Smartphone apps

Tap That App: The Best Calendar App, Sunrise Calendar, Comes to Android

Apple iPhone and iPad users have had a great selection of calendar apps to choose from -- starting from square one with Apple's own built-in Calendar app. But what may be the best iOS calendar has recently been released for Android. Sunrise for Android will simplify your life, starting with making it easy to use a calendar.

Tap That App Tuesday: Litely, the Best New Photo Editing App for iPhone and iPad

In this week's Tap that App Tuesday, we take a look at both brand new and tried-and-true photo editing apps, including a great new iOS app from a trusted name in mobile photography.

Tap That App Tuesday: Swarm Takes 'Work' Out of Location-based Social Networking

Swarm from Foursquare was recently released as part of the company's strategy to separate its location-based check-in functions from the main Foursquare app, which will take on a more focused Yelp-like dimension when it's released later this summer. But Swarm is much more than just a way for Foursquare to "unbundle."

Tap That App Tuesday: Bright Weather, Weather Glance, and RadarNow!

We all know that wild weather starts becoming a regular nuisance starting in May, especially given the state of climate change recently being called the "defining issue of our time" by the UN. So this week's Tap That App looks at the best weather apps to keep you appraised on what Mother Nature's throwing at you every day.

Top Smartphone Apps, Search Engine, Online Video Property Rankings Revealed: Google Popular, Per comScore

One of the leading digital measurement and analytics companies in the United States published the top smartphone applications (apps), search engine rankings, and online video content properties for the latest months of 2014.

Apps of the Week: Carousel by Dropbox, Google Camera, and Android iTunes Remote Retune

This week saw a couple of new photography-based apps that can expand your smartphone camera's abilities, and can make saving, backing up, and sharing photos easy. Also, we discover an older Android app that's infinitely useful if you own a Mac computer.

Social Media Saturday: Facebook Begins Unpacking Its App, Twitter Introduces More Ad Products, and LinkedIn Reaches 300 Million Users

This week in social media, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed how serious he is about the company's "multi-app strategy," Twitter continued its evolution toward profitability with more ad products, and LinkedIn reached a milestone, thanks to expanding mobile. It's time for Social Media Saturday!

Apps Over Web: Mobile Users Spend Only 14 Percent of Their Time on Websites

It's confirmed: The way to get your company in front of mobile users' eyes is through an app, not a mobile version of your website. Apps dominate the mobile web, with 86 percent of mobile users' time spent on apps instead of websites - and that's no April Fools joke.

Super Bowl XVLIII Live Stream: Best Apps for Super Bowl 2014 Featuring First Broadcast With Latino Commentators

With the kick off of the Super Bowl XLVIII 2014 just hours away, you might be wondering how to get the game if you don't have a decent television or signal - or are going to be at work or on the go during most of it. Don't worry, there's now an app for that - as well as an interesting app to voice your opinions about the Super Bowl commercials.

Facebook Paper: Doubling Down on Mobile and Social News

Facebook's latest app, Paper, signals two major moves for the world's most popular social media platform: It's doubling down on mobile while continuing its push to become a social news network.

What's the NSA Doing With Angry Birds Data?

The National Security Agency and its British counterpart have reportedly targeted Angry Birds and other unsecured mobile phone apps to vacuum up data.
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