It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps.
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Did You Just Get An iOS Device? Download These Apps First 0
December 25th at 11:30am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIt’s Christmas morning and the sound of pitter patter can be heard around the home as children and even adults scurry towards the Christmas tree in order to get started opening their presents. What did you get? An iPad? An iPhone? Power it on and let’s take a look at some of the apps that you’re really going to want to download onto that brand new device first....
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Use These 10 Apps During Downtime 2
March 6th at 8:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDowntime is hard to find, whether you're working 9 to 5, going to school or raising your kids full-time. When you do have that extra hour or two, and you inevitably take out your smartphone, shouldn't you spend the time wisely with a few good apps? SEE ALSO: 12 Apps You'll Use This Weekend You could scroll through Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook until your fingers ache, but we found 10 apps that'll help you relax and enjoy your free time even more.
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Me Books Brings Children’s Favorite Books To iPad, Lets You Be The Narrator 0
June 14th at 8:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMany of the children’s e-book applications for iPad today use a combination of animations, video or even games to make books more “interactive” for their young readers. Me Books, a London-based digital e-book app and retailer launching today in the U.S., has a slightly different take. Instead of animation, the app uses audio to add an additional element to stories. The e-books are narrated, and…
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'Temple Run' Movie Possibly in Works With 'Harry Potter' Producer 0
November 13th at 11:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsTemple Run may be joining the ranks of popular mobile games becoming movies, according to a recent report. According to a scoop by The Hollywood Reporter (via Touch Arcade), Warner Bros. is in negotiations to make a film adaptation of the seminal endless running game. And the producer said to be attached to the incipient project is none other than David Heyman.
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How iOS8 extensions could help college students dump their laptops and rely on their iPads 3
June 29th at 9:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsIt’s still pretty difficult for a college student to get by using an iPad as a primary computer. Upcoming changes to iOS 8, however, could lighten the load.
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App Store Rewind: Apple's Top Apps of 2011 0
December 8th at 9:51pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsApple released the list of its best and most popular apps on Thursday. The App Store Rewind features 20 categories from Travel to Games, and names the top five apps of...
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The Best iPhone Apps 5
October 30th at 3:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThere's an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you're a salty old dog seeing what you might've missed, here are the absolutely essential apps. Twitter: Twitter thankfully didn't make too many changes when they gobbled up the already-great Tweetie 2 from Atebits—same clean interface, same Tweet swiping, and the same it-feels-so-good pull to refresh mechanism. Free. Facebook: The new, panel-based interface takes a little getting used to, but once you're...
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Top 5 Apps Your Kids Will Love This Week 0
November 4th at 1:00pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWe’ve got quite the variety for you this week: Apps to help settle your kids down for bed and introduce them to the basic steps of cartoon an…
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Readmill: Now Optimized for iPhone 2
February 6th at 6:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsDigital reading platform Readmill has finally optimized its app for iPhone and iPod touch, almost a year-and-a-half after it first launched for iPad....
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DrawQuest, Map of the Internet, and More 0
March 8th at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThere's snow falling relentlessly on the East coast, so it might be a very long weekend. But you won't lose your mind while you're cooped up inside. Here are plenty of new apps for your iPad to keep you occupied so cabin fever never has a fighting chance.
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What Would Jesus Text? Smartphones Are Changing How We Worship 0
August 20th at 8:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThey say God is everywhere -- even in your smartphone. We asked a few religious groups how they're integrating tech into worship.
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Games Aside, ComiXology Was The Top-Grossing iPad App Of 2013 0
January 14th at 8:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsWhile games dominated the App Store in 2013 in terms of top grossing apps, digital comic app comiXology has announced that it was the highest grossing non-game iPad app — for the third year running.
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Kindle for iOS adds 'Bookerly' font, Fox Movie of the Day app promotes iTunes flash sales 0
May 27th at 7:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAmazon on Wednesday improved the look of fonts in Kindle for iOS, while Fox launched a Movie of the Day app for the iPhone, highlighting daily flash sales of Fox movies hosted on iTunes.
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The 3 best iPad comic book readers 0
August 11th at 9:00am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsThere are a lot of comic book readers out there. Here are the best tablet apps I’ve found for reading them, both commercial readers (apps that let you buy comics as well as read them), and an app that supports CBZ and CBR files.
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Daily App Deals: Get Discovr People for iOS for Free in Today’s App Deals 0
March 30th 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. Discovr People (iTunes) New in the App Store and Free. Discovr People for iOS follows in the footsteps of the other Discovr apps (like Discovr Apps) by mapping how people are connected on Twitter so you can easily discover new people to follow, and who they're following and interacting with. Get it for Free. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS
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Gmail for iOS updated with new look, Kindle app expands X-Ray feature 0
December 4th at 3:12pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsGoogle on Tuesday released a major update to its Gmail iOS app, with a new look and several new features headlined by multiple-account support. Amazon also rolled out a new version of its Kindle app, which sports deeper integration of its touted X-Ray feature.
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Latest Kindle for iOS update has 'known issue,' users advised to not update 2
February 27th at 7:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAmazon has updated the description for its latest Kindle for iOS update, warning users not to install the new software because of a "known issue."
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Kindle For iOS Will Now Turn Your Favorite Books Into Audiobooks 0
May 1st at 8:25am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsAmazon’s Kindle app for iOS hasn’t always been as accessible as Apple’s own iBooks, but that changed today with a new update that adds VoiceOver support, among other new accessibility features. Kindle will now read aloud over 1.8 million books, allowing those who are visually impaired to kick back and listen to their favorite titles.
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Ten apps every iPhone 5s and 5c user should own 3
September 25th at 5:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThere are many thousands of apps. Whatever your goal, as Apple’s erstwhile advertising campaign proclaimed, “There’s an app for that.” But some apps are simply must-haves—whether for their functionality, their interface brilliance, or just their entertainment factor. Here are ten apps your new iPhone shouldn’t be without....
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Amazon buys digital comic book platform comiXology 0
April 11th at 7:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsOnline sales giant Amazon on Thursday announced the purchase of digital comics platform comiXology, which is responsible for the popular iPad app 'Comics' that consistently ranks near the top of the iOS App Store's top grossing charts.
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7 can't-miss apps: Marvel Tsum Tsum, Brushstroke, Shelfie and more 0
September 17th at 8:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDoughnuts meet Candy Crush, the perfect app for book nerds, virtual reality awesomeness and more
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10 Terrific iPad Apps for Toddlers 0
August 3rd at 9:48am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThere's no point in fighting it. Technology is working its way into the lives of digitally native tots earlier and earlier, and it might be a more positive evolution than...
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Echoecho Wins AppCircus in London 0
November 17th at 3:03pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsBack in October we reported that AppCircus was coming to London. And last night, not only was The Next Web in attendance to see the developers pitch their products, we…