Airbnb, the popular lodging middleman, recently unveiled a new direction: new logo and a product redesign, bringing it out of Web 2.0 and into the new technosphere. Here we take a look at the company's app and how easy it is.
Amazon's Prime Music service and its accompanying apps were released recently, after a long buildup of rumors that the company was interested in launching a Spotify-like streaming service for Amazon Prime members. Those rumors were right about the music service but wrong that it would be like Spotify. This week, we look at Amazon Music — specifically the Android app — a mobile and web music service that can truly be described as "very Amazon-y."
When was the last time Yahoo released a product on par with Apple and Google? When was the last time you wanted to replace your Android home screen with a third-party application? Remarkable things happen sometimes, and with Yahoo's recent release of the incredibly smart Android launcher Aviate, it just did.
Facebook has been trying to capture some of Snapchat's magic for a while now. While Facebook has been losing its appeal with young, active teens (an incredibly important demographic) over the past few years, Snapchat has caught fire with the same crowd. Now, in its third attempt at regaining that audience, Facebook has released "Slingshot," a Snapchat clone with a twist, which will either be the app's forte, or its fatal flaw.
As most of the entire world knows, the FIFA World Cup 2014 starts at the end of this week. This time, the world's most followed sporting event is happening at the height of the digital age, and there are literally hundreds of apps available to follow the action. Here's a rundown of the best FIFA World Cup 2014 apps.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Depending on where you live in the country, Spring is back, or Summer is on its way. In either case, it's that time again: time to break out the drop-resistant smartphone case and earphones and hit the track to really get started on that perennial New Year's resolution. Here are the five best fitness apps to get you going and to track your progress.
This week, popular training app RunKeeper has released an iOS app for the less motivated users called Breeze. We're also recommending "doubleTwist", the closest thing to "iTunes for Android" and a web app called Netflix Roulette that will solve that common problem of Netflix paralysis.
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.
Chromecast continues to add new apps to the roster of services that support Google's $35 HDMI streaming dongle, but the latest addition is particularly interesting. Broadcast TV streaming service Aereo announced an upcoming update for its Android app on Thursday to bring live TV to Chromecast.
Earlier this year, Google officially released Chromecast's software developer's kit (SDK), which we previously predicted would lead to a flood of apps supporting Google's $35 HDTV streaming dongle. Since then, Chromecast enthusiasts have searched through the deluge for the best Chromecast apps.
Kids these days have plenty of options when it comes to education tools on mobile platforms, but how are parents supposed to sift through the thousands of applications in order to pick the best ones?
Apple launched iTunes Radio, a streaming service integrated into iOS 7 and the latest versions of iTunes, last year. Now, according to a report by Billboard, which previously broke a lot of correct details about iTunes Radio before its release, Apple is taking the next step towards a Spotify-type version of iTunes Radio.
