By Todd Haselton |
Hulu Plus will finally launch for Windows Phone 8 on Monday, Engadget said recently. The service costs $7.99 and allows you to stream television shows and movies directly to your Windows Phone device, although the subscription will also allow you the same access on various platforms…
By Todd Haselton |
T-Mobile’s streaming TV application is now available for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5 providing the phone runs iOS 6 or newer. The carrier typically offers the service on its other handsets, such as Android devices, but until now it hasn’t been…
By Brandon Russell |
Right under our noses, Apple’s immense App Store emporium is slowly creeping toward 50 billion downloads—yes, that’s billions with a B. The Cupertino company regularly highlights big App Store milestones, and it typically gives out some healthy rewards for whichever customer pushes the company over…
By Brandon Russell |
It was recently announced, via data collected by analysts at Informa, that IP-based messaging platforms have grown more popular than traditional SMS. In the age of always-on Internet connections and increased smartphone accessibility, this is really no surprise. And, for that matter, there’s really no…
By Todd Haselton |
I love Google Keep on Android. I use it all of the time to take notes on books I need to read, songs friends recommend that I need to listen to and restaurants I need to remember to check out. It’s similar to Notes on…
By Brandon Russell |
Instagram got a small dose of Facebook on Thursday, with an update that allows users to tag their friends in photos. No more @ mentions. It’s exactly the same experience you’d find when sifting through albums in Zuckerberg’s online friend palace. Once you update, a…
By Todd Haselton |
Angry Birds Friends, the popular Facebook social game, is now available on iOS and Android devices. The premise is similar to what you can expect from other Angry Birds franchise titles, but instead of playing solo you’re actually competing for high scores and power ups…
By Brandon Russell |
Twitter on Wednesday updated its iOS and Android applications with an all new ability to see what’s happening in your area. The option to have control over location-based trends follows a rumor that pretty much detailed exactly what Twitter introduced today. In addition to seeing…
By Brandon Russell |
Jawbone on Tuesday made its activity tracking Up bracelet much more flexible with an all new API. Now, rather than being limited to Up’s own self-contained app ecosystem, the device is now able to share data with other complementary services, including LoseIt!, Maxwell Health, MapMyFitness,…
By Todd Haselton |
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a new beta of the Facebook application for Windows Phone that it promises has a major redesign. As with all betas, the product is not final and will likely have several bugs, and Microsoft wants to know about them. So what’s…
By Todd Haselton |
Uber denied on Tuesday that it’s raising money that could value the company at $1 billion. The funding news was first reported by Reuters, which said that it would be one of just a few recent startups to receive that sort of valuation. Right after that…
By Brandon Russell |
Pretty soon you’ll be able to tweet through Google Glass; the evidence is already mounting, making it pretty difficult to refute its existence. At this point it’s unclear how the application would work in conjunction with Glass, but presumably a user would simply instruct the…
By Brandon Russell |
Vine is making it easier to record six-second selfies with a new upgrade on Tuesday. And teenagers everywhere yelped with excitement. It won’t be long before everyone is awkwardly holding their phone, arm extended in front of them, at the pep rally or in a…
By Adriana Lee |
Irony, thy name is Google Now. Mountain View’s answer to Siri has been gracing Jelly Bean devices since last year, and today, the iOS app for Google Now has entered the stadium. Some say it’s as good as Siri, others say it’s even better. But…
By Jon Rettinger |
Seeing Google Now appear on iOS is exciting for a number of reasons. It shows that Google isn’t afraid to open up access to one of its best services, and also that the company is easily one of the best app designers around. But, more…
By Brandon Russell |
We were beginning to think that the teaser video from last month was just one big hoax, but turns out Google Now for iOS actually exists. And, in typical Google fashion, the update is fantastic—great, wonderful, awesome; we expected nothing less, especially with Google proving…
By Todd Haselton |
Google Now just launched for iOS devices. If you’re an Android user you’re likely familiar with the option, which made its debut in Android Jelly Bean. The software constantly keeps you in-the-know with up-to-date information such as the weather, sports scores, packages, stocks and so…
By Adriana Lee |
Microsoft wants Android users, and it wants them bad. And so, hoping they defect to Windows Phone, the company will be appealing to them directly where they live — on an Android device. Toward that end, the company will be launching an Android app called “Switch…
By Brandon Russell |
New York officials on Friday gave the go-ahead to Uber under its new pilot program, meaning any local or tourist can fire up the app and hail a taxi. After dismissing a lawsuit from the livery cab industry, which held the program up for a…
By Adriana Lee |
So what will you be able to do with Google Glass, other than shoot pics and vids hands-free? Well, The New York Times is hoping you’ll read headlines on the go with merely a tilt of your head. The news organization released its Glass-ready app…
By Brandon Russell |
Google this week updated its Play store policies to prohibit developers from updating apps using methods outside of the search giant’s own protocols. The freshly added language to its “Dangerous Products” section outlaws any modification, replacement or update “using any method other than Google Play’s…
By Adriana Lee |
Pizza and gaming are like a dynamic duo. They’re two great things that just work great together, no? And now, thanks to the Pizza Hut ordering app for the Xbox, that pairing just got even better. The Xbox Live “Create Your Pizza App” lets users…
By Brandon Russell |
Halfbrick Studios, the same developers that brought you Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja, released another game this week called Fish Out of Water. The game takes the simple lake-side pastime of skipping rocks and applies that to the side-scrolling formula. What you get is something…
By Todd Haselton |
Vine launched for iOS on January 24 as a Twitter product that allows users to take quick 6.5 second snapshots of the life around them and upload them to Twitter. Users can follow one another on the service, too, and like or comment on the…
