Cut The Rope is popular. Anyone who’s ever spent 30 seconds looking at the App Store’s Top 10 list could tell you that. But just how popular is it? How many people do you think are actually playing with that little candy-obsessed green dude each day? 1.6 million. That’s how many. 1.6 million unique users, daily. Ridiculous. Lookin’ to tap that monstrous money keg for a few more greenbacks (or, as they so eloquently put it, to “broaden the reach of the Cut the Rope brand”), ZeptoLab has just launched a d...
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With 1.6 Million Daily Users, Cut The Rope Launches A Comic Series 0
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The Week’s Best iPad Apps 0
May 23rd at 12:00am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsNYPL Biblion: The New York Public Library has a stunning new app that lets you see a ton of essays, pictures, people, etc and information about the 1939-40 World's Fair. It's like a time traveling machine that brings you back to that era. The app is great too (though occasionally over the top), and easy to navigate, with stacks grouped together and galleries that are easily navigable. Free. The Final Hours of Portal 2: It's a 15,000 word, 13 chapter account of what it took to make Portal 2. Keighley,...
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Top 5 Kids Apps of the Week 0
December 2nd at 1:12pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsChris Crowell is a veteran kindergarten teacher and contributing editor to Children's Technology Review, a web-based archive of articles and reviews on apps, technology...
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Bookish Books Itself an iOS E-Reader App 0
February 18th at 8:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsLaunching almost two weeks ago to some fanfare, after almost two years in the making, Bookish promises to be the number one platform for bookworms to find their next good read....
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Feed Wrangler joins RSS competition with paid service 0
April 30th at 8:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsWith two months left to go, the post-Google Reader landscape of RSS services is still sorting itself out. The newest player? Feed Wrangler, a paid subscription service from the iOS developer of Check The Weather and Audiobooks....
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App roundup: GTA V gets companion app, Twitter redesign coming, Google Play Books nabs single sign-on 1
September 17th at 1:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsGrand Theft Auto-loving iPhone owners can get an early taste of San Andreas thanks to a new companion app, while Twitter is said to be redesigning its own first-party title, and Google is improving functionality in Google Play Books for iOS.
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Wattpad Updates Its Social Reading Apps With Inline Commenting And Offline Access 0
February 18th at 6:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWattpad, an online community where readers can find and discuss a variety of free stories, is announcing updated versions of its iOS and Android apps. The two biggest changes in the updates, which went live last week, are probably the addition of offline access and inline commenting. Offline reading seems like an obvious feature for a reading app, since you might want to read on an airplane or…
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The best 7 education and reading iPhone apps of all time 0
December 16th at 4:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsA look at the best educational apps ever made for the iPhone, based on our list of the best 100 iPhone apps of all time.
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10 Canadian Apps for the iPhone & iPad 0
December 31st at 6:43am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe thought we’d give Canadian developers & app creators a shout-out so we’ve rounded up some iOS apps from various categories — all 100% Canadian made. Hootsuite iPhone & iPad…
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Here’s Every Single iOS App Apple Updated In The App Store Today 2
September 19th at 2:27pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsFollowing the public release of iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 earlier today, Apple has pushed a host of notable updates for many of its additional iOS apps in the App Store. Apps like Podcasts got iCloud sync and iOS 6 support, while smaller updates have been seeded to bring simple iOS 6 compatibility. Other popular apps from the iLife and iWork iOS suites received updates today too. Here’s a list of all the iOS app updates Apple released today:
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The Week in iOS Apps: Zombies! 0
October 26th at 10:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsGet organized! Or get zombified! Either way, this week’s roundup of iPhone and iPad apps has you covered....
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These 11 Apps Will Supercharge Your Personal Life 0
March 4th at 8:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe terms social and mobile are used together so often, it's easy to forget the most important function of your phone: a modern little black book. It contains everything from your contact info to the notes that five years ago, you would have scribbled on a napkin. And with apps, your phone is capable of so much more.
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Amazon's Kindle App for iOS Gets Line Spacing Options 0
June 5th at 8:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAmazon today released an update for its native Kindle app for iOS, adding new features such as line spacing options and multipage highlights. You can download the latest version now directly from Apple’s App Store....
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Ahead of hardware refresh, Oyster brings subscription e-book service to iPad 0
October 16th at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsSubscription e-book service Oyster has released an an updated version of its popular reading and lending application with a new design and iPad support, less than a week before Apple's expected iPad hardware refresh.
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How parents can use the iPad to keep their kids learning this summer 1
May 24th at 8:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsThe quality and number of education apps has increased over the last few years. The following guide identifies apps that students and parents can use to stay on top over summer vacation.
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10 Must-Have Apps for the New iPad Owner 0
May 29th at 8:34pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe iPad has finally made its international debut, meaning that thousands and thousands of new users will be enjoying Apple's latest device over the coming weeks. With the...
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Google Play Books for iPhone / iPad update adds annotation and bookmarking 0
April 17th at 12:45pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsGoogle has released an update for its iOS Play Books app, bringing a number of new features to the iBooks rival. The key update here is annotation and bookmarking: users can now bookmark pages simply by tapping the top-right corner of the screen, as well as highlight, annotate, and translate text they've selected. You can now also check the definition of a word as you read, or look up difficult terms with Wikipedia or Google. It's also notable that most of these features aren't available on the Android...
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Review: iBooks 3′s new scrolling view, collections, sharing 0
October 24th at 1:12pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsWe take a look at the new ebooks software Apple updated on Tuesday. The new scrolling view and social sharing of iBooks passages are interesting features updates, but may not be for everyone.
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How to use your iPhone, iPad or Mac to borrow ebooks from the library 4
January 26th at 9:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsYou don’t have to pay for ebooks on your mobile device or your Mac: your local library will lend you ebooks, digital magazine and audiobooks. Here’s a quick guide to getting set up.
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Amazon tells iOS users to avoid new Kindle app update 0
February 27th at 2:39pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsIf you've got a sizable Kindle ebook library, you should stay far away from Amazon's latest update to its iOS app. In shipping the latest version, apparently the company's QA testers somehow missed a bug that can delete your entire book collection from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Needless to say, user reviews on Apple's App Store haven't been kind after the issue was discovered. Amazon has since updated the Kindle app's description with a warning urging iOS users to avoid hitting the update button....
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Amazon updates Kindle iOS app with book searches, slides by App Store purchasing rules 0
July 31st at 1:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWith the latest Kindle for iOS app, Amazon is for the first time offering in-app book searches and previews, the latter including a clever mechanism for purchasing an e-book without having to pay out a percentage to Apple.
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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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Google Wallet adds Touch ID support, Amazon brings Goodreads to Kindle for iOS 1
December 16th at 9:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsTwo of tech's biggest names unveiled significant updates to some flagship iOS apps this week, with Google allowing Wallet users to authenticate using their fingerprint and Amazon adding Goodreads integration and unlimited reading to its Kindle app.