Snapchat quietly dropped an update last night that makes its chat feature a lot more interesting. Now, when viewing a snap in someoneâs story, you can swipe upward to send that user a direct chat message. The original poster receives a notification and can hop into a private message thread tied directly to the original snap....
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You can now reply to individual story snaps in Snapchat 0
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Salon Booking Platform StyleSeat Goes Mobile, Ahead Of Upcoming Series A 0
December 16th at 11:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSalon-booking service StyleSeat has finally made its way to mobile, after seeing its smartphone usage increase from 15% during the company's first year (2011) to now 78% of total usage today. Says company co-founder and CEO Melody McCloskey of StyleSeat's mobile traction, "it's completely blown up in the last couple of years." The company, which has today grown to 200,000 stylists across 15,000…
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Here’s an iPhone app that makes coffee. Does life get any better than this? [Video] 0
March 2nd at 7:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsOkay, this isn’t brand new but it’s still awesome and having seen it in the flesh, I had to share it....
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10 Excellent User Interface Designs to Learn From 0
September 23rd at 10:30am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe Web Design Usability Series is supported by join.me, an easy way to instantly share your screen with anyone. join.me lets you collaborate on-the-fly, put your heads...
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Duet turns your iPad into a monitor running iOS and Mac apps together 1
December 9th at 5:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsDuet Display, the $9.99 app that turns a tethered iPad or iPhone into an extra display for your Mac or Windows PC, is now more capable than ever thanks to performance improvements and new split-screen multitasking support. Available to download now from the Apple App store, version 1.2 lets you dedicate any iPad or iPhone display for use as a second monitor. Or you can allocate two-thirds of the display for Mac apps if you own an iPad Air 2 or iPad Pro, while the other third can be used for your...
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Loop Upgrades Its Mobile Survey App, Adds A Pro Account For $99 A Year 0
December 20th at 3:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsLoop, a startup that makes it easy and quick for retailers to collect feedback from customers, has released version 2.0 of its iOS app. The most important change probably isn't a product feature, but the fact that Loop is ready to start charging. With Loop (which I tried out in May), it's easy for business to put together a survey with a few questions, and then to display that survey on an iPad…
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Telly’s iPhone app gets private video sharing 0
March 6th at 9:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsTelly has added private video sharing to its iPhone app. Upgrades for Adroid and iPad are in the works as well.
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5 Innovative Classroom Management Tools for Teachers 0
December 1st at 2:15pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe Smarter Products Series is supported by IBM. Find out more about how IBM is working to create a Smarter Planet. Few teachers are drawn to the profession for its...
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Verizon Now Allows TV Customers To Stream DVR Recordings Outside Of The Home 1
December 14th at 7:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIn an effort to stave off further cord-cutting as well as catch up with rivals, Verizon* announced today that its FiOS customers will be able to stream their DVR recordings outside of the home, anywhere they have an Internet connection, for the first time. In addition, the company says customers are now able to watch all their live TV channels on any device while in the home and on their…
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Mindly for iOS reworks mind maps for small screens 0
December 26th at 11:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIf you’re a fan of minimalist design and the sort of person that likes to make mind maps for special projects, or simply to keep track of things you want to achieve in life, then Mindly for iOS could be worth checking out....
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Thirst Anaylzes RSS Feeds to Determine What's Hot 0
March 8th at 5:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsAUSTIN -- Mobile app Thirst won the SXSW Accelerator in 2012 as a Twitter magazine, of sorts. It analyzed Twitter in real-time, organized tweets by topic, and presented that content in an easy-to-read way. A year later, the app is back at SXSW, now with a slightly revamped version that (instead of focusing on Twitter) now focuses on what you read online. Launched three weeks ago, the new version is closing in on 100,000 downloads.
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11 Great Tools for Making VoIP Calls on the iPhone 0
November 6th at 11:29am / Mashable / 0 opinionsNo one likes using up their cell phone minutes, and that is where VoIP services come in handy. VoIP offers up an inexpensive alternative to traditional phone calls, making...
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Foursquare Is Raising A Down Round 0
December 22nd at 3:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWe’re hearing a lot of chatter that Foursquare is in the process of raising a new fundraising round that will be a down round.The exact dollar value of what the company is raising, as well as the exact valuation of the round, couldn’t be learned but either way the company is looking at another haircut to its valuation. One source tells us that Microsoft, which participated in…
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Scanner Pro named App of the Week, CBS to stream AFC playoffs to Macs and iPads 1
January 3rd at 5:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular document scanning app Scanner Pro is now available for free after being named Apple's iOS App of the Week, while CBS announces it will live-stream its coverage of this year's NFL playoffs for the first time ever.
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Tumblr 3.3 Brings New Camera, Photosets & More To iOS 6
March 12th at 5:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsThe official Tumblr app for iOS received a major overhaul back in November, delivering a completely redesigned dashboard, iPad support, and lots more. But the improvements aren’t about to stop there. Today sees the release of Tumblr 3.3, which adds a new camera, the ability to create photosets, and more.
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MTV VMAs Get Enhanced "Second Screen Experience" 0
August 26th at 4:33pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsMTV's Video Music Awards (VMAs) air Sunday, Aug. 28, and this year the network is kicking things up a notch with an expanded slate of mobile and apps to add a so-called...
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Dress-on with Modiface's Wedding Dress Studio app 0
January 8th at 4:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsModiface has a new app that lets you try on a wedding dress before you head out to the boutique.
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IK Multimedia brings spatial gesture controls to iOS with 'iRing' 0
January 8th at 7:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsUsing a combination of wearable rings and custom software, IK Multimedia's new iRing system allows iOS apps to recognize and respond to mid-air gestures in much the same way as product like Microsoft's Kinect motion controller.
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7 Beer Apps for Superior Suds on St. Patrick's Day 4
March 16th at 9:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDrinking beer on St. Patrick's Day is a custom that dates back centuries and is celebrated throughout the world. But it's high time to add some technology to the tradition, and that's just what the suds scene has done lately. There's a brewery in Alaska that's using spent grains (waste from the brewing process) to power the brewery. The Alaska Brewing Co.
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Top 10 iPhone Apps for TV Fanatics 0
May 1st at 2:48pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsEntertainment Sarah Collins is freelance journalist and student at Northwestern University. She also writes for Texas Monthly, A.V. Club Chicago, Chicago Parent, Venus Zine, and...
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Play this: ZType proves that typing games can be fun on phones too 0
January 25th at 2:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsTyping on mobile devices is typically considered just a necessary evil, a means to achieving a higher end. But it can actually be a great deal of fun, as evidenced by ZType, a game designed by Dominic Szablewski of PhobosLab. Originally developed as a casual browser type-'em-up in 2011, this space shooter was revived for the mobile realm last year, and it's produced one of the most delightful and instantly addictive games on either iOS or Android. The game pits you, a single brave space explorer,...
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Zoute’s New Transit App Brings Real-Time Departure Info, Detailed Schedules To Android 2
January 13th at 11:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsZoute is the latest application to join the competitive transit app space, which this past year saw Apple scooping up services like Embark and HopStop to beef up its own Maps product. But Zoute is taking a different approach than most, by launching on Android first, with an app that delivers both fixed route schedules and real-time departure information.
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Nook’s iOS App Now Offers Comic Books, HD Magazines & More 2
March 26th at 5:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsIf you’re a frequent user of the official Nook app for iOS, then you’re going to love its latest update. In addition to support for high resolution magazines on the iPad, version 3.4.0 introduces support for Nook Comics, more detailed imagery, better organization options, and lots more.
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This App Will Destruct Your Sexts After 10 Seconds 0
May 8th at 11:13am / Mashable / 0 opinionsTexting sexually explicit messages and photos (also known as ‘sexting’) has grown significantly with the rising popularity of smartphones…
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SoundCloud Gets Its Own Radio Feature With Launch Of “Stations” On iOS And Android 0
February 2nd at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWith opportune timing, given Apple’s decision to put its curated iTunes Radio stations behind a paywall, music streaming service SoundCloud today launched its own take on continuous, lean-back listening with the debut of “Stations.” Similar to other radio services, like Pandora, Stations allow users to listen to an endless stream of music based on a track, search terms…