Tagged isn’t doing too shabby, introducing you to people to flirt and make friends with online. It’s got 300 million registrations and 3 million daily users. Now it’s stepping into offline meetups by launching standalone app Sidewalk that feeds you fun happenings in your city, as well as who you might run into where you’re hanging out. Snap a geo-tagged photo of what you’re up to and a fellow…
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Tagged Embraces Mobile To Help You Meet People Offline With New City Exploring App Sidewalk 0
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10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Your Smartphone 0
January 5th at 9:16pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsStudies show that the majority of adults in the United States own cellphones. As of September, 2012, the Pew Research Center found that 45% of American adults have smartphones. SEE ALSO: 9 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do Online With everything a smartphone can do, those statistics aren't so surprising. Mobile devices keep you connected at all times, whether it's by phone, texting, email or social media.
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Google’s location-aware pocket tour guide app Field Trip comes to iOS 0
March 7th at 10:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsGoogle on Thursday released its location-aware Field Trip tour guide app for iOS. You can download it now directly from the Apple App Store....
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Apple Store App For iPhone Now Helps You Track Deliveries With Push Notifications 1
April 24th at 1:41am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsApple has updated its Apple Store app for the iPhone to introduce push notifications for delivery updates. So when you order an item from the Apple Store, you’ll receive updates on its delivery status without having to check manually. The Cupertino company will even let you know when your iPhone is ready for an upgrade.
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Hukkster Is Prepping Next Generation Of Price-Watching Mobile App For September Launch 1
June 4th at 5:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsLaunched just last year, Hukkster is a platform that lets you tag items online, and then alerts you when those items go on sale or get attached to a coupon code. Hukkster makes money on a commission basis from retailers each time a transaction is facilitated by the platform, and has received a total of $5.5 million in funding.
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Narrato: A great lifelogging journal for iPhone that draws on data from Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare 0
July 19th at 8:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsFrom Twitter to Path and everything in between, there’s no shortage of tools to help you record and ‘log’ your everyday activities....
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Mobile Greeting Cards App Red Stamp Acquired By The Occasions Group 0
August 15th at 7:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMinneapolis-based Red Stamp, a social commerce company best known for its mobile greeting cards app which competes with the likes of Apple’s Cards app, Sincerely, and Shutterfly’s Treat, among others, has been acquired by Taylor Corporation affiliate The Occasions Group. The Red Stamp website, app and branding will remain following the deal, whose terms were not disclosed.
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10 Empowering Apps for Social Good 3
September 20th at 7:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsApps are more deeply intertwined with our daily routines than ever. We wake up with the help of our favorite alarm apps, leave ourselves reminders on our favorite note-taking apps and find recipes to cook at mealtime with the help of content discovery apps. But have you thought about introducing apps into your civic life? There are loads of apps out there that let you donate to good causes or learn about crises across the world, all from your phone.
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Journal app Narrato goes freemium, now iPad-optimized with landscape mode, social sharing and more 1
October 14th at 10:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsNarrato rolled out a major update to its all-in-one journal app today, offering a new iPad-optimized version and support for the 64-bit A7 processor and M7 motion co-processor built into the iPhone 5s....
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22 of the best iOS apps launched in November 6
December 2nd at 8:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWith November 2013 now consigned to the history books, we thought we’d take a retrospective look at some of the more notable apps to hit our radar over the past month. So without further ado, here’s a quick snapshot of some of the best iOS apps to launch....
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With myDoorman, You Never Have To Miss A Package Delivery Again 1
January 9th at 2:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhile a number of big-name brands like Amazon, Google and eBay are testing the waters of local delivery on demand, where couriers drop off products following the push of a button on your smartphone, a new San Francisco-area startup called myDoorman is trying to solve the more everyday annoyance of missing your UPS or FedEx delivery window. Instead of returning home to find a sticky note left on…
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Kidizen Lets Parents Buy & Sell Kids’ “Pre-Loved” Clothing And Other Items Via Their iPhone 0
February 18th at 11:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA new iOS application called Kidizen is launching a mobile, peer-to-peer marketplace allowing parents to buy and sell their children’s clothing, toys, shoes and other easily shippable accessories. By offering parents the option to ship items directly to the buyers themselves, sellers can retain roughly 90%+ of the selling price, the company promises. This undercuts competitor ThredUP, who…
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Why your iOS device may be a better cable box than the Apple TV 8
May 10th at 8:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsWatching your favorite television channel may not be possible using the Apple TV, but using an app from Apple’s iOS App Store may prove to be a more likely scenario, if you set it up yourself.
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Swipe Right to Buy Dress: The App That's Like Tinder for Shopping 0
July 19th at 5:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsKwoller is not intended for those who struggle with decision-making.
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Apple Store app updated for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus 3
October 2nd at 1:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsThe Apple Store app, one of the few first-party iOS apps left untouched when iOS 8 launched last month, was finally updated on Wednesday when Apple added support for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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Drone Mobile is the closest thing to treating your car like a robot 0
January 5th at 6:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsConnecting this module and app to your car gives you something like a four-door robot on wheels.
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The best cross-platform writing apps for Mac and iOS 0
April 6th at 3:30am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe best writing apps know what to leave behind when switching from a 21-inch-screen to a 9.7-inch one, and they do it without trampling over any of our individual writing styles and preferences.
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5 can't-miss apps: Kiwi for Gmail, Disney Gif, Medium and more 0
June 28th at 8:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes a GIF keyboard app from Disney, a new Gmail app for Mac, Dropbox's redesigned Android app and more.
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SnipSnap Debuts Scout, A Deal-Finding Virtual Assistant That Finds Coupons, Rebates, Discounts & More 0
October 28th at 7:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThere are a number of digital tools that can help consumers save money when they’re shopping in-store or online, including mobile coupons, discount codes, rebates, digitized circulars, barcode scanners, and more. But today, the mobile savings app SnipSnap is rolling out a different kind of savings tool with the launch of Scout, a virtual concierge that helps you find savings via a…
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5 best apps to get you through spring cleaning 1
March 20th at 2:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsLost an hour last weekend, gotta clean this weekend. Blech.
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Where, when, and how to preorder your iPhone 7 and 7 Plus 0
September 8th at 12:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsPreorders for Apple's shiny new iPhone start on Friday, September 9âright at midnight. T-Mobile even has a trade-in offer to get iPhone 7 for free.
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11 Expensive iOS Apps Worth Your Hard-Earned Cash 0
April 16th at 7:12pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWe all love to download apps, and scoring free apps is like winning a fluffy animal from one of those arcade claw machines. The "freemium" business model is incredibly...
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50+ iPhone Apps to Enhance Your Photo and Video Experience 0
December 27th at 8:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWe know you're obsessed with your iPhone, and chances are you've been taking a lot more photos - perhaps even recording videos - over the holidays. To satisfy aspiring...
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AppGrooves: App Recommendation Engine Combines Social With “Hot Or Not” Feature 0
August 4th at 10:37am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe more mobile apps come out, the bigger the discovery problem gets for users: Apple, for example, recently announced they have 425,000 apps in the App Store. Rankings, recommendations from platform providers or search often bring unsatisfying results – a pain that an app called AppGrooves [version 2.0, free on iTunes] now tries to solve.