Apps

Family game night isn't only a fun concept, it's an important one. It helps families spend quality time together, presenting a set activity for parents to interact with...

2011 was a great year for iOS apps. The App Store officially passed the 500,000 app mark, and with iOS 5, developers are continuing to push the boundaries of what it means...

Do you like sex with other people? Do you like Android? While it is my opinion that those two questions are mutually exclusive, someone, somewhere matches those two criteria. Thankfully, Cosmopolitan Magazine is there for them. Basically, this is an app that shows sex positions, albeit in a cartoony way. Fair enough. Android is for pornographers, after all. And that’s basically the news, but I’d like to inject a little outrage into this otherwise mundane story.

In September 2011,  Shelby.tv, a startup born at Techstars, and General Assembly hosted New York’s first ever video hackathon: Hackday.tv. TNW Reporter Harrison Weber covered the event here, in which he wrote: “Powered by…

Apps that allow cable or satellite subscribers to stream video to Apple's iPad are par for the course at this point, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. Cox has recently updated its TV Connect app with some interface tweaks that should make browsing available programming easier. A new grid view in the 1.1.0 update provides a more streamlined layout over prior versions of the app, while users can also view listings for all channels (though they'll have to go to their TV to watch any...

You've seen the commercials; Apps are what makes an iPad come to life. Here are the very best ones for work, play, creation, consumption and everything in between. Twitter: The official Twitter app for iPad packs in the features, giving you a full Tweet-and-browse experience. It can be a little bit overwhelming at first, but powerful things often are. Free. Flipboard: A true testament to the iPad's transformative powers, Flipboard scrapes your Twitter and Facebook feeds for links and arranges them in a...

Invisibility App: The app uses the iPad's rear camera and gyroscope to display the background image on your screen, even when you move the tablet around. It's so seamless that it makes the iPad look almost invisible. $1 Koder: It's a code editor app for the iPad, which is a little like throwing a manual transmission in a Prius. There's probably only a handful of dudes who would want such a thing. No matter though, Koder for iPad has a lot of what you'll need to geek out: syntax highlighting, a snippet...

I Just Made Love may be the only free application that you must never download. I mean it—you wouldn't like to have this foursquarish app any closer to your iPhone than what you would like to have herpes near your genitals. Can somebody tell me what kind of helpless imbecile wants to broadcast where he or she just have had sex, down to the GPS location and sexual position? Why would anyone want to click that big "Tell the World! ...make everybody jealous!" button? WHY? Can we survive as species after...

DirecTV already lets you stream on-demand video content through its iPad and Android apps, and now the same functionality is available for iPhone users. Customers can now access a range of on-demand content wherever they are through the new "Watch on iPhone" tab, which includes both movies and television shows from networks including HBO, Starz, Encore, and Cinemax. The update also brings the option to watch some live TV content, though unlike the on-demand shows, you can only view live TV while on your...

It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- we take care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite...

Comcast, the largest cable provider in the U.S., is said to be working on a new live television streaming service called AnyPlay, which will let iPad users stream live TV to its existing Xfinity TV iOS application.

This week’s roundup of iOS apps includes new and improved ways to make the holidays more enjoyable, and maybe a bit less lonely....

Video discovery and sharing service Telly has launched a new feature today, called My Telly, that helps users discover new clips to watch based on the engagement from their social graph....

After a slew of complaints from users, Apple has just updated the Podcasts app for iOS. Gone away are the skeuomorphic UI elements that were prominent during the app’s original release. Instead, Apple has trimmed the UI down to its more essential elements. Podcasts 1.2 is available in the App Store for free right now. The update includes some new features, such as On-The-Go playlists, Custom Stations, iCloud synchronization and more. Here are the full notes:

America's second-largest cable TV provider, Time Warner Cable, is slated to augment its iOS TWC TV app with live "out-of-home" programming, lifting existing limitations that require a user to view content from a Wi-Fi network associated with a cable subscription.

The Saturday Evening Post has a prominent spot in the history of American magazines. It’s where artist Norman Rockwell made a name for himself, and it has published classic American authors like Edgar Allan Poe and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But if you had no idea that it was still around, you’re not alone — the magazine’s technology director Steve Harman said that many people “are surprised we’re…

The transition into a paperless world has been pretty rough on us doodlers. Until recently, the market was rife with clunky, low-functioning drawing apps that didn't exactly fulfill our inherent need to sketch. Considering the fact that doodling during verbal exchanges has been shown to improve our attention spans and memory, an intuitive drawing app is essential to the wandering mind. Luckily, a new dawn has been ushered in for the connected doodler.

If you thought stickers were the pinnacle of human digital communications then you obviously haven’t seen enough animated GIFs. Messaging app network Pinger has launched a new standalone iOS app — the first of many it has planned — that combines Vine-esque video loops with Snapchat-style ephemera so you can communicate in goofy gestures that disappear faster than your hangover. Analyse that…

Watching your favorite movies and TV shows got just a little bit easier, thanks to an update to the Amazon Instant Video app for iOS....

Apple on Monday released an update to its iTunes remote control app for iOS devices, bringing a new visual design and adding support for iTunes 11.1.

Video sharing platform Dailymotion has updated its Android app to usher in a fresh new design and layout designed to make it easier to use and to offer better support for tablet users....

Skout, a social networking app that’s backed by $22 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, just acquired nightlife app Nixter. Skout’s CEO Christian Wiklund (pictured above) said he pursued the deal to find a better way to marry offline and online interactions in Skout’s app with real-world events. While Skout is an app that helps connect strangers all over the…

This week's list includes Flipboard for Windows Phone, JibJab Messages and an app that recommends local services based on nearby friends' experiences.