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The Apps Updated for iOS 4 0
June 21st at 9:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsApple's iOS 4 has arrived, bringing multitasking and more to iPhones and iPod Touches everywhere (iTunes willing). Here are the apps that already take advantage of the new OS, and some that should be hitting the App Store soon. In the App Store NOW: • Dropbox - Sync your Dropbox files in the background. • Evernote - Download and upload notes in the background, and continue recording voice notes while you're messing around in other apps. • Zagat • LinkedIN • How To Cook Everything • Trapster...
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Burner, Obama for America, and More 0
August 10th at 10:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsIt's Friday, which means for it's time for a new round of iPhone apps. This time around, we're giving you plenty of goodness. Between an app that gives you fake numbers, and an iPhone version of one of your old favorite magazines, you'll have plenty of new titles to download. Burner: We've all been in that hard spot where some weirdo asks for your digits, and though you don't want to give it to him, you have to because he's going to call you immediately to make sure you have his. Avoid this problem...
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The Verge iOS app updated with forums, iPhone 5 compatibility, and interface tweaks 0
October 15th at 11:20pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsiOS users, the wait is over — after updating our Android app with some design tweaks and the ability to browse the forums, we've now done the same for you. The latest version of the Verge app is live in the App Store right now and brings you all the forum functionality of the Android app along with some iOS-specific UI improvements. It also takes full advantage of the iPhone 5 and new iPod touch's taller screen....
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The Week in iOS Apps: A better Facebook 0
November 9th at 9:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThis week’s roundup of iOS apps offers new ways to shop, track your life, and make new websites. Already this week we brought you news of the Angry Birds Star Wars game, word of updates to the Clear and FreshBooks apps, as well as the announcement that Microsoft Office may finally be available on iOS in 2013....
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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....
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Rockmelt Abandons Social Browser, Launches New Web Feed and iPhone App 0
April 11th at 9:14pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsRockmelt has discontinued development on the desktop version of its social browser and pivoted to release a new Web version of its social feeds and a redesigned iPhone app with @mentions and hashtags....
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The Atlantic magazine debuts new iOS-only weekly publication 1
June 15th at 2:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsThe Atlantic on Friday debuted its first weekly edition in the magazine's 156-year history, bringing choice content to owners of Apple's iPad and iPhone in what is, for now, an Apple iOS exclusive.
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Digg adds new reading features to iOS app, brings Reader to the mobile Web, and promises Android app ‘very soon’ 0
August 15th at 12:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsDigg today announced a slew of news for mobile users, plus the ability to only show folders and feeds in the menu only when they have unread items. The iOS app has been bumped to version 5.1 (grab it now from Apple’s App Store), Digg Reader has been ported to the mobile Web, and Digg for Android is coming “very soon.”...
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Introducing The Next Web’s beautiful new iPad magazine, SHIFT 2
October 3rd at 12:28am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsFans of The Next Web Magazine may have noticed that things have been quiet on that front for a couple of months, but there’s a good reason for that – we’ve been quietly working behind the scenes on its evolution. Today we introduce SHIFT....
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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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NYT releases NYTNow subscription-based app, Fantastical 2 comes to iPad 1
April 3rd at 1:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsTwo interesting new developments hit the App Store this week, as the New York Times officially released its iOS-first "NYTNow" subscription app and replacement calendar Fantastical 2 launched a new iPad version.
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NYT Now free for a week, 1Password updates for iPhone 6, Angry Birds Star Wars II gains content 0
October 6th at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsA trio of interesting updates hit the App Store recently as the New York Times announced on Monday that it will makes content in its popular NYT Now app available for free this week, 1Password gained native support for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, and Angry Birds Star Wars II was on the receiving end of a major content update.
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Gossip App Cloakroom Is Yik Yak For Washington Insiders Only 0
April 10th at 9:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsCapitol Hill feels a lot like a college, with thousands of twenty-somethings all working on the same campus, eating in cafeterias and taking summer recesses. Now the Hill even has its own Yik Yak with the launch of the anonymous forum Cloakroom.Cloakroom is a mobile app where Washington insiders can anonymously post their thoughts. You can only use Cloakroom if you are in the…
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Apple hints at major App Store announcements ahead of iPhone event 0
September 9th at 4:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAn early morning tweet from one of Apple's official accounts suggests that the App Store will be a major focus of today's special event, lending support to long-running rumors that the marketplace would expand to an all-new Apple TV.
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theSkimm expands beyond newsletters with Skimm Ahead, a subscription calendar service 0
April 19th at 1:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSince launching in 2012, theSkimm has built up a big audience for its email newsletter — founders Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin told me they have more than 3.5 million active subscriptions, with a daily open rate of 40 percent.Today the New York City startup is launching its first iPhone app, accompanied by its first major service beyond the newsletter, Skimm Ahead. For a…
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Alien Blue 2.6 For iPhone Brings Subreddit Grouping, Native GIF Player, Better Browsing & More 0
June 20th at 8:57am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsAlien Blue, undoubtedly the best third-party Reddit client for iOS, has just received a great new update on the iPhone. In addition to a long list of improvements and optimizations, version 2.6 brings the ability to sort your subreddits into groups, and then sync them via iCloud; Retina subreddit icons, a native Imgur album browser, a native GIF player, and lots more.
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MTV VMAs Get Enhanced "Second Screen Experience" 0
August 26th at 4:33pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsMTV's Video Music Awards (VMAs) air Sunday, Aug. 28, and this year the network is kicking things up a notch with an expanded slate of mobile and apps to add a so-called...
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Scribd Has 100M Users And A Mobile App It Needs To Rethink (After Yahoo Walked Away From A Deal) 0
March 19th at 4:46am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsStarted originally as a ridesharing service, then pivoting to become a document uploading and reading service, Scribd now has 100 million registered users, with 90 million monthly active users. That makes it probably the biggest effort of its kind, but leveraging that size hasn’t always been easy. Scribd, TechCrunch has learned, is at a crossroads in mobile — a crossroads that almost saw the company sell its iOS mobile news aggregation app, Float, to Yahoo. When Float launched in July 2011, it was off t...
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News Republic v2.0 Launches for iOS and Android 0
March 28th at 9:54am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsOne week after Mobiles Republic bagged a fresh $3m funding round, the French apps publisher has rolled out version 2.0 of its hugely popular News Republic app for Android and…
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The iPad Apps Everyone Should Have March 2011 0
March 31st at 5:19pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe iPad 2 came out this month! Which means a lot of apps have joined our list of the best iPad apps. Who are the big winners in March? Who gets the boot? CNN: There's so much going on the world right now that I keep my eyes glued and fingers pressed to the CNN app on the iPad. There's breaking news, top stories and the clincher, at least for me, great videos of everything CNN covers. Free. Friendly: Friendly is the best unofficial Facebook app on the iPad because it does everything you'd want the non-...
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New Pocket for iPhone update introduces sharing with Kippt, App.net and...Google Chrome 0
September 6th at 6:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsPocket, the popular “save it later” service formerly known as Read It Later, is today rolling out a brand new update to its iPhone app, version 4.1.3, which introduces sharing with Kippt, App.net…
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10 Excellent iPad Apps You Should Download Right Now 0
November 18th at 10:09am / Mashable / 0 opinionsLet's face it, a lot of folks spend their days using their iPads to play Angry Birds and read their email. But your iPad can get you through the day in other ways,...
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HIP Hopes to Help You Find the "Hippest" Apps 0
December 26th at 7:25pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe team behind cool app Kinetik has entirely redesigned its app recommendation platform and relaunched it under the name HIP, the Argentine startup announced today....
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Flipboard 2.0: Now With Pinning, People Tagging, Search and Ecommerce 2
March 27th at 5:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsIf there were two things missing from earlier versions of Flipboard, it was the ability to 1) bookmark content and 2) have conversations about it. Those are two features the Palo Alto, Calif., startup has included in Flipboard 2.0, launching on iPhone and iPad devices Tuesday. "It's the most ambitious thing the company has ever done," Eric Feng, Flipboard's CTO, said of the app update in an interview at Mashable's offices last week.