Apps

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...

Music festivals can be stressful experiences -- especially when you attend with friends. Someone's always hungry, complaining about hating various bands or passing out...

Today, while most of the U.S. was sleeping, Apple approved the Netflix update which brings universal support for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. On the iPad, it doesn’t do much beyond adding a new icon, but I couldn’t access Netflix until I updated.

Following its new iPad announcement earlier today, Apple has updated several of its iOS apps, which can now handle Retina Display, among other new features. The most interesting update is…

iPhone 3.0 apps are still dropping fast and furious, left and right, cats and dogs, etc, but there's some reprieve for non-3.0 stragglers this week, too. Morning music? Personal broadcasting? Smug food habits? It's all here. Locavore 2.0: An hefty update to an already decent app, Locavore 2.0 mixes social networking with its local, seasonal food-finding abilities. Since everything's got some kind of "social networking" feature nowadays, here's what that means: Facebook Connect provides Facebook...

Sony just released Crackle, an app that streams full-feature movies and popular TV shows to your iPhone and iPad for free. For free. For free! We're talking popular TV shows like Seinfeld and Married with Children and big time movies like The Da Vinci Code and Stranger Than Fiction straight to your iPhone and iPad. And all completely free! The app is the same ad-supported streaming service as the Crackle.com website and has a decent catalog from Columbia Pictures, Tri-Star, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures...

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. Worldictionary - Instant Translation & Search (iTunes) Previously $7.99, now $3.99. Worldictionary - Instant Translation & Search for iOS is the ideal app to bring along with you when you are traveling abroad, or generally need help with translating words. Worldictionary allows you to snap a picture of a word with your iOS device to which it will translate the word to...

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. Spyglass (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now 99¢. Spyglass for iOS is ideal to have in your library of apps if you love spending time outdoors. Spyglass offers an augmented reality navigator, allowing you to use your iOS device to tag and track multiple locations on your iOS device in real time. In addition, the app also sports a compass for the off-road, a GPS tracker,...

Netflix today updated its native iOS app with iPhone 5 and iOS 6 support. You can grab the latest version now from the official Apple App store. Here are two…

AppTrailers, an app that rewards users for watching videos that promote other apps, just released an update with a new “Free Today” section, which will highlight one app per day — either a paid app being offered for free or a freemium up with normally a paid virtual that’s being provided for free. “Free app of the day” promotions have become pretty common, so I asked Sheffield Nolan, CEO of…

SeatGeek's been around the web for a while, so you might already be familiar with the concept. With the mobile version, though, the developers chopped out a lot of non-essential features. What's left is a focused, easy to use app that still gives us all the info we need to snag the perfect seat....

Amazon-owned movie database company IMDb has overhauled its iPad app, pushing live a new update that comes complete with a revamped user interface that is designed to showcase more movies, TV shows and celebrities that previous versions of the app....

The HBO Go app for iPhone and iPad scored a long-overdue update on Tuesday. As HBO’s co-president Eric Kessler promised at the Dive Into D conference, the app—along with Cinemax’s Max Go app—can now stream video wirelessly to the Apple TV....

Crashworks, a new Idealab-backed travel startup, is today coming out of its semi-stealth mode with a fun mobile application called Crash and accompanying website for unique, crowdsourced tourist attractions. The difference between what Crash offers compared with more robust travel guides, is that it’s not focused on recommending hotels, transportation, restaurants or bars – it’s only about the…

The App Store saw two long-awaited moves on Thursday when beleaguered movie rental company Blockbuster finally released an iOS app for streaming on demand videos, and photo sharing app Instagram beefed up its own offering with support for photo tagging

Fanhattan is hoping to take over the living room with Fan TV, a ridiculously small set-top box that combines on-demand streaming, live TV and cloud-based DVR functionality....

As a purveyor of greetings cards and family-friendly TV network broadcaster, it’s hardly surprising that Hallmark is now trying to go a step further by gaining mindshare among the digital masses....

Having previously only been available for iPad, Doodle.ly (not to be confused with Doodley) is now available for iPhone and iPod touch too....

Sometimes an explanation requires more than just words. A new iPhone app called Shadow Puppet lets users generate narrated tutorial videos or photo slideshows straight from their phone. See also: Top 25 Free iPhone Apps of All Time Users simply select images from their library, arrange them in the order they wish to share them, and use the phone's voice recorder to narrate the slideshow as it plays.

Sony’s new PlayStation companion app is now available on Android and iOS ahead of the PlayStation 4′s worldwide launch this month. The app allows you to access the PlayStation Network on the go to view your notifications, invitations, game alerts,…

Jacob Blackstock launched a tester version of Bitstrips in the App Store in early October. It was a "stealth" launch for friends and family to work out the app’s kinks, but the world found out. Two weeks later, Bitstrips was the no. 1 app in 40 countries and showed no signs of stopping — even though it barely worked. The app was supposed to let users quickly create humorous comic strips featuring digital avatars of their friends, but Blackstock’s servers were crashing hard. After six years the business...

Over the years, legendary documentary film maker Ken Burns has put out a lot of movies — but now he's released his very first app, which lets you explore his work on American history in a totally new way. Called simply "Ken Burns," the iPad app isn't a movie itself, but instead a collection of clips from past films. What makes the app so engaging is the way these clips are arranged — you can view them chronologically, through a timeline, or via a series of playlists each centered in a particular theme,...

Innovation often arises from limitations, and Apple has certainly inspired plenty of innovation from iOS developers and accessory makers. Case in point: dealing with limited storage. On the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, you won’t find an SD card slot or USB port to connect more storage, as are found on many Android and Windows-based devices....

The Pokémon Company International just took another step towards iOS domination with its free-to-play game, Camp Pokémon, now available on the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. This new game will let children of all ages explore Camp…