Apps

Snapseed Photo App Heading to Mac and Android – Wired News

Snapseed, one of Gadget Lab’s favorite iOS photo editing app, is coming to the Mac, as well as Tegra-based Android tablets running Ice Cream Sandwich. Like many photo apps, Snapseed lets you tweak the image and add various effects and … Continue reading

Apple’s Siri puts voice-enabled search in spotlight – Yahoo Finance

Only this time, the talk is extending beyond iPad and iPhone chatter to include “Siri,” the voice app that is capturing consumers’ imagination. Apple’s dulcet-voiced, speech-controlled personal assistant, a key factor in making the iPhone 4S a …

Shooting for the Stars Pays Off for Space App Entrepreneur – Space News

The app has been downloaded 1.2 million times from the Apple App Store and the Android Market since launching in 2009. Space may have always been an interest for DeBenedictis, but soon after college his career took an unexpected path. … Continue reading

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Battle Nations – Z2Live, Inc

Battle Nations Z2Live, Inc Genre: Games Release Date: December 12, 2011 Introducing Battle Nations, an all-new action/strategy game from the team that brought you Trade Nations and MetalStorm: Online! Take command of the elite Imperial Army as you expand and … Continue reading

Angry Birds, Facebook most downloaded apps in 2011 – Reuters

TORONTO (Reuters) – Angry Birds and Facebook were the most downloaded iPhone apps of 2011, according to Apple, but some less predictable apps also made their lists. Craig Palli, a vice president at Fiksu, a marketing company for app developers … Continue reading

Chinese Writers Step Up Anti-Piracy Efforts with Apple Lawsuit – Wall Street Journal

A Beijing court has accepted a lawsuit filed against Apple by the Zuo Jia Wei Quan Lian Meng, an authors’ group that alleges that hundreds of applications in the U.S. company’s App Store offer unauthorized downloads of books, group spokesman … Continue reading

Nik Software makes Snapseed for Mac and ‘Tegra’ Android tablets – Digital Photography Review

Snapseed is an innovative photo enhancement and sharing app with a powerful suite of imaging filters and tools for anyone, anywhere to transform any image into an extraordinary photo. Designed exclusively for the Mac and available now on the Mac … Continue reading

Amazon Scoots Past Apple’s Rules With Web-Based iPad Kindle Store – MocoNews.net

Back in July, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and other content providers pulled the purchasing options from their iOS apps, in order to comply with Apple’s new in-app purchasing restrictions. Today Amazon launched a workaround—a Web-based Kindle store …

Look Out, Apple–The Future Of Web-Based Apps Is Here, And It’s Gorgeous – The Business Insider

A year or so ago, Wired declared that the web was dead–because everyone was moving to apps. The rise of the app-economy has given huge power to gatekeepers like Apple that approve and distribute apps and then take a big … Continue reading

Angry Birds and Facebook among most downloaded iPhone apps of 2011 – YAHOO!

With an estimated half a million applications on offer from Apple’s App Store, the challenge for every developer is getting their work noticed. Of course, if the app is connected to a successful website or product, there’s a good chance … Continue reading