There has been a considerable amount of backlash about the release of the new Twitter for iPad, especially because the old version of the app was so well-regarded. In the…
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Tweetbot Gets Boost From Poorly Received Twitter iPad App 0
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Ex-Beats Music CEO’s New App “Chosen” Is A Mobile-First American Idol 1
November 5th at 1:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSing, yodel, or shred guitar into your phone, and get famous. That’s the idea behind performance competition platform Chosen, founded by former Gracenote, MOG, and Beats Music CEO David Hyman. The startup’s been in stealth since its formation late last year, but Hyman agreed to give me the first details about what Chosen’s actually up to. First off, Chosen’s just raised…
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FEMA App Adds Crowdsourcing for Disaster Relief 0
July 29th at 7:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsCertain apps -- like ones that help you wake up or beat writers' block -- make your everyday life easier. Others help out in times of disaster. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released an update to its Android app this morning (the iOS version is waiting for Apple's authorization). While the app was previously only a destination to receive information such as shelter locations, it's now more of a two-way street.
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AppAide Recommends Apps Based on How Often They’re Actually Used 0
September 24th at 11:00pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAppAide surfaces some of the more overlooked apps in the App Store by tracking the apps that are actually being used in real time.
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Wildcard Raises $10 Million, Launches A Browser Built For The Mobile Web 0
November 13th at 6:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA company called Wildcard is today launching a browser for the mobile age, designed specifically with the support of the newer “card” format in mind. Cards are a new design trend which emerged within mobile applications as a way to better showcase content, including rich media like photos and video, on devices’ small screens.Wildcard is also announcing it has raised…
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Scientific Breakthrough Lets iOS App SnappyCam Take 20 Full-Res Photos Per Second 1
August 1st at 3:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsYour standard iPhone camera app is actually pretty slow, taking just three to six photos per second at 8 megapixels each. But with SnappyCam 3.0 you can shoot 20 full-resolution photos per second thanks to a breakthrough in discrete cosine transform JPG science by its inventor. 20 frames per second is fast enough to capture animations or every gruesome detail of an extreme sports crash.
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This App Turns Your iPhone into a Sound Activated Camera 0
October 2nd at 4:53pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsO Street, the design agency in Glasgow has just released an app called Vapp, that will turn your iphone into a sound activated camera. So now you can take pictures…
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Now A Father, Hot Or Not Founder Returns With Cakey, A YouTube App For Kids 0
November 21st at 6:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsHot or Not founder James Hong has come a long way since building a site that helped people rank the attractiveness of others, ultimately paving the path for speed dating apps like Tinder. Today a father of three, Hong now has a different set of priorities. One of those was keeping his kids safe from the unsuitable, adult-oriented content that fills YouTube. To fix the problem for himself and…
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Apple Store Offers Free Downloads Through Its iOS App 1
August 3rd at 12:46am / Mashable / 0 opinionsNow the Apple Store app comes with a little extra oomph: a free download. Starting Friday, Apple will offer one free app, iTunes download or iBook every week through its iOS app. See also: Top 25 Free iPhone Apps of All Time The app is traditionally used to purchase physical items from Apple’s store, book Genius Bar appointments and set up one-on-one learning sessions. Now, when you launch the app, the free download is listed on the launch page.
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iCloud 101: Find My Friends app gets iOS 6 update 0
October 7th at 12:00pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsWith the release of iOS 6, Apple has accordingly updated many of its homebrewed mobile apps. Here is a look at how the software upgrade has improved the Find My Friends app, and how you can use it to track your friends’ locations.
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Status Automatically Tells Your Friends What You’re Up To And If Your Phone Is Dead 2
December 3rd at 1:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsYour phone is dead. Or you’re driving. Or you’re in a meeting.Your girlfriend/boyfriend/lover-person is trying to call you. You didn’t pick up, so now they’re assuming you’re either a) ignoring them or b) dead.Meet Status, an iOS/Android app built to end that.
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Twitter introduces two-step verification with iOS app update 1
August 7th at 1:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn an point update to its native iOS app on Tuesday, Twitter brings a host of upgrades to users, including a new photo gallery view, improved search and enhanced security with two-step verification.
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Actress Marlee Matlin Teaches You Sign Language With New App 0
October 15th at 2:55pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAward-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin, has partnered with MEDL Mobile for the release of Marlee Signs, an app that teaches users the fundamentals of American Sign...
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Amazon launches Surprise! an e-card app for sending Amazon gift cards 0
December 12th at 12:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsAmazon just made it easier to send last-minute gifts -- provided that it's an Amazon gift card.
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AgileBits offers cheaper 1Password as older version loses Dropbox sync 0
August 8th at 10:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsAgileBits on Thursday announced a short-term discount on 1Password 4 for iOS. The reason for the sale: 1Password 3 for iOS is about to stop working properly—at least if you rely on Dropbox sync....
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This Week’s Must Have iOS Apps: The Wider Image, M.dot, Checkmark & More 0
October 21st at 6:00am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsA wonderful new news app from Reuters kicks off this week’s must-have apps list, providing you with an “unprecedented photography experience” that allows you to immerse yourself in the biggest news stories from around the world. Also included in the roundup is a terrific app for making mobile websites from your iPhone, a new weather app, and more.
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Algoriddim djay Pro comes to Mac, TurboTax debuts new iOS app for tax season 1
December 18th at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular music tool djay Pro has made the leap from iOS to OS X with a new app on the Mac App Store, competing with the likes of Traktor. In addition, TurboTax on Thursday introduced an all-new iOS app ahead of tax season, allowing taxpayers to conveniently file wherever they are.
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FullContact: Snap a photo of a business card and let humans add the details to your iPhone contacts 3
August 12th at 7:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsBorn out of TechStars back in 2011, FullContact offers a suite of tools that tap publicly-accessible data to auto-magically complete the missing information in your contacts list. In a nutshell, it’s all about eliminating duplicate, partial, and out-of-date records....
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Chinese Flirting App Momo Get English Version 0
October 29th at 8:06am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsCross-culture mobile romance is about to get easier. The English language version of Momo, a flirting app that has been taking China by storm this year, has arrived on Apple’s App…
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Finish 3.0 Makes All Of The App’s Premium Features Free 2
January 8th at 9:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsApple Design Award-winning slacker-productivity app Finish is announcing its biggest update in a year today with the release of version 3.0 on the App Store.
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Slack for iOS and Android: A Better Way to Collaborate With Coworkers 0
August 15th at 2:30am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsIf you're like most people, you work email account is an absolute disaster—most likely some unholy combination of short messages with friends, formal interactions with coworkers and higher ups, client emails, and various other outside communications. Slack wants to remove all the office conversation and collaboration into its own, easily searchable world. So while not quite an "email revolution," Slack does want to make you office chatter that much easier....
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Forgotten Apps That Are Actually Useful 0
November 5th at 2:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsTechnology moves fast. So fast, in fact, that great apps often get left in the dust if they don't come out of the gates full-featured and ready for primetime. With that in mind, here are a few apps that all but disappeared from our radar, but still offer a great feature-set....
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Shapr Raises $3 Million For Its Business Networking Mobile App 0
January 20th at 7:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA New York and Paris-based startup called Shapr has raised $3 million to build a better way to professionally network with others in your industry. However, unlike business networking giant LinkedIn, Shapr’s software is mobile-first, with apps for both iOS and Android devices that allow users to select a subset of their contacts who they really know and endorse, and then share those…
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The 10 best writing apps on the iPad 0
August 17th at 5:48am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAs we gradually get faster at typing on touchscreens, extended writing sessions on the iPad have become much more viable. Meanwhile, developers of writing apps have made significant improvements to their offerings. Here are our picks for the 10 best apps for getting some writing done on the iPad. To further prove the point, I composed the bulk of each section in its respective app. I did, however, have to go back and do some editing work from my laptop to add formatting for entries from some of the...
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IntelliScreenX Scam Hits The App Store And Should Be Avoided At All Costs 0
November 12th at 7:50am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsEvery so often, an iOS developer attempts to make a quick buck by creating a simple app, naming it after a hugely popular jailbreak tweak, then releasing it in the App Store with the same logo and screenshots. That’s exactly what JB Solutions has done with IntelliScreenX, a $0.99 app that promises to be the ultimate notification center for your lock screen. In reality, it’s nothing more than a nasty alarm clock.