Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Google Photos (for Android)

Google Photos offers auto-uploading to the cloud for Android phones with nearly unlimited storage and some fun creativity tools.

10 years, 11 months By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Riff (for Android)

Riff lets you and your Facebook friends have a conversation through video, and it's the best attempt at collaborative video we've yet seen.

11 years, 1 month By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Riff (for iPhone)

Riff is yet another attempt at a social collaborative video app, but its simplicity and connection to the world-leading social network give it the best shot yet.

11 years, 2 months By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Wire (for iPhone)

Wire is a very good-looking messaging and free VoIP service, but at this point, there are many superior options that offer more features.

11 years, 5 months By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Skype Qik (for Windows Phone)

Skype's Qik video messaging app for Windows Phone is a snap to use, but it lacks many features found in competitors like Facebook Messenger.

11 years, 6 months By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Skype Qik (for iPhone)

Skype's Qik video messaging app is a snap to use, but it lacks a lot of features found in competitors like Snapchat and Facebook Messenger.

11 years, 7 months By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Slingshot (for iPhone)

A cleverly designed ephemeral photo and video swapping app, Slingshot falls short of Snapchat's mark.

11 years, 10 months By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Slingshot (for Android)

Slingshot tries to capture the fresh interface and ephemeral photo and video sharing of Snapchat, but its mandatory-participation gimmick is more draconian than fun.

11 years, 10 months By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Vine (for iPhone)

Vine offers simple, immediate video making and sharing, provided you can cram your creation into less than 6 seconds.

12 years By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Instagram (for iPhone)

Instagram finally adds basic photo correction tools like brightness and color saturation, yet it remains incredibly simple to use and a continuing social phenomenon.

12 years By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

Instagram (for Android)

Instagram has always been a fun way to spruce up your photos and share them with other users passionate about photos and it's even better after the addition of fine-grained editing tools. But some problems with video keep it from greatness.

12 years By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy

LastPass (for Windows Phone)

LastPass provides an excellent way to keep track of all your passwords, generating secure ones and giving you access to them online.

12 years By Michael Muchmore, Max Eddy