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Explore the World Visually With Qwiki for iPad 0
April 20th at 1:51pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsInformation experience startup Qwiki, fresh off a $9 million funding spree, is out with its much anticipated iPad application Wednesday. The iPad application resembles the...
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The Week In iPhone Apps: FCC Inquiry Edition 0
August 16th at 11:20pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsLet's take our minds off all this nasty Google Voice business for a minute, and focus on the apps that we do have. Google may not make an appearance this week, but how about Wikipedia? NPR? The Discovery Channel? Simplify? NPR News: The unaffiliated Public Radio Player was great great great, but this is somehow better. It brings twice as many stations, adds written news content along with offline reading, on-demand NPR shows and a surprisingly navigable interface. Guiltily free, since you don't even...
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The New Essential Apps July 2012 0
July 31st at 10:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsiPhones. iPads. Android. 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! If you want to jump to see the best apps in a specific platform, click here: The end of the month is here, and that means it's time to do a little housekeeping on our list of the absolute best iPhone apps. Which ones were tops? Brewster: There are about a dozen ways you can get a hold of someone, which can make for...
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7 Beer Apps for Superior Suds on St. Patrick's Day 4
March 16th at 9:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDrinking beer on St. Patrick's Day is a custom that dates back centuries and is celebrated throughout the world. But it's high time to add some technology to the tradition, and that's just what the suds scene has done lately. There's a brewery in Alaska that's using spent grains (waste from the brewing process) to power the brewery. The Alaska Brewing Co.
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Apple's developer portal begins displaying square app icons days before iOS 7 unveiling 3
June 5th at 12:52am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsDevelopers viewing their applications on Apple's official site on Tuesday were surprised to find that their icons are now being displayed with square edges, rather than the usual rounded corners.
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Ten apps every iPhone 5s and 5c user should own 3
September 25th at 5:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThere are many thousands of apps. Whatever your goal, as Apple’s erstwhile advertising campaign proclaimed, “There’s an app for that.” But some apps are simply must-haves—whether for their functionality, their interface brilliance, or just their entertainment factor. Here are ten apps your new iPhone shouldn’t be without....
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How to recover lost contacts on iOS and prevent it from happening again 5
April 26th at 8:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsIt can happen to anyone at anytime, noticing that your contact list is either missing or incomplete. All may not be lost, as there may be a way to get back some or all of your contacts.
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Bing’s New Apps For iOS And Android Focus Finding Deals, Local Offers 0
February 5th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsMicrosoft’s Bing is trying to carve out a niche for itself on mobile by focusing on the types of common searches and information requests people need to access while on the go. To that end, the company this week rolled out new iOS and Android applications with features like a barcode scanner for price comparisons, a tool to find the cheapest nearby gas prices, and, on iOS to start, a…
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5 Free iPhone Gardening Apps for Your Green Thumb 0
June 24th at 4:18pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsHere at Mashable, our garden grows with some digital assistance. We have previously rounded up 10 great options to help you get more greenery, and now we're topping up...
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Is that a family tree in your pocket? 0
January 22nd at 3:58pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAncestry.com – the world’s leading family history website has launched a new app to bring the tree to your pocket. Ancestry ‘Tree to Go’ iPhone app allows any subscribed user…
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The Week’s Best iPhone Apps 0
March 18th at 11:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsTom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard: Shadow Vanguard is a completely original game in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six universe, built from the ground up for play on the iPhone and iPod Touch. A whole new three-man Rainbow team faces down the latest international terrorist threat, each member focused on a particular specialty: Stealth, Recon, and Demolition. Players can strategically tackle a well-organized terrorist group across 11 story mode missions either by themselves or with up to two friends via...
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Social Loyalty Platform PunchTab Heads To Mobile: Debuts Giveaways App For iPhone 1
October 11th at 8:54am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsPunchTab, a social loyalty and rewards platform now backed by $5.25 million in venture funding, is expanding its platform to mobile. Until now, the company had focused on allowing businesses and agencies to run campaigns across the social web – something that made it stand out from similar platforms, which often only target Facebook and Twitter. PunchTab, meanwhile, supports Google+, Pinterest…
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Google Now Comes to iOS, Missing a Few Options but None of the Utility 0
April 29th at 4:03pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsToday, Google expands its predictive search tool Google Now from Android to iOS. Now is being made available in an update to the Google Search app, which is available on the App Store now....
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YouVersion’s Bible app passes 100 million downloads 0
July 8th at 11:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsYouVersion, a popular Bible app that launched alongside Apple’s App Store nearly five years ago, has surpassed 100 million downloads....
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Why Canada Is a Testing Ground for Apps 1
November 22nd at 6:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDevelopers worldwide are using Canada as a testing ground for apps before rolling them out to other markets.
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Apple Watch support comes to flurry of iPhone apps ahead of April launch 1
March 26th at 11:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsA collection of iPhone apps -- such as Evernote, Dark Sky, and the New York Times -- were updated today to support the Apple Watch, even though the wearable isn't shipping until April 24.
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Google Translate is tapping into neural networks for smarter language learning 1
November 16th at 8:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsGoogle says that it can translate entire sentences at once, which is far more accurate than just tackling one word at a time.
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6 Deliciously Designed iPhone Apps for Better Baking 0
March 25th at 1:21pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWe all like a sweet treat now and then, and they always taste better when they are homemade. Thanks to the wonders of the App Store, there are a plethora of recipes...
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New Languages in Google Translate on iOS 0
November 10th at 9:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsGoogle has updated its Google Translate iPhone app to add support for five new Indic languages, according to a post on the Google Translate Blog. The new languages are Bengali,…
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Daily App Deals: Get SayHi Translate for iOS for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals 0
April 24th 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. SayHi Translate (iTunes) Previously $2.99, now 99¢. SayHi Translate for iOS recognizes your speech and speaks the translation in any of 23 languages (and growing) for on-the-spot conversation across language barriers. The app uses Nuance recognition and SayHi's own "special sauce" combo of translation engines for impressive accuracy. Get it for 99¢. (via Apps-aholic...
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Blekko Launches Izik, A Tablet-Optimized Search App 0
January 4th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSearch startup Blekko is launching a new app today called Izik (pronounced “Isaac”), which it says has been designed specifically for the search experience on tablets. CEO Rich Skrenta said Izik is an attempt to recapture “that same tingly feeling” that people had when they first used Google more than a decade ago and realized that this was a new, improved search experience. That doesn’t…
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Mac Gems: Delicious Library 3 lets you track your movies, music, and more 1
May 17th at 4:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsIt’s been eight years since we reviewed the original version of Delicious Library, Delicious Monster's clever app for managing your media. But the question that greets Delicious Library 3, the latest edition in the franchise, is this: In 2013, is it still a good way to track and document all the items in your media collection?...
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What Would Jesus Text? Smartphones Are Changing How We Worship 0
August 20th at 8:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThey say God is everywhere -- even in your smartphone. We asked a few religious groups how they're integrating tech into worship.