Apps

Readdle has today issued a major update to PDF Expert, its excellent PDF management app for iPad, to introduce a number of handy new features. In addition to faster PDF rendering, version 4.1 brings Dropbox AutoSync, Microsoft SkyDrive integration, and more.

At the top of our favorite iOS apps list this week is Time Flies – a simple but useful application that helps you keep track of how long it’s been since you last completed a chore or task. It’s now even easier to remember when you last called your parents, bought flowers for your wife, or cleaned the house. Our second must-have app is a quick and powerful to-do app called SpeedTask. It features a simplistic, easy to use user interface, with free ‘cloud’ syncing that allows you to access your tasks from ...

We all lead busy, hectic lives, which means that it's all too easy to forget a task here and there. A to-do list can really help keep you on track, but pen and paper lists...

Mailjet, a cloud emailing service for tracking marketing and transactional emails, has just launched a mobile application for its business customers offering real-time email tracking. Within the mobile application, users can monitor email deliveries, plus keep an eye on metrics like bounces, opens and clicks. The company, which just rolled out a new version of its platform a couple of weeks ago, is also announcing today that it nearing 1 billion emails served. For those unfamiliar with Mailjet, the star...

As has been reported quite widely over the past few hours, Apple has updated its list of the top-selling iPhone and iPad apps of all time as it creeps towards…

If you regularly find yourself drowning in a sea of emails, there are plenty of developers out there who’ve got your back. For starters, we’ve previously shared how you can…

A second monitor for your Mac, when you're on your Grownup Computer: That's a perfect use for the 1024x768 iPad, and exactly what $5 app iDisplay lets you do. But it needs some work. The concept and execution are equally simple: Your iPad serves as a secondary display for your Mac (and only your Mac), by leveraging a transparent VNC server and an artificial second monitor. Run the server app on your computer, run the client app on your iPad, arrange the displays in your OS X settings, and you've got an...

Safari on the iPhone is as good as it gets for mobile browsing. But it's missing the deeper features, like true tabbed browsing, a full screen mode and a slew of other settings. Dolphin Browser adds all that. Dolphin Browser has been wildly popular on Android for quite some time already but it's finally on the iPhone now. What makes Dolphin Browser stand out in the glut of third-party browser apps (tabbed browsing, porn mode, full-screen are all common now) is that it throws in a gestures features that...

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. NOAA Weather Radio (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now $1.99. NOAA Weather Radio for iOS not only streams NOAA weather stations but offers a wealth of weather info and recently updated with 5x zoomable animated radar maps. Get it for $1.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

It's hard to argue that there's a better virtual assistant for the iPhone when you've got Siri, because Apple can create app that is completely integrated with iOS. That said, if you don't have Siri there are plenty of great options that may even be better some day. Here's a look at why Siri's great but plenty of other excellent alternatives as well. Platform: iPhone 4SPrice: Free (with an iPhone 4S)Built-in This is just a quick overview of Siri's capabilities. For more information, visit Apple's...

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. Call Master Pro Key (Google Play) Previously $4.99, now $2.99. Call Master Pro Key for Android gives root users total control to block or ignore calls and texts with a slew of options. This key requires the free Call Master app and removes all upgrade prompts. Get it for $2.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

On one hand, the $8 MyScript Notes Mobile from Vision Objects is yet another of the growing number of iOS note taking apps. However, it attempts to separate itself from the pack by focusing on handwriting as its main—well, actually, it’s only—form of input.

Newvem is bringing its Amazon Web Services analytics to CIOs and IT managers via a shiny new iOS app that will let CIOs use their beloved iPads and iPhones to keep tabs on Amazon cloud services in use.

Unless you’re plagued with serious night terrors, waking up is one of the hardest parts of the day. But what if your rise and shine moment was turned into a game that let you compete against your friends? Let me tell you, it wouldn’t fix the problem entirely, but it would make the process a little less painless. That’s what Wake N Shake aims to do. The app originally launched as the…

Brewster, the relationship-centric contacts app for iPhone, is today releasing a new version — its first major update since launching in July 2012 and then going international — that will take its smart syncing technology to a new level: Brewster now syncronizes with your iPhone contacts, giving you access to your Brewster-created contacts directly through your native Mail, Message and Phone…

Yahoo has given Axis, the hybrid browser / search application for iPhone and iPad it launched back in May 2012, a bit of a revamp....

It was a big week for apps. Twitter released Vine, a new way for creating and sharing video content, and Temple Run 2, the app that garnered an astounding 20 million downloads in its first 4 weeks in the iOS App Store finally made its way to Android. We saw a few new apps for reading your news, and a new app for sharing your opinion about literally everything. Curious what some of these new apps really look like? Check out the video above for a visual run-through of our top apps from the week.

Pierre Valade and Jeremy Le Van met while working as user experience designers at Foursquare and decided to partner up on a couple side projects. One area they were interested in was improving calendar applications, but they didn't want to devote themselves to anything too time-consuming -- after all, working as part of Foursquare's small design team takes up enough time as is.

If you have room on your schedule, there’s another iOS calendar app to check out. This one’s from the same developers as PDF Expert and Scanner Pro. It’s free and simply called Calendars.

Popular iPhone calendar app Fantastical was updated today to version 1.1, bringing with it a variety of features users have asked for like time zone support, event invitations, multiple alerts, and even an app badge that displays the current date. "The last two months have been insane, having all these users and passionate complaints," Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons told us. "We wanted to have an update that said 'we're listening.'"...

If you use Google Drive for iOS, you’ve probably discovered the lack of landscape support when editing a document on your iPhone. Fortunately, that’s no longer an issue, thanks to the app’s latest update — which is available in the App Store now.

Google has rolled out an update to its Gmail iOS app today, one designed to guide users towards the Internet giant’s other native apps....

Evernote has today rolled out a new Reminders service to its clients on the Mac, iOS, and the web. The new service rolls three of Evernote’s most-requested features into one, delivering in-app and email alarms, quick note-based to-do lists, and the ability to pin notes to the top of your note list.