Technology makes it easy to turn the minutiae of our daily lives into useful data sets, but sometimes it feels bleak to see every experience or memory broken down into pie charts and bar graphs. mem:o is a unique visualization tool that takes life-logging beyond spreadsheets by transforming data into striking images influenced by Dutch graphic design. The iPad app is free for download and includes…
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iPad App mem:o Is A Simple Data Visualization Tool For Design Lovers 2
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ReadQuick and Velocity review: Increase your reading speed using your iOS device 2
September 27th at 7:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsMove over Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability—some new read-it-later iOS apps have arrived on the scene that not only help you read online content later, they also help you read it faster. The $5 ReadQuick by Action Now and Lickability’s $3 Velocity do this by helping you break a habit called subvocalization, which is just a fancy linguistic term for silently sounding out words as you read. According to Velocity’s short tutorial, the average person reads at a speed of about 200 WPM (words per minute),...
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App Roundup: New iLife and iWork apps for OS X, iOS go live 0
October 23rd at 3:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsFollowing Apple's announcement of retooled iLife and iWork apps for both iOS and OS X on Tuesday, the company has started rolling out the new software to users via the App Store.
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Lightweight iOS to-do list app Begin gets more useful via a new in-app purchase 1
November 20th at 10:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe Clear task management app for iOS has a lot to answer for. The simple, gesture-based interface that it used has spawned multiple imitators, but at least Begin builds on the concept with the idea of putting tasks off to tomorrow with a left-swipe. The idea is to make your task list feel a little less cumbersome by making you feel that you don’t have to do everything at once, although it does limit you to a single to-do list rather than multiple lists....
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15 Underrated Apps Every Entrepreneur Should Use 2
December 7th at 6:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWhether you have a tech question or a fashion concern, there's probably an existing app that can help you out. But frankly, with all the apps out there, it's easy to get stuck with the same icons on your home screen -- and never so much as click on the newer ones that would benefit your business most. See also: 10 Must-Have Tools for Entrepreneurs That's why we asked 15 successful young entrepreneurs to share their go-to yet underrated app of choice.
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Sunrise's beautiful calendar goes big on iPad, adds background updates 2
January 9th at 9:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsPopular social calendar app Sunrise is now available for iPads as part of a free update that went out today. Now a universal app, Sunrise has a new week view, along with background updates to keep whatever's on your schedule up to date. The new week view is actually just three days on the also-updated iPhone version, something that shows all your events by the hour. iPad users get a fuller view of the entire month or seven day week. Sunrise also changed its logo from a flat calendar view to a a red-...
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22 of the Best iOS Apps From January 6
February 3rd at 10:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionscame and went, and we served up a gargantuan summary of some of the best apps to hit the App Store over the 12-month period ending in December. Now, with 2014 well and truly underway, here’s a quick snapshot of some of the best new iOS apps from January....
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Goodbye pokey Inbox refresh: Gmail for iOS gains background updates 1
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Fantastical 2, The Best iPhone Calendar App, Is Now Available On iPad 0
April 2nd at 4:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThere are only a few companies whose mobile apps are so well done or engaging that they actually earn one of the precious few spots on your iPhone's homescreen. Flexibits, the makers of Fantastical 2, one of the best mobile calendaring apps for iPhone, is among them. And today, the company will have a shot at claiming a spot on the iPad's homescreen as well, with the long-awaited release of…
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Adobe Voice for iPad combines user narration and simple animations to create impactful videos 0
May 8th at 10:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAdobe Voice is a free iPad app that allows users to "show their story" by streamlining the process of overlaying a customizable voiceover track atop a variety of animated images, music, icons, text, themes and more.
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Office for iPad update adds support for third-party fonts, ability to send as PDF 0
July 31st at 10:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMicrosoft's Office for iPad suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, was given a significant update on Thursday, giving users the ability to utilize third-party fonts in Word, and the option to export files as PDFs in all three programs, among other new additions.
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Get to know iOS 8: Customize your Notification Center with handy new widgets 4
September 20th at 4:22am / Macworld / 0 opinionsAmong iOS 8's many new features are some cool ways to let you interact with your apps without actually having to open them. Interactive notifications are one example, and another is the brand-new widgets available in Notification Center. Apple is a little late to this game—Android has had widgets for years, and users can put them right on their home screens—but at least what we have is both elegant and functional....
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Conquer your inbox with the best email apps for iOS 3
November 11th at 4:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsApple’s stock mail app got some nice upgrades with iOS 8, but it still lacks many of the more powerful features found in other third-party email apps....
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Finish 3.0 Makes All Of The App’s Premium Features Free 2
January 8th at 9:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsApple Design Award-winning slacker-productivity app Finish is announcing its biggest update in a year today with the release of version 3.0 on the App Store.
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Google Inbox comes to iPads, Safari, and Firefox 0
February 19th at 9:00am / The Verge / 0 opinionsGoogle's new email client, Inbox, launched last October on the iPhone, Android, and on Chrome. It was a reimagining of how email could work â albeit with a lot of influence from other apps like Mailbox â but it was limited to just those three platforms. Most egregious is that the web version of Inbox wasn't so much a web version as it was a Chrome version, as it failed on other browsers. That situation is slightly better today, with added support for Safari and Firefox. That doesn't quite make it a...
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The best cross-platform writing apps for Mac and iOS 0
April 6th at 3:30am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe best writing apps know what to leave behind when switching from a 21-inch-screen to a 9.7-inch one, and they do it without trampling over any of our individual writing styles and preferences.
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Microsoft's Sway gains legitimacy with Windows 10 plans, iPad app 1
June 25th at 9:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsMicrosoft's lightweight content creation tool will be an integral part of Windows 10 when it launches this summer.
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5 can't-miss apps: Camera+ Free, 'Slow Down,' and more 1
September 13th at 6:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes one of our favorite camera apps going free, an app to save Instagram posts and a productivity tool to automate all the apps you use the most.
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The best Cyber Monday deals on Apple products, accessories, and apps 0
November 30th at 9:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsScoop up these discounts online today only.
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Customizable email app Spark arrives on the iPad 0
February 25th at 5:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsReaddle launched Spark last year with the goal of making it easier to deal with your inbox, and today it's continuing that mission with the launch of a new version that works on the iPad. Spark is by and large the same app on the iPad as it is on the iPhone: it breaks your inbox up into basic but useful chunks â new emails, newsletters and notifications, pinned items, and everything else â and then gives you a bunch of tools to deal with them as you'd like. There's a snooze feature, there are...
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Apple Design Awards go to Lara Croft Go, Auxy 1
June 14th at 3:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Monday announced its annual selection of Design Awards recipients on Monday, handing out honors to the developers behind standout app properties like Lara Croft Go, Frame.io and dj Pro, among many others.
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Take Control Of Christmas With Your iPhone 1
December 7th at 6:50am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsWith access to over half a million apps in the App Store, getting things done on our iPhones has never been easier. So instead of running around like a headless chicken this Christmas Eve in a desperate bid to buy gifts for all your friends and family, why not sit back, stick your feet up, and do you Christmas shopping on your iPhone? We’ve compiled a list of the App Store’s best apps for Christmas shopping that will help you plan, save, shop and send cards directly right from the palm of your hand.