Apps

If you have ever perused the books sections on iTunes you may have noticed that there are some apps dominating the charts that don't look like traditional books. Katie Roof breaks down the best chat fiction apps on the app store.

Katie Roof gives breaks down the best ridesharing apps that aren't Uber.

Prisma releases an update with a style store and style creator.

Snapchat has a new design making it easier to navigate. Anthony Ha walks through some of the more notable changes to the app.

Listen is an app that aims to be your “smart phone number.” What does that actually mean? Well, it’s about giving you more features than a regular phone number. If something comes up in a text conversation that you need to take care of, you can set up a reminder. Or you can save texts to so that they show up directly on a caller profile. You can also hide notifications from anyone except your favorite contacts, and also set up auto responses. And if there’s someone you don’t want to hear from, you can mute them or disable voicemails. Anthony Ha checks out Listen, an app that aspires to be your smart phone number.

Super Mario Run is a hopeful glimpse of Nintendo’s mobile ambitions. It’s a simple plot — even so far as Mario games go. Nintendo strips it all down to one simple move: The tap. Twenty-four levels spread out over six worlds. There’s no time for thought. Just action. Mario has a learned some new tricks like jumping and sliding off walls. But is it worth paying $9.99 for?

Emotibot is working on an emotional intelligence engine that will use non-obvious cues and machine vision to understand the emotional state of human users. It can be applied to either physical robots or chatbots for more natural interaction models between human and machine.

Turner Classic Movies a launches a new subscription movie app in partnership with the Criterion Collection.

Social media has completely changed the way chefs and dishes get discovered. Nom cofounders Steven Chen and Vijay Karunamurthy gave us a demo of their new app for food lovers at Mr. Jiu's, in San Francisco.

We sat down with Justin McLeod, Founder and CEO of Hinge, to talk about their new version of the app which ditches the swipe to search for real relationships.

If you’ve ever tried to learn another language, you probably know that one of the most best ways to get better is having a native speaker to talk to and practice with. Duolingo has launched a new chatbot feature, which should be the next best thing to texting with a real person who speaks French, Spanish, or German.

PicsArt launched two brand new iOS apps that add Prisma-like effects to your photos and videos. Both apps process effects on your phone, rather than in the cloud, making the app significantly faster than Prisma.

Photomath is a new app that not only solves complex math equations but teaches you how to solve them yourself. It uses your phone's camera to scan the math equation.

Animation Throwdown is a new game from Fox entertainment that pits the companies popular adult cartoons Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, King of the Hill, American Dad and Futurama against each other. Here's how to play.