As vain as it may be, people like to be liked and the world of social networking is no different. Admit it, you secretly wish those quips you post to your Wall gain at least a double-digit ‘Like’ count. Right?...
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Like Counter Pro: This iPad app displays your company’s Facebook Page ‘Likes’ in real-time 0
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Camera C64 Makes Your iPhone Photos 8-Bit 2
February 19th at 10:24pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsForget 8-megapixel pictures and HDR — if you want photos that instantly look cool, then it’s time to take a step back… all the way back to the eighties. Camera C64 is a free iPhone app that helps you relive the days when the Commodore C64 was considered cutting-edge technology by delivering authentic 16-color photos that are almost guaranteed to look good.
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Thirst Re-Imagines Twitter on the iPhone 0
August 1st at 11:30am / Mashable / 0 opinionsAfter coming to the iPad in May of this year, Thirst is now available on the iPhone. A new way to look at Twitter, the app uses its own natural-language processor to...
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Snapchat Adds Slow-Mo, Fast-Forward, And Rewind Video Filters 0
October 28th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsTeenagers have short attention spans, but Snapchat’s latest feature could keep them tuned in. Today Snapchat is introducing a new set of filters called “Speed Modifiers” for videos you shoot on iOS or Android. They let you add slow motion, fast-forward, or rewind effects to your video. Just swipe sideways after shooting a video and you’ll eventually see them applied to…
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Pandora for iOS gets an alarm clock for waking up to your favorite station and new design just for iOS 7 1
December 9th at 8:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsPandora today updated its iOS app with a new alarm clock feature and a design just for iOS 7. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store....
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Games for the weekend: Heroes and Castles 4
February 23rd at 12:07am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsWhat helps this game stand apart from other role-playing tower defense games multiplayer games is its co-op mode.
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OCD Therapist Creates an App for Reducing Anxiety 0
June 7th at 4:18pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsA therapist who specializes in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has created an unusual ally for treating patients: an app. The therapist, Dr. Kristen Mulcahy, often...
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Google buys iOS video app maker Fly Labs to boost Google Photos 0
November 7th at 1:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsGoogle on Friday announced plans to bolster its Google Photos team with the purchase of Fly Labs, developers behind four iOS apps for making quick video edits on the go.
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Friendshippr helps you ‘crowdship’ products and goods via friends on Facebook 0
December 12th at 1:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIf you travel internationally a lot, or have friends who do, then Friendshippr is a service you’ll want to take a look at — especially if you have a penchant for products and goods that are only available (or cheaper) in certain countries....
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Amazon Rolls Out iPad-Optimized Version of its iOS Cloud Player App 0
February 27th at 7:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAlmost nine months after it brought Cloud Player to the iPhone, Amazon has announced that it has overhauled its iOS app and it now optimized for iPad and iPad mini, allowing users to access their music from their tablet device....
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10 Apps for Keeping Up with Pop Culture 0
March 20th at 9:00pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsEntertainment You're among a group of people who are talking about ScarJo or Blake Lively or Beliebers. You nod along with them in agreement, but deep down have no idea who they’re...
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Adobe kills off its photo-sharing service Revel 0
November 20th at 8:22am / Macworld / 0 opinionsAdobe is shutting off the free tier and going all-in on the Creative Cloud Photography plan.
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With $5.3M In Funding, Entitle Launches E-Book Service Emphasizing Ownership And Big Titles 1
December 16th at 7:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIn the past few months, we've seen the launch of several e-book subscription services using a Netflix-style pricing model, where users pay a monthly fee and get access to any title in the catalog. A new service called Entitle is going in a different direction — users still pay a subscription fee, but they can only download a few books each month. Isn't that a worse deal? CEO Bryan Batten…
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Games for the weekend: Flick Champions 4
March 2nd at 12:07am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsFlick Champions brings eight different sports games in one app, and each has its own style of game play. Play football, soccer, hockey, tennis, golf, basketball, archery or bowling alone or with friends.
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10 Photo Apps That Enhance Instagram 0
November 22nd at 11:26am / Mashable / 0 opinionsTen years ago, you probably wouldn't have dreamed your cellphone would replace your camera. Now, millions of people carry mobiles that easily out-snap their...
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Mozilla launches Focus, a new ad-blocker for iOS 0
December 8th at 6:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThere's a new ad-blocker coming to the app store. Today, Mozilla is launching Focus, a new program taking advantage of iOS 9's content-blocking API. Unlike broader blockers like Crystal or Peace, Focus is designed to give the user in-depth control over what to block from a given page, with different settings to block ads, analytics, and tracking through social networks like Facebook. The app is not yet available from the app store, but is expected to arrive today at this link....
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Cut the Rope 2 for iOS is out now with more candy-filled, physics-based puzzles to solve 1
December 20th at 1:28am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAs promised, ZeptoLab has released the follow-up to its popular physics-based puzzler Cut the Rope on the App Store today. In Cut the Rope 2, players are still tasked with collecting candy for Om Nom, although this time he’s joined by a cast of supporting characters called Toss, Boo and Blue....
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Use These 10 Apps During Downtime 2
March 6th at 8:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDowntime is hard to find, whether you're working 9 to 5, going to school or raising your kids full-time. When you do have that extra hour or two, and you inevitably take out your smartphone, shouldn't you spend the time wisely with a few good apps? SEE ALSO: 12 Apps You'll Use This Weekend You could scroll through Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook until your fingers ache, but we found 10 apps that'll help you relax and enjoy your free time even more.
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8 Musical iPad Apps for the Digital Maestro 0
December 20th at 8:42am / Mashable / 0 opinionsPeter Meyers is a digital book producer and the author of Best iPad Apps (O'Reilly Media). He’s covered the intersection of writing and technology for The New York Times,...
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The 6 best iPhone apps for travelers of all time 0
December 14th at 4:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsA look at the best travel apps ever made for the iPhone, based on our list of the best 100 iPhone apps of all time.
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Gesture-based music app Listen gets a major update for iOS 7 2
December 26th at 4:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsListen, the gesture-controlled app for listening to music, has been updated to include several new features, such as support for AirPlay, as well as a new look and feel....
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Apple Maps directions beat Google Maps, Waze in pundit's head-to-head test 4
March 8th at 1:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple's much maligned Maps application for iOS outperformed competitors Google Maps and Waze in a California driving test orchestrated by columnist John C. Dvorak.
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40+ Free iPhone Music Apps 0
December 23rd at 4:26pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThere are now thousands and thousands of applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and sorting through all of them can be an absolute nightmare. Did you know about all...
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Kik Invests In Its Platform, Buys Fashion Startup Behind Popular Kik Bot 0
December 21st at 6:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsChinese tech trends are distinctly different to North America’s but today, in a move that bears parallels to WeChat-only companies, popular messaging app Kik acquired the small company behind one of the most successful apps (bots) on the Kik service.
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Codecademy surpasses 24 million unique users for its free online coding courses 0
January 2nd at 5:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsCodecademy now has over 24 million unique users taking its free coding classes via the Web and its recently launched Hour of Code iOS app....