Archive for the ‘Applications’ Category

Keep Your PC Well-Oiled with System Optimization Software

Here’s the typical life story of a Windows-based system. When the operating system is installed and booted up for the…

Apple App Store: Fight the Future

It was inevitable, really, that we’d all eventually start leading all stories about smartphones and mobile App markets by discussing…

SmartThings Actually Makes Your World Smarter

In his short story There Will Come Soft Rains, Ray Bradbury offers us a fully automated house that cooks, cleans,…

House Key App: Because Smart Phone Apps Never Crash, Right?

When we were but young pups, in the words of our personal heroine Avril Lavigne, trying to figure out this…

Fitness and Health Apps: The Cheese and Wine Apocalypse

If you’re anything like us, you spent last December giving away your worldly possessions to random strangers, eating nothing but…

Looking for Christmas Gift Ideas? Google Maps Makes it Easier

  Even if you like shopping during the other 360-odd days of the year, shopping for Christmas gifts is the…

The MyShoebox Photo App: A Forever Home for Your Holiday Photos

  It’s the holiday season. And lots of people will travel across state and country lines to visit friends and…

Encouraging Minors to Sext: Is the Snapchat Photo App Guilty?

  Photos are hot right now. Apps like Instagram are some of the most popular around. Camera phones are getting…

Your App Idea Isn’t Going to Make Any Money

  So you’ve got a great idea for an app. It’s as addictive as Angry Birds and as useful as…

5 Thanksgiving Apps for a Black Friday Dinner

  Thanksgiving is right around the corner. And since most of you will spend the evening queuing for Black Friday deals, that…

5 Apps to Help You Keep Your Secret Military Affair Secret

  The affair between General Petraeus and Paula Broadwell is so complicated it’s hard to follow. But there’s one thing we…

How to Never Get Stuck on Hold Again

    Being put on hold is the worst. The endless, looped muzak is bad enough to drive even mild…

How to Get Rid of Android Apps That You Don’t Need

  Apps are a big part of what makes smartphones fun. They’re also a large part of the revenue stream that…

What the Car of the Future Will Have in Common With Your Phone

  There’s a big change coming to the automobile industry. It’s smartphone driven and it’s designed to bring the functionality…

Why BlackBerry 10 Will Have the Best App Games of 2012

  BlackBerry has never been afraid to throw incentives at a problem. When their app store was lacking, they made…

How Microsoft Made Its Windows Phone 8 OS Perfect for Parents

  Imagine this: It’s a beautiful Christmas morning. You sit with your freshly unwrapped tablet watching Technicolor Angry Birds leap…

Tech News Roundup for November 6th, 2012 – GSM Nation

There is a flood of information out there and a ton of stories make their way around the web everyday….

Download These Windows 8 Apps First

  We’ve covered Windows 8 apps before. But now that the Windows Phone 8 is officially on the market we’ve…