Meet Cliick: another dating app wannabe, but one that’s taking a bit of a leftfield approach to the perennial problem of matching singles. Instead of proffering profiles for users to swipe through and judge, a la Tinder (and its myriad imitators) Cliick is using news stories as the swipeable connective tissue — linking users to each other when they like or discuss similar stories.
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Whim Is A Dating App Focused On Actual Dates 0
August 18th at 4:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThere’s a new service called Whim for people who are tired of all the chatting in the current batch of dating apps,To be sure, there are other online dating services that purport to focus on making real-world connections, (rather hosting than awkward, back-and-forth messaging sessions that may or may not lead to actual dates or hookups) — that’s basically the reason…
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Paribus launches an app to fight back against hidden price discrimination 0
August 6th at 8:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsE-commerce has created a world of incredible, even disturbing convenience. The average American living in a major city can now outsource nearly every chore imaginable, while having everything she would ever need delivered to her home within a couple of hours. But along with the convenience comes a growing suspicion we may be overpaying. Prices on the web change constantly. On one day in 2013, Internet Retailer magazine found that Amazon changed prices on 40 million products. And price changes arenât...
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Target Launches Beacon Test In 50 Stores, With Expanded Rollout Later This Year 0
August 5th at 5:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsTarget, the second largest general merchandise retailer in the U.S., announced this morning that it will start testing beacon technology in 50 of its stores nationwide. With beacon technology, the company says it will be able to send information about deals as well as recommendations directly to consumers’ smartphones, provided they opt in to receive these alerts. Initially, the…
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DogSync Is An App To Help Your Family Keep Track Of Feeding Fido 0
July 31st at 3:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsDesigned for pet-loving households, DogSync (a recent winner of our patent-pending TC Radio pitch-off) is a task manager that helps families communicate and sync tasks like feeding, walking, or letting out Fido.So how do you sync real-life events like walking your dog?The basic premise behind DogSync is that while extremely lovable, pets require a lot of care. This can get complicated…
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Fashion Startup Everlane Arrives On Mobile With An App Catering To Its Biggest Fans 0
July 30th at 10:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsEverlane, the fashion shopping site focused on selling high-quality apparel at lower prices than traditional designer retail, has today made the move to mobile. The company has now launched its first native smartphone application with the launch of Everlane on iOS, which allows shoppers to browse and buy its luxury items right from their phone. However, the app has a couple of interesting…
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Tinder-Esque Clothes Shopping App Mallzee Swipes Another £2.5M Funding 0
July 22nd at 3:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsPersonalised shopping app and U.K. startup Mallzee has raised new funding. The so-called ‘Tinder of fashion’ — in reference to its Tinder-esque UI that invites you to swipe right if you like and swipe left if you don’t as you shop for clothes through its mobile app — has swiped £2.5 million in additional investment.
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Mapstr Adds A Bunch Of Features To Its Nifty App That Keeps Track Of Your Favorite Places 0
July 16th at 8:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMapstr is an interesting app, a sort of bookmarking service, but for places. It’s a great way to bookmark your favorite restaurants, bars and shops. When I first reviewed the app, it was still a beta. Mapstr is now back with a 1.0 version and a bunch of interesting features that make it more useful.At heart, when you open the app, you are still presented with a full screen map. You can…
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Wish snatches up top Android app Locket to help you buy the stuff you want 0
July 14th at 7:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe popular iOS shopping platform just bought a lock-screen app to personalize its buying recommendations.
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Craves’ Visual Shopping App Helps You Find Clothes You Love Just By Snapping Photos 0
July 14th at 5:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhile there are a number of applications on the market that let you scan barcodes in order to compare prices, a new fashion-focused app called Craves launching today instead lets you just snap photos of the clothes you want and it returns visually similar results in seconds – no barcode-scanning required. Then, when you find something you like, you can purchase the item directly…
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Review: Mad Catz Micro C.T.R.L.i wireless game controller for iPhone and iPad 0
July 5th at 1:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsThe Mad Catz Micro C.T.R.L.i is the most affordable iPhone- and iPad-compatible wireless game controller on the market, and that alone will make it the ideal choice for many mobile gamers, even though its design has a few glaring issues.
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The real reason to switch from Spotify to Apple Music is waking up to any song you want 0
July 2nd at 10:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsBikini Kill's "Feels Blind" is the perfect song to wake up to. The bass line starts slow and even. Then Kathleen Hanna's awe-inspiring voice kicks in. Within a few seconds, she's urging me to get the fuck out of bed â and it works, every time. But even though I'm convinced that I have the perfect wake-up routine, I'm also totally open to trying something new. And now, I can....
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Rooomy Lets Your Decorate Your Room in 3D 0
June 30th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsLaunching today, Rooomy is an iPad app which lets you turn 2D images of a room into a 3D space. You can also decorate these 3D rooms with over 500 pieces of virtual 3D furniture from popular brands like Design Within Reach and All Modern.Built by Loft-NedSense, a European company listed on the NYSE Euronext, the app is mainly designed to be as a virtual staging solution for the real…
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Amazon's one-hour delivery service is now available in central London 0
June 30th at 12:49pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsAmazon has launched its Prime Now one-hour delivery service in London, marking its first expansion outside of the US. The service, which first launched in New York late last year, promises one-hour delivery of "thousands" of items for a fee of £6.99 for Amazon Prime members in select areas of London. Two-hour delivery between 8 AM and midnight will be free. An Amazon Prime membership costs £79 per year in the UK, and the minimum order for either Prime Now delivery option is £20. Prime Now is...
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5 can't-miss apps: Kiwi for Gmail, Disney Gif, Medium and more 0
June 28th at 8:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes a GIF keyboard app from Disney, a new Gmail app for Mac, Dropbox's redesigned Android app and more.
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6 apps to help you save and spend smart 0
June 25th at 9:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsLife is expensive. Here are six apps to help you approach money as an informed and organized consumer on a budget.
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Apple and Google both have Confederate flag apps in their app stores 0
June 25th at 3:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsBoth Google and Apple's app stores have several apps with the Confederate flag prominently displayed in the app icon.
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Ex-Amazon Team Launches Mona, An App That Puts A Personal Shopper In Your Pocket 1
June 24th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMona, a new app from former Amazon.com employees launching now, wants to put a personal shopper on your phone. While many mobile shopping apps today work to provide users with recommendations on new products or highlight popular trends, Mona takes things a step further with a feature it calls “Missions.” This has it scouring online stores for products that meet a specific set…
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Groupon’s New Apple Watch App Alerts You To Nearby Deals, Lets You Buy From Your Wrist 0
June 24th at 5:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsGroupon’s deal-finding iOS application was updated today to include support for Apple Watch. Like many Watch apps, Groupon takes advantage of its ability to tap into a user’s location by way of their connected iPhone, then uses this awareness to alert you to deals available near you. Unlike with Groupon’s mobile application, whose home screen features deals in your general…
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Making digital time out of analog clocks is mesmerizing 0
June 23rd at 3:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThe familiar sight of a wall of analog clocks â the international businessman's favorite emblem of global dynamism â has been subverted into a charming piece of installation art by Stockholm design duo Humans Since 1982. Their concept A Million Times combines a multiplicity of analog clocks into a synchronized kinetic performance, with the clock hands whirling into pulsating shapes and patterns, and then subtly, surprisingly coalescing to form a digital representation of the current time. It's a...
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Breakup app delivers the ugly truth so you don't have to 0
June 23rd at 12:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe breakup app for horrible people.
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5 apps to help Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan 0
June 18th at 10:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsRamadan starts on Thursday for most Muslims around the world.
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BloomThat Grows Beyond Flower Delivery To Gifts With $5.5M 1
June 16th at 8:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsBloomThat wants to be the “Make someone happy” button. Open its app, choose between a few curated bouquets, and a beautiful flower arrangement is delivered to someone you care about in 90 minutes. Y Combinator fertilized the startup in 2013 before it raised $2.1 million from SV Angel and Ashton Kutcher’s A-Grade to blossom in the SF Bay Area.Now BloomThat has found roots in…
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5 can’t-miss apps: ‘Mean Girls: The Game,’ Formulas and more 1
June 14th at 5:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes a tower defense game based on 'Mean Girls' and a photo editing app that automates photo effects.
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Bumble Dating App Tops 1 Million Unique Conversations 0
June 11th at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsBumble, the dating app founded by ex-Tinder employees, announced that its female users have started more than one million conversations on the platform.Bumble is a dating app that prescribes to the Sadie Hawkins style of dating. Men and women swipe left or right on each other, just like on Tinder, but once a match is established, only females can initiate conversations. This takes the…