If you have a bunch of apps installed on your iPhone, it can be challenging to locate the right one when it comes time to jotting something down in a hurry – like adding an item to a grocery list, making a note about something a friend said, or shooting off a quick question via email, for example. A new app called Input wants to solve the problem of having to dig around your phone for…
This week's list includes one of our favorite camera apps going free, an app to save Instagram posts and a productivity tool to automate all the apps you use the most.
There’s a new addiction sweeping college campuses, and it’s not a drug. A Baylor University study last year noted that “approximately 60 percent of college students admit they may be addicted to their cell phone, and some indicated they get agitated when its not in sight.”Pocket Points is aiming to rehab students with its app that rewards users for not using their…
Despite protestations to the contrary, yesterday was not a happy day for FiftyThree. The small American company, which makes its money by selling an iPad stylus called the Pencil, saw Apple announce an iPad stylus also called the Pencil. The good news, though, is that FiftyThree had some advance warning about this incoming threat, having worked with Apple on making its Paper drawing app compatible with the new Pencil model. That's given the team time to consider its best response and, aside from aiming...
The updated Paper feels much more like a productivity app than a sketchbook.
FiftyThree's popular sketching app comes to the iPhone at long lastâand learns a few new tricks along the way.
As much as it pains me to say it, Steve Jobs was right: smartphones are better without physical keyboards. You get more screen and more customizable buttons, and the brutal truth is that a well-done virtual keyboard will let you type faster and more accurately than you can with even the best physical keyboard. It's better....
According to fresh statistics from analytics firm App Annie published on Wednesday, social media giant Facebook is responsible for four of the top ten most downloaded iOS apps of all time, with Google and Apple titles in tow.
This week's list includes an app to send doodles to your friends, an update to Facebook's newest standalone app and a new gravity-based game.
Can’t we just rewind the clock to June and forget that jackets exist for another three months?
Workflow, the clever if somewhat geeky app aimed at iOS power users that helps you automate frequent tasks you perform on your iPhone or tablet, like ordering an Uber to your next event, making a GIF from your photos, creating reminders that alert you when you arrive at a particular destination, playing a favorite album, and much more, is out this morning with a notable update.The app now…
One of the best shortcut apps on iOS just got an added boost of functionality, because Workflow now offers widget integration with Apple's Notification Center. And, in many cases, you'll be able to run a specific workflow immediately from Notification Center without bouncing you to the app first....
Google makes so many apps for iOS, we thought maybe we could live the Android life on our iPhones. Joel Mathis tried it for a week. Here's what you need to know.
Everyone has their own favorite email app, there are plenty out there to choose from, but one of the best under-the-radar offerings (and my personal choice) — Dispatch — just got an update that finally adds support for the iPad.
Portal, a recently launched Android app that lets you move large files between your computer and your smartphone via your Wi-Fi connection, has today made its way to iOS. The new version offers a better alternative to something like Apple’s AirDrop, for example, as it lets you transfer as many files as you’d like, with no file size limits, while also not counting against your data…
IFTTT and iOS are both handy on their own. But put them together, and they're better than ever.
Here are 8 apps to help you maintain your sanity and use your time efficiently.
Microsoft Outlook is now a fully-featured Apple Watch app. An updated version of the iOS application released today added the new smartwatch functionality, which includes the ability to quickly glance at your inbox from the Apple Watch face, access pre-written replies, emoji and voice dictation, get custom notifications, schedule items for later, and more.The iOS and Android versions of…
Microsoft has been a strong supporter of the Apple Watch, and that's continuing today with the release of Outlook for Apple Watch. If you have been using the Outlook email app for iOS then it already works relatively well with the Apple Watch, but the latest update makes it easier to see full emails and the ability to now reply to messages. By default, Outlook notifications on the Apple Watch now show a lot more of the email body instead of cutting it short after a couple of sentences. While you still...
Sway pulls together images, sound, and words into content for collaboration and sharing. It's a new way of communicating that's easier to try than to explain.
Microsoft announced this morning the general availability of its “digital storytelling” app called Sway, the latest addition to the Microsoft Office suite. The app, which was first introduced 10 months ago, allows users to create, share and collaborate on interactive presentations that combine text, images, videos and other media. The app is rolling out now to all Office 365…
BitTorrent Sync for mobile is great if you just want to view files sent to you from PCs. Now, Sync taps into your smartphone or tablet's productive side.
Apple on Thursday rolled out another of its limited-time-only iOS App Store sections, this time featuring 24 apps on sale for 99 cents each, including popular titles like Pixelmator and GoodReader, as well as hit games Shadowmatic and The Room Two.
This week's list includes Microsoft's latest experiment, an app that helps you read faster, a visual storytelling app and more.
Apple in a rare overnight update on Tuesday issued critical accessibility fixes for all three iOS iWork apps, returning full VoiceOver navigation and editing functionality to Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
