Burpple, a mobile app that seeks to connect food lovers around the world, today announced that it has received $500,000 in seed funding from Neoteny Labs and QuestVC. The Singapore-based company was also named one of the top 10 startups in Asia at Open Web Asia 2012, held in Haikou, China.
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Food Discovery App Burpple Savors $500K In Seed Funding 0
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Find the Perfect Bottle of Wine With This App 0
December 12th at 1:13am / Mashable / 0 opinionsLooking for the perfect bottle of wine can be a daunting task, especially if you’re not exactly sure what you’re looking for. iPhone app Blush aims to make shopping for your next bottle of vino a little simpler, putting the power of your own personal wine shopper in the palm of your hand. An update Tuesday adds holiday wine recommendations into the mix, vintage information for most wines, and the ability to rate wines as well as read reviews and recommendations from other users.
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25 Standout Apps From 2012 0
December 3rd at 7:32pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAdditional reporting contributed by Fran Berkman and Jennifer Shore. Instagram, Twitter and Facebook were, without a doubt, the most talked about apps of 2012, but they're...
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Meet Chefs Feed, the anti-Foodspotting 0
December 2nd at 8:00am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsCrowdsourcing may have liberated the restaurant review from the critics, but Steve and Jared Rivera think its also produced a lot of bad food recommendations. There answer was to create Chefs Feed, a food app where recommendations come solely from professional chefs.
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The New Essential Apps November 2012 0
November 30th at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsiPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out!...
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'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' Star: Twitter is the New Word of Mouth 2
November 26th at 11:18am / Mashable / 0 opinionsMy Big Fat Greek Wedding, the second highest-grossing independent film ever, depended on an organic groundswell of praise in 2002 to become a sleeper box office hit. Lead...
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7 Apps You Don't Want to Miss 2
November 24th at 5:30pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIt can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- we take care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite...
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Food Journal App Burpple Adds Friend and Restaurant Discovery 0
November 22nd at 5:17am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsFood journaling app Burpple has furthered its focus on social and location after it introduced Explore, a feature that brings Foursquare-like discovery and friend-finding to the service....
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3 apps to help you avoid a Thanksgiving dinner disaster 0
November 21st at 3:23pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsYour mobile phone or tablet can’t cook your Thanksgiving meal for you, but they can definitely get you out a jam if you cook yourself into a corner. Here are three apps that will make the ordeal of Thanksgiving dinner easier.
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5 Apps for an Effortless Thanksgiving Dinner 0
November 21st at 12:46pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIt's almost that time -- when you stop pinning those delectable recipes, stop drooling over the thought of mashed potatoes, and actually have to roll up your sleeves and...
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Hoppit, The Ambience Search Engine For Restaurants, Comes To Android, Updates iPhone App 0
November 20th at 9:15am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsHoppit, the ambience search engine for restaurants that launched earlier this year, has launched its Android app. With this new app, Android users will now also be able to easily find that one hipster-friendly, romantic restaurant in their neighborhood for their next date. Previously, Hoppit was only available on the web and on the iPhone.
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6 Tech Fixes for Your Thanksgiving 0
November 20th at 2:00am / Mashable / 0 opinionsStarting with Thanksgiving, the holiday season is set to arrive, often with big helpings of stress — especially if you're still scrambling to get ready for Thursday. But...
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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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Learning About Knives with This App Will Make You a Better Cook 2
November 8th at 6:00am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsCooking ain't easy! But if you want to get better, you have to start somewhere and that somewhere should probably be your knife skills. With Kitchen Knife Skills, an iOS app, you'll stop accidentally chopping your fingers and start learning slick tricks to make you a better cook....
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Your Cocktail is Served: Ordering Drinks is Hassle-Free With Coaster App 0
November 7th at 7:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsGood news San Franciscans — we have (another) reason to go to happy hour — an app called Coaster makes the mob scene at the bar a thing o…
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Your Cocktail is Served: Ordering Drinks is Hassle-Free With Coaster App 0
November 7th at 7:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsGood news San Franciscans -- we have (another) reason to go to happy hour -- an app called Coaster makes the mob scene at the bar a thing of the past. The app is currently...
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This Week’s Must-Have iOS Apps: Path For iPad, Onavo Count, Panna & More 2
November 4th at 6:00am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsWe’ve got some great new apps in this week’s must-have roundup, including Path, which finally makes its debut on the iPad; a nifty utility for monitoring the data consumed by your iPhone apps; plus a great new cooking magazine that every foodie should have installed on their iPad.
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5 Apps That Help you Shop for Healthier Foods 0
October 23rd at 2:48pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsHealthy eating used to mean calorie counting and cooking low-fat dishes, but these days good nutrition is more of a minefield. Allergies and pesticides come into play, and...
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The Week in iOS Apps: The world is mine 0
October 19th at 11:30am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThis week’s collection of apps include new ways to navigate the world—as well as new options for destroying the planet in your home movies....
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Chefs Feed, The App With Recommendations From Your Favorite Chefs, Unveils More Social Version 2.0 0
October 8th at 8:21am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhenever I use a food or restaurant review app, I sometimes feel like I’m being overwhelmed with recommendations, and it can be hard to distinguish recommendations and reviews that are trustworthy from those that aren’t. Chefs Feed offers an intriguing solution to that problem — offer recommendations from high-profile, professional chefs. Chefs, after all, are presumably more knowledgeable…
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Bing Launches Edibly 0
October 5th at 7:23pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsToday Bing has launched ‘Edibly’ for iPhone, an application that will allow users to browse the Pike Place Market on their handsets. The application is designed to provide an in-depth…
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The New Essential Apps September 2012 0
September 28th at 10:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsiPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out!...
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13 Free iPhone Apps to Make Life Easier 0
September 23rd at 11:01pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWith hectic days and packed schedules, we could use all the help we can get. Why not let your phone lift some of the burden? Your iPhone can help assi…
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50 Fantastic Food & Cooking Apps 0
September 22nd at 5:30pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThey say that there’s an app for everything, but there’s more than one for cooking. In fact, there’s too many of them that we’ve compiled a list for your reference…
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Here Are the iOS Apps Updated for the iPhone 5 0
September 21st at 1:06pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe new iPhone 5 and its bigger screen is here. And to take advantage of all 4-inches of that taller screen, you need apps that are updated, optimized and ready to look bigger and better than ever. We got 'em all listed for you right here....