Apps and Software

We've all heard of the illusory work/life balance that books, blogs and the busiest of professionals tell us is attainable — but actually achieving it doesn't feel so simple. It all seems like a classic catch-22: In order to achieve a manageable work/life balance, you have to find time in your already packed schedule to read up on how to achieve it — but you probably don't have the time to dedicate to researching in the first place, because you're too slammed with workLe sigh.

Fret no longer — we've done the research for you; we've rounded up eight apps that will help with anything from managing administrative tasks, making shipping a non-pain and even streamlining your social media reporting. So take a deep breath and know you're one step closer to getting the most out of each and every day, with more time to dedicate to what matters most to you ...

It's been quite the year of ups and downs for Apple: From the unveiling of the Apple Watch to the disastrous iOS 8.0.1 update; from the rollout of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to the PR nightmare that was BendGate.

But things seem to be going more smoothly for Apple this week, as the company stock hit an all-time high this week

It's safe to say, though, through the peaks and valleys of 2014, it's been quite a year for Apple. To take a look back at Apple's year as a whole, Mashable is hosting a ...

Touted as the world's first camera calculator and launched last week, PhotoMath is an app that uses text recognition technology to solve simple math equations

But PhotoMath doesn't stop at just solving the equation, it also provides step-by-step instructions explaining how it got to the answer.

PhotoMath can solve arithmetic expressions, fractions and decimals, powers and roots, and simple linear equations

While it's easy to see how students could take advantage of the app during tests, MicroBlink, the Croatian company that created PhotoMath, sees many positive uses for its creation. ...