CityMaps, the social mapping company fresh off its $2.5 million Series A, is rolling out a big update today which not only brings the service to a fourth city (Boston), but also introduces a recommendations feature it calls “Featured Maps.” This option allows users to quickly see recommended places to eat, drink, shop and play as a new layer on the map. The update is live now in the iTunes App Store, and while I don’t have CityMaps available in my hometown just yet (it’s currently in New York, San Franc...
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Social Maps App CityMaps Arrives In Boston, Rolls Out Local Recommendations 0
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The Best iPad Apps Of 2012 So Far 2
June 29th at 1:00pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe’ve told you what the best Mac apps and Android apps launched in 2012 are. At the end of last year, we even provided you with a handy list of…
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The Week’s Best iPad Apps 0
July 1st at 10:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsTiny Tower: A free 8-bit style game that lets you channel your inner landlord. You build floors on a tower to attract "bitizens" to live in it and then control their lives (manage, hire, give a job, evict). It's like SimCity but actually fun. Fotopedia North Korea: Eric Lafforgue, a photograph, went inside the veil of North Korea and took thousands of pictures for Fotopedia to show the world a little glimpse of what the oddest country in the world looks like. He was under tight supervision, so he couldn...
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Did a New Yorker Cartoonist Predict Today’s Apps in 2009? 0
September 13th at 2:30am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThere is an app for just about anything and everything these days. Even back in 2009, a cartoonist for the New Yorker knew what was up. Roz Chast drew "myPhone"—the cartoon marked the iPhone's first appearance in the magazine—for an issue that ran July 27, 2009....
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Evernote-Inspired Dcovery Makes You the Guide Book Maker 0
December 20th at 3:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsTechnology is bringing ever-increasing ease and organization to so many aspects of our life and Dcovery is a new app for iOS aimed at revolutionizing the way that we travel, using only our smartphone and the Internet. In essence, the service is aimed at giving travelers the tools to build their own travel guides in order to explore the world as they want....
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Google Field Trip, Take Weather, and More 0
March 8th at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsHey, dude. Those apps on your iPhone are looking a little stale. The best apps we found this week should freshen up your device a little bit.
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Yelp revamps Nearby feature for iOS with suggestions based on location, check-ins, reviews, friends, and more 0
June 11th at 2:48am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsYelp today announced it has revamped its Nearby feature in its iOS app with suggestions. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store....
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Yelp 7.0 Finally Lets You Write Reviews From Your iPhone 1
August 13th at 10:24pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsApple’s started to add a lot of Yelp integration into iOS the past two years, but despite providing copious amounts of reviews of every restaurant in the U.S. the app hasn’t let you actually write a review from your iPhone until today....
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Hitlist lets you know when its cheap to fly to your dream destinations 0
November 19th at 5:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsTiming is everything when it comes to snagging deals, and the travel and flight booking domain is no different. Hitlist is an app that aims to help travelers find the best deals to their favorite destinations, taking the hassle (and some of the expense) out of booking air travel....
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CreateTrips Pulls In $600K For Its Mobile Trip Planner Platform 0
June 26th at 7:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSocial trip planner startup CreateTrips has closed a $600,000 seed round of funding, with investment coming from Butterfly Ventures, Frontier Capital and Rkapital.
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NBC for iOS gains live streaming, Kayak travel app adds 'Hotel for Tonight' feature 0
February 18th at 11:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsA number of major iOS downloads saw updates on Wednesday, including the official NBC app, which now offers live streaming in select market. In addition, Kayak has gained a new "Hotel for Tonight" feature, Snapchat has added the ability to take a snap while listen to music, and Yelp now offers review translations for iPad.
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5 apps to help you hold onto summer just a little longer 0
August 29th at 3:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsCan’t we just rewind the clock to June and forget that jackets exist for another three months?
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This week in apps: 'Pokémon Go' turns one, Google Earth live streams, and photo tricks 0
July 9th at 11:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsUnlimited fun.
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10 Free Mobile Apps to Kick Off the Football Season 0
September 8th at 1:52pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsEntertainment It seems odd to turn on the TV and already see large, heavily-padded men running around a well-manicured field with pigskin, but NFL opening day is already upon us. It’s...
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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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The Week in iPhone Apps: Photography, Geography, and Babies, Babies, Babies! 0
August 15th at 8:20pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThere are literally thousands of apps in the iPhone App Store, with hundreds being added each week. It's hard to keep track. In the same vein as our "iPhone Apps We Like" posts, take a look here at what stood out this week-notable for usefulness, novelty, birthing a child, whatever. Let's spend some iTunes credit. Wikime: Hands down my favorite app of the week, Wikime takes a location reading and then queries Wikipedia's large list of geotagged articles, showing you info relevant to where you are at...
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Daily App Deals: Get MoneyPad for iOS for $1.99 in Today’s App Deals 0
March 23rd 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. MoneyPad (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now $1.99. MoneyPad for iOS allows you to keep track of your financial information in multiple ways. Keep track of your spending and income, bills, budget, and monitor multiple accounts via a user-friendly interface. It may just replace your checkbook, not to mention hours of manual budgeting. Get it for $1.99. (via Apps-aholic) iOS...
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40 Alternative Maps & GPS Apps for iOS 0
October 13th at 7:00pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsApple’s new Maps application has a lot going for it. It’s gorgeous, its vector maps make it faster than Google Maps, and it finally brings the platform alongside the competition…
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9 Apps You Don't Want To Miss 0
December 16th at 9:49pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIt can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- we take care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week we found an app that lets you create a movie video on your phone or tablet in just a few seconds, and a popular service for watching videos made its way to even more devices.
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Kabbee Teams Up with Cordic To Improve Minicab Pick-up Times 0
April 10th at 10:00am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsKabbee, a price comparison service for private minicabs in London, has partnered with Cordic today in order to add location-based data to the software used by its network of drivers....
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App Store at 5: A Good Ride That Could Go on Forever 0
July 10th at 6:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsApple's App Store remade the world of software and mobile and, as I see it, all for the better.
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Uber iOS update lets riders share their ETA with friends 0
September 17th at 12:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsUber's making it a bit easier for riders to let others know where they are and — perhaps more importantly — know how much longer it's going to take for them to get where they're going. With a new feature called "Share my ETA," Uber lets riders easily send out text messages with links to a live-updating map of their location. The map opens on the web too, so recipients won't need to have Uber's app installed in order to view it. The app can also now estimate a rider's arrival time too, all as part of an...
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89 of the best iOS apps launched in 2013 11
December 28th at 7:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIn a year that saw Apple finally pass the one million milestone in terms of live applications in the App Store, it’s fair to say there’s a deluge of file-managers, smart calendars, budgeting tools and funky cameras to sift through to get to the real gems....
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Uber adds API access, affiliate program for apps on Apple's iPhone 1
August 20th at 10:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsCar-calling service Uber on Wednesday unveiled new API and affiliate programs that allow developers to integrate Uber services -- including destination finding, pickup times, fare estimates, and trip history -- into their own apps and earn Uber credits.
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Apple asks developers to submit WatchKit apps for fast approaching Apple Watch launch 3
March 31st at 9:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Tuesday issued a notice to its development community, asking for applications based on the new WatchKit tools for Apple Watch to be submitted to the App Store.