- Welcome Guest
- Sign In
- Welcome Guest
- Sign In
A desktop is a fine spot for browsing the world's spoken-word media, and the Chrome browser is a fine tool to do it with. This week's All Things Appy takes a look at the top must-have, free apps for the Chrome browser environment. We include some for Internet radio, some for podcasts and one for qui...
Price-matching, product reviews, historical pricing data and automating the coupon process are all superb uses for apps in the desktop browser environment. This week's All Things Appy takes a look at the five must-have, free apps that complement online shopping. Our No. 1 choice, Amazon Price Track...
The touchscreens prevalent on vast numbers of laptops awaiting your hard-earned dollars in consumer electronics stores accommodate highly suitable new tools for creating art. The tactile nature of the screen, as opposed to the awkward mouse, makes sweeping strokes and other gestures a lot easier. Th...
This week's All Things Appy takes a look at the five best, free geo-oriented apps for the iOS platform. To keep your costs down, we're concentrating on those tracking apps that don't require additional hardware, like sensors. Not all mobile Apple hardware products have GPS satellite location, which ...
Battery managers, task killers, analyzers and monitoring apps make up the basis of a solid Android mobile tool kit. This week's All Things Appy takes a look at the must-have, free apps in this genre that will keep your device operating swimmingly. First up? ReChild's Advanced Task Killer app, which...
The weather has a bigger impact on our daily lives than many of us would care to admit. Luckily, there's no shortage of Chrome apps to help you stay on top of things. Our favorites in this domain include Full Screen Weather, Rain Alarm, WeatherBug, Uber Weather and YoWindow Weather. Next step: Choos...
This week, we look at the top five free map apps for the Firefox platform. These are power tools that will make it faster to look up addresses and gain new perspective on the locations you want to visit. We look at pop-up maps, unique map-related search add-ons and one alternative to common old Goog...
In this week's All Things Appy, we take a look at the five best, must-have free apps for communicating in Windows 8 and taking advantage of the tile-based layout that's native to the ecosystem. Voxofon's Voice-over-Internet-Protocol app, for example, lets you text and call. It works by placing the c...
It's almost like we're going backwards. What with the escalating price-gouging by mobile networks for wireless data on the move, it still behooves us to use WiFi hotspots whenever possible. Who'd have thought we'd still be using public WiFi in this now 4G-enabled world? The answer, however, is that ...
Listening to radio on a smartphone or tablet via headset is one of the killer features of the mobile platform. In this week's All Things Appy, we take a look at the must-have, free radio apps for Google's Android operating environment, including ones for terrestrial and Internet-based radio aggregat...
Summer may soon be winding down in many parts of the world, but the upcoming holiday season promises a whole new world of travel opportunities. In this week's All Things Appy column, we take a look at the must-have, free, travel-related apps for the Chrome browser. Our app selection this week includ...
The All Things Appy column regularly looks at the best free apps for our devices. Today we dissect the top five, must-have Windows 8 apps within the Lifestyle genre. Need to check on the weather, monitor what those pesky celebrities are up to, wake up, control your games console or work out? Read on...
Despite the convenience of mobile devices, the desktop browser can offer the most satisfying video experience. This is partly due to the copious screen real-estate and processor power. In addition, however, Firefox has a long history of solid video-related add-ons including search, downloaders, repl...
Two genres of augmented reality tools are prevalent on the mobile device. The first is geolocation, which uses built-in hardware sensors and phone features like the compass and GPS chip to create a heads-up display -- think movie fighter-pilot cockpit, where the plane's instrumentation is superimpos...
The desktop environment can sometimes be the spot where you need a bit of humor the most. During a hard day pounding away at the contraption, a little light relief may be in order. In today's All Things Appy, we take a look at the top five must-have free humor add-ons for your Firefox browser. Our t...
Loading ...
