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WhatsApp, the popular mobile messaging app that eschews advertising in favor of a paid model, is getting ready to bring its iOS app in line with the apps it makes for other platforms by turning it into an annual subscription service. Jan Koum, WhatsApp’s CEO, says that the company is planning this year to shift Continue Reading →

Poor Apple Maps. While we see very minor improvement from Apple’s year-old Maps application, Google continues to improve its world-class offering pretty rapidly. Why, Wednesday, in fact, Google launched an update to the Google Maps for iOS app, adding support for the iPad, indoor maps, and a slew of other features that were released with Continue Reading →

Uber, the San Francisco start-up that gained something of a cult following by helping people summon a luxury sedan with a smartphone app, is trying something new for people who ride with friends. It said on Monday that it would add the ability to split fares between multiple passengers with a few button taps. The Continue Reading →

It’s one of those problems that doesn’t really occur to anyone: when an iOS app is updated, what happens to the old version? Outside of the files stored on the computers of the people who built it, it’s gone forever—and all its design, interface quirks, and animations are no longer available. But now, a Texan Continue Reading →

eBay has announced a new iOS app called eBay Exact that lets you buy customizable 3D-printed merchandise on the go. You can download the new addition now directly from Apple’s App Store. The products in question are available from three leading 3D printing companies, according to eBay: Brooklyn-based MakerBot, France-based Sculpteo, and Toronto, Canada-based Hot Continue Reading →

As Nokia lifted the lid on its new Lumia 1020, a 41-megapixel beast of a smartphone, a number of app-related news nuggets piggy-backed on this announcement in New York earlier on Thursday. First up, Path – the private social network with a 150-friend limit – has revealed that due to uber-popular demand, it’s finally coming Continue Reading →

Ever since Google Maps returned to iOS with a completely new UI last December, we knew it was only a matter of time until the Android app followed suit. The search giant even said this much when it launched a revamped web edition of Google Maps at I/O. On Wednesday, version 7 of Google Maps Continue Reading →

The generations-old practice of quizzing students with flashcards is being transformed in real time thanks to the iPad and other touchscreen devices. The best flashcard apps offer deep and searchable catalogs across an array of subjects, and allow users to create and customize their own learning programs. Here are five flashcard apps that have all Continue Reading →

Vine, the Twitter-owned video sharing application, announced on Wednesday a significant update to its iOS mobile application, just two weeks after Instagram unveiled its video product for the first time. Among the improvements, Vine will now let users choose whether or not they want posts to be public or private (think: Instagram’s protected accounts feature). Continue Reading →

The iPhone can already do a lot of things, but here’s a new trick: An app released on Thursday by Rolocule Games pairs with users’ Apple TVs and turns the phone into a Wiimote-style motion controller. The end result: Just in time for Wimbledon, a tennis game app designed for your TV (or computer) that Continue Reading →