Patients suffering from eye problems may have a new tool at their fingertips: an iPhone-enabled vision test to keep tabs on their condition at home.
With smartphone and tablet users getting younger, new apps can help parents of 2-to-13-year-olds monitor and control their children's use of the Internet.
Flipboard 2.0, the latest version of the popular news aggregation, digital magazine application, gives the app a makeover that lets each user become the editor of their own magazine.
Google's latest update to Google Translate for its Android OS, out this week, supports offline translation, helping travelers out of tight spots or even just when ordering in restaurants -- regardless of whether or not they have an internet connection.
The hit Android and iOS action adventure application Temple Run is now available for Windows Phone, Microsoft announced this week.
Photo-sharing application Path has added hashtag support to its iOS app for easier searches.
New versions of Android and Apple apps bring new functions from the latest desktop version plus greater ease of use.
The UAE's telecom giant Etisalat has launched its eLife TV iPad app that will allow subscribers to watch more than 150 live TV channels on their iPad or computers whether at home or on the move.
Now, a new Android app has been developed that can log stressful moments in a users' life, a report has said.
Two brothers from Australia pulled big crowds at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival with a novel app that lets anyone create a song just by crooning into a smartphone.
A leaked YouTube video suggests Google's contextual search and concierge service Google Now -- familiar to many Android users -- is about to turn up on Apple devices.
With the gruesome Delhi gang-rape fresh in their minds, girls and women are using mobile apps to ensure their own safety and let family and friends know their location.
Health-related applications for smartphones and tablets are a booming business, but in Africa and Asia "mobile health" could actually be a lifesaver for millions, industry leaders and aid organisations say.
I never thought I'd be telling my phone what to do. But I often find myself talking to various digital assistants - Siri on the iPhone and Google Now on Android devices - to request driving directions, restaurant recommendations and answers to all sorts of nagging questions.
