Apps

Searching for flights can be frustrating. You go back over and over, tweaking your dates and destinations, trying to find the best fare. But a new voice-controlled app could help....

TripAdvisor, the travel site built around destination guides and user reviews, today made another acquisition: it has bought Tiny Post, an iOS app that lets users take pictures, write captions over them, and then share them with people on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it looks like this was both an acqui-hire as well as a product acquisition. The…

Today, HotelQuickly, a Hong Kong-headquarted startup whose team is comprised of a number of ex-Rocket Internet executives, launches its last-minute hotel booking app which not only bears more than a little resemblance to San Francisco-based HotelTonight, but appears to borrow heavily from the Samwer brothers’ playbook, too.

An in depth comparison of the development frameworks behind Apple's Maps and Google's finds pros and cons in both, but highlights Apple's as more mature, less limited and recommended for most third party app developers.

Hey, dude. Those apps on your iPhone are looking a little stale. The best apps we found this week should freshen up your device a little bit.

There was a time when you'd shop for things in person as opposed to online. Convenient. Which then made shopping in person pretty boring because, well, it's all the same crap everywhere you go. Then the same thing happened to the Internet save for a few "indie" sellers on Etsy and some hipsters on Kickstarter....

Everybody's working for the weekend. Ditch the work and savor your two days off by getting stuff done. Brew a snazzy latte, catch up on news or channel your inner Julia Child with a new recipe -- the world is your oyster. From buying movie tickets to navigating a new neighborhood, these 12 apps will keep your weekend jam-packed with excitement. What other apps do you use on weekends? Tell us in the comments.