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It's surprisingly difficult to find a good word processing and note-taking app for the iPhone and iPad, but Drafts steps up to the plate, making it a valuable productivity tool.

Take your quest for employment anywhere you go with Indeed.com's Job Search app, which has some of the most comprehensive listings in the market.

If you like to discovery music, there are a lot of apps taking the music industry by storm. But Shuffler.fm makes it easier than ever to can stumble upon bands and artists, so you can uncover cool tunes.

Waiting for Apple to revolutionize TV? Expect it to connect your living room to a wealth of content? Don't hold your breath. Cable's in the way.

The grueling cult workout P90X goes mobile with an app packed with workouts, social features and fitness tracking.

Not everyone can be Gordon Ramsey, but scientists are devising gadgets to help you learn to slice, dice and saute like the pros.

Apple's win over Samsung is drawing battle lines for other patent showdowns that will ripple far into the tech industry, ultimately costing the South Korean company far more than the $1 billion a judge ordered it to pay.

With the Republican National Convention coming up in Tampa, and the Democrats convening in Charlotte, officials are turning to high-tech security to keep events safe. But the way they adopt technology to check and safeguard crowds may infuriate protesters already wary about privacy intrusions.

The price of gas has become a pressing concern for most Americans, but SmartFuel helps users find the cheapest -- and most up-to-date -- prices around.

In a way, Molly Ringwald is a lot like anyone who's known for just one thing. Whether it's an iconic actress, or an accountant, mom or former-football quarterback -- labels become inadequate to describe the sum of the aspirations and ideas we have for ourselves. Molly, for example, also writes books and sings jazz.

There's your normal to-do list software, and then there's Clear: a visually appealing work-of-art of a task management app.

"Sleep Machine" creates soothing soundscapes to send you off into sleep, but if your insomnia is more persistent, a more powerful set of apps can turn your bedroom into an ad-hoc sleep disorders lab.

People commiserate on social media, but the homeless use Facebook, Twitter and even e-mail to keep life-saving connections.

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) investors, watching the social network's stock plummet, are increasingly asking if Mark Zuckerberg is man enough to run a multi-billion dollar social network.

Technology is changing education -- influencing everything from study habits to how students attend class -- and benefits are substantial and sometimes unexpected.

More teenagers listen to and discover new music on YouTube than on the radio and iTunes, as the site becomes an online outlet for today's biggest hits.

Apple is on a collision course to battle Google in the television market, as the battle to bring content to living rooms heats up.

Do smartphone videos help the police, or do they get in the way?

A fight over police access to phone data is brewing, as lawmakers push for new laws to protect individual data privacy rights while courts rule police can access phone data without a warrant.

If you're like most people, you're afraid of sharks, but Discovery Channel's Shark Week manages elevates the deadly creatures into veritable pop culture icons, putting them front and center for a week of shows. Discovery is pulling out the stops with its iPad app, so get ready for some predators.

Verizon has long enjoyed the best customer service ratings among U.S carriers, but its success has less to do with support than you may think.

In the battle of Apple and Android, struggling phone makers like Nokia and Sony can gain ground by taking a closer look at why you choose the phones you do. Apple studied the factors motivating you to choose Android over its own phones, and the results pointed it to carrier loyalty as the number-one reason for picking a phone.

Parents of pre-teens and adolescents have a lot to worry about, but a new study says cyber-bullying isn't nearly as rampant as many believe.

When you cast your ballot in the U.S. presidential election on November 7, remember this: the future of tech policy is up for grabs.

Yoga is an ancient practice, but the Simply Yoga app aims to bring the discipline into the digital age.

Families have lost and found members with the help of social media and the Internet, but the experiences can be both disconcerting as well as heart-warming.

Not every writer can blast out a freewheeling first draft in a matter of days like Jack Kerouac, but Scrivener can help.

T-Mobile keeps hemorrhaging contract customers, but its success in the prepaid market may pave a path to better fortunes, though catching up to bigger carriers will remain a challenge.

The latest case in the battle to balance privacy and public safety took place over the weekend, with law enforcement securing a user's Twitter information that the social media company was reluctant to provide.

Small carriers like Leap Wireless are starting to suffer from the continued growth of larger providers, generating concerns about a future with less competition.