Apps

At the top of our must-have apps list this week is Free-App Hero, a fantastic app tracker maintained by experienced, professional game reviewers with an encyclopaedic knowledge of thousands of iOS apps. Unlike other free app recommendation services, Free-App Hero recommends only the best games, because they’re the best – not just because its developer paid them to recommend it. Google’s latest application, Google Translate, is also in this week’s choice of applications. One of the best language translat...

The old Skype standby has come in handy for more than a handful of long-distance relationships, but it takes more than live video chat to make the love last. That's why...

It’s been an unusual week in the tech world, yielding gadgetry and innovations that are surprising and altogether unexpected. Here are the top 1…

Foap is a Swedish company started by travel industry veterans disappointed in the availability of stock photo art. Their elegant and easy app lets anyone upload and sell iPhone photos. It also lets stock art shoppers request specific photos through a concept called “missions.”

Appsfire, the site that helps you discover new apps to try out on your iOS device, has announced the 2012 winners of its “App Star Awards”, and it’s a pretty…

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...

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. DMD Panorama (iTunes) Previously $1.99, now Free. DMD Panorama for iOS makes taking panoramic pictures with your iOS device a breeze. Launch the app, snap a picture, then move your device to the left or right and slide the on-screen Yin symbol into a Yang symbol and there you have it: a panoramic photo taken exclusively with your iOS device in four simple steps. Get it...

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

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. SkySafari 3 Plus (iTunes) Previously$14.99, now $9.99. SkySafari 3 Plus for iOS allows you to view approximately 2.5 million stars along with 31,000 objects in our Solar System. Using NASA spacecraft imagery, SkySafari 3 Plus allows you to view the major planets and moons ofthe solar system, along with over 4,000 asteroids, comets, and more all with their real-time...

Welcome to the finish line where your reward is not a medal, but another edition of the best iPad apps of the week. This Friday, we're giving you prizes in the form of a jazz music app, a gifting app, and so much more....

Fantastical — the incredible calendaring app from Flexibits — is kicking off this week’s must-have apps roundup, and it’s accompanied by KitCam, a great new photography app that gives Tap Tap Tap’s Camera+ some real competition. We also have some big updates to Apple’s Remote app and Vimeo.

Hot on the heels of its acquisition of Instagram for $1 billion, Facebook has released its own Instagram-style picture taking application for the iPhone.

Popular microblogging site Tumblr jumped into the business of sharing photos from your mobile phone a few months back when the company released Photoset for iOS. The app—available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch—doesn’t require any type of Tumblr account, and instead uploads your photosets to photoset.com and provides a shortened link for sharing. You can, of course, post your photoset directly to Tumblr as well....

Photo sharing application 500px has returned to the iOS App Store with new restrictions limiting access to pornographic content.

Israeli startup Magisto has announced a new version of its iOS app, introducing so-called smart photo-editing which it says will refine the art of personal movie making....

Lose five pounds, edit your photos, catch up on TV shows, and breathe at some point. Sound like an unattainable amount of multitasking? Not really, if you have this round of the best iPhone apps of the week to assist you.

Between work, leisure, travel, and everything in between, we've barely got enough time in the day to breathe, much less handle the little surprises life throws at us at the same time. Fortunately, you don't have to go through it alone. This week's set of iPhone apps are all about making your life easier, more organized, and with all the information you'll need just a finger swipe away....

Seattle-based Linea claims it can “disrupt traditional photo technology”, whatever that means, but either way it has raised $4 million for its mobile photo browsing app....

Photoful, a new mobile application which is the rebranding and relaunch of the earlier app known as PhotoSocial, is hoping to attract iPhone users who want the Photos experience the new iOS 7 mobile operating system will offer…and then some. As with iOS 7′s re-imagined Photos app, Photoful will also sort your photo collection into smart groupings like iOS 7′s…

Do-it-all video app VLC will return in a new iOS version on Friday, while RunKeeper has gotten a few new options to boost its utility, and cab-calling app Uber has gotten some new features.

Snapchat really broke the mold with this whole single-serve messaging feature. Send a friend a sexy pic without the risk of anybody else seeing it? What genius! Of course some enterprising app developer was going to come along and ruin it....

Instagram has been adding new features to its app to help users create better photos. It’s no longer enough for it to be just another photo-sharing social network — we’ve moved past that. But in order for it to scale, Instagram needs to add new tools and features to not only enhance the quality of images shared, but also to maintain the appeal of its service....

An apparent bug in iOS 7's Background App Refresh implementation is causing users of certain third-party apps to be kicked out of login sessions, forcing them to reenter their credentials every few hours.

From an app that makes your Android device look like an iPhone to another that gives 2D pictures a 3D look -- many interesting apps launched this week. Each weekend, Mashable creates a roundup of our favorite apps to keep you up-to-date on what's new. See also: iOS 7 Apps: Download These Now Notable apps include a zombified take on a popular vintage game, and an app that simplifies video-creation with your friends.