Mailbox, the popular third-party Gmail client for iOS, has received yet more new features in its latest update. iPhone users can now take advantage of the new landscape mode for a wider look at their mail, and there’s no support for Gmail’s “send as” aliases.
If your child gets snatched, it might take some time to come up with a recent, accurate photo to provide the police. Unless you have it on your iPhone—along with all their personal information. FBI to the rescue. The Child ID app not only stores all the data on your kid you'll want to provide authorities should they vanish, but gives you a quick means of emailing this info to police with a few taps. It won't prevent your child from getting kidnapped, but it could mean saving their life if they do....
From the mathematical brilliance of Threes to the insanely addictive, Design Award-winning Blek, iOS users are spoiled for choice when it comes to great puzzle games on their iOS. Does that mean developers should throw in the towel and stop…
Audio fiends will love this: #nwplyng (iOS and Android) lets you identify and share what you’re listening to with friends on the app’s own network as well as Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, and awards you badges for all your hard work. Users can list tracks by searching manually or by letting the app’s music recognition component hear and identify the track from any audio source, similar to what Soundhound and Shazam do. Plus, you can share more of your musical moments by tacking on comments,...
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. Percent Calculator - Pro (Amazon Appstore) Previously $1.00, now Free. Percent Calculator - Pro for Android puts a variety of real-world percentage problems just a couple taps away. Figure out percent increases, decreases, tip amounts and more with a minimum of puzzling and pondering. Get it for Free. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS
Pokémon, the game franchise that I love more than most real things in the actual world, is coming to the iPad. I would weep for joy were the news not watered down somewhat by the fact that the first game arriving on Apple’s devices isn’t the actual monster collection and battling game that makes up the core franchise, but is instead the Pokémon trading card game.Now I own…
Twitter today announced what it says is the biggest update to Vine for iOS yet, adding a slew of new features and fixing multiple issues. You can download the new app now directly from Apple’s App Store....
It's new iPad day! And since you're not just going to sit and stare at your new $500-plus toy, here are all the new apps updated to take advantage of the its g-g-gorgeous 2048 x 1536 resolution display. All your old iPad apps will work just fine, but these are the ones that work prettiest: We'll be updating throughout the day, so keep checking back in! Update: If you're looking for a list of ALL the apps that have been updated for the new iPad's Retina Display, check out AppAdvice. They list every...
Kdan Mobile wants to fill the space between Adobe’s mobile products and Evernote by providing cloud-based creativity and productivity apps for iOS and Android, like Animation Desk and NoteLedge, that are targeted toward amateur users and students.
It’s been a while since we last caught up with WillCall, the mobile app that makes it super easy to find tickets to live shows at the last minute....
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...
LinkedIn over the weekend launched a standalone version of its “Sales Navigator” service, which is now available on iOS only. The addition of the new, native application follows a recent overhaul for Sales Navigator that saw it split off as its own product, rather than a set of features within the main LinkedIn website. At that time, the company promised mobile apps would soon…
If This Then That (IFTTT) is now available for iPhone. If you’re not familiar, IFTTT is a service that lets you connect two different apps or services together based on specific parameters, in a way that makes using both services a lot more useful. Think of it as a string that ties together everything you use on your computer or phone. SEE ALSO: How IFTTT is Changing the Way We Do Things on the Web Connections between things on IFTTT are called recipes.
The Apple Store App just received a 2.0 update that introduces the previously rumored "in-store pickups" and EasyPay. EasyPay is especially cool, it's like Apple's self-checkout. system on your iPhone Just grab certain accessories, scan it with the Apple Store app and you've bought the item. Easy peasy.
Fetch, a mobile app that serves as a personal buying assistant by allowing you to submit text or photos then have results returned to you by a professional shopper, is expanding beyond product search with a new release out now. In the updated version, which also works over SMS, you can use your buying assistant to book flights, hotels, and rental cars as well as buy movie tickets, event…
In this week’s column, I look at a few very different topics. One common question I get is about the iTunes Store and sending gifts to other countries; another concerns joining two music files to make one; and I also explain how you can cross-fade songs on an iOS device....
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. Stress Check Pro by Azumio (iTunes) Previously 99¢, now Free. Stress Check Pro by Azumio for iOS tracks your stress levels using heart rate variability (HRV) as measured by placing your finger over the iPhone's camera. Get it for Free. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS
Google Currents, Google’s magazine-like news reading iOS app and a competitor to Flipboard, is rolling out a redesign and a handful of new features, including a way to subscribe to topics you’re interested in, instead of only subscribing to publishers, blogs and RSS feeds. The company is also ditching the name “Currents,” and renaming the app “Google Play…
Need a better way to organize and share your iPhone photos? You might want to try Viewfinder, a free app from former Google executives, that is launching a new version today.
NoWait, a mobile waitlisting management service based in Pittsburgh, is announcing today it has closed on a $2 million Series A round of funding led by Birchmere Ventures. Sand Hill Angels and previous investors also participated in the round. The idea to digitize waitlisting is not a new one, and it’s becoming an increasingly crowded market. But in NoWait’s case, it’s a combination of old school mobile support (SMS text messaging) and modern flair (an iOS software application that runs on iPhone...
Better late than never? LinkedIn this morning announced it has at last rolled out the first-ever iOS app for SlideShare, the presentation and content-sharing platform it acquired back in 2012. The new app was built using Swift and is optimized to work on the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, offering a modern, clean layout to browse and search through the presentations hosted on SlideShare’s…
Branch, a startup backed by two of Twitter's co-founders, introduced a new social network last month called Potluck that promised to take much of the anxiety out of sharing things online by focusing on links rather than Likes or retweets. Now, Branch is bringing its stress-free social network to mobile with the launch on Wednesday of Potluck for iPhone.
The super popular and technically abandoned Sparrow for iPhone has gotten a nice update despite its status as the castoffs of a staff now working at Google. The update allows…
Moonfrye, the family-oriented startup best known as the company co-founded by former child star Soleil Moon Frye (aka TV’s “Punky Brewster”) has officially launched its second product, P.S. XO. Now available on the iPhone and iPad, the P.S. XO app allows consumers to take care of party planning activities directly from their mobile phone or tablet, including things like…
Evernote recently updated its iOS app to include a bevy of new free and premium features to the note taking app. For those of you who happen to read TechCrunch but don’t use smartphones or applications, Evernote is an app that launched a few years ago and has taken the note-taking space by storm. Yep, here in techland there’s such a thing as a note-taking space. I know. In any case…
