Apps

Branded mobile apps come in a variety of types -- they tend to focus on entertainment, utility or product enhancement. Entertainment and utility apps don't necessarily...

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. USB Disk (iTunes) Previously $4.99, now Free. USB Disk for iOS gives you a fast and easy way to transfer documents and images to your device. Features include an easy-to-use document viewer, the ability to drag and drop files in iTunes for transfer, restores your last viewing position within a document, and more. Get it for Free. (via Apps-aholic) iOS Android iOS...

If you’re thinking of moving house or changing jobs, 2012 saw a slew of handy apps that could help you in your endeavors....

Getting burned on the stock market can be a devastating experience – as the co-founder of Singapore startup TradeHero can attest to. One of the reasons Dinesh Bhatia set up TradeHero, a mobile virtual stock market game, was because of the lack of information and therefore inadequacy in competing with bigger players on the market....

The Living Wallet looks like a regular wallet -- except for the small wheels on its sides. According to its official website, the wallet pairs with a bookkeeping app called Zaim, which works on the iPhone, Android, iPad and on the web. The wallet, created by a Japanese company, looks ordinary on the outside -- but inside, it's anything but. See also: 10 Weird Japanese Products That Are Actually Kind of Useful The wallet can apparently be set to two different modes, Save Mode and Consumption Mode.

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Not since Color has a startup been as widely laughed at as the troubled Stanford payments startup Clinkle. So it’s little surprise that the company has changed the name of its app to “Treats”, as well as its direction. After seeing the company’s site had rebranded, I spoke with 23-year old CEO Lucas Duplan to find out how Treats will work.The private beta product…

Google today released an experimental payments app called Hands Free, a service that lets you pay for items in stores without taking your phone out. The iOS and Android app relies on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and location services to determine when you're nearby a participating retailer or restaurant. When you get to the cashier, all you have to say is, "I'll pay with Google," and the clerk can confirm your identity with a photo on their end to complete the transaction. The service is only available in the...

Card.io, the toolkit for mobile app developers which lets users pay for items by holding their credit card up to the phone’s camera, is today launching a consumer-facing app. It’s something like Square, but without the dongle. It’s also not aimed at merchants, as Square is. Instead, the new Card.io applications, available for both iPhone and Android, are meant for person-to-person payments. Splitting lunch, borrowing money, paying for gas – that sort of thing.

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. Download Manager (iTunes) Previously 99¢, now Free. Download Manager for iOS makes downloading, organizing, and viewing files on your iOS device easier than ever. Whether you want to download a video clip or a document from work, you can do so and view it straight from your iOS device. Download Manager is so powerful, it can even extract ZIP and RAR archives for later...

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. MacX DVD Ripper Pro (MacX DVD Giveaway) Previously $49.95, now Free. MacX DVD Ripper Pro for Mac specializes in ripping DVDs straight into the best format for your devices, from iOS devices to the iPod Classic to the PS3. This giveaway comes without tech support or free updates, so some future DVD releases may thwart it with new copy protection, but for now it will...

H&R Block At Home Free Edition is an iOS tax preparation app designed for the iPad. Like the H&R Block 1040EZ app, H&R Block At Home Free Edition makes it easy for you to file your tax return on your iOS device, but while the 1040EZ app is limited to basic returns, H&R Block At Home Free Edition can handle all your personal tax needs....

Hill Ferguson ordered a smoothie. Using a newly redesigned app for iOS and Android, PayPal’s lanky director of product selected a peach concoction and paid for it with a couple taps on his smartphone. A few minutes later, he walked to a nearby Jamba Juice, strolled in, and was handed his beverage. No wallet, no credit card, and no waiting for anything: this is PayPal’s vision of the future, and it’s coming into focus today....

Kabbage, the Atlanta-based company offering working capital to online merchants and sellers on marketplaces like Etsy, eBay and Amazon who wouldn't otherwise be able to get a bank loan, is today expanding its business to mobile. The company is officially introducing its new apps for both iOS and Android, which will enable Kabbage users to quickly add funds to their associated bank or PayPal…

Facebook's Instagram launched a new application on Tuesday dubbed Hyperlapse, which allows users to quickly shoot polished time-lapse videos. In addition, Square updated its Cash app for iOS to version 2.0, bringing a host of new features including transferring cash to any number over text message and address book importing.

In case you thought paying $7 to $10 to trade a stock in the US was bad, it costs $65 in Australia. So now that its zero-fee stock trading app is thriving stateside with hundreds of thousands of users, Robinhood is planning to go international, starting in Australia. A $50 million Series B cash infusion from NEA will fuel that expansion, as well as hiring and development of…

As it did with Siri, Apple has granted developer access to the Messages API in iOS 10, opening the door to unique app integrations. AppleInsider has compiled a list of ten candidates that expand the new iMessage app's abilities.

If you’ve not yet heard about Clover Pay, stop right now and go read this. The mobile payments app, run by a team consisting of former Yahoo, Meebo and Quantcast…

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. GroupShot (iTunes) Previously 99¢, now Free. GroupShot for iOS allows you to fix and perfect your group photos on your iOS device. Simply take a few group photos, and if anything needs to be fixed, simply open GroupShot and fix them from within the app. GroupShot makes it easy to take the best of one picture and combine it with another so you have a perfect group...

Black Friday is known for its bargains. Just because something is on sale, however, doesn’t mean that you’re getting the best price possible. Luckily, there are a number...

S Most people have sold at least something online at this point in their lives. It's an easy way to get rid of crap you don't need and make a little cash in the process. But there's inevitably a dip in the joy of your newfound wealth when you realize that your chosen platform has taken their fair share of your reward. Pay.me for iOS wants to make sure you receive the exact amount you're after....

An app that lets people play the stock market without the risk of losing any real money has turned its virtual cash game into a pile of actual Benjamins, by closing out a $10 million funding round. The app in question, TradeHero, is made by a Singapore-based developer MyHero. Investors in the round are Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers China fund (KPCB China) and IPV Capital.

There are more than 1 million apps in the App Store, and while we haven't tested them all, the Mashable staff had busy fingers in 2013 -- gaming, photo editing and posting away on our favorite iPhone apps from the bunch. One type in particular -- photo apps -- stole our hearts during the past 12 months. But of course, we found favorites across all categories. See also: 13 Tech Products That Stood Out in 2013 Above, check out our picks for the best iPhone apps of the year.