Scribd Avengers and Archie fans, take note; Scribd just added comics to its e-book subscription service. For $9 per month, you get unlimited access to a catalog of 10,000 comics, ranging from classic issues all the way to the latest releases. Scribd teamed up with publishers Marvel, Archie, Boom! Studios, Dynamite, IDW/Top Shelf and Valiant …

Few of us like to do our taxes. Entering numbers over and over, lengthy questionnaires and looming fearing of a large tax payment all make the yearly process feel tedious and exhausting. Luckily, in recent years our smartphones have become great tools to manage your taxes from start to finish. With an army of apps, you can take the sting …

SwiftKey Popular third-party iOS keyboard SwiftKey gets an update today that brings emoji, Flow support to the iPad, support for more languages and general bug fixes. The free keyboard app debuted with the launch of iOS 8, the first version of Apple’s mobile operating system to let you use a keyboard different than the one that’s built-in. The update is …

Now playing: Watch this: These three apps will whip you into shape 1:34 New year, new you, right? Well, at least until life gets in the way. Don’t let your busy schedule stymie your goals to get moving with these apps. The hot new fitness trend is getting in a workout in a short amount of time, from as little …

Popular app MyFitnessPal tracks your calories and diet. Dan Graziano/CNET Move over, Nike — Under Armour is building its own fitness technology empire. The company announced today that it has purchased MyFitnessPal and Endomondo in an effort to both sell you clothes to work out in and track those workouts, too. According to the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report, Under Armour …

Facebook Facebook already has an app for nearly everything, and in this past week it’s released one dedicated to emerging smartphone markets. Called Facebook Lite, this free, slimmed-down app takes up just 252KB of space on your phone, perfect for lower-end Android models with limited storage. Related stories Facebook supports 4.5 million jobs worldwide, social network says Facebook promises fewer …

Windows 10: Microsoft’s next OS Windows 10: Complete coverage Windows 10: Hands-on with Microsoft’s new OS Here’s what we want to see from Windows 10 on Wednesday Microsoft’s Windows 10 event gave us a deeper look at the company’s new operating system, including hot new features like Cortana on the desktop and Project Spartan. The event ran hours long, but …

Now playing: Watch this: Continuum helps Windows 10 play nice with touch and peripherals 1:12 Touchscreen, or mouse and keyboard? Now Windows won’t have to decide because it can switch back and forth seamlessly. The new feature Continuum that debuts in Windows 10 helps the operating system work better with devices that support both a mouse and keyboard and touch …

AirDroid’s Android app. Josh Miller/CNET This year, iPhones gained the ability wirelessly communicate with Macs, thanks to Continuity, a feature in iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite . Now Androids can do the same thing with the help of third-party app AirDroid, which recently got a major update to version 3.0. The update brings really neat new features that …

Photo art is everywhere these, popping up on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. You used to need solid Photoshop skills to add a text overlay or manipulate a background in your photos, but in the smartphone age, there are many apps that can do the hard work for you. Different from a regular photo editor, photography art apps can turn a …