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Software Reviews

Software provides the bedrock on which we experience new features from Google’s Android platform, Microsoft’s Windows 10, and Apple’s iOS and macOS operating systems. Like apps, and really all internet-connected devices, today’s software is constantly evolving into something new and, hopefully, more helpful. We’ll track the latest innovations that the industry has to offer to see if they are worth your time and money.

iOS 11 preview: keep it simple, smarty
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As simple as possible, but no simpler

Dieter Bohn
The best calendar app for Android
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And the strange ones you’ll find along the way

Jacob Kastrenakes
The best calendar app for iPhone
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Fantastic apps and where to find them

Jacob Kastrenakes
iOS 10 review: doors into the walled garden

Your apps can work in more places, but not everywhere

Dieter Bohn
macOS Sierra review: Apple reaches for the clouds

Siri’s here, but that’s not the most interesting part

Jacob Kastrenakes
Android 7.0 Nougat review: great, but does it matter?

Want the latest? Get a Nexus

Dieter Bohn
Android 6.0 Marshmallow review
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Android is more Google than ever

Dieter Bohn
OS X El Capitan review: Everyone’s an expert

Back to the Mac, again

Dieter Bohn
Microsoft Office 2016 review
Tom Warren
Apple iOS 9 review
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The future starts now

Dan Seifert
Apple CarPlay review: safety first
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‘Hey Siri, take me home tonight’

Dan Seifert
Windows 10 review

The future is bright

Tom Warren
Apple Music review

Apple’s streaming service is buggy, complicated, yet still destined for success

Micah Singleton
The best fitness app for iPhone
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It’s more than just step counting

Liam James
The best fitness app for Android
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Do more than just count your steps

Liam James
The best podcast app for Android
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Get poddin’

Chris Welch
The best podcast app for the iPhone
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Pod racing

Chris Welch
Android Auto review — the future of your car is your phone
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The future of your car is your phone

Dan Seifert
The best keyboard for Android
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Keyboards for happy thumbs

Dan Seifert
The best keyboard for the iPhone
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Keyboards for happy thumbs

Dan Seifert
Android 5.0 Lollipop review
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You are not in Kansas anymore

Dieter Bohn
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite review

Putting the computer back in Apple Inc

David Pierce
iOS 8 review
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Apple opens its gates

Dan Seifert
Foursquare 8.0 review: the ultimate food-finder

The check-in is dead, but Foursquare is alive

Ellis Hamburger
The best weather app for Android

There’s no shame in staying out of the rain

Dan Seifert
The best weather app for iPhone

Learn to love your weather apps

Dan Seifert
Android Wear review: the everything inbox

This is what it’s like to have Google Now on your wrist

Dieter Bohn
Adobe Ink and Slide review: is this the future of art?

The company that dominates the digital present seeks to wrap up the next big thing

Jacob Kastrenakes
Windows Phone 8.1 review

One foot in the future, one firmly in the present

David Pierce
Loop Wallet review: mobile payments are finally everywhere you want to be

Loop tricks any cash register into thinking your phone is your credit card

Ellis Hamburger
This just in: Paper is the best Facebook app ever

With 1.25 billion users, can Facebook still think small?

Ellis Hamburger
Typo Keyboard review: mistakes were made

For all the times you wish your iPhone was a BlackBerry

David Pierce
Android 4.4 KitKat review: designed by Google, for Google

From Hangouts to Now, Android is more Google than ever

Dieter Bohn
Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks review

Back to the Mac again

Dann Berg
Windows 8.1 review

It’s take two for Microsoft’s ambitious operating system

Tom Warren