Apps

Join in the Eurovision party with the official Eurovision app for iOS

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 4:41 pm

This week sees Europe's annual cheese-fest, otherwise known as the annual Eurovision Song Contest. About this time every year, contenders from across Europe descend upon the nation that won the year before, and prepare to do battle in the Euro-pop arena. I'm not a fan myself, but plenty of folks are -- around 100 million people are expected to tune in to watch the contest live. And, to enhance the experience a little further, is the official Eurovision Song Contest app for iOS.

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ABC Player becomes Watch ABC, lets some users stream shows live

By Joseph Keller, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 3:40 pm

ABC has updated its player app with a new name and live streaming capabilities, allowing a limited set of users to watch ABC programming live. While the rest of the app remains largely unchanged, still letting users stream previous episodes of ABC’s shows, a new section called Live has been added to the toolbar.

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Pinterest for iPhone and iPad updated with push notifications for comments, likes, and repins

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 1:36 pm

Pinterest for iPhone and iPad has been updated with a few new features including the ability to send a pin to someone (iPhone only) and push notifications for comments, likes, and repins, suggestions for search. You can also invite friends to pin with you on group boards, pin from the web, and mention your friends in comments.

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Realmac teases Analog Camera for iPhone: Making photography fun again

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 12:36 pm

Realmac Software, the creator of Clear for iOS and Mac, is currently teasing their latest creation due for release on iPhone later on this month. Analog Camera is its name, and according to the developers it will make "photography on iPhone fun again." Bold words.

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) coming to iOS this summer

By Peter Cohen, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 11:06 am

BlackBerry announced Tuesday plans to release its BBM messaging service to iOS and Android devices this summer.

"You may ask, why is BlackBerry doing this now?" asked Thorsten Heims, BlackBerry CEO. "It's a statement of confidence...It's time for BlackBerry Messaging to become a platform-independent messaging solution."

Philips Hue smart LED bulbs just got a little smarter with latest iOS update

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 7:34 am

Philips Hue, the smart LED light bulbs for your home, just got a little bit smarter alongside the latest update to the iOS app pushing out now through the App Store. Top of the order is the new Geofencing feature, which can activate a scene automatically when you're coming home, and turn it off when you leave.

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OneSafe password manager comes to the Mac, sync across your devices with iCloud

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 6:28 am

If you use a lot of passwords, a secure password manager can be indispensable. Since 2011, one such option for iOS users has been oneSafe. Keeping your passwords safe and synced across your iPhone and iPad is great, but until now oneSafe has been lacking in one area. That though changes with the launch of the brand new oneSafe app for the Mac.

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Amazon taking the fight to iTunes on the Desktop with new Cloud Player client

By Richard Devine, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 a 5:28 am

Amazon's Cloud Player has been around for a while now, but the only way to access it in a desktop environment has been via the web browser. Now though, Amazon has announced a full desktop client for Cloud Player, and takes the fight to iTunes in doing so.

Want to see the Facebook's beta icon? Check out the latest update!

By Leanna Lofte, Monday, May 13, 2013 a 11:11 pm

Facebook for iPhone and iPad has updated with a new photo viewer button that lets you save, share, or set the photo as your profile pictures. Editing a place you're checking into on the iPhone has also been improved, and Events should load faster, now. But that's not the most interesting thing about this update...

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Lemon Wallet for iPhone review: Create Passbook cards for your entire wallet and much more

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, May 13, 2013 a 7:05 pm

Lemon Wallet for iPhone is basically a virtual wallet similar to Passbook but picks up where it lacks. For instance, you can easily create Passbook cards with Lemon Wallet for any credit card, identification card, or rewards card regardless of whether or not that actual merchant supports Passbook. Lemon Wallet also has add-on paid features that allow you to track transactions and report a lost or stolen wallet for easy card replacement options.