We love new apps. It is one of the joys of our life to sift through the flood of apps that are published or updated every month and deliver the best or most interesting to our readers. November had some great apps for Android, the iPhone and the iPad. In our ongoing series of Apps Of The Month, we take a look at what November produced below. We are continuing for the third month with our list of app updates so you can keep track of what you need to update for functionality and security purposes. The list, as always, is a bit subjective so please let us know in the comments if we missed an app or you have found one that you cannot live without. A Charlie Brown Christmas - ($6.99 iOS, Android) Who better to tug on the heart strings of Christmas than Charlie Brown? The new app Read More

One of the bigger unlocked opportunities around, in my opinion, is to create social tools and networks that are mobile first — that is, built around the smartphone experience to make use of its immediacy and ever-presentness. Instagram is a good example of this, as are GroupMe and Beluga (now Facebook Messenger), Kik and WhatsApp for chat, and the up-and-coming Socialcam and Klip for video. But attracting users to a new social network is never easy, especially when we already have so many to choose from. A new entrant in this category is Kibits, which yesterday posted a public tester version of its iPhone app, which helps users create groups on the fly to chat and collaborate. For instance, users can create a “Kibit” with chosen Facebook friends to share photos and chat, and maintain that same group for months. Or they could start a Kibit that’s open to other Kibit Read More