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HOW TO: Determine the Right Price For Your Mobile App 0
August 17th at 4:04pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits, a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS,...
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10 Incredible iPad Apps for Education 0
July 7th at 9:21am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsLearning is rarely fun; it’s even less fun when being taught within the confines of a lecture hall or classroom. While this may be true, there’s no reason why you…
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Daily App Deals: Get Bills Reminder for Android for Free in Today’s App Deals 0
March 12th 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. Bills Reminder (Amazon Appstore) Previously $3.99, now Free. Bills Reminder for Android does what it says with a simple interface for tracking your bills and notifications when the due dates draw near. Get it for Free. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS
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10 Killer Apps for Engineering and Science Majors 0
September 7th at 3:58pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe future doctors, engineers and chemists of the world will undoubtedly spend most of their college days knee-high in beakers and microscopes, researching and inventing...
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The Week in iOS Apps: Total Recall 0
October 12th at 11:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThis week’s roundup of iOS apps is full of Hurt. Trust us....
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CERN's 'The Particles' iPad App Is a Physics Geek's Dream 8
March 20th at 12:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsWhat with the Higgs boson making headlines all the time, everyone's heard of this so-called Standard Model in physics, but how many people really know what it is? With a new app from CERN called The Particles, anyone with an iPad or Windows 8 tablet can dive deep into the world of particle physics in a comprehensive and well-organized app.
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This year’s Apple Design Award winning apps include Evernote, Yahoo Weather, and Letterpress 2
June 11th at 6:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsToday at its WWDC conference, Apple held the latest Apple Design Award ceremony, showcasing apps which it feels offer the best in iOS and Mac design. Since 1996, developers have been recognized for finding creative uses of Apple’s platforms. This year’s winners include Evernote, Yahoo Weather, Letterpress, Badlands, Finish, Mosaic.io, and others....
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Rosetta Stone releases new app to corner the market on mobile language learning for kids 0
November 13th at 2:59pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsRosetta Stone is going mobile, and tapping into the youth market with the second installment of their Spanish/English app program.
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Amidst Kiev Violence, 2 Men Design a Kids' Book About Forgiveness 0
February 21st at 8:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsTwo app developers in Kiev, Ukraine, are one kilometer away from the city's violent anti-government protests. Ironically, their new kids' storybook teaches forgiveness. And they're struggling to abide by their own lessons.
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GoldieBlox, The Toymaker Trying To Get Girls Hooked On Engineering, Goes Digital With New iOS App 2
October 16th at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsGoldieBlox, the San Francisco Bay Area startup focused on building toys for girls aimed at getting them hooked on engineering, has this morning taken its first steps into the digital realm with the debut of a new iOS application – the company’s first – GoldieBlox and the Movie Machine, as well as a “digital playground” called Bloxtown.com.The new app works as…
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Baby-Making App Glow Gets Into Sex Ed With Ruby, An iOS App For Women’s Sexual Health 0
July 30th at 4:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsGlow, the app that aims to help women get pregnant (or not) launched a new iOS app for women’s sexual health today called Ruby.Ruby is similar to the other Glow family of products, but is tailored towards women’s general sexual health as opposed to just reproduction – because, well, there’s a lot more to us than our baby ovens.Sex ed for young women is woefully…
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This Hyperloop VR app is a good reminder of how claustrophobic Hyperloop pods will be 0
August 18th at 6:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsConsidering the engineering and financial challenges of building a working Hyperloop, it's not a given that the technology envisioned by Elon Musk will ever come to fruition. However, it is certain (in my opinion, anyway) that any working Hyperloop pods are likely to be claustrophobic as hell. Now, I know some companies involved have tried to waylay these fears with talks of augmented reality windows and calming lighting, but I honestly don't think these will make a difference. You'll still know you're...
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5 Ways to Take Advantage of the iPad for Business 0
July 20th at 8:24am / Mashable / 0 opinionsSure, the iPad is a great device for viewing videos and photos, playing games and surfing the web, but it can also be an excellent, super-portable addition to the...
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The Best iPad Apps 4
January 31st at 7:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsYou've seen the commercials; Apps are what makes an iPad come to life. Here are the very best ones for work, play, creation, consumption and everything in between. Twitter: The official Twitter app for iPad packs in the features, giving you a full Tweet-and-browse experience. It can be a little bit overwhelming at first, but powerful things often are. Free. Flipboard: A true testament to the iPad's transformative powers, Flipboard scrapes your Twitter and Facebook feeds for links and arranges them in a...
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Daily App Deals: Get NOAA Weather Radio for iPhone for 50% Off in Today’s App Deals 0
February 1st 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. NOAA Weather Radio (iTunes) Previously $3.99, now $1.99. NOAA Weather Radio for iPhone is a weather app that gives you tons of features including: 5x zoomable radar, animated radar, marine forecasts, push notification for weather alerts, streaming NOAA broadcasts, and more. For iPad users, get the HD version at the same price. Get it for $1.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS...
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Top 5 Apps Your Kids Will Love This Week 0
October 21st at 10:08am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week, we highlight apps that let your kids take a journey through the solar system and the pyramids of Egypt -- plus, some other great learning tools.
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Top 5 Kids Apps This Week 0
January 20th at 10:09pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsChris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology toys and video games. Download a free issue of CTR here. This week's top apps are all about involvement. Using them, your kids will be gardening, jumping, going on field trips and starring in their own TV episodes -- all from the comforts of home.
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The Ted Talks app brings tons of video lectures to iOS 0
April 2nd at 4:26pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsTed Talks—a collection of short video lectures that has a huge online audience—have been around long enough that the parodies can sometimes seem fresher. The Onion and last year’s blockbuster movie Prometheus have both created riffs on the Ted formula that are, by turns, wickedly funny and a bit scary. Even so, the series remains incredibly popular, and that popularity will only be sustained and enhanced by the latest version of the free Ted app for iPhone and iPad....
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The Facts of Life: An iPad app for explaining where babies come from 0
August 9th at 1:48am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsSure, it’s a narrow use-case, but The Facts of Life is an iPad app to help you have “the talk” – that is, explaining to a child where babies come from....
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Candy Crush tops iPhone download chart for 2013, Duolingo and Disney Animated selected as top apps 1
December 17th at 2:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsApple has revealed its top apps for 2013, which sees cult game Candy Crush Saga — from developer King.com — sitting pretty on top of the pile as the most downloaded iPhone app in the US, USA Today reports....
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LeVar Burton wants the web to save reading and 'Reading Rainbow' 0
May 28th at 5:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsEven after Reading Rainbow ended its 26-year-long run in 2009, series host LeVar Burton wasn't ready to drop its mission of promoting reading habits and literacy. He brought the series back as an iPad app two years ago, to much acclaim, but Burton still hasn't been satisfied with what it's been able to accomplish. "97 percent of the families in [the United States] have access to the web," Burton tells The Verge by phone. But tablets â where Reading Rainbow now lives â are far more limited: "Only...
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Molecules for iOS review: This interactive science book brings learning to a whole new level 1
January 8th at 4:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsWhen the iPad made its debut in April 2010, the first Touchpress app—The Elements: A Visual Exploration—was right there with it. The app was actually an ebook in disguise, with stunningly beautiful and interactive 3D illustrations, and it seemed almost perfectly designed to rebut skeptics (and there were many) who believed tablets could only be niche gadgets. Elements truly showed us the iPad’s potential as a vessel for rich, interactive experiences that wouldn’t be the same on the iPhone or even on...
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8 climate change apps every tech-savvy advocate needs to download 0
December 4th at 5:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsClimate action at your fingertips.