Apps News
Nokia marketing head concedes: missing Windows Phone apps are customers' biggest grievance 14 May 2013, 08:11 55
Nokia has been slow to pick up Windows Phone steam and it’s definitely getting a lot of customer feedback...
Hipstamatic and Oggl coming to Windows Phone 14 May 2013, 04:33 2
Hipstamatic is one of the greatest vintage photo applications on the Apple iPhone, and it is one of the...
KakaoHome launcher for Android released, think Facebook Home for KakaoTalk users 14 May 2013, 02:51 2
Facebook Home – the alternative Android launcher that was announced last month to much fanfare, isn't...
The forbidden fruit: here are 7 great Android apps that Google does not allow on Play store 14 May 2013, 02:42 26
Google might have a mind-boggling 700 000 applications in its Android Play store, but you just won’t...
ESPN to provide content for in-tweet video highlights 14 May 2013, 00:48
Sports network ESPN has agreed to expand its partnership with messaging service Twitter to provide in-tweet...
Google Glass gets facial recognition via health care related app 13 May 2013, 23:37 1
With apps being made available to Google Glass, the specs now have the ability to perform facial recognition...
Google Play Store now allows all developers to reply to user reviews 13 May 2013, 12:38 13
Bad user reviews are the bane of every developer's existence. There is always a solid number of negative...
Hungry Now app for Windows Phone will gently guide you to the nearest food joint 13 May 2013, 08:50 4
Hungry and bearing a Lumia or another Windows Phone on yourself? If you don't mind fast food joints,...
10 great personalization apps for Android 13 May 2013, 02:42 10
Bored of the stock look of your Android smartphone or tablet? Want to make it truly yours by adapting...
Third party Instagram app for Windows Phone, Itsdagram, quickly pulled after launch 13 May 2013, 00:12 2
Instagram still is not available for Windows Phone users and third party knock-offs continue to populate...
ABC to add live streaming to its Apple iPad app Tuesday for those in New York and Philadelphia 12 May 2013, 22:30 2
On Tuesday, ABC plans on revamping its app for the Apple iPad so that those in the New York and Philadelphia...
Skype for BlackBerry Z10 now available 12 May 2013, 19:29 4
If you are running BlackBerry 10.1 OS on your Z10, you can download Skype from BlackBerry World...
Google Hangouts to be introduced at Google I/O 12 May 2013, 11:37 4
Google will reportedly introduce its unified messaging system at this week's Google I/O developer conference;...
Update to AT&T's Samsung GALAXY Note II leaves device at Android 4.1.2 11 May 2013, 18:30 12
A 69MB update to the AT&T version of the Samsung GALAXY Note II does not take the device to Android 4.2.2;...
Photo of steak dinner posted on Instagram leads to capture of two identity thieves 11 May 2013, 13:00 11
A steak dinner posted on Instagram by an identity thief led to his arrest and the arrest of his accomplice;...
SigFig now available for Windows Phone 10 May 2013, 21:35 1
SigFig is a feature packed investment portfolio manager that lets you measure the performance of your...
Windows Phone Store growth slows, only at 145,000 apps 10 May 2013, 12:42 48
Microsoft has always been active in fostering the developer community for Windows Phone, even going so...
Google kills plans to launch Wallet credit card but will have updates at Google I/O 10 May 2013, 10:38 5
There have long been rumors that Google was planning to launch a Google Wallet credit card at some point,...
Huggies diapers develops app to tweet an alert to parent when it is time for a change 10 May 2013, 02:54 6
You may be thinking a whole new hashtag is on the horizon for Twitter, but perhaps not. TweetPee is an...
LinkedIn and Twitter get updated for BlackBerry 10 10 May 2013, 01:51 4
The updates keep coming as BlackBerry 10 works its way into the mobile world and two socially...
- 1. HTC M4 brings One style, sensibility downmarket
- 2. Motorola X Phone pics surface: these are real folks! And, we've got more info on codename: Ghost
- 3. Is your Samsung Galaxy S4 overheating?
- 4. Apple iPhone 6 concept features edge to edge display on 4.5 inch screen
- 5. Is your Samsung Galaxy S4 screen giving you the scrolling blur and purple/pink inversion treatment? You are not alone
- 6. iOS 7 concept shows that change is good
- 7. Google I/O 2013 is coming, but what will it bring?
- 8. Good sales of HTC One lead to a second month of sequential growth for HTC
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo roots for bolder decisions, talks about “internet in our pants” 10 May 2013, 00:53 2
Twitter’s CEO shares some deep insight and humor with his alma mater, the University of Michigan this...
Slacker adds more than 6 million new listeners, more than half are mobile, since the app refresh 09 May 2013, 23:18 1
This past February, Slacker Radio completely overhauled its iOS and Android music streaming...
Apple wins trademark battle over "iBooks" name 09 May 2013, 18:52 18
Back in 2011, a company called Black Tower Press sued Apple over the use of the "iBooks" name; on Wednesday...
Google Earth for Android gets Street View and tweaked UI 09 May 2013, 16:42 5
Google Earth has always been more of a novelty app than one with real functionality built in. It's always...
Don't be surprised if Windows Phone's new YouTube app gets blocked soon 09 May 2013, 16:29 42
Yesterday, Microsoft released a new version of the YouTube app for Windows Phone 8, and the initial reaction...
Facebook Home update coming today, including app dock and contacts dash 09 May 2013, 16:05 7
Facebook Home is just an hour away from getting its first update since it launched just about one month...
Flipboard 2.0 finally comes to Android with special Android-only features 09 May 2013, 10:07 8
Back in March, Flipboard for iOS got the bump to version 2.0, which brought a bunch of new features to...
Apex Launcher 2.0 brings more awesome to Android: Notifier integration, app drawer folders 09 May 2013, 02:29 11
Apex is one of the most popular Android launchers for a very good reason, as its light and simple, unobtrusive...
Facebook in talks to buy crowdsourced traffic app Waze for up to $1 billion 09 May 2013, 02:15 8
Reports on Thursday indicate that Facebook and Israeli based Waze are in advanced talks with Facebook...
Google Translate gets Phrasebook syncing for its 70 languages, and more updates 08 May 2013, 23:48 1
Google Translate is an amazingly useful app, and it just keeps getting better and better. It has gotten...
It's that time of the year: Google I/O 2013 app released 08 May 2013, 22:18 5
Every year Google brings out an app for its Google I/O developer conference that is useful for both those...
Pulse gets its first post acquisition update 08 May 2013, 19:12 1
Pulse received its first update after being acquired by LinkedIn for $90 million, and added integration...
Foursquare releases update that feels at home on Windows Phone 08 May 2013, 18:12 4
Foursquare's Windows Phone app wasn't exactly terrible, but it definitely wasn't one of the shining examples...
Best text-to-speech (TTS) engine apps for Android: no more robotalk 08 May 2013, 09:11 3
Fed up with Android's default Stephen Hawking-style speech synthesizer routine, if it's preloaded at...
Splay Launcher for Android focuses on simplicity, single-handed use 08 May 2013, 08:23 15
If sense and simplicity are your cup of tea, especially when Android smartphones and applications are...
Revenue from mobile content to reach $65 billion in 2016 thanks to tablets 08 May 2013, 06:05 1
Mobile has been a flourishing business in recent years, both for hardware and software providers. Content...
Microsoft Office Web Apps coming to Android, real-time collaboration in tow 08 May 2013, 04:48 6
Microsoft's Office Web Apps were off to a good start, generating quite the revenue for the company's...
Spotify updates its Android app, adds new time-saving features 07 May 2013, 20:35 8
Spotify has updated its Android app, adding a handful of new features to the streaming music app that...
YouTube for Windows Phone gets updated to be a real app 07 May 2013, 13:46 61
One of the biggest complaints from Windows Phone users has been the extremely poor quality of the built-in...
Viber gets Mac and Windows desktop apps, starts to look like a serious Skype competitor 07 May 2013, 07:59 7
Viber is a VoIP application that is a direct rival to Skype, but it is even better in some ways - it...
Hulu Plus lands on Windows Phone 8 07 May 2013, 05:02 2
Hulu Plus, the subscription-based online TV show streaming service, has arrived in a dedicated app on...
#2InstaWithLove users get new filter 07 May 2013, 02:16 2
Nokia's #2InstaWithLove had been adding filters every week and the latest creation from the Finnish based...
Google Glass is finally complete: Glassagram allows you to add filters to pictures 06 May 2013, 18:50 2
We know exactly how you all felt. When we first heard about and saw Google Glass, the only thing on your...
Nokia HERE Drive may soon be ending its beta 06 May 2013, 17:47 3
Google has often been the butt of jokes when it comes to keeping products in beta long after the beta...
Hulu Plus now available on Windows Phone 8 06 May 2013, 14:44 8
It was just a couple weeks ago when we caught wind of Hulu developing a Windows Phone application...
Gmail for iOS gets update so it can work better with other Google apps 06 May 2013, 12:42 7
Gmail for iOS apparently wasn't playing nicely with the other Google apps in the sandbox, so an update...
Program that launches Android apps on Windows reaches 10 million downloads 06 May 2013, 09:20 23
We've written about BlueStacks before - it's a Windows program that allows the user to run Android apps...
YouTube to launch paid subscription channels soon 06 May 2013, 04:59 17
According to the Financial Times, YouTube is to launch its paid subscription channels very soon. The...
Amazon Appstore now offering paid apps in China, Google's Play Store is yet to do so 06 May 2013, 04:33 2
Amazon has made Google look a bit silly this week as it has managed to successfully launch the Amazon...
Microsoft adds more payout markets for developers and streamlines app submissions 06 May 2013, 01:47 3
Since the launch last year of Windows Phone 8, app downloads from the Windows Phone Store have increased...
