iPhone and iPad App News

Just take my middle and high school years where every morning, at 6:55, I flipped on my Walkman and began the trudge down the hill to the bus stop.

Kerry Washington from the ABC's "Scandal," is shown on a TV monitor as an iPad displays the show page.

Digiarty lowers WinX DVD Ripper Platinum license key to $11.95 per copy before June 2, which helps back up DVDs of summer movies while saving more.

A cell phone app is credited for saving two ducklings. The baby ducks fell into a storm drain in Ontario.

Warner Music Group and Universal Music are both excited about Apple's planned streaming service , but Sony Music is apparently hung up on how much it gets paid for songs that are skipped.

ON Wednesday, May 15 the Oxford Mail produced a special 24-page report looking at all aspects of the Bullfinch gang who sexually abused, tortured and exploited six young girls in the city.

A year after Groupon acquired Breadcrumb, a point of sale system and iPad app, the deal-of-the-day website has launched the suite of cloud-based iPad and smartphone tools.

'Haunting Melissa,' a new horror story that reinvents storytelling to engage audiences, has officially launched its new app exclusively on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch at the App Store .

Rovio's latest update to its Angry Birds Seasons game involves a new element called Magic Portals, letting players teleport birds, pigs and other characters from one location in the game to another.

Apple says its customers have downloaded more than 50 billon applications from its App Store since its launch in 2008.

Google says it's still figuring out the best ways to use Glass, but the company announced Thursday that Facebook , Twitter and several other media firms have built their own applications for the futuristic-looking wearable computer.

Google used its annual conference for software developers to unveil several new products, services and features.

Local libraries are offering residents throughout the county a free beginners' course to learn the basics of using an iPad.

Members-only flash-sale e-retailer Jackthreads has had great success in mobile commerce .

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With its 100m monthly active users and big-bucks acquisition by Facebook , Instagram is often seen as having won the photo-sharing app wars.

Having a deck of business cards in hand is par for the course in almost every business meeting, professional lunch or convention.

This week, Emy Rumble-Mettle, director at media recruitment agency Source, divulges her passion for finding the right candidates, evaluates the past three years of agency business and explains why the quick job hunt not longer exists.

Not since the iPhone or iPad has a gadget generated more buzz than Google Glass .

Rumor has it Google will debut a subscription music service this week at its annual developer conference, Google I/O . The rumor mill intensified Tuesday after The Verge reported that its music industry sources said Google secured licensing deals with Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group for YouTube and Google Play.