Over the next couple of weeks we’re planning TNW meetups in 12 countries around Europe to connect with our readers, interesting startups and investors. This, mixed with the insights of our editorial team, local experts and input from online Startup Awards nominations, will provide us with enough ammo to give you a solid overview of the tech scene, the successes, top apps, startups and investors....
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A look inside Germany's startup industry: its startups, apps, entrepreneurs and VC's 0
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You can now mute people who Periscope too much 0
July 28th at 12:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsThe rise of live-streaming apps this year has proven a boon to journalists, media organizations, and everyday people who find themselves standing at the center of a news event â and those who want to watch them unfold. But their drop-everything-and-look nature can be addictive, and frequent broadcasters wind up spamming the notifications of the people who follow them. It's been my biggest complaint about Periscope, Twitter's live-streaming app, from day one. Today the company took an important step...
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Rdio Update Brings Recommendations, Redesigned Stations Player To iOS 0
November 6th at 4:24pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsRdio promised us back in September that recommendations were on their way, and you’ll find them now inside the app’s latest iOS update. The release also delivers a redesigned stations player, various user interface improvements, and some bug fixes.
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Watch out, Apple: YouTube wants to replace your iPhone camera app 0
December 17th at 12:25pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsYouTube just released a new video recording app for iPhones that comes with a bunch of neat features designed to help you make better videos, and share them on social networks. But the boldest thing about the app may just be its name.
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HBO Now adds Google Chromecast support on Android and iOS 0
August 6th at 7:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsHBO has updated its HBO Now apps on both Android and iOS with support for Google's Chromecast. Starting today, you're able to send whatever you're watching on your smartphone over to the TV with Google's $35 streaming stick. HBO was quick to support Apple's AirPlay when Now launched back in April, but adding Chromecast took a few months longer; HBO Now only recently debuted on Android smartphones and tablets after Apple's window of exclusivity came to an end. At that time, HBO signaled that Chromecast...
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Buy Me a Pie’s grocery list app gets design overhaul, with background syncing, ‘favorite items’ and more 0
November 8th at 9:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAlmost three months after Buy Me a Pie finally arrived for Android, the grocery shopping list app has been given a big overhaul on iOS....
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Apple adds new "App Store Notes" section to select iOS title descriptions 10
January 26th at 3:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsA select number of featured apps on the iOS App Store are seeing a new section titled "App Store Notes," with the top box containing a short blurb in which Apple offers its take on the software.
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Final Fantasy VII has arrived on the iPhone and iPad 0
August 19th at 9:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsFinal Fantasy VII has finally arrived on iOS. The game is now on sale in the App Store for $19.99 and runs on both the iPhone and iPad, as long as you're using an iPhone 5S or later, an iPad 3 or later, or an iPad mini 2 or later. You may not be able to buy it just yet â we're getting a message saying that the game isn't available in the US store â but developer Square Enix's North American arm posted a YouTube video that says Final Fantasy VII for iOS is "available now," so the game should be...
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Marketplace App Carousell Raises $800K Seed Round Led By Rakuten 0
November 13th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsCarousell, a Singapore-based consumer-to-consumer marketplace app for iOS and Android, has raised a $1 million SGD (about $800,000 USD) seed round led by Rakuten. Other investors include Golden Gate Ventures, 500 Startups, Danny Oei Wirianto and Darius Cheung. The startup will use its funding to expand into Indonesia and Malaysia before tackling other Southeast Asian markets.
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Boingo's Updated Wi-Finder App Taps iOS 6 Notifications 2
January 30th at 3:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsBoingo Wireless has launched a new version of its Wi-Finder app, built specifically for some of the key features in iOS 6....
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This Week’s Must-Have iOS Apps: UX Write, Simpsons Comics, Spacecraft 3D & More 0
July 15th at 6:00am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsKicking off this week’s must-have apps roundup is an incredible word processor called UX Write, which makes working with large, complex documents on the go a breeze. You’ll also find Simpsons Comics, the latest app from comiXology that brings Bongo’s Simpsons library to iOS; a wonderful app from NASA that allows you to get up close and personal with the spacecraft used to explore our solar system, and more.
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Instagram steps out of the box, allows posts in landscape and portrait orientation 0
August 27th at 9:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsGoodbye, awkwardly cropped square photos!
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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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Flava Brings Its Quirky Journaling App To The Web 0
February 1st at 8:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsKorean startup Greenmonster has launched a Web version of its mobile journal writing platform Flava....
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Want To Know Which iOS Apps Are Accessing Your Personal Data? Clueful Tells You Everything 0
May 23rd at 8:39am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsThere has recently been a lot of concern into the way in which our iOS apps access our personal data, and then what they do with it once it has been collected. Since the whole Path debacle in particular, users seem to be more concerned by the issue than ever before. BitDefender is one security firm looking to capitalize upon that concern with a new app called Clueful, which promises reveal what each of your apps is doing with your data and identify the “misdemeanant apps on your iPhone.”
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Adblock Plus Finally Lands On iOS And In Google Play — As A Browser App 2
September 8th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsPopular desktop ad-blocking software Adblock Plus, which has some 50 million+ monthly active users worldwide, has finally launched an iOS app. It’s also managed to convince Google to allow its ad-blocking browser for Android back in the Play Store, noting that this is the first time since March 2013 it’s been allowed in the Google-controlled Android app store.
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iOS Virtual Pet App Hatch Hits The App Store, Delivers Maximum Endearing Cutitude 1
November 20th at 6:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhat's a developer to do after building a successful To Do list app? That's what Clear developer Impending asked itself before embarking on the journey of what would become Hatch, a Tamagotchi-style app that's been in development for at least the better part of a year, and that manages to create a brand and character that's highly lovable right out of the gate.
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Poker Postgame: 'Record' Your Every Poker Move 2
February 5th at 6:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIf you like to dabble a little bit in the poker world, you’re probably more than familiar with that feeling of regret when you play a bad hand you knew you shouldn’t have played. Discipline is an imperative quality in any good poker player, and goes some way towards stacking ‘luck’ in your favor....
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Use Bump To Instantly Share Contacts & Photos With Your Friends 0
February 24th at 12:00pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsAre you still emailing contact cards and photos to your friends? Did you know that you can transfer them instantly with a fist bump using the free Bump app? The best thing about Bump is it’s not just available on iOS, so you can use it to send contacts and images to friends on Android devices and other smartphones, too. Here’s how to get started.
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The new Chromecast may have an app that helps you find things to watch 1
September 18th at 6:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsGoogle appears to be readying a new version of the Chromecast for an event later this month, and 9to5Google continues to put out more details about it. Its latest report says that Google is working on an update to the Chromecast companion app, which will make the app into a hub for finding things to watch and new places to stream from. Right now, the companion Chromecast app on iOS and Android is basically just a tool for setting up and managing the streaming stick, so this would be a big â and...
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Games for the weekend: Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol Pacific Skies 0
November 22nd at 12:46pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsSeeing how a battle’s outcome is affected by one pilot’s decision to bank left rather than right is one thing. Realizing how a series of such events can impact an entire war is a lesson only Sid Meier can teach us.
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Stitcher Radio: Redesigned Android App & Topic Search for iOS 0
February 8th at 7:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe last time we covered Stitcher Radio was way back in 2011, noting it was one of 8 great apps for listening to podcasts on the move....