With the bounty of apps available for mobile devices, it would take a full-time job to customize the best apps to suit our needs and populate our devices. Of course, there...
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DIY Launches to Help Kids Become More Creative 0
April 27th at 12:10am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsFor the most part, the Internet has been a place for teens and grown-ups to explore content and communicate. Other than playing games or watching funny YouTube videos, there really…
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Minds of Modern Mathematics: Explore a Millenium of Math History 0
April 9th at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsIf you haven't thought much about numbers much since that college calculus class, you might not think about how they're relevant to everyday life, aside from maintaining your bank account and doing your taxes. But Minds of Modern Mathematics, an app from IBM, shows just how important math is in shaping and influencing our day-to-day lives. It's a re-imagining of an installation made by world-renowned designers Charles and Ray Eames for IBM's 1961 Mathematica exhibition. The 50 foot-wide project has been...
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Watch a Space Sunrise on Your iPad 0
August 17th at 2:06pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIf Darth Vader had a favorite iPad app, it would be the new Solar Walk 2.0. Hands down one of the most stunning creations for the iPad, Solar Walk is an app that puts a...
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MoMA Art Lab: Turn Your Toddler Into a Contemporary Artist 0
January 22nd at 3:50am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsMoMa Art Lab—a new app from New York City's Museum of Modern Art—will teach a kid who Henri Matisse is at a very young age. And mom and dad might learn a little something too....
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Use These 10 Apps During Downtime 2
March 6th at 8:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDowntime is hard to find, whether you're working 9 to 5, going to school or raising your kids full-time. When you do have that extra hour or two, and you inevitably take out your smartphone, shouldn't you spend the time wisely with a few good apps? SEE ALSO: 12 Apps You'll Use This Weekend You could scroll through Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook until your fingers ache, but we found 10 apps that'll help you relax and enjoy your free time even more.
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EyePaint, WWF Together, and More 2
May 18th at 2:30am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsIt's been a long week, and you deserve a break. Fortunately, this week's set of apps for iPad are full of fun and relaxation, and there's even app ready to do the work for you. Lucky you....
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Coursmos Is A Bite-Sized E-learning Platform For The Twitter Generation 0
October 8th at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsRussian startup Coursmos reckons it’s spotted a soundbite-sized gap in the e-learning delivery space. Unlike the long-form commitment required to take a typical MOOC, its online courses are broken down into “smaller, more manageable chunks” — basically minutes-long video lessons that can be gobbled down on your phone on the bus to work.
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Tools to Help You Proofread Emails 0
February 4th at 9:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThis post has been brought to you by Mailchimp: send better e-mail....
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Star Walk 2 review: iPad app makes the night sky look better than ever 1
September 8th at 4:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsWhen Star Walk launched it was one of those "only on the iPad" kind of apps. Since then many have used it as their digital window to space....
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Mathpix will solve handwritten math equations for you 3
May 21st at 12:49am / The Verge / 0 opinionsToday is the first time in a decade that I actually wished I was back in school. Mathpix is an iOS app that can recognize and answer handwritten math equations in seconds. Open the app, point the camera toward your math problem (you'll need legible handwriting, or it won't work properly), and it'll give you the correct answer along with step-by-step directions to reach the solution. Mathpix even works with more complex equations that require graphs or charts....
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Top 30 iPhone Apps for Organization and Productivity 0
December 30th at 1:52pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsSo it's almost the new year, and you want to start being more organized and productive, right? Well we've put together a list of great iPhone apps to help you manage your...
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Which iPad Apps Would a Former Newton Creator Recommend? 0
October 7th at 8:20am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsNow VP of product marketing at Apple, years ago Michael Tchao worked on the team that invented the Newton. Considering that was one of the first touchscreen "tablets" around, wouldn't you just love to know his favorite iPad apps? Luckily, we are privy to such details, with his recommendations being shown off at the MIPCOM conference in Cannes, where Recombu acted fast and copied them down. Unfortunately they're all paid-for (excluding Flipboard), but consider this list a curated menu of what one of the...
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Daily App Deals: Get Trackmaster for Android for $5 Off in Today’s App Deals 0
February 6th 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. Trackmaster (Android Market) Previously $9.99, now $4.99. Trackmaster for Android is a statistical tracking app for motorsports lovers of cars, karts, and motorcycles. Record your track video and data to include: position, speed, acceleration, split times, lap times, and more. Get it for $4.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS Android iOS Android Windows
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5 Soul-Crushingly Expensive Apps 0
October 8th at 11:27am / Mashable / 0 opinionsApps are generally free or cheap, setting users back a few bucks here and there, a slight blip in the bank account. But amid the flurry of inexpensive games and photo...
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Top 5 Apps for Kids This Week 0
December 16th at 7:43pm / 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. In this week's Top 5 Kids Apps, your kids can play with a spatial puzzle that lets them reassemble photographs they upload themselves. There's also a chance to learn and have fun with geography trivia and explore Australia with an illustrated story.
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The New Essential Apps February 2013 0
March 1st at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsiPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out!...
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Tech education startup Treehouse branches out to the iPad with a new app 0
July 25th at 10:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAfter embracing gamification, hitting $3.6 million in revenues and raising $7 million, technology education startup Treehouse has launched its first iPad app....
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Codecademy’s new mobile app gets users into the “hour of code” 1
December 9th at 11:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsIn conjunction with Computer Science Education Week’s “Hour of Code,” Codecademy has released its very first mobile app.
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AT&T Launches 'Second Screen' App for Babies 0
May 9th at 1:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsAT&T launched a new iOS app meant to give babies--and parents-- an educational way to interact with their TV.
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Pixelmator, Beyonce, 'Guardians of the Galaxy' & 'Fargo' lead Apple's iTunes Best of 2014 awards 1
December 8th at 4:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Monday debuted its curated list of the best content available from its various digital platforms, including apps, music, movies, books, podcasts and more.
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Curious World Debuts A Subscription Service For Kid-Friendly Videos, Games & Books That’s The Same Price As Netflix 0
October 21st at 5:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThere was a time when kids curious about the world around them would have to go to the library and check out books, or sit around thumbing through the family’s encyclopedia. But these days, access to knowledge is within easy reach, thanks to the internet, high-speed connections, and mobile devices. However, not all that content is appropriate for children. Today, publisher Houghton…
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10 Terrific iPad Apps for Toddlers 0
August 3rd at 9:48am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThere's no point in fighting it. Technology is working its way into the lives of digitally native tots earlier and earlier, and it might be a more positive evolution than...