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According to AhHa Insights, weight loss and exercise apps are the most heavily downloaded health titles among US users, comprising 60% of total downloads. iPhone owners use their apps more often, with the performance of the top 150 apps in the AppStore “far outpacing” the performance of the top 150 Android titles. The research company…
WebMD is going for the new and upcoming parents with a dedicated app simply called WebMD. If you’re familiar with WebMD, you know what to expect – a plethora of useful information that will help you properly nurture your baby. In order to get started, you’ll need a free WebMD account and you’re good to…
Well, this didn’t take long. Dark Sky, a uniquely built predictive weather app, just received a pretty significant update. Firstly, if you didn’t read my review on Dark Sky last week, then shame on you. In this upgrade (version 2.0), the developers of this incredible weather application addressed some pressing issues I had in my…
Microsoft released the SkyDrive cloud storage app for iOS and Windows Phone back in December without any signs of an Android version coming in the near future. Sure enough it never did. Here we are eight months later, though, and Microsoft is finally releasing SkyDrive in Google Play as well as updating the current apps…
After Facebook announced its $1 billion purchase of Instagram earlier this year, the UK’s Office of Fair Trade (OFT) announced it was launching an investigation of the deal. Today, the OFT issued a brief statement that it will not pursue the case further with the Competition Commission, effectively giving the deal its stamp of approval. The concern was…
Allrecipes has crossed a long way from a site with a single cookie recipe to the world’s largest digital food brand, with 17 sites and 9 apps. To illustrate how much has changed over the past 15 years, Allrecipes recently re-ran its very first on-site survey and here we present you the results. Unsurprisingly more…
In an effort to ensure modern voters have resources and tools to fully participate in elections, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Association of Latino Appointed and Elected Officials Education Fund (NALEO), New Organizing Institute (NOIEF), Rock the Vote and Verified Voting Foundation are launching a smartphone app to educate and empower…
If you’ve been using a Sony Android smartphone, you know their picture gallery and music player (Walkman) apps look awesome. Thanks to the savvy hackers from the XDA-Developers community, now you can try them out on your non-Sony Ice Cream Sandwich device. The Sony Album (picture gallery) highlights the most recent pictures in the top…
There are a number of different backup tools out there and it’s not easy to pick the one that works for you. Recently I stumbled upon Clickfree and instantly fell in love. And no – they don’t pay me to write about them. What I like about this solution is that it’s super easy to…
Flipboard, the wildly popular digital magazine app, has updated its Android application. Now users of the new upgrade (version 1.9.6) will get improved navigation, which adds better drop down menus when you tap on the name of the sections you’re currently viewing. Moreover, Android users of the app can expect improvements to Google Reader, and…