How To Keep Track of All Your Black Friday and Cyber Monday Packages [Toys]

Along with the holidays come the familiar headaches of e-commerce. Buying things. Receiving things. Forgetting about things ordered, searching frantically for confirmation numbers, and breathing sighs of relief when their statuses are confirmed. Stop that! There’s a better way. More »

The Best Drinking Apps [Appbattle]

Don’t get me wrong: people were perfectly good at getting drunk well before the telephone was even a dream. But with a few apps, your smartphone can turn you into a champion bartender, drinker, or both. More »

Apps for the Thanksgiving Host with the Most [Appbattle]

Thanksgiving is almost here, and only one thing can save you from your lack of preparation, cooking abilities, and holiday etiquette: apps. Lots of apps. More »

Dish Network remote access app comes to Android, your Harmony groans

Dish Network took another step towards its ambitious TV Everywhere plans — not to be confused with Comcast’s and Time Warner’s TV Everywhere partnership — by releasing the Android version of its Dish remote access app late last week. This nicely completes the provider’s suite of mobile offerings, which have already been available on the iPhone, iPad and certain BlackBerry phones. The catch is that to take advantage of the app, Android users must own a Sling-enabled Dish device like the ViP 722 / 722k HD DVRs or the recently released Sling adapter. With the necessary hardware though, the app turns smartphones into a control freak’s best friend, working as a remote control, a DVR manager, and a Sling-powered media streamer to view recorded or live programming over Wi-Fi or 3G. That’s a pretty nifty feature set considering it costs a lovely low price of free, and it’s certainly more robust than mobile offerings from Comcast, Time Warner, or DirecTV. In other words, when it comes to getting the most from your paid TV service while on the go, it appears the underdog satellite company can certainly dish it out.

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The Best RSS Reader Apps [Appbattle]

Reading news on a smartphone is a pain in the ass, unless you have a good RSS app. Here are the best. More »

The Best Camera Apps [Appbattle]

Smartphones are the new portable cameras—almost. With these apps, though, you can turn your iPhone or Android handset into a true pocket camera killer. More »

Is CineXPlayer for iPad struggling to deliver on its Xvid-playing promise?

We were convinced the apocalypse was nigh earlier this month after learning Apple would allow playback of lowly video formats like Xvid on the iPad via the approved CineXPlayer app. Mobiputing’s review, however, indicates that the software has trouble loading anything but Xvid and DivX files, which even then often don’t play. App Store reviewers appear to have had better results with it, giving it an average of four and half stars — though close to 32 percent or 433 reviewers did only rate it as one or two. To it’s credit, though, CineXPlayer does warn users that not all Xvid files may play and requests that any problems be submitted to their support contact to address. Anyone out there having similar issues? Let us know in the comments below!

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How To: Watch Xvid Videos Natively On Your iPad [Ipadapps]

The iPad’s potential as a personal video device is handicapped pretty severely by the limited file formats it supports. CineXPlayer, the latest app to sneak past the App Store approval squad, helpfully plays Xvid videos with zero conversion required. More »

This Week’s Best Apps [Apps]

This week’s best apps!? You must mean the week’s best iPhone apps, right? Nope, from here on out it’s just the very best apps, every week, for iPhone, Android, and iPad. More »

MyPhoneDesktop Links Your Computer and iDevice the Way Apple Should Have [Apps]

Froyo? That’s just what the myPhoneDesktop app eats after a hard day of wirelessly zapping links, text and images from your computer to your iPhone or iPad—a taste of the mouthwatering functionality Google demoed on Android last week. More »