboxes” option in the app and you’re done.
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BitTorrent's Bleep secure chat comes to iOS, Microsoft adds features to core iOS Office apps 0
May 12th at 11:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsBitTorrent on Tuesday released the first iOS version of Bleep, its secure messaging app, while Microsoft updated its flagship Office iOS apps with a handful of new features.
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Action-Based Email App Dispatch Comes To The iPad 1
August 27th at 8:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsEveryone has their own favorite email app, there are plenty out there to choose from, but one of the best under-the-radar offerings (and my personal choice) — Dispatch — just got an update that finally adds support for the iPad.
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5 can't-miss apps: 'Trivial Pursuit,' Launchify, Capitan and more 2
October 25th at 6:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes an intelligent shopping assistant, a new social trivia game and a major update to Waze's navigation app.
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Asus Router app lets you manage your network from your pocket 0
January 8th at 5:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsAsus's Router app for Android and iOS is one network management utility you can actually get excited about.