In this day and age, learning a different language — especially at a young age — is essential. This week, take a look at an app that hel…
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Top 5 Apps for Kids This Week 6
February 4th at 8:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsFlip through the gallery to see this week's collection of the 5 best apps for kids.
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Top 5 Apps For Kids This Week 0
April 14th at 10:28pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsPractice addition, match puzzle cards and learn scientific concepts like friction and gravity — all in this week's top apps for kids.
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Staycation, all the apps I ever wanted 0
August 31st at 5:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsLabor Day is the greatest weekend of the year—the entire point of the holiday is to have an extra day to take it easy. And while the airports and highways will be jammed with people trying to squeeze in one last trip of the summer, to truly take it easy you don’t have to go far from home. It’s time for a good old-fashioned staycation. These apps can make sure you have a great one without sweating too much over the planning....
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The Best iOS And Android Apps Of 2013 10
January 2nd at 12:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsCongratulations, Planet Earth! We made it another 365 days without crashing into the sun. Go team! It’s the end of the year, and that means three things: booze, ridiculous sunglasses with numbers on them, and lists. Lots and lots of lists. Up next? The Best Mobile Apps Of 2013.
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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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Swifty Teaches Apple’s New Programming Language On Your iPhone 3
March 19th at 11:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSwifty is an app that provides an interactive set of tutorials that gradually guide you through the basics of Swift on your iPhone or iPad, from the very basics of variables and data types to the essentials of object-oriented programming.
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Apple's Classroom app goes live to bolster iPad in education 0
March 22nd at 2:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsFollowing the release of iOS 9.3 on Monday, Apple pushed out its new Classroom app for teachers that promises to deliver a comprehensive toolset for deploying, managing and monitoring iPads in the classroom.
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Is Angry Birds Keeping Your Brain Healthy? 0
February 6th at 11:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsGo ahead and play your favorite addictive smartphone gaming apps — chances are they're good for your brain. A new study from the Archives of Neurology says playing brain...
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Triggers: IFTTT for your iPhone 0
May 27th at 9:20am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWith the sheer number of things you can do with smartphones today, it’s something of a clichéd joke to say that we can use our phones to do everything but…
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Daily App Deals: Get Splashtop Remote Desktop for Android for $1.99 in Today’s App Deals 0
March 19th at 9:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe 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. Splashtop Remote Desktop (Amazon Appstore) Previously $4.99, now $1.99. Splashtop Remote Desktop for Android allows you to take control of your home computer via your Android device. Want to listen to music stored on your computer on your Android device while you commute? Open the app and listen to your music via 3G/4G. Need to go over a Word document that is only...
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Breathe a Sigh of Relief With These 10 Parenting Apps 0
August 29th at 2:09pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsBeing a parent in the smartphone era is a serious blessing. We have an arsenal of essential parenting tools that didn't exist a few years ago -- and they're right in our...
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Hands on with iOS 6: Music 0
September 19th at 3:20pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsiOS’s Music app, much like iTunes on computers, has traditionally been the destination for all audio-related content—you’d go there to find the music synced from your iTunes library, plus podcasts and audiobooks....
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Map of the Internet: This mobile app visualizes the Internet in 3D 2
March 8th at 5:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsHere’s a neat little app for you. The good folks at hosting provider Peer 1 have launched a new app called ‘Map of the Internet’ which, well, does exactly what it says on the box....
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The 25 Best Free iPad Apps 5
May 22nd at 3:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThere are more than 300,000 iPad apps currently available in Apple's App Store -- with all those options, how do you find what you're looking for without wasting your hard-earned cash? SEE ALSO: The 15 Best Free iPad Games To help you out, we've compiled a list of the 25 best free iPad apps that you can download at no cost, right now.
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Learning platform Duolingo is using crowdsourcing to increase the number of languages it offers 0
October 9th at 8:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsFree language learning platform Duolingo is using crowdsourcing to solve the problem of adding more languages to its service....
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FarFaria Raises $3.25M To Bring Children’s Books To The iPad (And Eventually Other Devices) 1
February 5th at 1:43am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsFarFaria, which has built a children's subscription book service for the iPad, is announcing that it has raised $3.25 million in Series A Funding. The round was led by Inventus Capital Partners, with Inventus' Manu Rekhi joining the board of directors. The firm, which recently raised a $106 million second fund, touts its ability to connect Silicon Valley entrepreneurs with "India’s natural…
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Apple issues iOS 8 compatibility updates for Beats Music, Find My Friends, others 0
September 17th at 10:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn sync with the public rollout of its next-generation mobile operating system, Apple on Thursday released updates for each of its first-party iOS apps that bring minor tweaks and fixes for compatibility with iOS 8.
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Vortex Is A Toy Robot That Teaches Kids How To Code 0
July 10th at 5:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsDFRobot, a company that has been building robots for the education market since 2008, this week introduced its first attempt at making a robot accessible to all children, with the debut of Vortex – an interactive, programmable robot aimed at kids 6 and up. The Vortex robot pairs with iOS and Android smartphones or tablets over Bluetooth, and lets kids control its movement by tapping…
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Varsity Tutors, the online platform for learning, launches a mobile app 0
May 24th at 4:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsVarsity Tutors, the online platform that lets top-of-the-line tutors connect with students who need some brushing up, has today launched a native mobile app.Back in 2012, the company started by simply matching tutors with students for in-person consultations. Over time, the company slowly built out its digital presence so that tutors could meet with students online via web chat, with…
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5 Apps for the Literature Major 0
July 3rd at 10:54pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsJust because you paid a ton for tuition doesn't mean you have to spend a fortune on books. There are apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices that feature free or...
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AMNH’s Cosmic Discoveries App Puts a Universe of Photos On Your iPhone 0
October 27th at 1:00am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsCosmic Discoveries, the latest app from the American Museum of Natural History, lets you explore nearly a thousand space-related images and blurbs, arranged neatly in a galaxy swirl-mosaic. Think of it as getting your mind blown, fun-sized.
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Daily App Deals: Get ProCamera for iOS for Only 99¢ in Today’s App Deals 0
February 8th at 10:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe 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. ProCamera (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now 99¢. ProCamera for iOS is a replacement for your stock camera app. Features include: social networking support, a suite of photo editing tools, RapidFire mode, anti-shake image stabilizer, QR code scanner, and more. Get it for 99¢. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS Android Windows
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Top 5 Kids Apps This Week 0
October 14th at 11:44am / Mashable / 0 opinionsLast week we introduced you to several apps that were perfect for the spooky holiday season. This week we focus more on the lighter side of things…