Apps

There’s no denying that Apple’s App Store is the best source for smartphone and tablet apps, and it’s one of the biggest reasons why users continue to purchase iOS devices. But it does have its flaws, among them the select few developers who find it much easier to shamelessly clone existing apps rather than creating their own. The latest is a word processor called Writing, which is identical to the wonderful iA Writer.

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Whoa! Has Apple just changed its mind on one of the lamest policies plaguing its App Store? In the weeks after the App Store submission process went live, a number of developers got a big smack in the face from Cupertino. After spending hundreds of hours developing their wares, they were turned away for offering features too similar to Apple’s own offerings, or “duplicate functionality”. The outcry was instantaneous and deafening; it’s one thing to have pride in your work, but to essentially ban competi...

Summer is here! It’s time to start booking flights and packing your suitcase. Here are 10 awesome iPhone apps to help make the most of your sunshine get-away. 1. Skyscanner…

SkyDrive, Microsoft's free cloud storage service with 25GB of space, now has apps for both Windows Phone and iPhone. The apps allow you to manage, upload, download, and share files without having to use the service's HTML5-based web app. In addition to file management, the apps allow you to choose whether you'd like a particular shared file to be editable or just viewable by others. Other than the aesthetic differences between the two apps, they share all of the same core functionality. On Windows...

They're with us all the time, connected to the internet, and synced with all the important online services in our lives: what better devices to help us remember things than our iPhones and iPads? GOLD MEDAL: 2DoThis isn't just a to-do list app. It's an app that can keep track of virtually every action you take in your life, should you want it to. Simple list functionality is simple and fast, the interface is attractive, the syncing options are manifold, and the depth of features is astounding. There are...

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. Safe Gmail (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now 99¢. Safe Gmail for iOS manages multiple Gmail accounts easily with the option to secure the app with a passcode without having to log into or out of any of your accounts. Get it for 99¢. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS

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. Graphs (iTunes) Previously 99¢, now Free. Graphs for iOS helps you to learn more than you ever wanted to know about various types of graphs. Whether you want to learn more about bar graphs, pie charts, or another flavor of graph entirely, you are able to do so via easy to use tutorials and exams. Your understanding of graphs will be expanded with Graphs, our App Deal...

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. KeepTrack Pro (Amazon Appstore) Previously $1.99, now Free. KeepTrack Pro for Android offers a simple user interface to help you track just about anything, from tracking workouts to tracking medications. The app collects your information and then will give you data breakdowns with charts, stats, and calendars. It also offers alarms to remind you of tasks. Get it for...

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. Dual Browser (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now Free. Dual Browser for iPad gives you two stacked or side-by-side browser windows and the tools to pass links back and forth between them. It's Safari compatible with multiple user agents, privacy controls and more. Get it for Free. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS

The new iPhone 5 and its bigger screen is here. And to take advantage of all 4-inches of that taller screen, you need apps that are updated, optimized and ready to look bigger and better than ever. We got 'em all listed for you right here....

Cisimple is a new development platform, launching today, which automates the build, testing and deployment process for mobile applications. The company is offering hosted Continuous Integration for both the iOS and Android platforms to start, with other platforms planned for the future.

So, it’s finally here — Google released an official Google Maps app for the iPhone, and we love it. Not only is it back with a brand new look, it also has new features, and of course, the accurate data we’ve all been missing since Apple released iOS 6. Also in our roundup is a brand new 1Password app from AgileBits, a new Flickr app from Yahoo!, and more.

This week’s collection of apps include new ways to navigate the world—as well as new options for destroying the planet in your home movies....

Apple on Tuesday updated its iWork productivity suite for iOS and OS X. The iOS versions of Pages, Numbers, Keynote received improved import and export functionality, while the OS X update adds cross support for the new iOS releases....

Penultimate for iPad has today received its first major update since it was acquired by Evernote back in May 2012. In addition to Evernote syncing, the app offers a number of nifty new features, the most impressive of which is handwriting search — which uses handwriting recognition technology to allow you to find notes you’ve written by hand. And if that wasn’t enough, the app is now completely free.

Instashare, a new app which lets you transfer files between your Mac and iPhone, has gained ground lately as an easy tool for moving photos, PDFs, etc across iDevices. Now, iPad owners are in luck: Instashare is expanding to Apple’s tablets to provide what creators TwoManShow call “AirDrop for iOS & OSX.”...

Write ($2) is a text-editing app for the iPhone that offers Dropbox users a unique set of tools for creating standard text files and Markdown formatted text. While at first Write may seem just like the dozens of other text editing apps available on the App Store, a few minutes of working with the app makes it clear that it's a cut above just about anything else you may have used....

The iPhone comes with a bunch of apps you never use. Some of them are poorly implemented. Others are lacking important features. Fortunately, there's a whole world of developers offering some very viable third-party alternatives. Unfortunately you can't delete the apps your iPhone comes with, but here are some alternatives that will free you from their boring grips....

Cloud-based storage service SugarSync has updated its iOS app today with a new interface and concise menu system, making it easier to find files shared with a specific device or set of users....

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If you need a simple audio-recording app, chances are you’ll use Apple’s stock Voice Memos app and be perfectly happy with it. If you need something a little more feature-rich, however, you’ll maybe want to check out Recordium, which lets you highlight segments as you record, in addition to adding notes, tags, and pictures....