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Save your international friends money with a local number. Because everyone needs a local number in Sweden.

Plex just last month gave its Android app a big overhaul that turned it into a full-fledged media hub; it's now the iOS app's turn. A Plex for iOS 3.1

Google’s Map data is generally held to be the best around, but not so much once you’re off the streets. If you’re in (mostly) New So...

In what is being called a move to get users to gravitate towards Office 365, Microsoft has confirmed to the folks over at Computerworld that an Office 2013

Instagram has done amazing things for plated meals and the wings of planes, but the photo-sharing app has had a very positive impact on one more unexpected profession: tattooing...

We've heard recently that Microsoft was rumored to release its latest Office suite on January 29, and it looks like that's actually the case, thanks to a tweet

Temple Run 2 has arrived for Android.

An up-close look at the Nike+ FuelBand, a new wristband that aims to track all physical activities and provide a common metric for tracking performance across sports.

Nike+ Fuel Score
The band keeps track of your daily Fuel score and uses a color system -- red, yellow, and green -- to let you know how you're doing versus your goal.

According to Nike's Fuel metric, an active day equals a Fuel score of 4,000.

Nike+ FuelBand App
Nike has also developed an iOS app for the FuelBand. It charts your progress and lets you share achievements with friends, among other features.

ChallengeLoop makes it easy for you to challenge your friends and even yourself to anything. With ChallengeLoop you can achieve amazing things while everyone watches. The best challenges come with a reward, so inspire your friends with an awesome prize or put something on the line. Give the play by play with photos and videos for your fans because the more people who know about your challenge, the more likely you are to achieve something great!

iPad owners are now getting more than just bells and whistles tacked on to some their favorite magazines - they're also getting issues of those magazines first.

Google updated the beta feed of its Chrome browser Monday with developer support for the Web Speech API.

A new app has launched for iPhone 5 users called iOnRoad that is designed to take advantage of the new processing power in the iPhone 5 and navigation

When it comes to all of the interesting apps that do one thing well, Speedtest.net is one of the best out there, and we sometimes use it to test out new LTE

A video that introduces Google Now for iOS has allegedly been leaked online.

The two biggest parking pains -- remembering your spot and keeping track of the meter -- have finally been addressed in a single app called Honk.

Earlier today, Dropbox rolled out version 2.1 of its iOS app with a trio of enhancements in tow. The update, which requires iOS 5.0 or higher introduces

Mountain View\'s just doled out an update to Google Drive on iOS, giving it the ever so slight bump to version 1.2.2 and a handful of new features. Font

McDonald's is launching a new global packaging design that uses QR codes to give consumers nutritional information about their food.

You may think you know what's going on with all of your Facebook friends, but a new app proves you only know the start of it.

Popular music streaming site Rdio continues to expand its services, announcing today that it is now available in Australia and New Zealand. This announcement comes exactly one week ...

Freephoo, a VoIP service that has been around since 2008, uses innovative technology to offer new ways of communication through online devices and has just announced a new version of their iPhone and iPod Touch app, freephoo 2.0.

Acting like a phonebook, the app allows you to view all of your Facebook and LinkedIn contacts in the contact view, letting you make social calls for free, as long as the connection is also a freephoo user as well . If you’d like to make calls to someone international who isn’t on freephoo, a premium account is available.

This second part of a three-part series on the best iPad apps for university students and academics discusses apps for conceptualizing and presenting ideas.

Pulse has clearly been working hard at polishing off those iOS and Android applications, but it doesn\'t look as if the reading service is slowing down