With all of the talk about sending physical cards with the Apple Card app and postcards from Postagram, an iOS app called Howdy decided to stick with the good old…
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Nintendo is making all the right moves with Super Mario Run 0
September 9th at 5:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe gaming icon nearly stole Apple's thunder at the iPhone 7 event this week.
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Word for iPad review: The new standard for Microsoft's word processor 0
April 4th at 1:02am / Macworld / 0 opinionsIt took less than 5 minutes of using Word for iPad to have an overwhelming first impression: I hope Word on every platform becomes what Word on the iPad is. Sleek, uncluttered, well organized, and beautiful, Word for iPad is impressive. An app that encompasses everything great about the desktop application, with none of the clutter. If Word for iPad is in your future, it’s an app I expect you’ll love to use....
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Editorial: Apple's iOS is the new Windows 1
May 5th at 2:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsOver the last six months, Apple earned $22 billion on revenues of over $98 billion, while selling 85 million iPhones and 42 million iPads globally. The profits Apple is now earning in mobile dwarf the best mobile profit performance records set by Nokia in 2008 by more than a factor of three. Why are Apple's competitors not beating back its advances?
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TouchPad Adds Siri Dictation to Your Computer 0
November 30th at 7:06am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsApple will most likely wait until the release of the next major version of Mac OS X to bring Siri to the Mac, but you can use its dictation capabilities…
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Google Photos begins creating animations from videos, gets smarter about fixing sideways pictures 0
October 14th at 8:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsYou may start seeing more frequent memories to help you capture all those small moments of a young child growing up.
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Amazon's updated Cloud Drive Photos app makes it easier to browse your pictures 1
April 15th at 2:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsAmazon is finally giving its Cloud Drive Photos app on iOS the overhaul it so desperately needs. Before today, the app automatically uploaded photos and videos from your camera roll and put them in one massive folder. There was no efficient way to navigate through them; everything was ordered chronologically, but photos weren't split up in any helpful way. Finding the shot you were looking for required scrolling through a massive list. (You're able to create custom albums within Cloud Drive, but I...
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Betaworks-Backed Telecast Brings The TGIF TV Experience To Mobile Internet Video 1
May 8th at 6:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhen this generation looks back to retell the best and most amazing past times of the early oughts, surfing YouTube will undoubtedly be on the list. But as we shift to a more mobile lifestyle, content discovery — with particular regards to internet video — is becoming less and less fluid. That’s why betaworks is today launching Telecast, a new service that bundles internet video…
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Raditaz is Pandora Radio turned up to 11 with 13 million songs and more for free 0
January 19th at 4:15pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsMusic discovery is an arduous process. For much of my life I’ve made numerous attempts at finding new, great music, but given my hectic schedule simple ways of finding new artists…
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One Drop is revolutionizing diabetes care through an app 0
December 6th at 10:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsOne Drop is linking hardware and software to upend diabetes care.
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Apple updates iWork apps for iOS with stability improvements and bug fixes 1
April 23rd at 1:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsComing on the heels of Tuesday's iOS 7.1.1 release, Apple has issued updates to all iWork for iOS apps with unnamed stability and bug fixes.
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Photovine: A Flipboard-Like iOS app for Your Photos 3
May 10th at 10:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsRemember Slide, that social technology company acquired by Google way back in 2010? No? Well, just to jog your memory, one of the first products to emerge from that acquisition was an iOS (yup) app called Photovine, which rolled out in July 2011....
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About.me Goes In A Social Direction With New iOS app 0
April 5th at 7:39pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe social profile network About.me, which was acquired by AOL in 2011 is continuing to expand its usefulness with a new iOS app that makes interacting with people easier. About.me…
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Google updates Maps on iOS with better ridesharing UI, end-to-end Uber integration 1
January 12th at 11:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsGoogle on Thursday updated its Maps apps for iOS and Android alike with a new, more in-depth ridesharing interface, including deeper integration with Uber that lets people hail a car without switching apps.
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Nearly 20 Million Downloads Later, Dots Looks to Build a Gaming Franchise 0
April 30th at 6:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsPatrick Moberg didn't set out to make the most addictive mobile game of 2013. He didn't set out to make a game at all. Moberg's goal was just to experiment with different user interaction designs for Tapestry, a short story app from Betaworks, the incubator where he worked as a hacker-in-residence. Somewhere along the way, playing with different design elements, Moberg says he "sort of forgot the words." The short stories were replaced by something far more fundamental: dots.
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Beer Hunt: Drinking With Friends Just Got Even More Fun 0
May 14th at 2:10am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsS Just like Untappd, Beer Hunt for iOS combines the best parts of a night out drinking beer with the best parts of Foursquare. The difference here, though, is that Beer Hunt turns all into one colossal social, brew-drinking, liver-killing experience....
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Banking Startup "Simple" Arrives in the App Store 0
May 9th at 4:43pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsSimple, the startup that replaces your bank, but isn’t a bank, has just released its first app. If you’re already using Simple via the Web, you can download the app and sign in…
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'We Read Too' app connects young readers of color with books they can relate to 1
April 11th at 1:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsWe love to read, too, and want to see ourselves in the stories we read just like anyone else would."
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Vimeo overhauls iOS app with Mailbox-like controls, 'friendlier vibe' 0
May 10th at 1:49am / The Verge / 0 opinionsVimeo has just given its iOS app a significant makeover, introducing a more lightweight feel and what the company describes as "a friendlier vibe." The app has been revamped from corner to corner â at least visually â and now almost feels like something you'd expect from Tumblr. Perhaps Mailbox is a better example, as the main feed now contains swipe gestures that will quickly remind users of Dropbox's email app. Depending on how far you swipe each video, you'll trigger actions like sharing, saving...
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3 Apps for a Better Night's Sleep 2
May 16th at 6:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsYou and your phone are bunking together. You're up all night texting, checking Facebook or playing Candy Crush. Whatever the dalliance, that phone is keeping you up past your bedtime, stealing hours of precious sleep. Then in the morning it taunts you with a blaring alarm. It's time that little device helped you get a better night's sleep, instead of zombifying your mornings. The generous geniuses at Hack College have proven once again that they have your best interests at heart.
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Discover Remixes and Covers With WhoSampled for iOS 0
June 19th at 7:15am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAs we wrote way back in 2009, London-based startup WhoSampled answers music’s most frustrating question: Where do I recognize that song from? As with any self-respecting tech startup, WhoSampled is…
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Put down the glitter. This app adds sparkles to your Instagrams. 0
September 27th at 2:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsIt even makes pigeons look good.
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Google buys developer of featured iPhone app 'Word Lens' 0
May 16th at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsShortly after the iOS translation app "Word Lens" was featured in a prominent iPhone commercial from Apple, the developer behind the app has been snapped up by rival Google.
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Sensopia Raises $1.2 Million Series A For “Magical” Floor Plan Capturing Application, MagicPlan 0
May 20th at 6:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSensopia, a company which actually uncovered a practical application for augmented reality, has raised a $1.2 million Series A round for its floor plan capturing application called “MagicPlan.” The app allows users to hold up their phone and then scan the dimensions of the room around them in order to create an instant floor plan that can be exported to various formats, including DXF…
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MerryMarry App Launched to Share the Wedding Process 0
July 27th at 1:40pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsBrides, grooms and guests are all invited to the union of wedding planning and mobile technology with the open beta launch of the MerryMarry app. Given we have ways of…