If you’ve not yet heard about Clover Pay, stop right now and go read this. The mobile payments app, run by a team consisting of former Yahoo, Meebo and Quantcast…
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Apple boots crime recording app Vigilante from App Store 0
November 2nd at 5:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsLess than a week after its launch, Apple has banned a crime-reporting app called Vigilante from the App Store, which may have raised concerns over potential risks and abuses.
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Apple-highlighted iOS toy Anki Drive gains new cars, tracks & race mode 0
April 16th at 9:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAnki Drive, a lineup of iOS-compatible intelligent toy race cars which are exclusive at retail to Apple Stores, expanded on Wednesday with new cars, tracks, and an entirely new race mode.
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Pulse newsreader updated with LinkedIn integration, one-tap read later support 0
May 9th at 2:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn its first update after being purchased by LinkedIn for $90 million, Pulse on Wednesday showed the first signs of integration with the networking site by baking in the ability to share stories with a user's professional network.
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Gramory is a Beautiful Browsing App for Instagram Photos 1
March 6th at 5:38pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThe API for the popular iOS-only photo sharing app Instagram is a hit with developers and we’re a fan of some of the things we’re seeing from some of these…
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'Super Mario Run' tops Apple's highest grossing, free app charts hours after launch 0
December 16th at 9:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsLess than 12 hours after its launch on Thursday, Nintendo's ultra-hyped "Super Mario Run" now sits atop two of Apple's Top Charts as the most popular free and top grossing app.
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PastBook Brings Its Collaborative Photo Book Maker To iPhone 1
April 24th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThere are a number of tools to build photo books from your phone today – including apps like Shutterfly, Mosaic, Printic and others, but today Dutch company PastBook is now joining the fray, bringing its online, collaborative photo book maker to the iPhone. While the majority of photo book making utilities share a similar feature set – you select photos from your local gallery or…
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This Amazing Pizza Compass App Will Point You To The Nearest Slice 0
May 7th at 10:33am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsFinding pizza late at night can be difficult. You go to one restaurant and it’s closed. By the time you make it to your next option you realize it sucks and there’s something better down the way. There’s a new app that’s going to change all that, and it’s called Pizza Compass....
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Commuter: A UK Public Transport App With Potential 0
April 16th at 11:34am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThere’s no shortage of travel apps for those who like to get out and about – there are peer recommendation apps such as TripAdvisor, country guide apps from experts like…
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Hands-on with the completely revamped Terminology dictionary app 0
January 22nd at 9:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAppleInsider delves into the newly re-written Terminology app, which provides definitions for words highlighted within other apps.
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Apple launches new App Store section highlighting month's best apps 4
May 2nd at 11:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsContinuing the build-out of its iOS App Store, Apple on Thursday launched a new app collection section called "Best of April," suggesting the company may start featuring a new set of curated apps each month.
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‘Watch ABC’ For iOS Brings Live Local Programming To Your iPad 0
May 14th at 10:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsEarlier this week we reported that ABC plans to be the first major network in the U.S. to offer live TV programming on your iPad. Well the rebranded ‘Watch ABC’ app just hit the App Store, which means if you live in certain areas you could get free live TV on your iPad now....
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Sonar Launches New Features: Status, Messaging & Location Sharing 0
May 23rd at 6:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsSonar, today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, has just announced that it is taking new steps towards creating the perfect “real-time, here-now network.” With this goal comes three new key features,…
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This week in apps: Pokémon, Snapchat, and more make waves 0
May 27th at 4:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsMake space on your phone.
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Moju Is Instagram For Moments In Motion 2
May 13th at 11:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAs our phones become more camera than phone, it only makes sense that innovators would try to take on the very 20th-century concept of the "photograph." We've thus far seen a slew of apps using tech unique to our mobile devices, utilizing video and sound recording, sensors, GPS and the phone's accelerometer to transform how users create and share images.
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Tadaa Adds Edge Detection to Blur Photo Backgrounds 1
May 17th at 3:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIt’s been some time since we first looked at photo-sharing app Tadaa, which we noted at the time builds on Instagram’s template with more Twitter-like features for social photographers....
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Facebook Pages Manager for iOS Gets Messaging 0
June 25th at 10:52pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIt looks like Facebook decided to go update-happy today, bringing us a new version of Facebook Messenger, as well as its new acquisition Instagram going to version 2.5. Another one…
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Screenshotter Is A Simple Tool For Organizing Mobile Screenshots 1
May 20th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAs a tech reporter who spends a lot of time covering new mobile applications, I tend to have a fairly large collection of app screenshots on my iPhone, which can be difficult to organize and search through. But app developers and designers have it even worse. They’re not just taking numerous screenshots of some final product, but are building up large collections of mobile interfaces…
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The Saturday Evening Post Finally Comes To iOS, With Help From Yudu 0
May 22nd at 5:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThe Saturday Evening Post has a prominent spot in the history of American magazines. It’s where artist Norman Rockwell made a name for himself, and it has published classic American authors like Edgar Allan Poe and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But if you had no idea that it was still around, you’re not alone — the magazine’s technology director Steve Harman said that many people “are surprised we’re…
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Sports Counter: Track Sports & Games Scores With Friends 0
August 10th at 9:13am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsSports Counter is a neat new app courtesy of AppStudio [Russian], selling itself as “the universal counter app for sport and table games”. Available for iOS, the app lets you…
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Retro Is One Of The Most Beautiful Instagram iPad Viewers 1
May 27th at 9:43am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsDespite being one of the fastest growing social sites in the world, Instagram still hasn’t come out with an iPad app. This has allowed several developers to step into the breech and offer their own tablet viewers for the popular photo-sharing app. Some of the most popular ones include Padgram, Pictacular, and Iris App. In order to step up to the competition, a bootstrapped…
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Evernote adds custom reminders to its collaborative note-taking app on iOS, Mac and the Web 0
May 23rd at 6:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsEvernote has added customizable reminders, one of the company’s most highly requested features, to its popular note-taking app on Mac, iOS and the Web today....
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CardioMapper brings Bluetooth 4.0 heart rate monitoring to the iPhone 4S 0
December 19th at 7:51pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsLast week we reported that Apple hopes to see fitness accessories supporting the Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy profile come to market soon — and now the iOS heart monitoring app CardioMapper has arrived. Developer Body-Pro claims it is the first app of its kind to support Bluetooth 4.0 in the iPhone 4S, monitoring your heart rate as you exercise with either a Bluetooth Smart or Wi-Fi heart monitor. The app also records your workout route via GPS, with analysis tools, an assortment of virtual coaches, and a...
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While Your Wrist Waits For A Worthy Smartwatch, Check Out This Stylish Timepiece App 0
June 4th at 3:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhile you wait for a circular smartwatch to land on the market — or indeed, any smartwatch worth the wearing — this watch-face app offers a taster of the coming waves of wrist-mounted app-design to come. The app, called Circles — Smartwatch Face And Alarm, is minimalist eye-candy if you’re into classic timepieces.
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Your kids will love learning with Endless Alphabet for iOS 3
May 27th at 7:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsOf all the apps I’ve reviewed and purchased over last few years, Endless Alphabet—a free educational kids app for iPhone and iPad—is the one that my 4-year-old son has loved the most, far and away. He’s played with it longer, asked for it more often, and gotten bored with it much less quickly than just about every other app he’s ever used....