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Check The Speed Of Your Device’s Data Connection With The Free Speed Test App 2
January 16th at 12:03pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsHave you ever wondered what kind of data speeds you get on your iPhone with a full 3G signal, or how fast your internet is on your home Wi-Fi network? With the free iOS app from Speedtest.net, you can perform a quick and simple test that will tell you your download and your upload speeds on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.
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10 Free iPhone Apps To Learn A New Skill In 10 Minutes 0
May 9th at 2:15pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAs well as options for almost unimaginably varied entertainment, the powerful iPhone platform can be used as a learning tool. Thanks to kind-hearted developers, many of...
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On Voicefeed iOS App Lets You Customize Voicemail Greetings Based On Who's Calling 0
July 14th at 10:17am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMost of you will agree when I say that one of the coolest features of Google+ is Circles, which lets you create groups of people to share specific things with, rather than sharing with everyone in your network by default. Today I came across an iOS app that basically has the same system in place, but for voicemail. It’s called On Voicefeed and it lets you build groups (family, friends, work, girlfriend/boyfriend) and set personalized voicemail greetings for each of those groups.
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AVG Family Safety Protects Kids Online 0
April 13th at 7:45am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAVG Technologies, creators of the popular AVG Antivirus and anti-malware software tools, has today launched “AVG Family Safety“, the latest tool aimed at keeping children safe on in the internet. The…
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Chrome for iOS update adds Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ sharing 0
August 23rd at 12:35am / The Verge / 0 opinionsAn update to Chrome for iOS adds the ability to share pages directly to Facebook, Google+, and Twitter in addition to email. In comparison, iOS’s native Safari browser already lets you tweet a link to the page you’re viewing with Twitter, but Google+ sharing isn’t available, and Facebook integration won’t be coming until iOS 6 is released, presumably sometime around Apple’s rumored iPhone event next month. The new Share menu (pictured below) replaces the Email item in Chrome’s drop-down menu...
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Daily App Deals: Get MagicalPad for iPad for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals 0
April 10th at 9:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. MagicalPad (iTunes) Previously $4.99, now 99¢. MagicalPad for iPad lets you build free-form mind maps and outlines, dragging and dropping elements anywhere in the space and importing and exporting a variety of file formats. Get it for 99¢. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS
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Get Endomondo Sports Tracker Pro for Android for 49¢ in Today’s App Deals 0
March 7th at 10:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsThe Daily App Deals post is a round-up of the best app discounts of the day, as well as some notable mentions for ones that are on sale. Endomondo Sports Tracker Pro (Android Market) Previously $3.99, now $0.49. Endomondo Sports Tracker Pro for Android helps you get into shape like never before. Acting as your personal trainer, the app tracks your progress and even allows you to send challenges to your friends, giving the app a social aspect as you exercise your way to perfection. Get it for $0.49. (via...
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The Best Video Streaming and Live Conversion App for Mac OS X 0
January 16th at 6:30pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsStreamToMe, our top choice for streaming and live converting video on Mac OS X, is an easy choice for the category because it is, essentially, the only choice. But with its great performance, wide video and audio format support, and $0 price tag, it will likely beat out any competition that may someday come along. Platform: Mac OS XPrice: FreeDownload Page StreamToMe simply and easily streams your video and audio files from one Mac to another, converting anything on-the-fly when necessary. This means...
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iSwifter Reveals Itself As “Agawi,” Announces Second Version Of Cloud Gaming Platform For Publishers 0
August 24th at 12:00pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe Menlo Park-based company formerly known as iSwifter has announced version 2.0 of its cloud gaming platform to offer more content types and usage on clients beyond iPads. Android tablets, Windows 8 tablets, smart TVs, Macs, and PCs will be able to stream games via cloud service.
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Drive: An Excellent Companion App for Drivers 0
October 26th at 12:38pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsBased in Tunbridge Wells, a large town in South East England, Create Digital Media normally build apps for clients. But with Drive, the Kent-based designers and developers have their very…
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Developers, Apple busy updating apps for iOS 4, iPhone 4 0
June 22nd at 12:06am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple has been busy all weekend posting updated apps that support iOS 4 and its new features--including multitasking and the soon to be released Retina Display of iPhone 4--to the iTunes App Store.
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Splid Photo App Forbids Editing to Help Prove Your Story 0
January 11th at 8:41pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIf you’ve ever wanted authentic photographic evidence of something without being accused of Photoshop-fakery, this new iOS app could be what you’re looking for....
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Mac Gems: Speedy Net is a simple tool for testing your network performance 6
March 14th at 1:42am / Macworld / 0 opinionsHave you ever wondered just how fast your home or work network really is? Or needed to troubleshoot a network connection? There are some solid command-line (Terminal) tools, such as iperf, that let you do this, as well as a number of traditional Mac apps. But Speedy Net (Mac App Store link), which I discovered last year via Twitter, is my current tool of choice. It’s a little app that does one thing, but does it well and simply: It lets you test the performance of a network connection between two Macs (...
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TNW Pick of the Day: Timeless is a beautifully simple timer app for iPhone 0
April 30th at 12:23pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsA quick perusal of the App Store reveals no shortage of timer apps. Some are a little more complex and intricate, such as Timer, others focus more on being beautiful and simple…like Timer....
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iPhone Apps of the Week: Office 365, Skymotion, and More 0
June 15th at 2:50am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsS...
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Update to Apple's Find My iPhone has flat icon, breaks functionality 2
August 22nd at 10:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Thursday updated the official Find My iPhone application for iOS, giving it a new flat icon in step with the redesign of iOS 7, but also preventing non-developer users from signing in.
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9 Apps Draining Your Phone's Battery 2
September 21st at 7:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWhether you're an Android or an iPhone user, odds are you have a gripe or two about your phone's battery life. It's the number one complaint among cell phone users, and unfortunately, there haven't been many breakthroughs in cell battery tech. As apps continue to get more sophisticated, they're also sucking more of the life out of your phone's battery. Almost all smartphone users download apps, which explains why we're all familiar with the agony of being down to 10% battery by 5 p.m.
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Nest app adds Protect smoke detector support, streamlines design 1
November 16th at 1:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsNest is updating its mobile companion app on iOS and Android to include support for the upcoming Protect smoke detector, which it says will begin shipping soon. From the app, Protect owners will be able to view the status of all of their Nest smoke detectors, including whether they're sensing any problems, when their last tests were, and how their backup batteries are doing. The app should also make remotely controlling a Nest thermostat a lot easier too. The interface has been streamlined to allow...
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22 of the Best iOS Apps From January 6
February 3rd at 10:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionscame and went, and we served up a gargantuan summary of some of the best apps to hit the App Store over the 12-month period ending in December. Now, with 2014 well and truly underway, here’s a quick snapshot of some of the best new iOS apps from January....
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Want iOS notifications on the Mac? Try Notifyr 2
May 21st at 10:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsNotifyr pushes iOS notifications to a Mac through Bluetooth, but you can’t take any action without pulling out your phone.
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10 Apps That Make the Best Use of iOS 8 6
September 18th at 4:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDevelopers have only started to roll out iOS 8-optimized updates, but here's a first look at that are putting the new software to great use.
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Kanvas Debuts An iOS Keyboard That Lets You Send Decorated Photos, Stickers And GIFs…Or Even Just Text 1
November 13th at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsKanvas, a photo-editing app that lets users add text, stickers, drawings and music to images as well as stitch together photos, GIFs and videos, is now bringing its set of creative tools to a new application for iOS users: Kanvas Keyboard. As you may guess by its name, the new app is an iOS 8-compatible keyboard app that lets you quickly add text to your photos or colored backgrounds, draw…
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Declutter your Camera Roll with these photo management apps 0
February 19th at 3:30am / Macworld / 0 opinionsIf your Camera Roll is a hot mess, try using a photo organizing app (or two... or three) to help you weed out the bad seeds.
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Wildcard Debuts A News-Reading App Designed For The Mobile Age 1
August 11th at 4:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsBesides messaging, snapping photos, and checking the weather, news reading has become one of the top activities that users today do on their phone. It’s so popular, in fact, that Apple is introducing its own native News app in iOS 9, due out this fall. But Apple’s News app is not without its competition. The latest contender to enter the arena is Wildcard, a news app that…