PokitDok, Caremerge, MangoHealth, Asthmapolis, and Allayo are our picks for HealthBeat 2013's 5 coolest consumer apps.
Editor's Pick The app scans your face into a 3D image and allows you to see how glasses would really look on your face.
Sometimes, you just have to say wow.
Imagine this scenario: Your babysitter needs $40 so she can pay for a taxi home, but you spent all your cash at dinner.
A company called Akimbo has developed a solution to this type of problem.
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.
Free tonight and feeling courageous enough for a blind date? A new app called "Crazy Blind Date" will match you with a mysterious stranger.
Six months ago, Google says, it started working on a new Gmail app for iPhone and iPad. That's a long time, but Gmail fans who can't part with their gorgeous Apple hardware will probably think it's worth the wait.
Today, the fashion-tech startup has launched its iPhone app, with an Android and tablet offering on the way.
Editor's Pick 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.
Android has Field Trip, an app that connects you to interesting sights and information, wherever you are. Now iPhone has Wanderous.
Facebook's new iOS app is better, faster, and rebuilt from the ground up for your poking pleasure! Gee, whiz! But that's only one side of the story.
Lumosity has raised $31.5 million from Discovery Communications, bringing its total funding to $70 million.
Ford not only unveiled its first all-electric car today – check out VB writer Sean Ludwig’s test drive with the new vehicle) – but the company also announced a new mobile app to help keep the car charged: MyFord Mobile …
Thumb, the opinion-based social network formerly known as Opinionaided, is launching its next major update today with Thumb 3.0. The latest build refines the Thumb interface with visual flourishes and a built-in chat application, but perhaps the biggest change is …
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Who hasn’t wandered around a Safeway googling “kale recipe” or “what is a stinging nettle?” on their smartphone? Edamam is a new food-search site and mobile app that hopes to make navigating all that edible data faster, and choosing healthy …
Forkly, an app that helps you find popular dishes at restaurants around you, has released version 2.0 with bigger photos and personalized recommendations.
Forkly launched in September 2011 from Britekite founders Brady Becker and Martin May. The app originally helped …
WebMobi, a new mobile application builder for businesses, has added integration with online storage provider Box to easily collect customer information.
WebMobi helps businesses create apps for all the major mobile platforms without the need to understand coding. All you …
In a refreshing about-face from mobile apps’ usual version-to-version progression, the team behind phone-to-phone sharing app Bump has amputated all extraneous features from the app, mercilessly whittling it down to only two functions.
The Bump makers saw that most of …
Shape, the company behind online instant messenger service IM+, announced Monday it has raised $10 million from Russian brokerage firm Finam.
IM+ is an online instant messenger and mobile app that connects with multiple instant messaging services including Aol instant …
