Smartphone Apps

Travel Apps: How to Make Your Smartphone a Smarter Travel Companion AOL Travel News Airbnb and Couchsurfing-services that allow you to rent rooms in people's homes-also havesmartphone apps. Keep in mind that you're working with a person, not a company, so give yourself a few days for back-and-forth emails before you need the room. See all stories on this topic »

Spotify working on 'SpotiPhone' Android smartphone to disrupt Apple Music Ally (blog) Spotify's smartphone apps have been a key element in the streaming music service's growth to 6m paying subscribers. Now it's taking the next logical step and working on its own branded smartphone. Known internally by the codename 'SpotiPhone' ... See all stories on this topic »

Apps help parents monitor children's Internet use Reuters "When you have a smartphone, you basically have the Internet in your pocket wherever you are - away from your parents' eyes," said Anooj Shah, a partner in Toronto-based company Kytephone, which develops apps. Kytephone's namesake app allows ... See all stories on this topic »

Programmers help charities design a great app The Australian Financial Review What do you do when your audience uses smartphone apps that you don't understand? For Mission Australia national manager of research Bronwen Dalton, the solution is simple – outsource the problem to a hackathon. Over the Anzac Day long weekend ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook could unveil Android-based smartphone Computer Business Review According to TechCrunch, it may include Facebook news feed stories and data splayed out right on the home screen, along with easy access to Facebook apps. The smartphone is expected to use social network's apps like messenger and will allow users to ... See all stories on this topic »

Apps to improve your smartphone photography Economic Times Text: TNN Everyone knows Instagram, but here are some of the other cool smartphone photographyapps, from image editors to replacements for the camera app on iOS, Android and BB OS. Next ... See all stories on this topic »