In this week's Top 5 Kids Apps, your kid will learn counting and language and scroll their way through a beautiful interactive e-book.
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Kids Code the Darndest Things: 10 Amazing Youth Innovators 0
March 4th at 4:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsKids deserve more credit than they get. They're observant, incredibly intuitive and can sometimes figure out what the world needs faster than adults can. SEE ALSO: Kenyan Boy's Invention Scares Off Lions With rapid advancements in technology, and coding education geared toward youth, it comes as no surprise that there are kids pushing innovation out there, and creating apps and programs at astonishingly young ages.
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Hands-On With The Week's Top Apps 0
April 2nd at 4:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIt was an interesting week for apps. This week Flipboard updated to version 2.0, adding a number of new features in the process, and Evernote updated its app for Android, adding support for the Evernote-branded Moleskine notebook. A new app by Smule lets you turn your words into a dance-worthy tune, and Gmail saw an update for iOS. Curious what all these new apps look like? Check out the video above for a hands-on look at some of our favorites from the past week.
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‘Watch ABC’ For iOS Brings Live Local Programming To Your iPad 0
May 14th at 10:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsEarlier this week we reported that ABC plans to be the first major network in the U.S. to offer live TV programming on your iPad. Well the rebranded ‘Watch ABC’ app just hit the App Store, which means if you live in certain areas you could get free live TV on your iPad now....
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Hands-On With the Week's Top Apps 1
June 10th at 2:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsSeveral interesting apps were released this week. Disney released its own Draw Something competitor called Scribblemix that lets you trade drawings back and forth with friends. What's more, Facebook released a major update to Facebook Home, and Hulu put out a big update for the iPad. Curious about how all these apps look? Check out Mashable's hands-on video, above, featuring our favorite apps from this past week.
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Imgur for iOS brings viral images to iPhone and iPad 0
August 1st at 6:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsImgur released its first official iOS app this week, offering a browsable and searchable version of the popular online viral picture, meme and GIF repository to Apple's portable devices.
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Yahoo's Screen re-imagines video for Apple's iOS, Vine app gets update 0
September 9th at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsYahoo is looking to remake the video watching experience on iOS devices, and micro-video sharing app Vine has received an update that tweaks its interface and improves functionality.
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Disney Wants You to Bring Your iPad to ‘The Little Mermaid’ Movie 1
October 8th at 5:14pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsUsing a smartphone in a movie theater is a big no-no. But using a tablet is absolutely fine when the movie you’re watching comes from Disney and stars The Little Mermaid. When the mouse house re-releases the 1989 classic in theaters this week, viewers will be encouraged to bring along their iPads.
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Showtime Anytime now available to Time Warner Cable customers 3
November 26th at 10:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsTime Warner Cable customers can now stream Showtime hits like Homeland, Dexter, Californication, and Weeds from a smartphone or tablet. The company today added itself to the list of cable providers that support Showtime Anytime. It's essentially the Showtime equivalent of HBO Go, and like that popular service, lets users view content on a mobile device both at and away from home. The Showtime Anytime app is available for both iOS and Android, though it's not available on quite as many set-top boxes as...
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Nine photo collage iOS apps that help you bridge the snap gap 0
December 5th at 4:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThere are snapshots and photo albums, but it seems like there’s nothing in between—at least for still images. Except, that’s not true....
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This App Gives You Easy Access To Your Best Reaction GIFs Anytime 1
March 2nd at 6:10pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsS...
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Microsoft Launches Celebrity News-Tracking App Snipp3t for iOS 0
August 12th at 9:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsMicrosoft has a new iOS app for tracking celebrity news.
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Patrons Aims To Hook Your Office Up With Live Performances 0
November 22nd at 8:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsPatrons is an app makes it easy to hook your place of business up with a band that has a little bit of free time before a performance. The idea is that the artist can pick up an extra gig while in town for another performance. It’s an offshoot from live music booking marketplace Gigit. According to founder Tegan Gaan, you can also book yoga instructors and all sorts of other performers…
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The Chinese app 'MyIdol' is both wildly disturbing and hilarious 0
April 22nd at 11:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIf creating an eerily lifelike and accurate version of yourself and having it sing "Let It Go" sounds like fun, we've found the app for you.
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HBO Now adds Google Chromecast support on Android and iOS 0
August 6th at 7:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsHBO has updated its HBO Now apps on both Android and iOS with support for Google's Chromecast. Starting today, you're able to send whatever you're watching on your smartphone over to the TV with Google's $35 streaming stick. HBO was quick to support Apple's AirPlay when Now launched back in April, but adding Chromecast took a few months longer; HBO Now only recently debuted on Android smartphones and tablets after Apple's window of exclusivity came to an end. At that time, HBO signaled that Chromecast...
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Google Play Movies and TV gets AirPlay support, but Apple TV app still missing 0
December 11th at 10:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsGoogle's iOS app has been updated to support AirPlay on the Apple TV, but we're still missing a tvOS app.
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How to experience VR on your iPhone with Google Cardboard 0
March 7th at 12:42am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThis low-cost platform lets you enjoy immersive apps and games using your own phone.
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Indian actor-producer Farhan Akhtar launches an app for Bollywood fans 0
July 28th at 4:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsCould it be India's version of IMDb?
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BET Awards App Wields Fun Social Gaming Mechanics 0
June 24th at 5:55pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsEntertainment The 12th Annual BET Awards ceremony airs July 1, and fans and celebrities are already preparing for the broadcast with the show’s first-ever mobile app. The app for...
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100+ iPhone Games That Use the Accelerometer 0
December 3rd at 12:00pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe iPhone's built-in accelerometer has opened up a new world of mobile gaming, introducing fun, engaging, and interactive applications from virtual golf to racing games,...
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Netflix now streaming to the iPhone and iPod Touch, works over 3G 0
August 26th at 10:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsOh, man. It’s here. We’ve been hoping for Netflix instant streaming support to hit the iPhone and iPod Touch ever since it landed on the iPad, and we’ve been waiting on the edge of our collective seat since the company demonstrated it at WWDC. The wait.. its over!
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iTunes Movie Trailers for iOS released 1
October 12th at 5:40pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIf there’s ever been any doubt that Apple is dead serious about movies, this should help to quell the thoughts. Apple has just released a brand new app for iOS…
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PSA: Fake 'Canabalt' clone for iPhone and iPad in iTunes App Store 0
May 26th at 9:36pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThere's a big update on the horizon for iOS classic Canabalt, but unfortunately it appears that a developer is trying to take advantage of the game's popularity by offering a fake version on the iTunes App Store. Being sold by Picks Mano, the game goes under the name Canabalt HD — the sanctioned Android port of the game uses the same title, while on iOS the official game continues to be known simply as Canabalt — and aside from including a different icon and limited language support, it appears to...
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Comcast Injects 3,000 Hours of Streaming Video Into Xfinity TV iPad App 0
February 2nd at 10:50pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsComcast subscribers just got an unexpected Groundhog Day present: the cable provider's Xfinity TV iPad app just got a 3,000 hour boost of on-demand shows and movies from HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, and more. Giddyup. While the app itself is free, you'll need to be a premium subscriber to access all that premium content. It's open season, though, on the basic cable goods from the four networks—TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, and BBC America—that are bundled into the feature. Also take note: it's Wi-Fi only...