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With this app your kids will call you back or their phone will be locked until they do.

My Snapchat obsession is about to reach an all time high thanks to the new update. I mean, come on, who doesn't want to take snaps of themselves puking rainbows?

This app makes sure you never walk home alone. It's called 'The Companion.'

If you've been to an Acadiana area McDonald's recently, you might have seen a new design on the french fry boxes. No longer red with the McDonald's logo, but new, artistic designs. The question, why? Well, there's a pretty cool answer.

Thursday morning, Instagram announced a big new feature.

The beginning of June brings warm weather, new flowers and less joyfully, the start of hurricane season.

After last year's flu season, which health officials say was one of the mildest in the past 30 years, the illness is back with a vengeance. Well, if you're unlucky enough to currently have the flu, at least a new Facebook app can help track down the diseased jerk who gave it to you in the first place.

Well, what could possibly go wrong? If you get the Lockitron, you'd only be making it possible to unlock your door with your cell phone from anywhere in the world. At the same time, if you forgot something at home, a friend wouldn't have to pick up your keys to get it...

Walmart, the world’s largest retail chain, is currently testing a “scan and go” iPhone application that would allow customers to scan items as they shop and pay more quickly and conveniently at a self-checkout counter.

The best way to avoid a 'sexting' disaster is to not take any potentially embarrassing photos of yourself that may find their way into the wild. Let's be honest though - as long as human beings have smartphones, temptation will always be the victor. So why not be equipped with the best tools to practice safe-sexting?

A "Hi-Tech Toddler" gave her parents quiet a surprise when they got their monthly cellphone bill in the mail. London Hall, who is 20-months-old, bought two phone 'apps' that cost $100 each while playing with the phone. London's mom tells KWTV, "I just stood their with my mouth open. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry."

More and More, I think that the statement "There's an app for that" is true. Developers in South Bend, Indiana made a Confession App. It's not made to take the place of actually going to confession if you are Catholic, but to help you with examining your conscience with a digital checklist centered around the Ten Commandments.