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  • 8 Ways Your Phone Doubles as a Wilderness Survival Tool

    July 10th at 11:53pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    No one can predict when they'll be in a survival situation, but it's never too late to be prepared. When you're lost in the middle of nowhere with limited resources,...

  • Runtastic Pro for Android turns your running routines into movies courtesy of Google Earth

    July 28th at 10:39am / The Verge / 0 opinions

    Mobile apps that track the route you run are nothing new, but athletic app maker Runtastic is taking a slightly different approach with an update to its Runtastic Pro app: turning your athletic outings into movies courtesy of Google Earth. The latest version of its Runtastic Pro app for Android takes the GPS data gathered from a given run, and uses it to create a video with Google Earth imagery, providing a birds-eye view of your activity along with on-screen pace, time, and elevation indicators. The...

  • Daily App Deals: Get TextExpander for Mac for 51% Off in Today’s App Deals

    February 7th at 10:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. TextExpander (Mighty Deal$) Previously $34.95, now $17.00. TextExpander is not our favorite text expansion app for Mac as we like TypeIt4Me best. However, we did name it is a very strong competitor and it's now on sale. TextExpander allows you to save time and keystrokes by using abbreviations to type in regularly used text snippets such as email addresses, phone...

  • The 13 Apps You Need on a Wild Night of Drinking

    September 14th at 9:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    A lot can go wrong on a night out drinking with friends—incarceration, questionable taste, the realization that you lost half the group two bars ago—but all of these things can be avoided with the right tools loaded in a smartphone. With these 13 apps, you will have full cups, manageable chaos, and a reasonable chance you'll recognize the room you wake up in....

  • PumpUp Launches Personal iOS Fitness Coaching App

    December 27th at 4:03pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    If you’re committing to losing weight, exercise more or live more healthily in 2013, there are loads of smartphone apps and accessories that can help you achieve your fitness goals....

  • Nutrino Is A Virtual Nutritionist For iOS

    April 25th at 1:40am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Today, Nutrino sees its official launch with a virtual nutritionist app for iOS that provides personalised meal recommendations based on a user’s profile, goals, habits and taste. It also includes a grocery list component, which at launch ties into major UK supermarket chains, in addition to support for Withings wireless scales to save on manual data entry.

  • Withings and I: Two weeks with the Pulse activity-tracker

    August 5th at 4:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    The Quantified Self movement could be heading in weird and wonderful directions, but for now keep-fit freaks the world over are content with tracking their every step, snooze and sandwich....

  • Movember Mobile App Is the Perfect 'Stache Companion

    November 5th at 1:05am / Mashable / 0 opinions

    Mustaches, a staple of Edwardian England, the 1980s or hipsterdom, depending on your perspective, have taken on a new cultural association thanks to the annual Movember campaign for men's health. New to Movember in 2013 is a mobile app, which brings the online Mo Space experience to your Android or iOS device.

  • Tribesports Launches Free Training App For iOS

    January 6th at 2:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    Today Tribesports is launching a new iOS app dedicated to training. The app, which is completely free, shunning paid-for add-ons or other premium pricing, lets you track, analyse and review their training, and, unlike something like Runkeeper, has been designed to work across multiple sports.

  • How to Make a Caesar Salad and 8 Other Super Specific Apps

    April 17th at 2:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    Let's cut to the chase. While some apps have a lot of bells and whistles, there's something refreshing about those with a single, specific function.

  • 5 Can't-Miss Apps: 'Cookie Monster's Challenge' and More

    August 30th at 8:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    This week's list includes the latest app out of the Sesame Street Workshop, an updated NFL mobile and a new maddeningly difficult game from the creator of Flappy Bird.

  • Under Armour buys MyFitnessPal for $475M, SwiftKey update adds predictive emojis to iOS 8 keyboard

    February 5th at 7:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Popular health tracking service and iOS app MyFitnessPal has been acquired by clothing maker Under Armour for nearly a half-billion dollars, while iOS 8 custom keyboard SwiftKey has added predictive emoji entry, and WhatsApp Messenger has been updated with a new quick camera button.

  • 12 apps that showcase iOS 9

    September 19th at 9:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    So, you've downloaded iOS 9, now what? Update all your apps, of course.

  • 26 must-have apps for college life

    August 28th at 6:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    You need help.

  • Brain Power | AmbiScience™ • Binaural &...

    April 30th at 9:25am / Macworld / 0 opinions

  • Evoz Lets You Monitor Your Babies From Anywhere In The World, Now In Open Beta

    July 12th at 8:59am / TechCrunch / 0 opinions

    When I first wrote about Evoz‘s take on modern baby monitoring systems, many thought it was a hoax (which I suspect may have had something to do with the fact that I posted it on April Fools Day). But it’s real, and I’ve actually tested it quite a few times since becoming a first-time dad three months ago. In short, Evoz lets parents use their iOS device and the Evoz baby monitoring service to monitor their babies from anywhere, with the touch of a button. Evoz has virtually unlimited range and can send...

  • Daily App Deals: Get Worldictionary for iOS for $3.99 in Today’s App Deals

    April 19th at 9:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Worldictionary - Instant Translation & Search (iTunes) Previously $7.99, now $3.99. Worldictionary - Instant Translation & Search for iOS is the ideal app to bring along with you when you are traveling abroad, or generally need help with translating words. Worldictionary allows you to snap a picture of a word with your iOS device to which it will translate the word to...

  • Daily App Deals: Get Maven Web Browser+ for iOS for Free in Today’s App Deals

    May 31st at 9:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    The Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Maven Web Browser+ (iTunes) Previously $1.99, now Free. Maven Web Browser+ for iOS aims to make it easier than ever for iOS users to browse the web. Maven Web Browser+ includes an array of features, such as the ability to save passwords, dual screen support (on iPad only), track pad support that will allow you to navigate the web as easily as if you were doing so on...

  • Runtastic Launches 4 New Fitness Apps For Homebodies

    October 30th at 5:29pm / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    At the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, Fitness app developer Runtastic has just announced a slew of new apps for those who’d rather not venture outside their home, preferring to work…

  • Moves Takes on Fitbit With a Simple App for Tracking Exercise

    January 25th at 1:48am / The Next Web / 0 opinions

    If you’re trying to lose weight or be more active, a new app launched today called Moves might just be what you need to track your daily activity in a more subtle and useful way....

  • 3 Apps for a Better Night's Sleep

    May 16th at 6:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinions

    You 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.

  • 5 Apps You Don't Want To Miss

    September 8th at 12:25am / Mashable / 0 opinions

    It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week, we found an app that gives you unlimited access to ebooks, and another that tracks your activity to ensure you're moving at least 30 minutes of day.

  • Paging Doctor Siri: A Hands-Free Way to Ask All Your Medical Questions

    November 8th at 12:45am / Mashable / 0 opinions

    A new app called TalkToDocs lets you ask medical questions aloud, and responds in the same way -- just as Siri might answer your question about the closest movie theater. The new software is designed by HealthTap, a service that provides a network of trusted doctors to answer medical questions online. TalkToDocs plucks answers from the company's original question-and-answer app, through which anyone can type in a medical query and wait for an answer from one of the database's 50,000 doctors.

  • Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

    February 1st at 3:10am / Gizmodo / 0 opinions

    SIt's Friday night. Time to cut loose, get fancied up, and go hit the town. Here's some brand new apps to dress up your phone for the weekend.Multi-Platform AppsGE BrillionSSmart home appliances seem like a wanton luxury—until you start using them. If you've got a GE Brillion oven, this app will let you preheat your oven, control a timer, and monitor the internal temp of whatever you're cooking. Like a crock pot, only smarter. [Android] [iOS]AndroidThemerSAndroid is great for letting you customize your...

  • WebMD adds Healthy Target to iOS app, Rovio announces Angry Birds Transformers

    June 16th at 7:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinions

    Internet health database WebMD on Monday unveiled Healthy Target, a feature that ingests biometric data from iOS-connected devices to deliver personalized health content, while Finnish game studio Rovio announced a new partnership with Hasbro to bring Transformers to the Angry Birds franchise.

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