15 of the best new and updated Android apps from May

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It’s been a busy month for Android apps, with news from big names – Periscope from Twitter lading on the platform for the first time and notable updates to Flickr’s mobile apps. Then, of course, there’s the black-and-white photography app Lenka, and an overhauled version of QuizUp. All you need to do is peruse the list below and choose your favorites. Snap Me Up Maybe you’re not like me. Maybe you like your morning alarm. Maybe you like selfies. If that is the case, there’s a good chance you’ll also like Snap Me Up, a new Android app that won’t…

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19 of the best new and updated iOS apps from May

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We’ve looked at a lot of new and updated iOS apps this month, with the usual healthy smattering of ones dedicated to messaging and photo organization /optimization. Some big names – like The New York Times and Flickr – also have revamped apps worth revisiting. All you need to do is peruse the list below and pick your own favorites. Kwilt Kwilt isn’t a new app – it first launched in November – but it did undergo a reasonably significant visual overhaul in May to make it easier to use. Alongside a tweaked UI, the multi-platform photo organizer also got a…

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Salesforce buys smart calendar, Tempo

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Tempo, the artificial intelligence-powered smart calendar, has been acquired by Salesforce. A note from Tempo’s founders says the app will be discontinued on June 30, and is no longer accepting new users. Until then, the calendar is open to existing users. The app shows you information about your meetings such as location, transportation and parking options, social media posts from participants and other related documents. It also automates connecting into conference calls. “With Tempo, we created a smart calendar, using artificial intelligence to enable the next generation of mobile productivity. We brought context to your events and automated many of your…

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GifLab brings super-simple GIF creation to your iPhone

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With Facebook finally rolling out support for GIFs, now’s the perfect time for you to up your GIF game. Thankfully, a new app that’s ideal for creating DIY animated snaps has arrived. That app is GifLab, and it claims to be the “easiest way to create GIFs on your iOS device”. Created by Museworks, GifLab lets you snap new footage or use existing video and quickly turn it into a shareable GIF. You can also apply a range of filters, impose text and place emoji over your creations. The apps super easy user interface also lets you tweak both the speed and quality of the resulting file…

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Google ‘App Invites’ make recommending cool iOS and Android apps more personal

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Google’s pulled the covers off App Invites, a new way for developers to encourage users to recommend their apps. The set of tools allows devs to easily incorporate SMS and email invitations, highlight recommended contacts, create personalized onboarding and measure the success of app invites with custom reports. It’s a timely development and giving users the ability to invite friends in a way that feels less sterile than a lot of the current approaches will definitely appeal to a lot of developers. App Invites doesn’t just give users a simple list of contacts to choose from. It will recommend specific…

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Spark is a new iOS email app for power users, with some clever ideas

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New iOS email apps these days seem split between those that want to make your inbox as simple as possible (Mailbox, Inbox by Gmail) and those throw in as many power features as possible. Microsoft’s Outlook fits that second bracket, as does Spark, a new app from popular developer Readdle. If you like your email workflow and inbox features ‘just so’, it’s worth diving in and seeing how customizable everything here is. You can choose the order of menu items, what different swipe gestures do, how archiving works and more. Options to add quick links to Amazon purchases, flight information emails…

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Social ebook platform Glose comes to Android, lets you try books for free

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Glose, the social platform and store for ebook lovers, has launched its Android app today. It’s also available on the Kindle Fire and Nook HD. The service now carries titles from more than 600 publishers and offers free samples — about 20 pages of each book on average — across its entire catalog. As with its iOS and Web app, you can browse Glose’s store on Android to find new books to read, add annotations and discuss them with your contacts. This works with samples too, and you’ll be able to retrieve your notes when you buy a book you’ve scribbled in.…

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Handpick turns Instagram into the world’s largest recipe book

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Instagram can be hell if you’re hungry. The photo-sharing social network is full of people sharing the delicious dishes they’ve just whipped up as well as ridiculously well posed restaurant fare. The trouble is, while there are millions of posts about food, actually searching for them and connecting images to recipes isn’t easy. Instagram’s native search just isn’t up to the job. That’s where Handpick (for Android and iOS) comes in. While the food discovery app has been around since 2013, it got really useful this week. The app’s original aim was to reduce the amount of food waste in the world by making…

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Path’s social networking app has been acquired by South Korea’s Daum Kakao

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Path has sold its five-year-old social networking app today to South Korean mobile company Daum Kakao for an undisclosed sum. The asset deal will allow Path to grow in Asian markets, where Daum Kakao — makers of the popular Kakao Talk messaging app — have experience in building large user bases. Daum Kakao will look to improve Path’s quality of service and community experiences in Korea and other markets. Nothing changes for existing Path and Path Talk users. The company’s GIF creation app, Kong, and its Path Places product aren’t part of the deal and will continue to operate as…

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