Concerts! Sports! Theater? Event startups have largely ignored musicals and plays but the fact is they’re an enormous business driven by high-spending theater addicts “whales”. That’s why TodayTix built an app for them, and now that it’s selling 2% to 3% of tickets for most Broadway shows in New York City, it’s raised a $6.1 million Series A to bring its app…
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TodayTix Stages A Mobile Coup Of The $50 Billion Theater Ticket Business 0
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Volkswagen’s Apple Watch App Will Notify You When Your Teen Driver Speeds 2
May 5th at 6:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsGerman car manufacturer Volkswagen today announced that it’s joining the ranks of companies offering up an Apple Watch app to go along with its broader mobile service.
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Giphy Cam app makes creating a GIF as simple as sharing a photo on Instagram 0
August 21st at 12:22am / Macworld / 0 opinionsCan't find the perfect GIF online? Make it yourself!
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Pandora gets more personal with Thumbprint radio stations 2
December 14th at 5:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsPandora is creating a more personal type of radio station. The Internet radio company is debuting a new feature called Thumbprint Radio, which creates a personalized station based on everything you've ever liked on the service. It will be available o...
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13 apps that support and empower the autistic community 0
April 2nd at 2:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsSmartphones have opened a door to a whole new world for our community.”
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Gayer than Netflix? Revry launches as the first LGBT streaming app for Apple TV 0
August 10th at 3:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe all-new app â available on tvOS, Chromecast and Roku â aims to provide the best "queerated" entertainment.
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World Autism Awareness Day: Mobile Apps, TV Networks 'Light It Up Blue' 0
April 2nd at 4:17pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAutism Speaks has been illuminating iconic landmarks around the world with blue light for World Autism Day for the last three years, as part of its "Light It Up Blue"...
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10 Insanely Great iPad Apps We Can't Wait to Use 0
April 2nd at 2:00pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIn less than 24-hours the iPad will finally be released. Now, the hardware, however sexy it might be, is not why so many people are itching to buy the device: It's all...
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WNYC’s Radiolab Makes Mobile Debut With New iOS And Android Apps 0
June 21st at 6:15am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWNYC’s Radiolab has garnered plenty of acclaim since its first shows went on the air back in 2002, and now thousands of fans (including myself) tend to champ at the bit in anticipation of hearing Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich geek out on some new topic. Radiolab co-host Abumrad told me recently that a majority of Radiolab listeners get their fix from podcasts, and in an effort to put their own stamp on the mobile Radiolab experience, WNYC has just released the official Radiolab app for iOS and Android...
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Nowbox: The Slickest iPad YouTube Player 0
December 15th at 7:04pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsNowbox, a 2010 YCombinator graduate, with funding from Ashton Kutcher, SV Angel, Jeff Clavier and Shervin Pishevar, is a brand new iPad app founded by Thomas Pun. Nowbox makes it…
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Fanhattan video-aggregating app adds HBO and NBC content, universal 'WatchList' queue 0
July 31st at 2:00pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsVideo aggregating app Fanhattan attempts make it easier for iOS users to find TV shows and movies they want to watch, regardless of what service they're available on, and the company just released a major update that adds more content and organization options. For starters, programs from HBO, NBC, CW, and Cinemax are now cataloged by the app, giving it a total of 175,000 movies and shows across 14 different iPad entertainment apps. At its core, Fanhattan lets users search for content regardless of where...
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The Week’s Best iPad Apps 0
May 15th at 9:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsPlanetary: Planetary is an iPad-only music player that renders your collection as a stunning universe of stars (artist), planets (albums), and moons (songs). Each successive level is fluidly interactive: tap on the name of a song to play it, give the display a gentle nudge to set the solar system spinning in motion, and expand with two fingers to zoom out back to album view. It's hard to explain the experience in words, but it's just one of those brilliantly designed apps that responds to your every...
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Daily App Deals: Get MagicalPad for iPad for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals 0
April 10th 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. MagicalPad (iTunes) Previously $4.99, now 99¢. MagicalPad for iPad lets you build free-form mind maps and outlines, dragging and dropping elements anywhere in the space and importing and exporting a variety of file formats. Get it for 99¢. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS
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Radiolab App: Be a Part of the Nerdiest Show On the Airwaves 0
June 22nd at 2:40pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsWNYC's Radiolab is audio storytelling at its best: Experimental, wonderful, and weird. The show's new app for Android and iOS is designed to get you in on the action of making the crazy sound happen. The app has a built-in recorder that allows you to capture audio wherever you are and submit it to the show for use on the air. Crowdsourced journalism, hurray! As you'd expect, the Radiolab app also allows you to browse the show's archive, listen to podcasts streaming, and download them for listening on...
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20 Apps Updated For The iPhone 5's Taller Screen 0
September 23rd at 5:43pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsItching to get the most out of that new iPhone 5’s screen? While you can certainly run any iPhone app that’s currently available in the App Store on your iPhone 5, a few...
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Hands On With The Verizon FiOS Mobile App 0
November 22nd at 8:58am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsVerizon updated its FiOS Mobile application for iPad, which now streams 75 channels of live TV. Unlike some of the mobile experiences Verizon has released in the past, using the new application doesn’t require that you install software on your Mac or PC to act as the intermediary - instead, everything streams directly from the Verizon router in your home.
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Apple highlights 'Best of 2012' on iTunes, App Store & iBookstore 0
December 13th at 3:12pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Thursday published a list highlighting some of the best content available on its broad array of storefronts, including the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore.
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The six apps of Hannukah 0
December 11th at 9:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsHannukah comes but once a year, though it lasts for eight nights. Thus, we had hoped to present a list of eight apps for Hannukah—that’s roughly one for every thirty variations of how to spell “Hannukah.” Such a list was not to be: Of the few dozen App Store entries for Hannukah, many are utter dreck not worth your time, even if they’re entirely free. Here are six apps that, if not entirely exceptional, are at least smile-inducing for iOS owners looking to celebrate the Festival of Lights....
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DrawQuest App Takes the Fear Out of Creating Art 0
February 8th at 11:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThere's a good chance you haven't drawn anything since that required art class in high school, but this social app aims to change that.
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This Week’s Must-Have iOS Apps: EverClip, Couch Music Player, Star Wars Pinball & More 15
March 24th at 6:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsKicking off this week’s must-have apps roundup is EverClip for iPad, a terrific tool that lets you “clip” almost anything to Evernote, so that you can’t forget them. We also have a wonderful new music player for the iPad, the new Star Wars Pinball game, and more....
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FaceSwap Lets You Swap Faces With Friends in iPhone Photos 3
May 1st at 7:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsLooking for a quick way to creep out your friends? Meet FaceSwap, an iPhone app that lets you instantly swap faces -- yes, faces -- with your friends in photos. Using Face detecting technology the app is able to find all of the faces in a photo, crop them, and swap them instantly. Once FaceSwap does its initial swap, you can pinch and zoom to perfectly position the faces.
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Blockbuster by Mail Gets Big iOS App Update 0
May 28th at 5:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAlmost one month after Blockbuster finally brought its on-demand service to iOS devices (US-only), the old-school movie-rental company has introduced a significant update to its ‘other’ iOS app. Again, this is only available in the US....
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4chan founder’s iPad app, DrawQuest, gets a major update with explore features and Web profiles 0
July 11th at 7:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsCanvas, the image remixing site founded by 4chan creator Chris Poole (AKA moot), has just released a major update to DrawQuest, introducing new social and community features to the iPad app....
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Roku boxes can now stream content directly from Apple's iPhone, iPad 0
August 9th at 3:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn an update to its iOS app on Thursday, Roku added the ability to stream content stored on an iPhone, iPad or iPod directly to a number of its set-top TV products.