So, got your new iPhone? Congratulations! Now all you need are some apps to go with it. Read on for the 10 iPhone apps that I use practically every day. 1. Instapaper ($5) Ever come across a long, juicy article on the web that’s a little too long for the...
Wish there was a remote control for your home entertainment center that was as easy to use as an iPhone or an iPad? You’re not the only one. Indeed, there are already several products on sale that will turn your iPhone into a TV remote, although most of them...
So, you’re at an Internet café with your iPad—the non-3G model—and all your want to do is check your email for a minute or two. But the only Wi-Fi plans offered by the café’s hotspot are by the hour, or the entire day. Ugh! Enter Skype and its new Skype...
The new—and free—Google Catalogs app takes all the paper catalogs piled on your coffee table and puts them on the iPad, perfect for searching, tapping, and swiping. Google isn’t the first company to dream up a catalog app on the iPad, mind you. There’s...
Sure, you can already chat with groups of pals using Facebook’s existing iPhone and Android apps, but the new stand-alone Messenger application lets you share photos and even your location with your online Facebook buddies, perfect for coordinating on-the-go...
Need to share a hefty 10 MB image file with a colleague across the country? It’s not as easy as it sounds. Sure, you could try sending it over email, hoping all the while that the giant attachment doesn’t bounce on the other end. Or you could try a...
Wish your Mac were as easy to use—and as easy to touch—as an iPad? Well, Apple’s just-released “Lion” system update packs in a series of swipable, pinchable, and scrollable new features that will make iPad users feel right at home on their iMacs and...
Apple’s new software update for the Mac operating system—dubbed “Lion”—just roared its way into the Mac App Store. Tech-minded Mac devotees, of course, can be expected to grab and install the upcoming Mac OS update the moment it arrives. But even if...
Gail writes: I used to love listening to podcasts on my old iPhone, but it died after I dropped it in a pool. Now I have a new Android phone (the Infuse), but it doesn’t work with iTunes, and I have no clue how to transfer my favorite podcasts to my new phone....
Picture this: You’re out running errands when you remember you’re fresh out of stamps. Time to drop by the nearest post office, which is … where, again? Sure, you’ve got your iPhone handy, but you’d rather not deal with tapping out a search...
