Ride-sharing startup SideCar has updated its iOS and Android apps with a number of new features, including “detour mode” which lets riders modify routes, Facebook Connect login support, and a revamped rating system....
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Don’t forget these apps when packing for your Disney trip 2
May 24th at 5:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsKnow before you go: the best iOS apps for planning for, getting around and navigating the lines at Disney World.
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The 25 Best Free iPad Apps 5
May 22nd at 3:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThere are more than 300,000 iPad apps currently available in Apple's App Store -- with all those options, how do you find what you're looking for without wasting your hard-earned cash? SEE ALSO: The 15 Best Free iPad Games To help you out, we've compiled a list of the 25 best free iPad apps that you can download at no cost, right now.
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Top 25 Free iPhone Apps of All Time 10
May 20th at 6:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsApple’s App Store recently hit its 50 billionth download. Since its launch in July 2008, the store has been the go-to place for mobile apps. To this day, mobile developers often choose to release their apps here first. Popular from the start, just seven months after the App Store’s launch, the store surpassed one million third party apps, many of those free.
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Skobbler’s online-offline ForeverMap2 app is now available on iOS 0
May 16th at 12:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsThe OpenStreetMap-based app, already out there for Android users, can now be downloaded for iPhone and iPad. It’s a consumer play, but also a B2B showcase for Skobbler’s mapping technology.
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Hipmunk Offers Offers Hotel Bookins Directly 0
May 9th at 6:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe’ve previously written about how Hipmunk has been setting out to hook the world’s savviest travelers ever since the San Francisco startup launched in the summer of 2010. Now, the travel search startup is going that extra step by enabling direct hotel bookings in its Web and mobile apps....
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HotelTonight Adds 'Snap Your Stay' Feature to iPhone App 0
May 8th at 8:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsSame-day hotel-booking service HotelTonight has announced a new photo-based feature on its iPhone app, as the company looks to encourage more user-generated content....
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HotelTonight Rewards Users for Photographing Their Hotel Stay 0
May 8th at 8:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsLast-minute hotel booking app HotelTonight is adding a new feature to its iOS app Wednesday: the ability to add your own photos. If you’re not familiar with the service, HotelTonight is a mobile app that helps users find discounted hotel rooms near them at the last minute. Now available in 100 destinations around the world (including 12 different counties), the app displays three hotel options for a particular area (rotated daily), each labeled by the type of experience you’re likely to have there.
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HotelQuickly launches its same-day hotel booking app in Australia with Sydney and Melbourne listings 1
May 8th at 4:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsHotelQuickly is launching its last-minute hotel booking app in Australia today, with immediate listings for Sydney and Melbourne followed by support for additional cities in the coming weeks....
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Qantas Launches New iPhone App With Passbook Support 0
May 2nd at 6:51am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsAustralian airline Qantas has always been quick to embrace new technology. Back in October 2010, it became one of the first airlines to offer iPads as in-flight entertainment systems, and one of the first to embrace Passbook last November. Today the company launched a new iPhone app that allows users to search and book flights, find accommodation and store digital boarding passes in Passbook.
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Hailo joins New York City taxi e-hail program after gaining TLC approval 1
May 1st at 7:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsLess than a week after Uber became the first participant in New York City's e-hail taxi program, it's already facing competition. Hailo's CEO Jay Bregman just confirmed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt that NYC's Taxi and Limousine Commission has given his company the necessary go-ahead to join the pilot. Updates to the Hailo apps for iOS and Android will be released today, according to TechCrunch, enabling New Yorkers to request a yellow cab with their smartphone....
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EasyJet trials mobile check-ins and boarding passes from its iOS and Android apps in 6 airports 0
May 1st at 4:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsBudget European airline EasyJet has added mobile check-ins and boarding passes to both its Android and iOS apps, the latter of which includes Passbook support for iPhone owners running iOS 6 and above....
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10 Apps for International Travel 0
April 29th at 1:29pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsCan't fathom how you'll function without your cell data when you leave the country for your upcoming summer vacation or business trip? It won't be too bad, we promise. Thanks to a slew of apps, your time without cell service will be much more manageable. SEE ALSO: 21 Travel Tumblrs for Jet-Setters We've rounded up apps that will help you call, text, translate, navigate and plan. These apps may not provide cell reception, but they sure are cheap alternatives to an international plan.
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GateGuru Relaunches With New Ways To Streamline Your Travel Experience 0
April 26th at 12:00pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsFounded by Dan Gellert and Jeff Arena, Time Warner Ventures and Yahoo! alums respectively, GateGuru is second behind TripIt in terms of users and downloads. The app helps you build itineraries with simple input methods including selecting flights by number or even emailing itineraries into the program. Once you’ve set up your itinerary, the company makes money by pitching last minute car and hotel…
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Planes, trains and automobiles: Waymate unveils its ambitious travel comparison app 0
April 22nd at 2:22am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsPresenting a clear comparison of multiple local and long-distance transport options by price and duration is no mean feat. But Waymate has even greater ambitions, allowing trip booking from within its service.
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Currency: A Beautiful Converter App for iPhone 0
April 18th at 5:53pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsCurrency conversion apps is something of a saturated market already with the likes of Currency Converter, Currency and, erm, Currency Converter all vying for your hard-earned cash (and ad-seeing eyes)....
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With Its Biggest Update Yet, Ness Debuts Instant, Personalized Restaurant Recommendations, Says Events, Nightlife Are Next 0
April 17th at 7:00pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsNess, the restaurant recommendations app that uses social data combined with machine-learning techniques to offer personalized suggestions, has released the next major version of its application today, now focused on what it’s calling “instant recommendations.” In the earlier version, Ness relied on user-initiated searches and a setup wizard that asked users to select their…
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After powering 100 issues of 'Trvl' for iPad, Prss is pitched as 'the software Apple forgot to make' 0
April 14th at 5:04am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular iPad-only magazine Trvl reached 100 issues and a million app installs last week. Now, the company behind the publication has set its sights on its next major milestone: this summer's public launch of its proprietary publishing tool, Prss.
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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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500 Startups Grad Waygo Releases New Version With More Chinese Translation Functions, Seeks Android Developer 0
April 5th at 9:00am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsOptical character reader (OCR) translation app Waygo, which was part of the 500 Startups accelerator batch that graduated in February, just launched a new version with more functions and social-sharing options. The handy app, which I reviewed back in January, is also currently in the process of closing its first round of investment. The new version of Waygo boosts more translation capabilities and…
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Bike, hike, run: 3 apps to take with you outdoors [video] 0
April 4th at 1:33pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsNeed some inspiration to get outdoors? Spotcycle, AllTrails and WalkTracker Pro are three iOS apps that will do that.
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Quadstreaker is a scratch map for iPhone that records where you’ve been with brightly colored squares 0
April 2nd at 6:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsQuadstreaker is the digital equivalent of a scratch map, giving users a simple and visual way to keep track of where they’ve been....
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Expedia 3.0 Brings Visual Itineraries to iOS & Android 2
April 2nd at 6:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe last caught up with Expedia back in November, just as it had rolled out a new iOS and Android mobile app, adding flight information, special offers and high-res hotel photos....
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Minube’s Trip Planning Feature Just Got A Lot More Social, iOS App Gets Real-Time Messaging 0
April 2nd at 4:28pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMinube, the social travel startup that focuses on inspiration for would-be travellers, has rolled out a nice update to the trip planning feature of its iOS app. After creating and sharing a list of things to do and see or where to stay or eat — which works like a draft itinerary — any friends or co-travelers who have been granted access to that list can now message each other in real-time…
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CheapAir, French Girls, and More 0
March 29th at 10:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsFeeling lonely? For whatever reason, there was a whole slew of apps this week that get you connecting with others in mildly creepy ways. Whether its reminiscing about the past, seeing who's around you and what they're doing, or drawing total strangers for their enjoyment, there's a friend out there waiting for you. Go get 'em, tiger....