Apps

Line released a new keyboard app Wednesday called Emoji Line that makes thousands of its emoji and animated stickers available directly in the iOS keyboard.

This week's launch of watchOS 2 brings a whole slew of new features and capabilities for developers, some of which are already being taken advantage of by new Apple Watch apps. Here's a rundown of some of the best and most interesting watchOS 2 apps that can showcase the versatility of your Apple Watch.

Germany's Axel Springer -- which owns newspapers like Bild and Die Welt -- is pursuing legal action against the developers of Blockr, an ad blocker for iOS 9, reports said on Monday.

Microsoft today released its first standalone keyboard application for iOS users. No, it’s not the rumored version of its Windows Phone keyboard that’s being ported to the iPhone – it’s an iOS version of the Microsoft Hub keyboard, which hit Android this February. Like the prior release, the iOS Hub keyboard lets you quickly share Office documents and those stored in…

Apple’s Home app for iOS brings quick controls, lock screen shortcuts, and remote access via Apple TV.

If you live overseas, you can now download Google Chrome for the iPhone and iPad at the link below. It’s on the Danish store only right now, but it’s obviously in the process of rolling out, so keep on refreshing, and watch for our early look and video tour of Chrome shortly after it hits the US App Store. Update: It’s now available in the U.S. Store! Get downloading!

The iPad for Business Series is supported by LogMeIn. Get remote access to your PC or Mac from any device, anywhere -- for free. The iPad is an excellent business tool,...

Dashlane enables consumers to login, fill out forms and checkout of a purchase faster, removing the need for repeating the process across sites. Its personal data assistant aims to speed up access to websites through password-saving and online form-filling features. But this is not a password manager: it has instant logins and support for automatic checkout on e-commerce sites. Dashlane raised a $5 million Series A back in September last year.

If you own an iPhone, you probably noticed there are a fewer apps installed on the new iPad than on your iPhone. Some of the missing apps are more obvious, like the Phone app. But others are oddly omitted, despite their utility on a tablet. …

Skyfire, the Safari alternative for web browsing on your iOS devices has added a handy new feature for those of you who share an iPad with multiple people. The feature…

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard: Shadow Vanguard is a completely original game in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six universe, built from the ground up for play on the iPhone and iPod Touch. A whole new three-man Rainbow team faces down the latest international terrorist threat, each member focused on a particular specialty: Stealth, Recon, and Demolition. Players can strategically tackle a well-organized terrorist group across 11 story mode missions either by themselves or with up to two friends via...

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. MoneyPad (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now $1.99. MoneyPad for iOS allows you to keep track of your financial information in multiple ways. Keep track of your spending and income, bills, budget, and monitor multiple accounts via a user-friendly interface. It may just replace your checkbook, not to mention hours of manual budgeting. Get it for $1.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS...

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. WeatherPro (Amazon Appstore) Previously $2.99, now 99¢. WeatherPro for Android gives you seven-day weather forecasts and reports for more than 2 million worldwide locations. Features include global satellite and radar with animation, temperatures in Fahrenheit and Celsius, live wallpaper, and more. Get it for 99¢. (via LogicBuy) iOS Windows Mac iOS Android Windows

The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Dropzone (iTunes) Previously $13.99, now $2. Dropzone for Mac turns almost any action into a simple drag and drop. Assign a "dropzone" to any frequent operation like uploading to your favorite web service or sending to your iPhone, then drag and drop your files or text into the zone. Check out our video walkthrough for more details. Get it for $2. (via Two Dollar...

Twist, the startup behind a free iOS 6 app (iTunes link) that enables people to let others know when they will arrive somewhere, is today launching its application in English-speaking…

Sparrow for iPhone may be considered abandonware at this point, but its developers did promise to update it for the iPhone 5's larger display, and today they did just that. The updated version of the email client now takes full advantage of the iPhone 5's extra pixels, allowing you to see more emails in your inbox and more of your messages at once....

The Next Web has covered thousands of apps throughout 2012, from nifty new browser extensions, to fully fledged features on the latest game-changing Android and iOS apps, through to native-like cross-platform Web apps....

If you like to dabble a little bit in the poker world, you’re probably more than familiar with that feeling of regret when you play a bad hand you knew you shouldn’t have played. Discipline is an imperative quality in any good poker player, and goes some way towards stacking ‘luck’ in your favor....

These days, it’s hard for me to imagine life without password-management software. Good “password hygiene” is essential to protect my online data from prying eyes, and it would simply be impossible to handle the dozens of passwords I use every day in a safe way if all I relied on was my poor, overtaxed brain....

In a post to its Chrome blog on Wednesday, Google announced plans to bring intuitive voice searches directly into the Chrome Web browser for iOS.

Call your representative!" We've all heard it before, but actually picking up the phone (or shooting over an email) is always harder than it looks. Infrastructure advocacy group Building America’s Future wants to make that process a bit easier so citizens can let their representatives know that the country's transportation system isn't as good as it should be. With a free new iOS and Android app called "I'm Stuck," users can quickly send an email when the subway is letting them down or when traffic on...

Now, there's only so much you can really do as far as shortcuts go on an (non-jailbroken) iPhone. But if you're set in your ways and still want some of the saved seconds a neat and tidy app launcher could afford you, Push Launcher is about as close as you're going to get....

The holiday greeting card season is nearly upon us, and today another company going after this market, Cleverbug, is relaunching its mobile application under new branding ("CleverCards"), with a boatload of other features in tow, including a new address book called CleverBook, added support for Android, and the introduction of new photo gift products, like photo calendars, and more.

Just in time for the holidays, a new iOS app sale called App Santa is offering users deep discounts on some of the best paid iOS apps of this year. App Santa is a collaboration between ten indie iOS developers, with each offering up to a 60% discount on their respective iOS apps. The apps in the list include several of those highlighted in Apple's own Best of 2013 list, as well as some of Mashable's picks for apps that look great on iOS 7.