The Weather Channel just overhauled its TWC app for the iPhone, describing it as "the first major redesign since [the TWC weather app's] initial launch in 2008." Check out our review.
As recently as December, the majority of mobile subscribers were using plain old feature phones. It appears the United States has turned a corner recently — according to Nielsen, 50.4% of mobile subscribers are now smartphone users.
In most college dorms, the most advanced pieces of technology consist of a George Foreman Grill and a glow-in-the-dark Bob Marley poster. Not so for UC Berkeley freshman Derek Low, creator of the Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm (BRAD).
The wait is over. Instagram has finally released an app for Android, available right this second on Google Play.
OMGPOP’s new game Draw Something is only five weeks old and it’s already been downloaded 20 million times. Right now it’s the number one free app for Android and the number one paid and free app for iOS.
A strange thing happened during the announcement of Apple’s new iPad on Wednesday: For a moment, CEO Tim Cook stopped talking about his company’s products, and started dissing Google’s Android operating system.
Google has something to boast about at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Last year, it used the event to announce that its Android Market had accrued an impressive 150,000 apps. Today, the company announced that the number has tripled.
Fingers crossed Steam operator Valve might have found a way to plonk stuff like Skyrim, Rage or Sins of a Solar Empire on your mobile phone? Alas, the new freebie Steam client for smartphones won’t do anything like that. What it will do, however, is let you buy Steam games from your phone and chat with pals on the go.
Chinese developer Taomee releases a game for iOS that looks suspiciously like Nintendo’s Mario Kart.
Developer Robert Neagu is creating an app for iOS that scans your face to unlock your phone. It should be in the AppStore “later this month.”
Let’s face it, the iPhone’s touchscreen sucks for serious 3D gaming: Dead Space, Grand Theft Auto III, Minecraft, Aralorn: Sword and Shadow — small as the iPhone’s screen is, who wants to obscure half the picture (often blocking your view of critical events) by sticking a pair of big fat thumbs over it?
