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AppleInsider is trying to find the best news app for iOS. Vote for your favorite app and we'll tell you the winner next week.

This week's list includes an updated version of Flipboard, a lightning-fast video app and the latest animated GIF tool from the GIF masters at Giphy.

With newly-delivered Apple Watch units now on the wrists of the lucky, users will undoubtedly be looking to try out the best launch-day apps for their latest purchase. AppleInsider offers a roundup of some prominent and essential launch-day apps, divided by category.

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A new tool can fetch screenshots for third-party Apple Watch apps, while another website showcases them in mockups, giving users a glimpse at software that hasn't been formally shown off ahead of the device's launch on Friday

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This week's list includes Flipboard for Windows Phone, JibJab Messages and an app that recommends local services based on nearby friends' experiences.

From books and magazines, to op-eds and reviews, if the digital onslaught has been responsible for anything, it’s been for delivering a myriad of content. Oftentimes, way too much content, in fact....

As we wind down the year, The Next Web compiled a list of some of the social apps that have made some significant moves in 2013. How did we qualify what a social app was? In our mind, it was a service that had a core functionality that enabled users to interact and engage with other people, either online or offline....

Flipboard has added a new private share option to its iOS app that lets users send individual articles to friends on the service via email....

Popular digital content storage, reader and management tool Pocket hit version 5.0 on Wednesday with a new feature called "Highlights," a feature that adaptively suggests previously saved content based on a user's preferences.

Flipboard has added a new feature that enables anyone to merge product content with editorial on the same magazine. The goal is to help readers better “discover, collect, and buy” items that they might find relevant in their lives. This feature is available today for Flipboard’s iOS and Android apps....

There’s something curiously addictive about skimming through catalogs of the latest fashions and electronics sales when they arrive at your door each weekend, and Flipboard is now trying to tap into that very experience. In an update today on both iOS and Android, Flipboard will begin to allow users and companies to create shopping catalogs complete with bright red price tags that link directly to where an item can be purchased. When a product is added to Flipboard, the service will now begin trying to...

Keeping up with the news used to be pretty simple. You picked up your favorite tabloid or broadsheet newspaper on the way to work, or tuned into a scheduled news bulletin at some point on the radio or TV....

Instagram is now optimized for iOS 7. Version 4.2 of the app launched in the App Store on Wednesday, and it's designed specifically for the newest version of Apple’s mobile operating system. See also: 25 Most-Followed Users on Instagram [PICS] The updated Instagram received a new look -- similar to that of other iOS 7 apps -- as well as new features. Photos in your feed are larger, and both the photos and videos are displayed at an increased resolution.

While developers updated tried-and-true apps that let users listen to music, read and browse the Internet to coincide with the release of iOS 7, a brand new app from an established site helps users do something rather unusual on the iPhone -- buy art. Artsy, a website that features more than 50,000 works for users to browse and buy, launched its first app, which is designed for iOS 7, on Wednesday.

From Evernote to Shazam, it’s a big day for app updates. iOS 7 is now available for download, and many of the App Store’s biggest players updated their apps accordingly. See also: iOS 7: Here's What's New iOS 7 represents a complete re-imagination of Apple’s mobile operating system. The OS, which is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, brings a new look and brighter colors to the devices. Check out the gallery above for a look at some of the apps that received major updates for iOS 7.

All that chatter about the death of skeuomorphism and the rise of flat design, iOS 7 is finally here. It's got a new look, which means your apps do, too. We're compiling all of your favorite apps in both their old and updated forms so you can see exactly what's changed and what's pretty much the same. Keep checking back; we'll be updating throughout the day....

Many apps are already adopting the new look of iOS 7 before it launches. You may find some new favorites as developers scramble to update.

Do you love animated GIFs? Hey, who doesn’t? We certainly do, and as it turns out, Flipboard does too. The personally curated magazine for iOS has just introduced a new update that allows you to check out animated GIFs, right within the app.

Nary a soul on the internet can resist a good GIF, but Flipboard browsers on iOS devices have been deprived until now. Today Flipboard has hooked up iOS users with GIF support, a feature Android users have long enjoyed.

Flipboard added GIF support to its iOS app today. This addition comes more than a month since its Android counterpart allowed users to watch GIF images over and over again....

Flipboard is getting a lot more animated in its latest iOS update. In an app update rolling out today, Flipboard will begin supporting animated GIFs right inside of magazines, so readers will no longer have to jump into a web browser in order to watch them. The update is also trying to make some of Flipboard's default magazines a bit smarter: the US News, Business, Tech, and Sports sections will now open with the day's "leading news" stories, rather than just displaying a compilation of what's been...

Google Maps is the most frequently used mobile app in the world, according to GlobalWebIndex data on global smartphone users in Q2 of 2013. The top three apps after Google's popular mapping tool are Facebook (44% of smartphone users), YouTube (35% of users) and Google+ (30% of users). See also: Use These 10 Apps During Downtime Statista's chart below tracks the 10 most frequently used smartphone apps in the world, based on percentage of smartphone users that have used the app in the past month.

It's no coincidence that the best and most popular apps frequently have striking and memorable icons. It might seem like just a colorful tile, but a good icon is critical piece of an app's design that has a huge effect on how people think about and interact with what's inside. Here's a rare look at how Apple thinks icons should look, straight from one of the company's design gurus....

Flipboard has confirmed that it now supports Instagram videos in its apps....

After launching a tool that lets users create their own magazines, Flipboard has announced an update for both iOS and Android that brings new collaboration features....

There are more than 300,000 iPad apps currently available in Apple's App Store -- with all those options, how do you find what you're looking for without wasting your hard-earned cash? SEE ALSO: The 15 Best Free iPad Games To help you out, we've compiled a list of the 25 best free iPad apps that you can download at no cost, right now.

Flipboard for iOS has received a number of new features in its latest update, which is available to download from the App Store today. Users can now enjoy profile pages with readership and curation statistics, as well as a new Friends category in the Content Guide. There’s also the ability to share stories via SMS.

Flipboard has just updated its iOS app to add a few more features for its 50 million+ readers. Back in March, Flipboard announced a new feature that would include user-created magazines, which seems to have excited Flippers. In fact, the company announced that users have already created 500,000 curated magazines. Like our’s.

Flipboard has just released an interesting new version of its iOS application (via @Appsfire), just a few days after bringing its Android app up to speed....

Flipboard has become a massively popular service in the past few years.  Today, the company announced that it has 50 million readers, more than double the amount than in August, when it reported a 20 million reader figure....

If there were two things missing from earlier versions of Flipboard, it was the ability to 1) bookmark content and 2) have conversations about it. Those are two features the Palo Alto, Calif., startup has included in Flipboard 2.0, launching on iPhone and iPad devices Tuesday. "It's the most ambitious thing the company has ever done," Eric Feng, Flipboard's CTO, said of the app update in an interview at Mashable's offices last week.

Flipboard takes the news you want to read and organizes it into a wonderfully designed magazine format. And now, with an update to its iOS apps, it lets you create your own magazines for specific themes, topics, events, and so on....

Heartbroken over the news of Google Reader’s demise? RSS isn’t the only way to keep up with the news. Here are five news reader apps for iOS that we like.

Downtime 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.

Apple on Monday announced that more than 40 billion applications have been downloaded from the iOS App Store, with nearly 20 billion of those in 2012 alone.

The iPhone, land of endless choice. First, you’ll want to grab Twitter, Kindle, Facebook, Find My iPhone, Shazam (it's still a magical thing), and Apple’s Remote app for controlling iTunes remotely. But then you get to the hard questions. Which to-do app to get? Which map alternative is worth downloading over Apple’s default? Is there a weather app that offers the perfect balance of hourly updates and animated doppler imagery? What are the best games to get to avoid the family during the inevitable...

This holiday season, you've plugged that very important hole in your life — the one between your smartphone and your computer. Whether it's the 9.7-inch iPad or the new 7.9-inch iPad mini, you're now in possession of a device that not only has a great screen and a fast processor, but one that gains you access into one of the best app stores on the planet. The iOS App Store has an incredible number of great apps and games, but the best ones can be hard to find among the huge selection. Of course you...

It’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....

This week’s roundup of iOS apps features a bit of the old ultraviolence, as well as innovative ways to make your teen hate you....

Expanding upon what is now surely one of the most important roles of Flipboard, commerce, the magazine-like app has partnered with Apple (yes, Apple) to launch a slightly surprising new section: “Books.”...

Flipboard has turned on new Books categories in its iPhone and iPad apps, and the content they contain might surprise you. There’s a smattering of featured categories you can add to you Flipboard right now, including Bestsellers, Biographies, Cookbooks, Business and Fiction, and essentially each of these operates as a Flipboard-based window into Apple’s iBookstore.

Itching to get the most out of that new iPhone 5’s screen? While you can certainly run any iPhone app that’s currently available in the App Store on your iPhone 5, a few...

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....

The super-popular news reading app Flipboard has received an update to its iOS app to add support for the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. They say that the update allows for ‘more…

Just when you thought you had settled on your preferred news magazine for the iPad (be it Flipboard, Zite, Currents, or something else entirely), another new contender enters the ring. Today, the NewzSocial app is launching its own version of a social news magazine for iPad, but is offering a different take in order to stand out from the rest. In other magazines, you subscribe to read news from various sources (blogs, newspapers, online magazines, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) or you can pick from an...

If you’re a New York Times subscriber, you’ll be pleased to know that you can now enjoy full access your favorite content via Flipboard, one of the best news readers available on iOS. Even those who don’t subscribe still get a little treat: free access to the publication’s “Top News” section.

The Leaders in Design Series is presented by Volvo. When Flipboard launched on the iPad in July 2010, it was heralded as much for its design as for t…

Leading this week’s must-have apps roundup is a terrific photography app called StillShot, which allows you to extract full-resolution still images from your videos. It breaks your clips down into frames and allows you to save the best ones — all for less then a dollar. We’ve also got a great note-taking app that claims to be the “word-processor for visual thinking,” an app that will ensure you never forget your grocery shopping list again, plus terrific updates to Flipboard and The Weather Channel....

Flipboard for iOS has received another major update this morning, introducing a number of new features like SoundCloud and Readability integration, a new category dedicated to audio feeds, Accessibility options for the visually impaired, and lots more.

Flipboard is moving beyond text by adding new audio features that will include audio content from NPR, Public Radio International, The New Yorker, Slate, and SoundCloud. The audio will work in the background and it will also be searchable — so finding This American Life should be a snap. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem as though users will be able to listen to any podcast they choose, but Flipboard told TechCrunch it means to "do more with audio" and could potentially integrate music services into the...

Social magazine Flipboard may have to think up a new tagline for itself, as tonight the company is rolling out an update which greatly expands its focus beyond text-based content to also include audio. The rollout features integrations from NPR, PRI (Public Radio International) and social sound platform, SoundCloud. Also of note, Flipboard is launching its third localized edition with the debut of a Flipboard app for Japan, following its previous launches in China and France. And there’s an update which...

App developers love to get picked for the Featured section in Apple's App Store. Getting a spot can turn a struggling app into a sensation, but it all depends on how Apple...

In case you hadn't noticed, the new iPad is here, with a gorgeous retina display. Although virtually every app will look better on the new screen, software that's designed...

The iPad for Business Series is supported by LogMeIn. Get remote access to your PC or Mac from any device, anywhere -- for free. The iPad is an excellent business tool,...

The thing about the iPad's new retina screen and processor is that yes, they're nice, but it's up to developers to take full advantage of it. Here's how some of the better retina iPad apps compare to their iPad 2 equivalents. We played Infinity Blade 2 and RealRacing2HD, both of which were updated for the new retina display. For RealRacer, there was a noticeable difference in the textures, but the animations were the same. Because of the way your eyes work in a racing game, it was pretty hard to tell....

We're sure the first thing you'll want to do when you get that new iPad home is give the 2048 x 1536 Retina Display a workout. With that in mind, Apple has curated a section of the App Store especially for apps that have been updated with full high resolution support, like Infinity Blade II. Here are a few of the more notable inclusions; we'll be adding to this list as more updates come in. Note: it appears that not all the apps in Apple's "Great apps for the new iPad" section actually have Retina...

Flipboard just got a version 1.8 update, and it makes quite a few changes to the popular magazine-style social app for iOS. The app's design has been upgraded and improved, with new typography and better integration with images — for example, text can now be laid inside photos instead of being confined to separate headlines. iPad users now have access to the iPhone's Cover Stories feature, which curates a selection of content from your social feeds and media sources. You also get a third page to fill...

An iPad app released Wednesday makes it easy to combine a drawing on the tablet with an audio memory -- such as your child's description of his or her artwork. The app,...

As promised, social newsreading magazine Flipboard is bringing Cover Stories to its iPad app [iTunes link] via an update released Thursday. The featu…

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...

Following its November debut, HTML5 publishing platform (and TechCrunch Disrupt finalist) Pressly, is preparing to launch its self-serve platform for bloggers. Planned to go live this spring, the platform will allow publishers of any kind – big or small –  to transform their WordPress sites, Tumblr blogs, Twitter updates and other social feeds into tablet and touch-friendly sites that work on the iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, BlackBerry PlayBook and Android tablets.

Everyone knows the iPhone isn't just for making and taking calls -- it's a slim supercomputer at your fingertips, with the potential to improve your daily efficiency. But...

When Twitter recently launched the newest version of its iPhone app, the company focused on streamlining and simplifying the user interface. Ryan Sarver, head of Twitter...

The apps market continued to grow in 2011, with millions of apps now available across the major mobile platforms. With so many apps out there, it…

Flipboard for iPad is amazing. Throw your Facebook, Twitter, and favorite websites in there and you've created a digital magazine just for you. I suppose the logical next logical step was the iPhone. It's not as spectacular on the iPhone as it is on the iPad. But what do you expect when you take a tabloid magazine and turn it into a 'zine? Create a virtual flip book of sites and social networks. Users navigate their digital magazine by swiping through stories and sharing their favorites directly from...

Flipboard’s social reader app for iPhone and iPod Touch devices has been downloaded more than one million times in its first week, bringing the…

Apple 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...

Last night, Flipboard released its long-awaited iPhone app. The app is a companion to its popular iPad reader which renders feeds and realtime streams into a magazine-like experience. The iPhone app is already so popular that it took down Flipboard’s service earlier today. In this episode of Fly or Die, John Biggs and I take the iPhone app through the paces. The app is gorgeous, as you would expect from Flipboard. It strips down the iPad app and presents it on the smaller screen. You flip vertically thr...

Flipboard released its official iPhone app last night. Many users were frustrated initially with error messages during installation and adding services. The initial surge in traffic caused Flipboard’s servers to buckle under the strain, but the app came back online for most people this morning and it’s been working fine for me since. After playing with Flipboard on the iPhone, I love the way that it aggregates my news and social network feeds into a personalized magazine. The future of media consumption...

Flipboard now fits in your pocket with the release of version 1.7. The new universal app supports both the iPhone and iPad on devices running iOS 4.0 or greater. The new version brings support for the small screen in addition to Cover Stories, a new feature exclusive to the iPhone and iPod touch that grabs a curated selection of articles and images currently being shared with you. Its creators say the feature grows smarter over time and will eventually find its way into the full-sized iPad app....

It’s finally here, that’s right folks, Flipboard has introduced it’s popular news reading service for the iPhone, as announced by a post on its blog. The launch marks the end…

Flipboard, a popular social newsreading app for the iPad, is launching its long-awaited iPhone app Wednesday. The app [iTunes link], which displays fe…

  Flipboard has just released an update which brings support for multiple account sign ins on a single device. The super popular iPad application is also being updated with Tumblr support, but there is still no final word on when the long-expected companion iPhone application will arrive. The updated Flipboard app, which is version 1.6, is available for download in the iTunes store now.

This week’s selection of must-have iOS apps features a brand new social news experience called News.me. Created by Bit.ly, with backing from The New York Times, this app shows you not just what your friends are sharing, but also what they’re reading. Sony’s new Crackle application offers a library of over 100 great movies and TV shows, such as The Da Vinci Code, Ghostbusters, Seinfield and Spider-Man – all of which are completely free to watch. RockMelt also makes this week’s must-haves – a web browser ...

The latest version of Flipboard is out for the iPad, which now allows you to browse instagram pics and run searches across social networks to quickly find essential things (like Rihanna GIFs).

You've seen the commercials; Apps are what makes an iPad come to life. Here are the very best ones for work, play, creation, consumption and everything in between. Twitter: The official Twitter app for iPad packs in the features, giving you a full Tweet-and-browse experience. It can be a little bit overwhelming at first, but powerful things often are. Free. Flipboard: A true testament to the iPad's transformative powers, Flipboard scrapes your Twitter and Facebook feeds for links and arranges them in a...

Well, weren't you a good boy and/or girl this year! That iPad's going to be your favorite new toy no matter what, but here's how to squeeze the most out of it from day one. I'll assume you've successfully removed the iPad from its box, yes? Good. You're a natural! Now trot on over to your computer and plug it in with that fancy 30-pin connector (also, don't lose that connector—it's proprietary to Apple). Once you're hooked up, iTunes will walk you through the registration process. It's pretty...

So you’ve just (carefully) torn open the wrapping of a brand new iPad. You’ve hooked it up to iTunes for its initial sync, but now what? Which apps should you…

Apple named Flipboard the best iPad app of the year, but its developers aren't resting on their laurels. Flipboard 1.1 brings a slew of updates, including support for Google Reader, Flickr, and new ways to interact with Twitter and Facebook. Flipboard, iPad, Free. Flipboard's been celebrated as one of the iPad's finest apps, and deservedly so—it does a great job of taking the torrent of text links that occupy our Facebook and Twitter feeds and arranging them into a beautiful little pseudo magazine....

Flipboard, chronicled first by our Zee, is one of, if not the, best apps on the iPad.  Hyperbole?  Hardly.  Flipboard was recently named  iPad app of the year by Apple, featured at…

Flipboard, first chronicled here by our @Zee, and a favorite of @Scobleizer, is a stupendous app and was so popular that many users had to wait to get it on their iPad, has…

Hillel Fuld authors a blog about technology and marketing at Technmarketing.com. You can follow him on Twitter. Since its debut into the tablet market, the iPad has sold...

As news consumption shifts to the personalized social news stream, the platforms we use to consume the news are also changing. With its media-friendly design, the iPad is...

Those of you who follow @Scobleizer might very well have heard him rave about an upcoming app release for the iPad. Well, while not confirmed (update: now confirmed!), we believe we’ve got…