The Six Best Apps for March Madness [Apps]

March Madness! We’re just two hours away from another awesome dance. But you know what makes the NCAA tournament even better this year? Apps! You can watch all the games, win your office pool, get a betting edge, root for your team, and even automate your bracket picks, all from your smartphone. Here are the six best apps for March Madness. More »

Halftone for iPhone [Video]

If you’re into the app game even a little bit, you probably have something for fancying up the photos you take with your phone. There’s a wealth of options. But Halftone does something a bit different—it dresses your photos up as surprisingly faithful reproductions of comic strips of yore. More »

Explor for iPhone [Video]

The problem with Apple’s massive App Store is finding apps you actually like. Explor makes that hunt an engaging one, encouraging you to tap your way to app discovery with personalized recommendations. More »

Sr. Mistu for iPhone [Video]

Poor Sr. Mistu, who happens to be blind, has run out of olives for his pizza! In this straightforward but beautiful, hand-drawn and -animated puzzle game, you have to help him collect his beloved olives while keeping him out of harm’s way. More »

The New Essential Apps February 2011: iPhone, Android and iPad [Apps]

iPhones! iPads! Android! We’ve updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. More »

Hipmunk Flight Search for iPhone [Video]

There are plenty of tools for finding flights, but when you’re doing it on your phone, a streamlined experience is of the essence. Hipmunk doesn’t clutter up search with stuff you don’t need and makes the most painless flight of the lot easy to find. More »

What Cocktail? for iPhone [Video]

There are plenty of apps that tell you how to mix drinks, but none that do it quite as stylishly as What Cocktail? More »

Pennant for iPad [Video]

Pennant is the most beautifistastic way to re-live past baseball seasons. There’s so much baseball information presented in such a g-g-g-gorgeous way that I’m crying tears of joy, rainbows and Willie Mays. More »

IntoNow for iPhone [Video]

Hot damn. It’s like Shazam for your TV. More »

NBA Jam for iPhone [Video]

You know NBA Jam. It’s the classic in-your-face arcade basketball game. Now available on the iPhone, it’s just as boomshakalakastic as I remembered. Backboard breaking dunks, fire burning threes, punk-your-man defense—ah, just the way basketball games should be. More »