Cool Apps

Baydin, the company behind the Boomerang for Gmail service on the Web, has released its first native app on Wednesday – and it’s only available on Android. The service known as Boomerang for Gmail has been helping people organize and keep track of the most important mail in their inbox for a while now, and Continue Reading →

Have you ever wished that you could record something that already happened? Your kid’s first words. That perfectly timed comeback. The email address your boss told you to have those important documents sent to within the next 10 minutes. If only there was a way to record the important bits of your life, without having Continue Reading →

Skype announced on Monday that its new Video Messaging feature is coming out of preview and is available now in almost all of its native apps including iOS, Android, Windows 8, Mac and BlackBerry. The tool gives users the ability to record and share a Video Message to any of their contacts, even when they’re Continue Reading →

Microsoft openly pays developers up front for writing Windows Phone 8 apps. The company right now has an offer to pay $100 for any app that gets published in the Windows store by the end of the month. But there’s a cap: up to $2,000 per developer. Word is that Microsoft is offering some developers Continue Reading →

It’s finally happened. After so many years of speculation, an official app featuring all of Microsoft’s popular Office applications is available for the iPhone. It’s called ‘Office Mobile for Office 365 subscribers’, which is hardly the most attractive name, but a little besides the point at this stage. For iOS users with an active Office Continue Reading →

Sunrise, the startup behind the acclaimed email service and iOS calendar app of the same name, has raised a $2.2 million seed round led by Resolute and NextView Ventures, with participation from well-known angels like Dave Morin, Loic Le Meur and Hunter Walk. Sunrise was founded as a bootstrapped startup by New York-based Pierre Valade Continue Reading →

At long last, it’s finally arrived. Twitter launched Vine, its popular video-recording and sharing app, on Android as it passed 13 million registered users worldwide. It includes much of the same functionality as the iOS version, allowing users to shoot concise, six-second videos that loop automatically on playback and include sound from the handset’s built-in Continue Reading →

The home automation market is really starting to take off, and surprisingly, it’s door locks that are proving to be one of the biggest areas of interest. Established home security companies like Kwikset and mobile carriers (via unnamed OEMs) are working to combine smartphones and deadbolts, while startups like Smart Knob are using offline technology Continue Reading →

On stage at D11, Sundar Pichai announced that Google Play Music All Access will be coming to iOS in about one month’s time. While the company remained quiet about offering cross platform access during the service’s debut at I/O, it appears now that development is underway. Pichai stated that Google is interested in giving users Continue Reading →

An iPhone application that lets users check levels of blood, protein and other substances in their urine is the first target of U.S. regulators seeking boundaries in a burgeoning industry for medical diagnosis on-the-go. Biosense Technologies Private Ltd.’s uChek system isn’t cleared by the Food and Drug Administration and the agency said it wants to Continue Reading →