Whether it's platonic, intimate or purely a business relationship, staying in sync with another person can get fragmented with technology: Evernote for trading lists or ideas, WhatsApp for instant messaging, Dropbox for swapping photos and email for scheduling meetings or dates. A Canadian company hopes to consolidate all that communication with an important person in your life through its own private networking app.
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Shopkick Re-Engineers Itself to Close Gap Between Couches and Stores 0
October 17th at 9:11am / Mashable / 0 opinionsWhen Shopkick released its first mobile application, its creators built features based on what they thought users would like, co-founder and CEO Cyr…
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Indie game 'Papers, Please' to return full nudity option after initial rejection from Apple 1
December 13th at 2:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple's app review team caused a small fracas this week when it forced award-winning game "Papers, Please" remove pixelated all nudity prior to a debut on iPad, but the company changed course on Friday, suggesting the game's developer resubmit the title with a user-selectable full nudity option.
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Roku set-top boxes can now play video directly from your iPhone 1
August 9th at 2:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsIt's not quite AirPlay, but for anyone that owns a Roku set-top box, beaming videos stored on your iPhone to the TV just got much easier. The company today pushed out an update to its iOS app that promises to let users enjoy their iPhone videos on a slew of compatible hardware including the Roku 3, Roku 2, Roku HD, Roku LT, and the Roku Streaming Stick. Roku already offers similar capabilities for music and photo content, so it's now rounding out the package with video. The company hasn't yet fully...
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Watching the Debate? Share Video Clips in Real-Time With This App 0
October 22nd at 5:26pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAs we've seen for the past few weeks, presidential debates often have a handful of short moments destined to go viral: Joe Biden's smile, Mitt Romney's binders full of...
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Stichy Makes It Easier For Groups To Curate And Share Mobile Media 0
December 20th at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsRumr Inc, a mobile messaging focused startup which last year raised an $800,000 seed, led by Khosla Ventures‘ Ben Ling, to fund a series of projects, has now launched its third app — called Stichy — this one focused on sharing multimedia content within groups.
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Facebook Makes Mobile Pages More Functional With OpenTable Reservations And Rovi TV Guide Info 3
August 13th at 12:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsFacebook’s on a mission to make mobile Pages more functional. Following a Yelp-ish redesign in April, iOS, Android, and mobile site updates coming later today add an integration with OpenTable to let you book reservations from 20,000 North American restaurants’ Facebook Pages, Rovi is also adding TV guides to Pages. Facebook is looking to grow traffic and make Pages more important to businesses.
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Link TV Brings Global News to the iPad 0
October 30th at 1:00pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsLink TV is launching a free iPad app dedicated to curating the most important video coverage of major international news events, its non-profit parent company Link Media announced today. Called LinkTV World…
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Media Streaming App Allcast Is Finally Available For iOS Devices 1
January 13th at 2:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsImpressive mobile streaming service Allcast has been an Android-only affair for some time, much to the delight of those that use the Google mobile platform, but at last it has finally made its way to iOS.
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Ink’s New Mobile Framework Lets iOS Apps Talk To Each Other, Share Data (You Know, Like On Android) 1
August 15th at 5:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsInk, home to the Ink File Picker (formerly known as Filepicker.io), which lets developers integrate access to cloud services within their applications, is today launching its second product, Ink Mobile. This new iOS framework is designed to help mobile applications talk to each, too, rather than just with cloud services. And more importantly, it lets them share data.
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New Facebook for iOS Adds New Chat Features, Multiple Photo Uploads, and Gifts 2
November 5th at 9:26pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsA new update to the iOS Facebook app rolls out today, and it's bringing some handy new features with it. Now, you'll finally be able to add friends to favorites, upload multiple pictures at a time, and as a bonus, you can swipe left anywhere to open up chat....
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Shifts Is A Beautiful Mobile Calendar App Designed For Shift Workers 0
January 22nd at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhile there’s no shortage of mobile calendaring applications on today’s App Store, most are designed to serve the needs of office workers who need to carve out time for things like conference calls or meetings. A new calendaring app called Shifts, launching today on iTunes, is instead focused on a different demographic: those employees who work in shifts, like nurses, servers…
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Barnes & Noble Expands Nook Video To iOS, Android & Roku 0
August 19th at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsBarnes & Noble released new Nook Video apps for iOS, Android and Roku devices today, which brings its TV and movie-watching service to other manufacturers’ tablets, including, of course, the unnamed third-party which will be producing Nook branded tablets in the future, via the licensing deal announced in June.
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LeKiosk Books Another $7.1M For Its Online Store, As It Strives To Become The ‘Spotify Of Magazines’ 0
November 13th at 3:51pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsTablets, with their larger touchscreens that are less cumbersome than laptops, have been shown to lend themselves naturally to long-form content consumption, and that is spawning a new breed of services to fit the bill. One of those is Paris-based LeKiosk, a digital periodical “stall” that has now closed a Series B round of investment totalling $7.1 million to grow its business across Europe.
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ICYMI: iPad hatersâ initial complaints seem ridiculous 5 years on 1
January 30th at 4:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsThis week, Luke details all the ways those original iPad haters were utterly wrong on the fifth anniversary of Apple’s category-busting tablet, Luke has a sneak peek at the stunning mural for a new Apple retail store in Chongqing, China,…
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Tadaa 3D Is A Photo-Sharing App That’s One Part Instagram And One Part Drunk 0
August 22nd at 2:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe German startup behind the Tadaa iOS photo-sharing and editing app, which has built up a three million-strong user-base, have launched a new flavour of photo app: Tadaa 3D lets you add 3D layers to your photos before sharing them to a dedicated network where everyone can appreciate each others’ wobbly handiwork.
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Appsfire 4.0 Combines Discovery And Deals Into A Fast New Recommendation Service For Apps 0
November 19th at 8:50am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsApp discovery service Appsfire received a major makeover today, debuting a new app which now combines app discovery and recommendation with deals. Previously, the company operated two separate apps for this called “Appsfire Deals” and just “Appsfire.” Those two are today being merged into one new app, rebuilt from the ground up to offer speed improvements and better recommendations of quality…
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5 can't-miss apps: ESPN, GroupMe, Darkroom and more 1
February 14th at 7:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes the revamped ESPN app, GroupMe's latest update and an Android app that lets you message friends from your lock screen.
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Madden 25 lands on iOS, Marvel Unlimited gets more comic storage 0
August 28th at 12:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsGamers and comic-loving iPad owners may want to head to the App Store today, as Madden 25 is now available from EA, and Marvel's Marvel Unlimited app saw an update that allows users to store twice as many titles as before.
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Verizon's FiOS app brings live TV streaming to the iPad 0
November 22nd at 1:23am / The Verge / 0 opinionsIf you’re a FiOS subscriber who also owns an iPad, you’ll now be able to use it to watch live streaming TV anywhere on your home network, thanks to Verizon’s newest app update. The company says that not all channels in the FiOS TV lineup will be available right away (Engadget reports a list of 75), but subscribers are sure to be happy that the iPad is being elevated to the status of the Xbox 360 and Samsung Smart TVs. On top of streaming support, the update is also said to improve the pairing process...
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SXSW festival to use more than 1,000 Apple iBeacons for location-based alerts, meetups 2
March 3rd at 7:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsThis year's SXSW festival in Austin, Tex., will feature more than a thousand iBeacon transmitters onsite, allowing attendees to receive timely, location-specific messages and the ability to connect with others.
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Hands-on: Flickrâs slick iPhone update puts filters in the foreground 0
August 30th at 8:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsAbout seven months ago, Yahoo! took its almost moribund Flickr mobile app and improved the hell out of it. But that was only the beginning. In a universe dominated by Instagram, in which other shooting and sharing apps struggle for eyeballs and fingertips, Flickr's new moves are, at the very least, inspiring....
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Atari Releases First Official Pong Game For iOS, 40 Years After The Original 0
November 30th at 7:58am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsIt’s been 40 years since Atari released the first Pong game, and to celebrate the milestone, the company just released the first official Pong game for iOS. Called Pong World, the title delivers a new way to play the classic arcade game, in addition to a colorful new look and a whole host of new features.
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You can now tour San Francisco with audio guides from Groupon's ousted founder 0
February 3rd at 9:00am / The Verge / 0 opinionsThis summer we told you about Detour, the new company from Groupon founder Andrew Mason dedicated to creating high-quality audio tours. After several months in private beta, Detour is now open to the public: you can download the iPhone app today. (An Android app is forthcoming.) Open it and you'll find seven tours of San Francisco, each focused on a different neighborhood or topic, narrated by different experts in the topic. In our tests, we found the app to be a fascinating guide to the city, with...
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Off the beaten Path: would you pay a subscription fee for an ad-free social network? 0
September 5th at 11:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsPath is introducing privacy controls and a new subscription model today as it tries to recapture the intimacy that helped the niche social network stand out when it launched — and to generate the revenue necessary to turn it into a viable business. Path 3.2, which comes out today on Android and iOS, adds new controls for sharing to individual friends and to a user-defined "inner circle." For those who want unlimited access to the network’s whimsical library of virtual stickers for adorning messages and...