Apps

If you followed the latest Mobile Premier Awards during MWC, you may have already heard about PlayTales, an e-bookstore for kids. The company made it to the global finals where…

Amazon's Kindle app for iOS has just been updated to version 3.0, bringing support for the new iPad's Retina display, and a redesigned library that lets iPhone users see their content in a grid cover view instead of just a list of titles. The update also includes "cloud view," which allows users to see all of their cloud content in a single combined view by selecting the cloud tab at the bottom of the app interface — previously, users had to visit a sluggish online archive to download books. The...

If you’ve ever used the Kindle app for iOS then you’ll know that the browsing situation has been total crap. You had to visit the online archive to download a…

For all the cool things an iPad can coaxed into doing, I find myself using mine to read more than anything else (rewatching old episodes of Doctor Who on Netflix is a close second). I’ve been begun to use it more than my trusty Kindle, and thanks to the timely 3.0 update for the iOS Kindle app, organizing and managing all of those books I’ve bought feels a lot snappier. Take navigating your archived books, for example. A quick tap on the Cloud button at the bottom of the screen jumps into a listing of p...

By all accounts, text-heavy apps really shine on the new iPad’s Retina Display, so I’m glad to see that Amazon have already updated my favorite iOS e-reading app to work at native 2048×1536 resolution. And that’s not all. Amazon has also taken the opportunity to redesign the Kindle library view so that it’s organized in two separate tabs, “Cloud” and “Device,” which should make it easier to tell which e-books you have stored locally and which ones need to be slurped down from Amazon’s databanks. You can...

Atlantic Records has taken an uncommon approach to using Apple’s iBooks Author — touted as a creation platform that will “reinvent t…

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...

Do you wish your favorite writer had their own app? If you are a teen and like vampires, chances are that book publisher Penguin has just granted your wish with…

Apple has launched a countdown to its 25 billionth app downloaded from the App Store, but more is at stake than the glory of a historic download. The company is giving...

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. Converter Touch HD ~ Fastest Unit Converter (iTunes) Previously 99¢, now Free. Converter Touch HD ~ Fastest Unit Converter for iPad is a unit converter that allows you to convert units via a "drag and drop" interface. Just pair two different units together, and watch the conversion happen instantly. If you find that you need to convert units on a regular basis, you...

PJ Gurumohan, CEO of tablet publishing startup Genwi, likes to talk about creating unique experiences tablet, rather than just porting over an existing website. A good example of what he has in mind: Tweek, a new app that Genwi (pronounced “Gen Y”) has created with Times Internet Limited. TIL is the Internet and mobile arm of Times Group, which publishes the Times of India. It already offers iPad apps for the Times of India and other publications, but with Tweek, TIL CEO Rishi Khiani says the company is...

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. BestRoute Pro (Amazon Appstore) isn't our favorite navigation app as we prefer Waze, but it's still a nice app! Previously $4.99, now $2.99. BestRoute Pro for Android excels with its ability to help you stay on schedule when you have multiple stops. It can give you the best options for routes to take so you can be more efficient with your time and save money on gas....

The iPad makes a great support for educational, interactive books, Apple has recently acknowledged with the launch of Textbooks.  Yet, the creators of ‘Bats! Furry Fliers of the Night‘, which…

Clear is a new app that was just announced along with a new studio called Impending. It’s been in development for a while and isn’t yet launched, but has been…

The App Store is a morass of to-do list managers, but there’s reason to perk up your ears about Clear. It might seem like just another to-do list manager from another new studio, but it’s neither. Clear is something special.

There’s been a lot of talk about the divide between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, but at least one upstart animation studio seems to have one foot comfortably in both worlds — Moonbot Studios, which was just nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short. The film in question, “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” was also released as an iPad app, and will be published a traditional book, too. Co-founder William Joyce is an established children’s author, and he first conceived the project...

Thursday’s Apple event presented a giant leap forward in the process of updating American education. As of today, elementary, high school and co…

On Thursday Apple’s SVP of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, took the stage to talk about education and announced Apple’s ambitious plan to reinvent the textbook. That plan includes iBooks 2, which Schiller called a “new textbook experience for the iPad.”

Today Amazon launched an iPad-optimized Kindle Store web app. Visiting amazon.com/iPadKindleStore on the iPad will now take you to Amazon’s new web portal for buying ebooks from Apple’s tablet. Once you’ve logged into your Amazon account, you’ll be able to browse and purchase ebooks in Mobile Safari on the iPad. Your purchases will then be pushed by Amazon to your Kindle device or Kindle iOS app.

When books get turned into movies, there’s usually little added to the original story. But with interactive apps, the narrative doesn’t have to be dumbed down or retold. Instead it can be explored from a different angle to expand the audience’s understanding of a fictional world. The Chasing Salander iPhone app lets you dive deeper into Stieg Larson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and the rest of the Millenium crime novel series. The app’s 14 scenes tell the untold story of a hitman hunting for prota...

For a while now, Kindle users have been able to email personal documents directly to their devices. Now, Amazon has extended that support to anyone with the latest version of the Kindle iOS app. Upon updating, we were able to get everything from photos to game manuals on an iPhone 4S. Sending a document takes a little setup, but it's easy to do and supports a range of file types. Before doing anything else, you'll want to make sure that the Kindle or app you're using is registered with your Amazon...

Looking for a quick last-minute gift? Not feeling up to fighting the holiday traffic, crowds and checkout lines? Just too lazy busy to shop? Then you may want to consider giving the gift of an iOS app. You can gift any paid app from iTunes on your computer or from the app’s description page on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Just scroll down past the screenshot and look for the “gift this app” button. All you’ll need is the recipient’s email address to complete the transaction.

If you are a big TinTin fan, you probably know that Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of TinTin opens today in theaters. But if you are a really big fan, there is also a companion coffee table book called “The Art of The Adventures of TinTin.” But don’t get the $39.99 print edition. Get the $5.99 iPad app instead. It has all the same art work, plus a whole lot more—3D models of the characters ond vehicles from the movie that you can spin around, HD video clips, and immersive 360-degree experiences. (Wa...