An Italian startup that lets people buy and sell city-owned parking spots to one another plans to ignore efforts to crack down on its business and those who use it. Monkey Parking today said will keep offering a way for people in public spots to "sell" their spot to another user of the service before vacating it, something that has typically been an open market for any nearby driver who happens upon it. Earlier this week, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sent out cease-and-desist letters to...
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Parking spot startup vows to fight San Francisco's plan to shut it down 0
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Road warriors share their iPhone toolkits 0
June 24th at 7:35am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsIn the interest of saving you time (and money) when you travel on apps that wonât help you get from point A to point B, weâve sounded out dozens of road warriors — including flight attendants, serial conference goers, travel…
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Apple Maps Are Still Lost 2
June 9th at 6:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsApple, during WWDC last week, delivered some significant updates across various parts of its business. It released, among other things, some 4,000 new APIs (and a new programming language) to developers; a renewed, more aggressive effort in cloud services; and some changes across its mobile and desktop operating systems to make them a lot more integrated with the primary way that we…
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Tunnel Vision Uses Augmented Reality to Animate NYC Subway Maps 1
May 24th at 8:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsA new iPhone app is using augmented reality and big data to create animated visualizations based on New York's subway system.
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Google updates Maps app for Apple's iOS with new navigation options and Uber integration 0
May 6th at 10:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsSearch giant Google on Tuesday unveiled a major update to its native Maps application, adding a slew of new navigation features such as lane guidance and walking time as well as the ability to book a ride from car hire service Uber directly from the app.
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Google Maps for iOS and Android add offline support, lane guidance, and Uber integration 0
May 6th at 9:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsGoogle Maps for iOS and Android is getting a big update today, bringing support for offline maps to both platforms, adding in lane guidance when driving, and integrating Uber as an option for getting around. Among the most helpful of the updates will certainly be offline maps, which is now on iOS for the first time and in a more robust form on Android: after searching for or tapping on a location, Maps will display an option to save that area for use without an internet connection. Google is...
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The Best Apps for the World's Biggest Cities 0
May 6th at 1:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWe all know that apps are a daily part of our lives. After all, 56% of people on the planet own a smart phone, and according to Flurry, people are starting to spend more time using apps than they do watching TV.
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Zoute Brings Its Real-Time Transit App To iPhone, More Markets 0
April 14th at 6:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsZoute, a transit application that combines real-time departure info and fixed route schedules, is now available for iPhone users in eight major markets across the U.S. Originally launched on Android for those in the Bay Area, the company has since expanded to New York, Boston, Chicago, L.A., D.C., Philadelphia and Portland. The app, for those unfamiliar, comes from mobile developers Hai…
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How to create a modern-day tech survival kit with an old iPhone 4
March 22nd at 8:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsThere are two things that an iPhone can do extremely well in almost any situation: locate and communicate. These two capabilities are essential components of a modern day tech survival kit you can build with an old iPhone.
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‘Fixed’ app helps iOS users fight parking tickets 1
March 4th at 6:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsA new app lets you fight parking tickets right from your iPhone.
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Google's Waze for iOS and Android Updated with Calendar Integration 0
February 20th at 9:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe Google-owned ‘social GPS’ app Waze has been updated to add support for navigating to destinations directly from calendar entries....
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Fleksy gesture-based keyboard SDK now available to all iOS developers 0
February 20th at 6:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsJust over two months after launching a new SDK for their gesture-based keyboard into beta, Fleksy on Thursday announced that the free program is now open to all developers and that a slew of new apps have come on board.
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Fleksy opens its alternative keyboard to all iOS developers 0
February 20th at 5:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsRemember the big hullabaloo a couple of weeks back when SwiftKey finally arrived on iOS? Well, fellow smart keyboard app Fleksy has just announced that it’s rolling its iOS software development kit (SDK) out of private beta as it looks to become the first iOS-wide alternative keyboard....
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Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week 2
February 15th at 3:10am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsSIt's Valentine's Day. You knew that. You're probably sick of hearing that. It's okay! So are we. But just because you've got nobody to share it with doesn't mean you can't pamper someone today. Make that someone yourself, and also your smartphone, with these sweet, romantic apps. Multi Platform UpdatesBBMSBlackberry's messaging app got a hefty update this week, adding Voice (for free WiFi phone calls to fellow BBM users), Glympse location sharing, and Channels, a social media-esque way to find...
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Google Maps for Android and iOS Alerts You About Faster Routes 1
February 4th at 10:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsGoogle has updated Google Maps for Android and iOS to alert you when a faster route becomes available. In other words, if you’re stuck in a traffic jam, Google Maps will let you know exactly when it makes sense to take that detour:...
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How to choose the best turn-by-turn app for your iOS device 4
January 25th at 9:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsAs some app development teams race to include as many new features in their navigation apps as they can, others are creating complementary features outside those same apps. Perhaps there is no ‘one’ best solution anymore.
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Moovit Overhauled for iOS 7 with a New Look, Improved Navigation 0
January 23rd at 8:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsMoovit‘s crowd-powered public transport trip planner app for iOS has been fully revamped to bring a new look and feel in keeping with the design of iOS 7, as well as making it faster and adding new features....
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AppyParking: The Ultimate Parking App for London? 0
January 22nd at 5:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsLast April, we covered Yellow Line for iOS, an app that gives London drivers local parking information and tells them where they left their car. Now, the app has been given a major facelift and rebranded as AppyParking....
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Zoute’s New Transit App Brings Real-Time Departure Info, Detailed Schedules To Android 2
January 13th at 11:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsZoute is the latest application to join the competitive transit app space, which this past year saw Apple scooping up services like Embark and HopStop to beef up its own Maps product. But Zoute is taking a different approach than most, by launching on Android first, with an app that delivers both fixed route schedules and real-time departure information.
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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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20 social apps that got us talking in 2013 5
December 23rd at 12:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAs we wind down the year, The Next Web compiled a list of some of the social apps that have made some significant moves in 2013. How did we qualify what a social app was? In our mind, it was a service that had a core functionality that enabled users to interact and engage with other people, either online or offline....
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Instagram messages take on Snapchat, Fleksy introduces iOS keyboard SDK 0
December 12th at 10:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsSocial networking heavyweight Instagram on Thursday added a new direct messaging feature designed to counter the popularity of upstart competitor Snapchat, while gesture-based keyboard Fleksy can now be integrated into third-party apps thanks to a new SDK.
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No More Private Foursquare Check-ins? No Problem. Pins For iPhone Lets You Save & Share Your Favorite Places 2
December 12th at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsFoursquare did away with private check-ins this week, finally ending support for what had been, for a long time, one of the service's most-neglected features: the ability to privately track places you've visited for personal use. Today, a new iOS app simply called Pins is offering an alternative with the debut of a service that lets you collect, organize and optionally share lists of places you…
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Google Maps On iOS Gets More Google Now-Like, Can Find Your Flight, Hotel & Restaurant Reservations 1
December 12th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA minor, but interesting, update to the Google Maps iOS application out today introduces a little bit of Google Now-like functionality to the otherwise utilitarian Google Maps application. Users who choose to sign in will be able to see their flight, hotel and restaurant reservations in Maps, which appear following a user-initiated search. After authenticating with Google (Gmail), you can search…
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Fleksy brings alternate keyboard to several popular iOS apps 1
December 12th at 6:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsSan Francisco-based software developer Syntellia announced on Thursday that its Fleksy on-screen predictive text input technology is being added to several popular iOS apps, including utilities like Launch Center Pro 2 and text editors like Wordbox....