Microsoft’s Skype integration continues with the latest addition of Skype to the company’s Outlook.com email service. This new Skype integration is just a preview for now, and will only be available in the UK at this time. In the next few weeks, users in the US and Germany will be able to enjoy the preview as well, with the rest of the world joining them “in the coming months”.

Owning an iPad has changed the way I cook and bake in my kitchen. I can now load everything on my iPad, place it in the closest spot where it still wouldn’t get dirty, and cook to my heart’s content. While some cooking apps are nothing but recipe managers or collections of general recipes that are never quite clear enough, good results will come from cooking apps that actually teach you how to cook.

As you may have already figured from my Zoku Duo Quick Pop Maker review in the midst of Gaming Month, I’m not really much of a gamer. Not since 1995, anyway. But the show must go on, and even a gaming-ignorant like me likes playing some games. I was all set on writing an in-depth review on Temple Run 2, when I found something even cooler. The Sifteo Cubes. One lucky reader will win this $130 set of Sifteo Cubes, and will never be bored again! Read on to find out how you can win and to enter the giveaway.

I put five music-recognition apps for Android to the test, pitting them all against seven songs of varying difficulty, and one humming test, in which I tried humming a well-known song to each app to see if it could recognize it. Which app came put on top? Which app should you use next time you must know what song is playing? Read on to find out.

You can see these on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and many other platforms, where companies pay to have their content appear in a prominent place on our feed. Granted, it’s not the only way to place ads, but it’s a good way to make sure we see them. What do you think of this trend? Do you mind these posts? Do you use them?

In the short time Facebook has been around, it’s gone through many significant changes. These updates have seen features come and features go, but there’s one feature that’s been around almost forever, and is fortunately still available today: the ability to hide apps and even people from your news feed.

Remember Draw Something? The drawing and guessing app that dominated our lives last year slowly faded to the sidelines, but it all might change today with the launch of Draw Something 2. Coming first only for iOS (Android version should follow), Draw Something 2 is still about drawing, but adds many new features such as a social feed, a gallery, the ability to follow other users, and more.

IT solution Soluto has launched a brand new version of its simple tech-support system, which brings new features, new plans, and for the first time, an official PC list, rating the best Windows laptops on the market based on Soluto’s data. After installing Soluto’s client on the supported PCs, you can check them out from your own computer, tablet, or phone, perform actions remotely when needed, and more.

As a newcomer to the real world of Android customization, I started looking for wallpapers, launchers, icon sets, and widgets. Fancy Widgets is one app I kept hearing about in the olden days (which ended yesterday), but could never try for lack of space and screen real-estate.Armed with a new device, I decided to give Fancy Widgets a try and see what I could come up with. Looking for customizable and fancy widgets for our Android device? Keep on reading, and give it a try!

“Will it rain later today?”, “What’s the temperature outside right now?”, “Will it be warm this weekend?” These are just some of the questions we ask about the weather every day. Getting answers to these questions no longer requires turning on the TV and waiting patiently for the next weather forecast. It’s all right there at your fingertips, leaving you only to decide how you want to consume it. And there’s quite an abundance of choices.

Last week we asked if you would consider shutting off your cell phone for a whole day. I must say, I was surprised at the outcome of this poll. In an era so dominated by technology and Internet, you’d think people would be more attached to their phones. Let’s take a look at how the vote turned out.

TripWhat is a Web and iPhone app made by the same people behind the excellent Sortable, the money-saving Geekaphone, and the effective CPUBoss. After helping us choose everything from smartphones, tablets and cameras, to CPUs and cars, it’s time to find the best things to do, eat, and see in almost every city in North America.

Popular photos-editing app Aviary has announced on Wednesday the release of a completely re-imagined version of it’s iOS app. Aviary 2.0 comes with a new, streamlined interface, and plenty of new editing features and performance improvements.

Every once in a while, Google shakes up our world and changes the most basic feature of all its services: the Google menu bar. An experimental new menu bar design replaces the current black navigation strip with a dropdown icon menu similar to the Chrome OS app launcher. The feature has been part of Chrome’s dev channel for Windows since February, and now Google Operating System has discovered a way for everyone to try it out on their favorite browser.

For many of us, social networks are just a passing trend. We spent much of our lives without them, and we don’t see them as necessary in any way. In fact, many of us tend to think of social networks as nothing more than time-wasters and procrastination tools. There’s no denying that social networks have a bad side, but they also have some positive impacts, it all depends on how you use them and what you use them for.