Using a smartphone in a movie theater is a big no-no. But using a tablet is absolutely fine when the movie you’re watching comes from Disney and stars The Little Mermaid. When the mouse house re-releases the 1989 classic in theaters this week, viewers will be encouraged to bring along their iPads.
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Disney Wants You to Bring Your iPad to ‘The Little Mermaid’ Movie 1
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Showtime Anytime now available to Time Warner Cable customers 3
November 26th at 10:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsTime Warner Cable customers can now stream Showtime hits like Homeland, Dexter, Californication, and Weeds from a smartphone or tablet. The company today added itself to the list of cable providers that support Showtime Anytime. It's essentially the Showtime equivalent of HBO Go, and like that popular service, lets users view content on a mobile device both at and away from home. The Showtime Anytime app is available for both iOS and Android, though it's not available on quite as many set-top boxes as...
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Nine photo collage iOS apps that help you bridge the snap gap 0
December 5th at 4:00am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThere are snapshots and photo albums, but it seems like there’s nothing in between—at least for still images. Except, that’s not true....
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This App Gives You Easy Access To Your Best Reaction GIFs Anytime 1
March 2nd at 6:10pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsS...
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Microsoft Launches Celebrity News-Tracking App Snipp3t for iOS 0
August 12th at 9:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsMicrosoft has a new iOS app for tracking celebrity news.
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Patrons Aims To Hook Your Office Up With Live Performances 0
November 22nd at 8:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsPatrons is an app makes it easy to hook your place of business up with a band that has a little bit of free time before a performance. The idea is that the artist can pick up an extra gig while in town for another performance. It’s an offshoot from live music booking marketplace Gigit. According to founder Tegan Gaan, you can also book yoga instructors and all sorts of other performers…
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The Chinese app 'MyIdol' is both wildly disturbing and hilarious 0
April 22nd at 11:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIf creating an eerily lifelike and accurate version of yourself and having it sing "Let It Go" sounds like fun, we've found the app for you.
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HBO Now adds Google Chromecast support on Android and iOS 0
August 6th at 7:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsHBO has updated its HBO Now apps on both Android and iOS with support for Google's Chromecast. Starting today, you're able to send whatever you're watching on your smartphone over to the TV with Google's $35 streaming stick. HBO was quick to support Apple's AirPlay when Now launched back in April, but adding Chromecast took a few months longer; HBO Now only recently debuted on Android smartphones and tablets after Apple's window of exclusivity came to an end. At that time, HBO signaled that Chromecast...
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Google Play Movies and TV gets AirPlay support, but Apple TV app still missing 0
December 11th at 10:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsGoogle's iOS app has been updated to support AirPlay on the Apple TV, but we're still missing a tvOS app.
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How to experience VR on your iPhone with Google Cardboard 0
March 7th at 12:42am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThis low-cost platform lets you enjoy immersive apps and games using your own phone.
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Indian actor-producer Farhan Akhtar launches an app for Bollywood fans 0
July 28th at 4:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsCould it be India's version of IMDb?
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This Week’s Must-Have iOS Apps: TweetDeck, Fring, Fahrenheit & More! 0
April 30th at 8:00am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsKicking off this week’s roundup of must-have iOS applications is the brand new TweetDeck app for iPhone, which its creator claims has been completely re-imagined and rebuilt from the ground up to be fast, flexible, and powerful. Fring is the popular video chat and VoIP application for iPhone and iPod touch. It deserves some recognition this week thanks to its recent update that makes it the first application for iOS to offer group video calling with support for up to four people. Fahrenheit – or Celsius...
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10 iPhone Apps for Music Lovers 0
January 13th at 3:14pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWhen you think back to the special moments in your life, it’s likely that there's a song attached to each one: Your first dance at your wedding, the lullaby you played...
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Brass Monkey Grabs $750K To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Wii Controller For Browser Games 0
January 18th at 5:41pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSix months ago, Brass Monkey had built and released some well-developed software development kits (SDKs) for Android, iOS, and beyond that, simply put, enabled gamers to turn their mobile devices into remote controllers, with support for Flash, Unity3D, and desktop games and apps. The Brass Monkey team, CEO Chris Allen tells us, believed that bringing the functionality of a Wii controller to smart devices was something gamers could get excited about — but, at the time, they were missing one important pi...
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Best Free iPhone Apps for Thanksgiving 0
November 24th at 7:11pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAh, the day of turkey-stuffing, gourd decorating, belt loosening and political conversations is upon us, Thanksgiving is here. And what else could you be more grateful for than your precious…
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Black Friday 2011 digital download deals 0
November 26th at 1:16am / The Verge / 0 opinionsBraved the shopping madness this morning and still left wanting on the software front? We've got you covered with an assortment of digital download deals, no matter what your platform of choice. Warm up that Wi-Fi connection and read on!
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MyFry iPhone App Presents Stephen Fry’s Autobiography In Easy-To-Read Format 0
September 13th at 8:00am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsIt only figures that a man of Stephen Fry's internet standing should be feathering his nest with apps a'plenty, and MyFry—while pricey—should be a must-buy for any fans of the scribe's words. Like with FryPaper, his free app from a few months back that presented his blog as a virtual magazine, MyFry digitizes his autobiography The Fry Chronicles, opening it up with four categories—People, Subjects, Feelings and Fryisms. He promises it's not just "doing something rather prosaic like reproducing the...
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Grow Your Own Weed on an Android, But Not an iPhone (There’s No App for That) 0
September 27th at 8:20pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsFive of the 20 best-selling casual game apps in Android's Marketplace involve illegal drugs. Virtual illegal drugs, of course! Guess how many are available for the iPhone? Yep, zero. Franklin Brothers (not his real name), president of Grow Brothers, which developed Weed Farmer (it's like Farmville, but with marijuana as the only crop), blames it on Apple's closed app market. Grow Brothers is thriving but still an upstart, and the company can't rationalize spending six months plus developing Weed Farmer...
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Daily App Deals: Get 2Do: Tasks Done in Style for iOS for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals 0
March 15th 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. 2Do: Tasks Done in Style (iTunes) Previously $6.99, now 99¢. 2Do: Tasks Done in Style for iOS is a simple, highly rated to-do list and task manager that syncs across multiple platforms and supports Siri when paired with iCloud. Get it for 99¢. (via Apps-aholic) iOS iOS
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3D Scanning App 123D Catch Arrives On iPhone 0
September 7th at 7:59pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAutodesk’s 123D Catch, the app that lets you scan a 3D object by taking panoramic-style photos from your iPad, PC or Web browser, is now available on the iPhone. As we wrote when…
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Netflix Arrives in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland 2
October 17th at 8:59pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsNetflix is moving forward with its rollout to Nordic countries. The company today updated its Android app with support for Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. You can grab the new…
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History, A&E, and Lifetime Channel apps for iPad let anyone watch current episodes for free 0
December 19th at 7:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsIt may continue to be a pain for cable subscribers to watch television when mobile, but the situation should be a bit improved now that apps for the History Channel, A&E, and Lifetime are available for iPad. The apps allow anyone — regardless of cable subscriptions — watch current episodes of shows like Pawn Stars, Parking Wars, and The First 48, just like you currently can from each network's respective website on your computer, though if you're a Comcast customer you'll be able to access older...
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Hands on with iOS 6: Music 0
September 19th at 3:20pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsiOS’s Music app, much like iTunes on computers, has traditionally been the destination for all audio-related content—you’d go there to find the music synced from your iTunes library, plus podcasts and audiobooks....
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Top 5 Apps for Kids This Week 2
December 23rd at 7:37pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIn this week's Top 5 Kids Apps, your kid will learn counting and language and scroll their way through a beautiful interactive e-book.