iPad App News

This photo taken Nov. 25, 2013 shows second grade teacher Heather Black working with Ingrid Soracco, 7, right, on her e-book assignment using an iPad at Jamestown Elementary School in Arlington, Va.

You know the type: They already have a 1,000-bottle wine cellar, 65 corkscrews and a dozen too-cute wine posters .

Jetpac, a startup known for its beautiful "social travel" iPad app has been analyzing millions of Instagram photos to uncover all kinds of interesting things about life in the U.S. For instance, it looked at pictures of people smiling and laughing to come up with this list of the 20 happiest cities in the U.S, posted below.

Whether your girlfriend is a geek or not, she's totally into gadgets! Trust me. Every girl has officially developed a somewhat unhealthy relationship with their smartphone, they've given a cute boy-toy name to their laptop and they can probably tell you what kind of speakers sound the best while relaxing in the tub.

This summer, I hit one of life's great milestones: I became a person who posts baby pictures on the Internet.

Canadian boomers have lagged behind younger tech-obsessed consumers when it comes to buying gadgets and getting hooked on the web, but a new report suggests that might be changing.

Activist investor Carl Icahn is seeking the support of Apple shareholders as he tries to pressure the iPhone maker into spending more of its cash to buy back the company's stock.

A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl in Tempe were arrested yesterday in an alleged plot to kill the boy's grandmother.

Amazon is the Android tablet hero that Google is not controlling. Amazon did their own fork of Android OS for their tablets.

Damian Ewens sits in his snazzy office at BetaSpring, a Providence business incubator.

A 21-year-old mentally challenged high school athlete was fatally shot Saturday over a pair of headphones, according to local media reports.

You know the type: She/he already has a 1,000-bottle wine cellar, 65 corkscrews, a dozen too-cute wine posters and subscriptions to wine mags from seven continents.

You're not getting the best or the latest technology with Motorola's $179 Moto G smartphone.

An 18-year-old is facing some serious charges after he allegedly responded to a Craigslist ad and robbed the sellers at gunpoint when they met up in person.

Customers look at tablets on sale for reduced prices, behind the Apple logo on display at a Best Buy store on Thanksgiving Day in Alexandria, Va., on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 2013.

Apple has bought Topsy Labs in a deal that will provide the iPhone maker with more insights about the chatter on Twitter.

Once you're logged in, at the top of each article, video or slideshow you will see a list of your Facebook friends who recently visited Choose to share stories you'e read with your friends or turn sharing OFF to keep your reading experience anonymous .

Apple Inc has acquired social media search and analytics startup Topsy, an unusual purchase for a hardware-focused company that has made few forays into social networking.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple bought Topsy Labs, one of the four data-analysis firms with access to the Twitter "firehose," the record of all tweets.

Apple has bought Topsy Labs in a deal that will provide the iPhone maker with more insights about the chatter on Twitter.