Gas may finally be leveling off from its nearly month-long rise, but you're probably not reaping the benefits just yet. While we wait for teleportation apps that allow us...
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Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps: The Best of 2009 0
December 30th at 12:20am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsEach month, the best new iPhone apps-and some older ones-are considered for Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? Here are the best of December, and of the entire year. For the full directory of Gizmodo's Essential iPhone Apps for 2009, click here. Here are the best of the month, and what we've added to the directory: For a single-page view, click here. As you can see, it was a hell of a month in the App Store—we're adding a fair few of the month's best...
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Daily App Deals: Get HomeBudget with Sync for iOS for Only $2.99 in Today’s App Deals 0
February 16th at 10:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe 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. HomeBudget with Sync (iTunes) Previously $4.99, now $2.99. HomeBudget with Sync for iOS integrates budgeting and expense tracking with the ability to sync expenses from multiple family members on multiple devices. Get it for $2.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS
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Pageonce Now Processes $1M In Mobile Bill Payments Each Day And Expects Payment Volume Run-Rate To Hit $1B By Mid-2013 2
January 23rd at 6:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe mobile payments space gets a lot of attention, especially as it seems that a new startup or financial institution launches “a new way to pay, issue rewards or power transactions from a mobile phone” every second, to borrow Leena’s words. Yet, while this “fustercluck” draws most of the headlines, there’s an equally large opportunity on the slightly-less-crowded side of the “mobile payments”…
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iBank for iPad a stellar full-featured personal financial app 1
June 25th at 4:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsIn the world of personal financial applications, if you’re not using a Web-based application, then the desktop is king. Whether you’re using the age-old (and aging) Quicken, or one of the many other applications that have attempted to fill gaps left by Quicken, you’ve usually been anchored to a desktop application. With the recent release of iBank for iPad, a desktop app may no longer be a necessity....
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Square Cash launches to the public so you can send money to your friends by email 0
October 16th at 7:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsMobile card payment service Square is evolving its business once again by looking to cater to more individualistic needs. Today the company publicly launched its Square Cash service, its peer-to-peer money exchange product. Beginning today, users can send money to their friends just by sending an email — that’s it. Currently it’s only available to those in the United States and is free to use....
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Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week 0
February 22nd at 3:10am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsSWe made it! It's Friday! The weekend is here. Time to get your smartphone loaded—with brand-new apps, that is. AndroidDormiSDormi turns your old castoff Android device into a baby monitor that broadcasts to your current smartphone or tablet no matter where you are. Just set the listening device to "child" and leave it plugged in, and multiple "parent" devices can push-to-listen or push-to-talk. The free download gets you four hours a month, with $1 a month, $5 a year, or $7 unlimited subscriptions...
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Square Cash Integrates Touch ID To Send Money Using Your Fingerprint 2
January 6th at 9:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSquare Cash, Square’s Venmo competitor that lets you use the app to transfer money to other people, has added a new feature to its iOS app that some might say is long overdue: users can now authenticate money transfers using the Touch ID feature in later versions of the iPhone (5S and up), and pay no fees when sending that cash. The feature is now live in the latest update to the…
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PayPal has redesigned its app to put paying your friends front and center 0
February 18th at 5:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsPayPal has given its mobile app for iOS and Android a serious revamp, furbishing the software with a new, cleaner look, and putting its most popular function â sending and receiving money â front and center....
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25 Essential Apps for Your New iPhone 4S 0
October 14th at 6:00pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsSo you’re getting an iPhone 4S. Fantastic. But with more than 500,000 apps in the App Store, finding the best ones is no easy task. Mashable is…
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Daily App Deals: Get ROM Toolbox Pro for Android for $2.99 in Today’s App Deals 0
April 3rd at 9:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe 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. ROM Toolbox Pro (Google Play) Previously $5.99, now $2.99. ROM Toolbox Pro for Android is an app every root user must have. Combining the best aspects of various root apps into one, ROM Toolbox Pro will be your go-to app anytime you need to do anything root-related. Want to block ads from showing up on your device? You can from within the app. Want to customize your...
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Daily App Deals: Get SkySafari 3 Plus for iOS for $9.99 in Today’s App Deals 0
April 30th at 9:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe 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. SkySafari 3 Plus (iTunes) Previously$14.99, now $9.99. SkySafari 3 Plus for iOS allows you to view approximately 2.5 million stars along with 31,000 objects in our Solar System. Using NASA spacecraft imagery, SkySafari 3 Plus allows you to view the major planets and moons ofthe solar system, along with over 4,000 asteroids, comets, and more all with their real-time...
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BUDGT is a stunning iPhone app to help you manage expenses and stick to a monthly budget 4
February 19th at 1:28am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsBUDGT is a beautifully designed iOS app that helps you keep to a budget and manage expenses on a monthly basis....
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Earmark & Dollarbird Help Encourage Financial Responsibility, Not Careless Spending 0
August 26th at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIf the plethora of “aspirational” shopping companions have left you with something of a bad taste in your mouth for encouraging overspending, here’s a palate cleanser: a couple of newer apps for iOS, Dollarbird and Earmark, are focused on making responsible money management as enjoyable as browsing through personalized feeds of product recommendations. Well, almost.
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Apple Bumps Coinbase’s Bitcoin App From The App Store, Android App Lives On 1
November 15th at 3:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsTime to chalk another one up for cryptocurrency bitcoin's reputation as a disruptor in the financial world? Today, news comes that Coinbase -- the YC-incubated startup that offers a bitcoin buying and trading platform for consumers, and APIs to developers to integrate bitcoin payments into apps and websites -- has had its iOS app pulled from the App Store by Apple, less than a month after it first…
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After A Series Of Maintenance Glitches, Bank Simple Rolls Out An Improved, Rebuilt Mobile App 0
August 19th at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAfter a particularly painful period of “scheduled maintenance” saw customers at online bank Simple losing access to their funds for a full day when things didn’t go exactly as planned, Simple has this morning rolled out a completely rebuilt version of its mobile application. The redesigned and re-engineered app offers a variety of improvements, including a new…
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The plying game: An inside look at the voracious, insatiable world of App Store reviews 0
April 2nd at 3:30am / Macworld / 0 opinionsDevelopers understand the importance of a good App Store rating, but are they really worth all the trouble?
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10 Free iPhone Apps to Save Money 0
February 12th at 3:21am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIt’s always a good time to save money, something my mother would recite to me. To date I have no savings but lots and lots and lots of dresses and…
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Daily App Deals: Get Phone Drive for iOS for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals 0
March 5th at 10:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe 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. Phone Drive (File Sharing, WiFi FlashDrive & Document Reader) (iTunes) Previously $1.99, now 99¢. Phone Drive (File Sharing, WiFi FlashDrive & Document Reader) for iOS allows you to view your files from the comfort of your iOS device. The app makes it easy to drag and drop your important files from Windows Explorer or Finder onto your iPad or iPhone via your WiFi...
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Bloomberg App Is Your Finance Portal for the iPad 2
November 15th at 4:11pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsBloomberg released a major update to its flagship iPad app this week, transforming what was a basic news and portfolio tracker into a robust vi…
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Apple's iPad leads mobile shift among financial pros as Bloomberg debuts new app 0
April 16th at 9:04am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsFinancial professionals are increasingly turning to mobile devices like Apple's iPad to get information on markets, with popular reporting firm Bloomberg saying the number of mobile subscribers for its recently updated app has doubled in the past three years.
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Our Favorite iOS, Android, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week 0
September 21st at 4:10pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsHello! You might notice that Apps of the Week looks a little different this week. You might also have noticed that our usual App of the Day posts were conspicuously absent. Things are changing, and we're replacing App of the Day with a new, improved, and Windows Phone-inclusive Apps of the Week. Let us know what you think of the changes, and please, enjoy....
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How get the most out of Google’s apps and services when using an iPad 2
December 7th at 8:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsGoing “all in” with Google’s online services does not mean that Android is the only option for your tablet. The following will show just how much attention Google has given to to Apple’s own iPad.