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Kim Dotcom releases official Android app - now available free of charge from the Google Play Store - with iOS and Windows to follow.

Riffsy iOS app review: Revitalise your texts with vibrant gifs from movies and TV, turning #boredom into #amusement on your iPhone and iPad.

Brightest LED Flashlight app transforms phones into torches, offering a much-needed upgrade to the dim, timing-out default screen light.

My mum can’t pronounce apps properly, but that’s not the real issue. She refuses to use them on her new iPhone.

Privacy leak in Facebook's Android app, sending users' phone numbers over the internet to Facebook servers simply by launching the app.

Revive your selfies with humour! Faceswap app switches faces in photos, creating hilarious results. Perfect for a laugh on social media.

If you want to read comics digitally, and you’re too moral to steal them, then Comixology is probably your best bet.

Kiwis slam Orcon's new Genius Go app, calling it 'buggy' and 'marketing bullshit'. Orcon defends app, saying only 2 calls for help so far.

Bring the riotous guessing game from Ellen's show to your phone with Heads Up! Ideal for groups, it turns trivia into a joyous affair.

Orcon launches Genius Go, a NZ first app merging home and mobile phones, promising cheaper calls and revolutionising connectivity.

A new app from Victoria University, Kura, turns learning te reo Māori into a fun, competitive game, aiming to engage and educate New Zealanders.

4 Pics 1 Word, the simple yet addictive puzzle app, might just be your next go-to brain training game, disguised as fun.

Microsoft has released Office Mobile for iPhone, but following months of speculation, there remains no sign of an iPad version.

Sometimes searching the internet for TV shows or certain episodes you want to watch can be frustrating and near impossible.

Wikiweb, the perfect Wikipedia app for your iPhone or iPad, transforms aimless browsing into an educational pastime.

Google has banned a porn app for its Google Glass just days after its release, following new policies regarding adult content.

Kyocera New Zealand boss Nigel Paull talks to Heather Wright about Kyocera’s stance on the market and how apps could help resellers.

Mobile apps are a potential boom market for Kiwi developers. Heather Wright meets one company leading the charge.

Now, we all love a word game, and sometimes I do get a little bored with Scrabble (shock!), so it’s nice to have a break and play some other word games.

Unleash chaos in Pandemic 2.5, a game where your twisted fantasies of global doom unfold on iOS, albeit with more tedium than terror. 2/5 stars.