Yahoo acquires to-do app Astrid, to continue service ‘as is’ for 90 days

Yahoo has acquired 4 million user to-do app Astrid, which allows users to create task lists on Android and iOS phones and tablets, as well as the web. No financial details were released.

Tumblr reinvents its Android app, bringing back the fun

Tumblr has completely redesigned the new app, and the best part is the post-anything screen that reinforces Tumblr's reputation as the simplest place to post just about anything.

Is the future of mobile wallets finger-lickin’ good? KFC and Airtag think so

I asked Airtag CEO Jeremy Leroyer what happens when we deal with 35 different merchants: Do we need 35 different apps?

Google’s awesome ‘Field Trip’ app launches for Apple’s iPhone

Google already has five of the six most popular apps in America, with Google Maps, Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Play. But that is apparently not enough for the search-and-mobile-and-everything giant.

Path 3: The leading private social network gets more personal, more human, and more money

Path has always taken a different ... trail. So it's no surprise that the private social network is laying down new tracks in an attempt to make digital communication more human.

NotesCloud becomes Collective.li, launches new iPhone app to become your personal Pinterest

Collective.li is the digital life magazine of your life, and now it's going mobile, just like you.

From a party of 1 to a million: 20 tech tips to celebrate New Year’s Eve

Whether New Year's Eve involves a quiet night on the couch, a gathering of friends, or a wild party, here are tech tips and tricks for ringing in 2013.

Facebook to go all Mission Impossible with self-destructing photo messaging app

Many things you put on Facebook you want to save and share forever. Some things you wish you could delete immediately.

Facebook updates its iPhone app too — and it’s wicked fast

Facebook slipped an update to its iPhone app under the door last night, just after releasing a completely rebuilt non-HTML5 Android version earlier today.

Windows 8 Store hits 20,000 apps, but Microsoft still has a long way to go

The Windows 8 Store is adding hundreds of apps every day, but it will be a while until Microsoft catches up to Apple and Google.

In which I video-chat with Tyra Banks, learn how to ‘smize,’ and I’m not quite sure what else

It is a scientific fact that beautiful women make men dumber. It was entirely to test this theory that I accepted a video interview with supermodel Tyra Banks about her new iPhone app.

Banjo brings friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram together, by location (and it’s awesome)

Most new social-local apps are a bore, frankly. But most don't have a CEO who did a couple of tours of duty in Desert Storm, was a chief mechanic for a NASCAR team, and then, after selling a startup, went back to study at MIT.

Newvem unveils first-ever iPhone app for managing Amazon cloud services

Cloud Smart Meter shows IT managers, CIOs, and developers what they're using, how much they're spending, and what's currently not working -- or might be about to go down.

Google Maps app for iPhone coming in December — will Apple approve it?

Apple has played hardball with Google in the past, holding up the Google Voice app for perhaps a year as both companies wrangled with how much functionality could be included.

Google’s Field Trip now has an iOS competitor: Wanderous

Android has Field Trip, an app that connects you to interesting sights and information, wherever you are. Now iPhone has Wanderous.

Google’s new Field Trip: Virtually augmenting the awesomeness of reality

Smartphones and apps sometimes separate us from the physical world even as we walk through it. But Google has created a virtual tool to help us appreciate the wonder of reality.

Klash launches to gamify, funify — and crazify — your life

Does strolling through the city in a mankini appeal to you? Or showering in a public fountain? If not, you should probably stay away from Klash.

BeFunky launches Instagram competitor to turn photos into art (exclusive)

BeFunky, a free app that can best be described as Instagram-meets-Photoshop, lets you do seriously funky stuff with your personal photos.

CrowdCall growing 100% every month, announcing new features & pricing next week (exclusive)

CrowdCall is doubling every month and has reached one million calls per month just five months after launch -- without spending a dime to get new users. Next week, the company is announcing new features as well as new, super-cheap pricing.