Software and App News from CES

If any company deserves to replace Microsoft as the keynoter and thematic leader of the annual consumer tech extravaganza, it's Google. more

Televisions powered by software services, augmented-reality apps, a QWERTY killer, and one program that's presiding over the unholy matrimony of Android and Windows 8 are the big hits of CES 2012. more

A hands-on with a new "invisible" typing pad that hopes to wipe QWERTY from the face of the earth. more

Seemingly magical one-touch video editor Magisto took the top prize in CES Mobile Apps Showdown. more

Initially launched as a desktop browser experience in September of last year, ground-breaking one-click video editor Magisto has just made its way onto iPhones. more

Moscow-based game developer ZeptoLab at CES 2012 today announced Cut the Rope HD, available for download now in BlackBerry App World. more

Is the social network a squid with a million tentacles or the ocean that surrounds it? I went to the top of the Wynn Hotel to find out. more

Verizon Wireless and The Daily have just announced an agreement to bring the popular subscription-based iPad news app to select Android tablets. more

Spotify, Pandora, and many other streaming music services are about to get a 15 million song competitor on iOS devices. more

U.K. startup Blippar has created a powerful augmented reality app it's showcasing at CES. more

Vlingo, the virtual assistant app for all major mobile platforms, today announced that it's making its way into televisions. more

Steve Ballmer showed off the now-available HTML5 version of the popular game Cut the Rope during his final CES keynote. more

The free Vimeo mobile app is now available for Android devices, the Amazon Kindle Fire, and Windows Phone devices. more

Slacker Radio, a popular alternative to Pandora, announced a few valuable new partnerships here at CES, one of which should have sports fans foaming at the mouth. more

Worried there just won't be enough apps to sate your Windows 8 cravings? Fear not, Angry Birds-obsessives. BlueStacks has a working demo that launches Android apps on Microsoft's gestating operating system. more

Initially launched in July of last year, Aurasma, the augmented reality platform for Android and iOS, has just gone 3D. more

BlackBerry OS 7.1 wasn't the only thing RIM announced today. Three of the most popular apps on the BlackBerry platform also got some major work done. more

As BitTorrent rockets past the 150 million active user mark, the company fires off several manufacturing deals that will put the file-sharing protocol on a plethora of hardware including set-top boxes, TVs, and media players in Asia and Europe. more

Windows multimedia mainstay Corel today introduces AfterShot Pro, a powerful photography workflow program tailor-made for professionals and high-level enthusiasts. more

An HTML5-powered app store courtesy of Opera Software promises yet another way to inject the Web into your television, the company announces as CES 2012 gets under way. more

While software may not be the glitziest of categories on display at CES, there's still plenty to be excited about as we prep for the 2012 event. From artificial intelligence to home integration, apps are definitely on the rise. Also, expect the cloud and health care to emerge as topics yet again. more

Working in the background, Granola software dials down power usage of CPU and other components by about 30 percent without knocking down performance. more