Apps
The free apps offered by Apple will be getting new features according to a leak of the company's Oct 22 event info.
Google has issued an update for their navigation app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners.
Google is slated to unveil its new Nexus 5 smartphone and accompanying Android 4.4 KitKat operating system any day now. While its too late for the Mountain View giant to take suggestions, here's what we'd like to see in the new Google Nexus/Android flagship combination.
In what could be seen as either a Trojan horse for Netflix or as cable companies trying to co-opt one of their chief new-media rivals, Netflix is reportedly in talks with cable/internet providers to include its streaming video app on cable companies' next generation of set-top boxes.
Apple has bought a personal assistant app in an apparent bid to directly compete with Google Now. The app, Cue, cost between $40 million and $60 million, according to a report from TechCrunch.
For those of us who watch Breaking Bad on Netflix, or at least DVR episodes until we can watch them at our leisure, Twitter can be a minefield of spoilers - potentially ruining the best TV show in years - especially after last night's series finale.
Even if smartphones don't work out for BlackBerry, the company still has a popular product in its BlackBerry Messenger, which is being released for the first time outside of BlackBerry's lonely walled garden on Saturday for Android and Sunday for iOS devices.
iTunes version 11.1 is now available for download, as iOS 7 still on the way to its roll out, which means that if you want to test out the new iTunes Radio, a desktop demo is the way to go for now.
Metaio, an augmented reality software company, has come up with an interactive automobile manual that promises to make tune ups hands-free and easy. The company demonstrated the app in a video, using Google Glass.
YouTube, which has always required people to stream videos while connected to the Internet, is finally going to let some videos queue up for offline, mobile viewing.
While Amazon Instant Video is still not available as a native Apple TV app, the way that HBO GO and Netflix are, Amazon just made it possible for iOS users to stream their Amazon Instant Video content to the Apple TV anyway.
Google Glass just got a little more user-friendly, or at least friendly to its users' wallets. In the most recent software update, Google has eliminated the need for an additional data-tethering plan, by allowing Google Glass to stream data directly from its companion Android app.
Going public might be quick and painless for Twitter, but users should expect changes to the social media network.
In 1835, Charles Darwin took a historic journey to explore the Galapagos Islands and its flora and fauna, eventually leading to his discovery of how evolution works. Now you can explore the Galapagos Islands from the comfort of your laptop, thanks to Google Street View Trekker.
Back in the early days of the internet, PayPal was a revolutionary step in online commerce, making secure payments possible (and easy) and earning Elon Musk his first big win. But for more than a decade, PayPal has, well, just kind of existed. It has always been really useful for making payments, especially to smaller websites and eBay retailers, but there hasn't been much else going for it. That's just changed, with the new PayPal app.
