Kazaa, perhaps the most popular peer to peer music piracy service circa Y2K, just announced the availability of its brand new iPhone app.

Complete with a flashy new icon, live filters, and revamped camera interface, our favourite photo app Instagram just released Version 2.0 to the App Store.

[credit provider=”Apple”] We’ve put together all the best apps you may’ve missed hearing about this week.We have the first virus scanner for iPhone (and why you might want it), a brilliant handbook for photography skills, TNT’s new video streaming app, and much more.

[credit provider=”Photo illustration by Business Insider, base image from Flickr/PNASH” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnash/4534447821/”] We have 70 different applications on our iPhone, not including the stock apps that Apple includes with the phone.Of the apps we’ve downloaded, you could take away 60 and we wouldn’t bat an eye. But if you were to […]

Two killer travel apps launched at Techcrunch Disrupt

We’ve put together a list of the best iPhone and iPad apps you may’ve missed this week.

[credit provider=”Apple”] We’ve put together a list of the best iPhone and iPad apps you may’ve missed this week, just in time for labour day weekend.Here you’ll find an excellent new app for golf scorekeeping, a useful new way to follow your favourite sports teams, some clever new games, and […]

[credit provider=”Apple”] These are the games that has made the iPhone the fastest growing gaming platform in the world.These are the games that will suck up every ounce of your free time, like Cannabalt, Boost, and Fruit Ninja.

[credit provider=”YouTube”] AT&T decided to kill off all texting plan options but its $20 unlimited plan this month.As of August 21, you can no longer get the 1,000 message plan for $10 per month. (That was a sweetspot for many users.)

We’ve put together a list of the absolute best apps to help you stay organised, keep track of assignments, and manage your workload.

We’ve put together all the best apps you missed during the week.

[credit provider=”Craft Coffee”] The “pivot” is such a staple of the new Silicon Valley culture that it’s almost become a cliche.But at the second 500 Startups demo day yesterday, the importance of moving fast was really clear.

Google just officially launched PhotoVine, a new photo-sharing app for iOS that fills in the blanks left by Instagram.

LinkedIn’s popularity has surged in the last year, in large part due to huge mobile engagement among users.

[credit provider=”Apple”] We’ve put together a list of the best apps for iPad and iPhone that you might’ve missed this week.We have an app to sync customised news content to your iPhone and computer, an app to beam all your computer’s video content onto your iPad, a Facebook calendar app […]

Note: Bloomberg is reporting Nintendo investors want to see the company branch out and make games for the iPhone. Nintendo says it will never do that. We think it should. Since the debate is kicking up again, we’re republishing this post from March 2010, where we lay out why it […]

Shopkick is a location-based shopping app that rewards people in stores. Users scan products from partnering brands to receive points and discounts.

[credit provider=”Illustration: Ellis Hamburger”] Bringing a whole stack of DVDs on vacation is a huge pain, but if you have an iPhone or iPad, it’s pretty easy to lug your entire collection with you on the road.We picked out the best ultra-portable hard drives where you can store all your […]

Google just updated its Google+ iOS app to include compatibility for iPod Touch and iPad.

We’ve put together a list of the all the best iPhone and iPad apps that got buzzed about this week.

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[credit provider=”Apple”] We’ve put together a list of all the best apps you missed this week for iPhone and iPad.We have an app to send your location to a friend in a snap, an app to watch live video feeds on your iPad, and even an app to check out […]

[credit provider=”@_nana on Instagram”] The amount of people voluntarily following brands on Instagram proves that Instagram can make money, and soon.While Dan Frommer points out that Instagram doesn’t need to monetise itself in the immediate future, they will need to at some point.

[credit provider=”Illustration: Ellis Hamburger”] Amazon just updated its Kindle App for iPhone and iPad to include magazine and newspaper content from more than 100 publications like National Geographic, The Economist, The New Yorker, and The New York Times.Due to Apple’s recent in-app “store button” lockdown, Amazon was forced to remove […]

[credit provider=”Apple”] We’ve put together a list of the best iPhone and iPad apps you missed during your egg-frying-ly hot work week.We have some incredible apps for listening to and making music, the best movies app for your iPad, the most high-tech baby monitor app we’ve seen, plus much more.

Thrutu for iPhone is a new app that changes the idea of a conventional phone call by adding multimedia sharing alongside your call.Once you’ve installed Thrutu, you can easily send friends your current location, a contact, a picture you just took, and even money through PayPal, all while you’re on […]

Google CEO Larry Page and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer agree on one thing: the future of search is tied in with artificial intelligence.

[credit provider=”Apple”] Today we bring you the best apps for iPhone and iPad that you may’ve missed during your busy work week.Some of the awesome apps getting buzz over the last week include the coolest Star Trek app ever, a few amazing music apps, the coolest new web browser for […]

[credit provider=”Apple”] Today, Nuance released Dragon Go! to the masses, a voice search app that can find information for you, or launch an app you own if its relevant.Nuance is the company behind Dragon Dictation, and is rumoured to have been working with Apple.

AOL just released a brand new iPhone app called “Play by AOL Music” that aims to replace your iPhone’s music app by giving you free access to tons of music, while still allowing you to play all the music on your iPhone within the app’s nice interface.

Took ’em long enough, but TiVo’s iPhone app is available today.

[credit provider=”Ellis Hamburger”] Brian Akaka is the founder and CEO of Appular, the first full-service marketing and PR agency founded just to represent apps on Apple’s App Store.While Akaka hasn’t built an app himself, he has a keen eye for what works and what doesn’t.

[credit provider=”Apple”] We’ve amassed the best apps for iPhone and iPad you may’ve missed during your busy week. Apps you might want to play this holiday weekend.We have an incredible app for making music, an app that lets you browse your entire Facebook history, and the best looking instant messaging […]

[credit provider=”Adult Swim” url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4loegLRNqmQ”] What better way to celebrate your patriotism than by flying around as a magical unicorn in Robot Unicorn Attack, trying to kill yourself in the aptly-named 5 Minutes to Kill Yourself, or dicing open patients on an operating table in Amateur Surgeon?Adult Swim has discounted its […]

[credit provider=”Illustration: Ellis Hamburger”] Most people press “Gmail” during the iPhone e-mail setup process without knowing that Google offers a much better (and undercover) way to get email on your iPhone.Setting up your iPhone to use Google Sync will make you a much happier person, because Google Sync can keep […]

The idea: A iPhone app that monitors your phone calls to show who is dominating the conversation at intervals of one, two and five minutes.

[credit provider=”Apple”] Today we’re bringing you all the best iPhone and iPad apps you may’ve missed during your busy workweek.We’ve collected the best of the best new apps, like an app to stream every concert free and live from the iTunes Festival, an app that cycles through news on your […]

[credit provider=”Rajon Rondo” url=”http://plixi.com/p/64294149″] If you only use your iPhone to make calls, you’re not really using your phone.Put some of these awesome games on there and start getting the most out of your very expensive piece of electronics.

[credit provider=”Red5″ url=”http://www.red5.co.uk/i-gun.aspx”] This other-world laser gun is designed to be used with your iPhone for AR games.The triggers actuate two capacitive prongs to pop up to touch the iPhone screen, “firing” the gun.

[credit provider=”Shopkick”] Shopkick, an almost year-old check-in/rewards app for shopping, has been very successful so far getting big, nationwide chains to use it: Partners include Best Buy, Target, Macy’s, Crate and Barrel, etc., and it has signed up almost 2 million users.(Want more background info? Click here to learn how […]

[credit provider=”Screenshot illustration”] Foursquare just updated its iPhone app, streamlining the check-in process.Now, there’s a dedicated “check in” button in the middle of the iPhone app menu bar, and some other cosmetic changes.

[credit provider=”Dan Frommer, Business Insider”] Apple’s new iCloud services are already showing some solid awareness numbers. But that’s only part of the picture.In a survey conducted by RBC Capital Markets…

[credit provider=”iTunes”] With over 350,000 apps in the App Store, it’s quite obvious that quantity isn’t quality.There are some glaring stinkers in the bunch. They might be good for a laugh, but mostly we just can’t believe they’re available for download.

Webstagram is the easiest way to view your Instagram feed online.

[credit provider=”Dan Frommer, Business Insider”] Apple has always been the technology company that values simplicity and a good user experience above all else — “It just works.”But not all the time. 

[credit provider=”Apple”] We’ve put together a list of our favourite apps you might’ve missed this week.We have all the most buzzed-about apps including an amazing and visual new way to search for apps, an app to create a personal on-the-go karaoke machine, and an innovative app that lets you leave […]

[credit provider=” Erik Pitti via Flickr”] Stop using your iPhone to schedule appointments and make phone calls.Stop using it to reply to work emails.

[credit provider=”TechCrunch” url=”http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/15/facebook-secret-photos-app/”] Facebook’s supposed new photo sharing app — at least judging by the one leaked screenshot we’ve seen so far — looks like it might actually be interesting and fun.That is a good, important sign, because it seemed like Facebook had totally fallen asleep on the iPhone.

[credit provider=”New Work City” url=”http://nwc.co”] Remember colour? It’s the photo sharing app that caught hell when it launched with $41 million in the bank and a pretty lousy user experience.It has yet to catch on, and now Peter Pham, one of its cofounders, has left the company, Michael Arrington at […]

Instagram, the photo-sharing service for iPhones, just announced some very impressive growth numbers: The 8-month-old product has 5 million users and almost gets 1 million photos posted per day.

[credit provider=”Screenshot”] Instagram, the photo sharing social network for iPhones, continues to grow like crazy.Here are the latest stats from the company, via founder Kevin Systrom, who talked to TechCrunch:

Business Insider’s iPhone app has been upgraded for speed. Install the new app and you’ll see that posts and images load quickly, delivering Business Insider to you faster and in an easy-to-read format so you can get the latest news throughout the day. And you still have the ability to […]

[credit provider=”Rajon Rondo” url=”http://plixi.com/p/64294149″] We love playing games on our iDevices. Odds are that you do too.What better way is there to pass time during your commute or get through an obnoxious meeting at work?

According to the App Watchdog on viaForensics, your data is not as safe as you might think.

[credit provider=”Instacast” url=”http://vemedio.com/products/instacast”] Though it could be argued that Apple’s popular and widely used iTunes media player was responsible for the growth and explosion of podcasting, I would argue that iTunes is not the best way to manage and listen to your podcast subscriptions—if you’re a iPhone, iPad, or iPod […]

[credit provider=”AP”] Regardless of your background, there are tools out there to help you become an iPhone app superhero.Whether you have an idea for an indispensable utility app or the next big game that will make everyone forget Doodle Jump ever existed, you can get it in the App Store.

This week’s challenge is both broad and narrow. Broad because the challenge is wide open (we simply ask you to capture an awesome photo of anything you choose, as long as you use your smartphone camera); narrow because the prize applies to iPhone users only.

[credit provider=”Apple”] We have a truly incredible list of apps that you may’ve missed during your busy work week.We have an unbelievable Google Chrome clone for iPad, a fun way to view Instagram photos, a new simple note-taking app, and more.

[credit provider=”Bay Area Sports Guy” url=”http://www.bayareasportsguy.com/john-bowker-gets-moved-up-lebron-gets-rejected/”] We’re well into baseball season at this point. How are you following your team’s progress?MLB At Bat is the obvious choice, but there’s a slew of other apps out there that make it easy to keep up to date with your favourite team, no […]

[credit provider=”VGS Uncovered” url=”http://video-game9.blogspot.com/2011/02/can-video-game-systems-cause-carpal.html”] Your iPhone can book a flight, send email, take high quality pictures, pinpoint your location on a map, and give you directions to anywhere you want to go. And oh yeah, there’s games too.Here are five of our favourites from this week. Don’t sprain a thumb.

[credit provider=”iTunes” url=”http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/number-guru-reverse-phone/id431750800?mt=8″] When you start up Number Guru, it prompts you to enter a 10-digit phone number. After a quick second of searching, it tells you who the number belongs to.The app is free and allows an unlimited number of lookups.

[credit provider=”Dan Frommer, Business Insider”] Andrew Mason must be busy. Not only does the daily deals business continue to prove profitable, but Groupon just rolled out a feature called “Groupon Now!”Click here for a walkthrough on how to use Groupon Now! >

[credit provider=”Nika Vee via Flickr” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/nika/3396542642/”] WhatsApp has been one of the most downloaded messaging apps in the App Store for a while now, and for a limited time, the app is free.Before we say any more, go grab the app from the App Store. You’ll be glad you did,

[credit provider=” via My Very Own Glob Blog ” url=”http://farm1.static.flickr.com/17/19528507_77984b4b53.jpg”] Here are the best iPhone and iPad apps that you missed out on this week.We have an app to turn your pictures into a fun comic strip, an amazing new dictionary built just for iPad, and an app to make […]

[credit provider=”Angela Rosoff”] Gourmet food trucks may not be trendy enough for the Stuff White People Like list yet, but they’re well on their way.And why not? The food is cheap, it’s made to order, and it’s way tastier (and healthier) than the stuff most fast-food joints serve.

[credit provider=”Baby Manager”] Baby Manager is a new iPhone app that helps you with a newborn child. It lets you log everything, like feedings, and see stats on your child. 

Yesterday we showed you 10 different ways to make the most of your iPhone’s front facing camera, but today’s app takes shooting video with your iPhone to a professional level. Highly recommended by our resident filmmaker, Mike Goedecke (see his RED ONE camera tutorials here), FiLMiC Pro is a professional […]

Brightcove, the online video hosting company, is widely expected to go public sometime in the next couple of years, if someone doesn’t buy it first.Ahead of that, it’s launching an entire new business today, looking for growth and diversification in the hot mobile app industry.

Jack Dorsey, founder of Square and Twitter, just took aim at the credit card.

[credit provider=”Om Malik via Instagram” url=”http://instagr.am/p/KIHV/”] Instagram has nailed iPhone photo sharing and it has the growth curve to show for it: The startup has 4.25 million users just 7 months after launching.That’s according to the NYT’s Nick Bilton, who tweeted the stat from his coffee with Instagram founder Kevin […]

[credit provider=”Apple”] We’re going to show you all the best apps for iPhone and iPad that you may’ve missed this week.We have a great Photoshop clone for iPhone, the best weather app we’ve seen, an ergonomic notepad for iPad, and much more.

Ok, so these may be some of the most popular iPhone games ever, but if you haven’t played them yet, now is definitely the time.

[credit provider=”Wonderhowto” url=”http://www.wonderhowto.com/news/tips/locate-free-parking-spots-with-streetlines-parker-app-0127492/”] With give or take 250 million cars in America, odds are most city dwellers waste time hunting for parking spots.And while a smartphone app can’t make free parking spots magically appear, it can aid in the searching process.

Yahoo just announced that the newest version of its free Yahoo Messenger app will be optimised for iPad 2 video chatting, and will allow users to video chat with others using Macs, PCs, or whatever.

[credit provider=”Apple”] Infinity Blade is not only one of the most graphically impressive games in the App Store, but it’s also one of the most fun.We’ve spent countless hours slashing our way (in slow-mo, of course) through battles with giant beasts and demons alike.

Shopkick, the shopping app for smartphones, has always had impressive deals with retail partners, including Best Buy, Target, Crate and Barrel, etc.Now, it’s launching a new deal with a big media partner, the CW network.

[credit provider=” via Limitless Droid ” url=”http://limitlessdroid.com/2011/04/28/steve-jobs-own-use-of-the-term-app-store-could-mean-apples-trademark-demise/”] When Apple launched the App Store on July 10th, 2008, I don’t think anyone knew how incredibly massive and influential it would grow to be.When the App Store launched, The New York Times reported that “an abundance of software could make the iPhone’s operating […]

[credit provider=”Seagate”] Seagate just announced the first ever rechargeable Wi-Fi hard drive, which allows you to bring all of your movies with you and stream it to portable devices like iPads, iPhones, and Androids over Wi-Fi.The GoFlex hard drive has 500 GB of storage, which is enough room for over […]

With so many wireless iOS networking apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch available, there’s very little reason to connect any of these devices to iTunes, except to update the software. Besides, importing and exporting photos using iTunes has never been one of the best features of Apple’s mobile […]

[credit provider=”Apple”] This week we’ve put together a list of the best apps you may have missed.We have an app that indexes Groupon and LivingSocial to find you the best deals near you, a beautiful new instant messaging app, and even more.

[credit provider=”AP”] Here’s a story that will be causing some anxiety at Apple this morning: Cult of Mac reports that iPhone app developers are getting patent-related legal threats just for using Apple’s in-app purchasing system in their apps.As in, the supposed patent troll is going after the small developers themselves […]

[credit provider=”Dan Frommer, Business Insider”] Square, the mobile payments startup led by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, just hired a UI engineer from Apple.Mike Thole has joined the company, a Square rep confirms.

[credit provider=” vagawi via Flickr” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/vagawi/2459294638/”] The Hype Machine founder Anthony Volodkin has admirably bootstrapped his little music startup for years — now even working with some labels — and now has a staff of 4 to show for it.If you’re not familiar, The Hype Machine basically cruises a list […]

Startup Gigwalk is a tool for businesses and consumers alike.

[credit provider=” via 9to5mac ” url=”http://www.9to5mac.com/66242/cydia-tweak-integrates-native-facebook-uploader-with-photos-app/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29″] A native picture-uploading app has been debuted in Cydia, the jailbreak app store, which uploads pictures from your Camera Roll to Facebook with just a few taps.It’s called FBuploader, and it’s executed so beautifully that it looks like it’s been there all along.

[credit provider=”Apple”] We picked out some extraordinary apps for iPhone and iPad that have been getting tons of buzz this week.We have an app to track your kids on a map (that won’t kill your phone battery), an app to make sure you won’t forget anything (no matter which device […]

Smart business owners find customers by placing their marketing messages where the most eyeballs are focused.

Sitting behind the computer to find the love of your life or a rebound fling might be widely accepted now, but as iPhone trends go, it is so 2005. The big 2-0-1-0, along with Apple, ushered in an era of finding love, like your morning bagel, New York Times and […]

More and more web browsers are starting to crop up for the iPhone, and many of them blow Mobile Safari out of the water.

Think you have what it takes to amputate your own arm? What about somebody else’s foot? Now, thanks to the wide array of mobile apps available from the iTunes App Store, you might not need to attend medical school to perform a tracheostomy.

Today is Cinco De Mayo, and that means there are going to be some great drink specials at bars around town.

Electronic Arts just announced it is buying Australian mobile game company Firemint, which makes the popular games Flight Control and Real Racing.

[credit provider=”Apple”] In this edition of Apps Of The Week, we’ll bring you a variety of iPhone and iPad apps that are fun, wacky, and might help you be more productive.We have an app to create a virtual time capsule, an app to take amazing distorted pictures, and one of […]

[credit provider=”Pixamid.com”] Swedish tech startup Cartomapic just debuted its social photography app Pixamid at the TNW conference in Amsterdam.Pixamid uses Foursquare and Facebook check-ins along with GPS location data from your mobile device to decide where you are, then group pictures you take with others who are in the same […]

Install the new Business Insider iPad app and you’ll see that it takes full advantage of the iPad’s outstanding display capabilities, delivering Business Insider to you faster and in an easy-to-read format so you can get the latest news throughout the day — AND have the ability to join the […]

Kayak is one of our favourite apps for finding and comparing flights.

[credit provider=”Google”] Google just released a great tweak for their Gmail iOS web app that enables you to undo common actions including: archiving items, moving messages, applying labels, or deleting an item.Any time you perform one of these actions, Gmail now pops up a yellow bar that gives you a […]

Talkatone sounds too good to be true for Google Voice users.

[credit provider=”PopCap”] PopCap, the gaming company behind hits like “Bejeweled” and “Plants vs. Zombies,” reached $100 million in revenue last year, up about 25% from 2009.We met with PopCap cofounder John Vechey and CEO David Roberts for an update this morning.

Cisco’s decision to kill the Flip camera shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has been watching this industry for the last few years.