Cooking ain't easy! But if you want to get better, you have to start somewhere and that somewhere should probably be your knife skills. With Kitchen Knife Skills, an iOS app, you'll stop accidentally chopping your fingers and start learning slick tricks to make you a better cook. Read More >>

We love GroupMe. We use it almost daily. It's our favourite way of avoiding SMS, coordinating the team, braving CES, and exchanging childish jokes. Today, a new version drops, and it's bigger and prettier than ever. Read More >>

After launching on Android over a week ago, Xbox SmartGlass is now available for iOS. Go grab it on your iPhone or iPad so you can control your Xbox in a whole new awesomer way. The new SmartGlass app is actually an update to the old Xbox Live app, which is a little weird but whatever. Read More >>

Imagine a world that's not completely and totally explored yet — sort of like in Warcraft where the unexplored terrain is dark because your character never went there. It exists in real life too. It's the own world you live in. You haven't seen everything or been everywhere so this app, Fog of World, makes the places you've already been completely clear and the unexplored places, foggy. As you go to new places, the map gets clearer. It looks so fun. Read More >>

iPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone. 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. Check them out! Read More >>

One of the biggest differentiating factors from last iPhone to this one is the iPhone 5's longer screen. It's the first thing anyone notices, and the lengthening of the display makes apps feel a lot less cramped. Here are a few of the more popular apps that have already been optimised, next to their old iPhone 4S counterparts. Read More >>

The new iPhone 5 and its bigger screen is here. And to take advantage of all 4-inches of that taller screen, you need apps that are updated, optimised and ready to look bigger and better than ever. We got 'em all listed for you right here. Read More >>

Twitter is now letting you add a header photo to your profile — it's a lovely new feature that seems like it draws a little inspiration from the large banner photo you get with Facebook Timeline. Read More >>

Remember the world as it is right now before you knew about RastaCam. Remember what your life was like before your knew there was an app that could turn all your pictures into something resembling a souvenir from Bonnaroo. It's a ridiculous idea, right? Why would anybody want to make their photo a Rastagram? These are questions we need to consider now because it's possible everything will be different. [iTunes] Read More >>

Maybe you know a little about Blackjack, like doubling on 11 or splitting 8s. Maybe you know nothing. But definitely you can know more. With this iOS app, Blackjack Domination, you can learn about all the odds, discover strategies, figure out how to count cards and beat the house. Read More >>

Google has rolled out a minor update to Gmail for iOS. Version 1.3 includes faster scrolling and animation (thankfully) on the iPhone and iPod touch. Additionally, now you can save photo attachments to your library the same way you save images from Facebook on your phone, by simply touching and holding. Google has also mended some bugs, and these aren't a huge changes, but they're definitely positive ones. [9to5Mac] Read More >>

Did you know the first metal detector was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1881 in order to extract a stray bullet from President James Garfield's back? This is the kind of interesting innovation revealed in IBM Think, a free app that maps out the roots of technological advances. Read More >>

If you ever searched for an app on the App Store or Google Play, you would see an endless list of crappy apps with similar names just tagged as HD or LITE or FREE or PRO. Everybody wants to call their app the same damn thing! Here are the most popular words used in Android and iOS app titles. Read More >>

What is that there? I can't see anything. Oh wait it's a clock. Just like the reptile it's named for, Chameleon Clock captures the scenery behind your screen and overlays the time on top. Read More >>

Flock, a new iPhone app from the people behind Bump, solves the first world problem of having to send photos to your friends through e-mail by creating shared photo albums with your friends with pictures that have similar metadata. It works like magic. Read More >>