Apps
Twitter released a revised version of its app for iPhones and Android devices that made taking, looking up, and tweeting photos even faster than before, with icons at the bottom of the tweet box that you can click to bring up your smartphone's camera and picture gallery, right while you are composing your tweet. This is certainly good news for people that primarily tweet photos. But with so many Twitter apps for iPhone, and so many possible ways you might use Twitter's services, it might be hard for some to find the right app. Well, today's you're lucky day. Here's five apps for iPhone that you might want to check out.
On Wednesday, Twitter released an update for its app on both Android and iOS. With the update, Twitter is promising the ability to tweet a photo in just six seconds. And they, of course, had just the Twitter application (the 6 second Vine) to show you how it's done.
The popularity of sharing photos on the internet is skyrocketing, along with the mobile web in general, according to Mary Meeker's Internet Trends report for 2013 today at the AllThingsD D11 conference. If that doesn't sound surprising, here's the kicker - according to Meeker, the number of photos we're sharing each day is going to double by the end of 2013, and the exploding popularity of Snapchat is the primary reason.
On Tuesday, Google released a new version of its Google+ mobile app for iOS, bringing Apple fans up to speed with Android users, who have had some of these features for about a week now. The newest incarnation of the app, version 4.4.0, is Google's 43rd update for their social networking application. Here's what the new Google+ will look like and feature on your iPhone.
Poor Google Glass. The revolutionary device hasn't even made it past its invite-only limited trial, and it's already being lampooned on Saturday Night Live, preemptively banned in public places, and questioned by members of Congress. But there are good reasons for the consternation and mockery, and the news that MiKandi and other pornography sites are looking to create porn and porn apps for Glass just adds one more reason to the pile. Here are some of those reasons why Google Glass is getting creepy already.
Netflix is releasing the much-anticipated season four of "Arrested Development" tonight at midnight, or more accurately 12:01 am tomorrow, May 26. Assuming rabid fans don't crash Netflix's servers - or the entire internet - tonight, they'll all be taking in the entire new season in one huge gorge-fest, the way Netflix intended. Before you do that, though, check out this web app guaranteed to refresh your Arrested Development knowledge.
Summer is almost here, which means millions of people will be hitting the road to find a nice patch of nature to explore. Unlike previous generations though, we have smartphones!
The Google Wallet mobile payment app is now available on the HTC One, as well as the Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, all on Sprint.
Apple's App Store has hit a milestone every tech company would be envious of.
Here are top top paid apps on the Apple Store for the iPhone and iPad for the week
Apple and Google continue to dominant to apps markets while Microsoft and BlackBerry remain as "distant challengers," according to the latest figures from Canalys.
March is over, and we go over the top 5 paid apps for the iPhone.
Mozilla is looking for developers for their upcoming Firefox operating system, and they're going worldwide for the efforts.
The Redmond, Wash. Software giant has announced it will pay developers $100 for each Windows 8 and/or Windows Phone 8 app they write, up to a total of 10 apps for each, the "Windows Store" and "Windows Phone Store" online purchasing sites.
Google senior developer Timothy Jordan showed off a few apps that will be available for the Google Glass.
