May 19, 2012
- A new generation of watches connects with smartphones and other devices to offer news feeds and e-mail, text and other alerts.
May 16, 2012
- Two apps, FBI Child ID and Footprints, are worth downloading for any parent — even those who can’t imagine ever losing their children.
- Sony's new SmartWatch links with a phone to show text messages, e-mails, photos and updates from your social networks on the face of a wristwatch.
May 14, 2012
- The popular time-shifting service Read It Later is now called Pocket, with new apps for iOS and Android that allow a user to save text, video and images found online for later offline viewing.
- Several users of Apple's iMessage, an Internet-based messaging service, have been reporting problems with the service on Apple support forums. The problem appears to be tied to the beta version of Apple's messaging software for the Mac.
- When you accidentally take a video instead of a photo on your phone, you can still salvage the situation and get your shot.
May 12, 2012
- The most ambitious projects are smartphone apps that book and pay for taxi cabs directly.
May 9, 2012
- A few apps aim to teach bar tricks with a minimum of props and are perfect rainy-day apps for parents and children, as well as barroom regulars.
- Hasbro has introduced an iPad-enhanced version of the Game of Life, a physical board game with an app that acts as a sort of game show host.
- Flipboard, the popular iOS social-news app, is now available as a preview to Android users.