Apps

Popular iOS fitness tracking application RunKeeper was updated on Thursday with brand new features for Apple's recently released iPhone 5s, leveraging that device's dedicated M7 motion tracking chip.

RunKeeper is one of our favorite techy ways to track your athletic activity. The app's latest update, out today, harnesses the power of the M7 chip to turn your iPhone 5S into an always-watching fitness tracker. Like a personal trainer named Siri....

When Apple introduced the M7 "motion coprocessor" in the iPhone 5S it presented the addition as a boon for fitness apps, and RunKeeper is releasing an update to take advantage of its capabilities. With a new feature dubbed "Pocket Track," RunKeeper will now be able to track walking activity without needing to be triggered by the user. After users opt into background tracking walks of 15 minutes or longer are logged, and when they check the app at the end of the day they'll be given the option to add...

Nike+ FuelBand SE, Withings Pulse, Jawbone UP, Fitbit Force. You can take your pick from the myriad of activity-trackers permeating the fitness sphere, each offering broadly similar feature sets, but with their own nuances to cater for different tastes....

Few apps are yet taking advantage of Apple’s M7 motion co-processor but RunKeeper does starting today. The app can track walking activities in the background and cadence during runs. AirDrop support also makes it easy to share workouts or send friend requests.

Nike+ Move, the fitness-tracking app shown off by Apple at the iPhone 5S announcement event, is now available in the App Store. Move makes use of the iPhone 5S's M7 motion coprocessor, which continuously records movement data from the phone's gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass. The app collates this information to give you feedback about your activity and measures it in NikeFuel, in much the same way as Nike's wrist-worn FuelBand....

Nike announced at Apple’s iPhone event in September that it would be releasing a Nike+ Move app to take advantage of the M7 chip in the iPhone 5s, a motion coprocessor that tracks the accelerometer, gyroscope and compass....

Mustaches, a staple of Edwardian England, the 1980s or hipsterdom, depending on your perspective, have taken on a new cultural association thanks to the annual Movember campaign for men's health. New to Movember in 2013 is a mobile app, which brings the online Mo Space experience to your Android or iOS device.

If you've spent as much time in the App Store as we have, then you already know that there are some weird app developers out there. Aside from your standard social, news and gaming apps, there exists another group of apps -- along the outer edges of the App Store -- that is seriously bizarre. Exhibit A: "Poo Log." These apps are largely out of sight and out of mind, but some of them are actually kind of helpful.

If your father was anything like mine (and a quick unofficial office poll concludes I am not alone here), then you were constantly chided, scolded, nagged, and admonished to sit up straight. And what was the end result of all the efforts to get us to protect our backs with correct posture? Thousands of slouchers hunched over glowing laptops for hours on end. Sure, you try to make sure your office chair has good ergonomics, or that you’re sitting correctly on the bus, but the rest of the time you’re a...

The Fitly app for iPhone is one of the first to take advantage of the new M7 coprocessor in the iPhone 5s. It tells you how much physical activity you’re getting every day and uses gamification to motivate you to reach your goals....

Perennially popular fitness-tracking company Runtastic has launched a new Android and iOS app, specifically designed to get your torso looking like a washboard....

Got an infant that just won't snooze? Download aSleep, a white noise app for your iOS device that has more than 65 soothing sounds for baby.

Following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, disaster preparedness is on everyone’s mind this storm season. You should keep your home equipped with these fundamental supplies at all times and your family should have a plan in place in case of emergencies. Since we rely on our cell phones so much when the threat of disaster is not imminent, it only makes sense that they could become more useful when it is.

If you’re thinking about starting a family, or even expanding your existing one, there are plenty of handy apps out there to help you along the way. My wife and I went through and picked 20 of our favorites for each of the different stages from getting pregnant to taking care of the little one once he or she arrives....

As September draws to a close, we thought we’d take a retrospective look at some of the more notable mobile apps to hit our radar over the past month....

There are many thousands of apps. Whatever your goal, as Apple’s erstwhile advertising campaign proclaimed, “There’s an app for that.” But some apps are simply must-haves—whether for their functionality, their interface brilliance, or just their entertainment factor. Here are ten apps your new iPhone shouldn’t be without....

Strava Run was updated today, making it the first fitness app to hit the iOS App Store that takes advantage of the M7 "motion coprocessor" found inside of the new iPhone 5S. The M7 chip continuously measures an iPhone's accelerometer, compass, and gyroscope, and the app uses it to automatically turn GPS tracking on or off whenever a user starts or stops running. Strava says the new features enable the app to better record a runner's pace and consume less battery life in the process, since GPS is only...

Think about when you're out with friends, and someone says, "We come here all the time." Or you look at the clock before bed and think to yourself, "This is the earliest I've gone to bed all week!" Or maybe you're deciding what to do for Halloween, and you wonder, "Where did I go last year?" Are you ever curious if your perception matches reality? A closer look out our routines might reveal surprises in the way we live our lives, and even help us make decisions for the future.

When Apple mentioned the M7 co-processor inside the new iPhone 5s, it only told us what the potential was. Now, there’s an exercise tracking app that takes advantage of it and helps bring improved battery life in the app.

When you ask kids about their favorite things, sustainable energy probably doesn't top the list. But a new movement and mobile platform called mPowering Action might change that. The app is designed to inspire, empower and motivate a generation of global citizens to take positive action around the world.

Apps are more deeply intertwined with our daily routines than ever. We wake up with the help of our favorite alarm apps, leave ourselves reminders on our favorite note-taking apps and find recipes to cook at mealtime with the help of content discovery apps. But have you thought about introducing apps into your civic life? There are loads of apps out there that let you donate to good causes or learn about crises across the world, all from your phone.

The fitness app market is crowded. The most popular ones do a great job of logging your performance and connecting you with friends, but what if you want to shave 20 minutes off your half marathon time? One standout is My Asics, from the running shoe maker of the same name. Its adaptive training programs boil seven years of research down to a formula that anyone can use to improve their conditioning. With its latest update for iOS and Android, My Asics is bringing (nearly) the full power of its web app...

Moves, the acclaimed activity and location tracking app for iPhone, has finally launched on Android today. As with the iOS version, it keeps a log of where you go and how far you walk, run and cycle and presents the data in a simple, useful way....