Life is hard enough for teens, so Shots sidestepped bullies with a selfie sharing app that doesn’t allow commenting. Now the 6.6 million daily active user social network wants to boost kids’ spirits by refocusing around comedy. Today’s iOS and Android update lets users share any link, not just self portraits, and the funniest ones will end up in a special…
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Bieber-backed Shots goes beyond selfies with links and comedy 0
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Roger brings its beautifully designed walkie-talkie app to Android 0
March 1st at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsRoger, the walkie-talkie style voice messaging app created by a team of ex-Spotify engineers, has landed on Android.
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SoundCloud Pulse, A Dedicated App For Music Creators, Arrives On iOS 0
February 23rd at 5:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSoundCloud Pulse, the music streaming service’s dedicated app for artists and creators, is now available on iOS. In an odd move in a market where apps tend to release on iOS first, Pulse first debuted on Android back in November. Like the Android version, the iOS app also aims to make it easier for users to upload their sounds and tracks, interact with fans, and track their performance…
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Being Lets You Browse Instagram As Anyone, From Pop Stars To BFFs 0
February 18th at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIf you’ve ever found peering over a friend’s shoulder as they browse their Instagram more interesting than swiping through your own, or you simply want to know what today’s greatest minds waste their time viewing on the Facebook-owned photo sharing service (e.g. hmm, Musk likes NASA and nudes?), then a new app called “Being” should be your next download.The idea…
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Controversial game Stolen is reborn, with a twist, as Famous 0
February 18th at 11:09am / The Verge / 0 opinionsA month ago, after one of the worst weeks of his life, Siqi Chen received a message from an unlikely source. Chen is the CEO of the company behind Stolen, a controversial game that let users buy and sell Twitter profiles like trading cards. Each user started with virtual currency that could be used to "buy" others; rapid buying and selling bidded up the price on popular profiles. After an initial surge in popularity, the game came under criticism for allowing peopleâs profiles to be traded and...
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I finally escaped fat fetishes on this new plus size dating app 0
February 2nd at 6:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsI felt safe and comfortable in the app's community. Let's hope it stays that way.
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5 can't-miss apps: Shryne, Thumbly, 'Super Phantom Cat' and more 0
January 30th at 9:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThis week's list includes a one-handed keyboard app, a new guidebook app and an app to help you secure your photos.
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App face-off: Apple iMessage vs. WhatsApp Messenger 0
January 30th at 6:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWhen WhatsApp Messenger went free earlier this year it gave iOS device owners a viable solution to connect with friends and family who don't use Apple products, but the app comes with a few caveats.
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“Hey! VINA” Is A Tinder For (Girl) Friends 0
January 26th at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA startup called VINA is launching a mobile app today that operates a lot like a Tinder, but is aimed at women seeking new friends. And no, not friends-with-benefits or boy-space-friends, but other females who share their same interests, and who have compatible personalities. To make this work, Hey! VINA, as the app is called, doesn’t just show its users pictures and profiles, but also…
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Walkie-Talkie Voice Messaging App Roger Lands $1M Led by Social Capital 2
January 21st at 10:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsRoger, a walkie talkie-style voice messaging app that launched in late 2015, has landed a $1 million seed round led by Social Capital.
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Peach.cool is Friday's hottest social network 0
January 9th at 2:49am / The Verge / 0 opinionsIt's been a while since the last fameball social network took the Twittersphere by storm â Ello launched and then evaporated from the public consciousness in September 2014. But the stars have aligned once again, and everyone in the group iMessage that is Media Twitter rallied on Friday around Peach, a new sharing whatsit for iOS from a founder of Vine....
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Peach: WTF is this app everyone's talking about? 0
January 9th at 1:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsIf you spent any time on Twitter Friday, you probably heard about a new app called Peach. Created by a Vine cofounders, the app is "a fun, simple way to keep up with friends and be yourself," that everyone is now obsessed with because it's Friday, an...
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Peach Is A Slick New Messaging App From The Founder Of Vine 0
January 9th at 1:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsChat chat chat, talk talk talk. We love it, you love it. Messaging apps are the hot for 2016 (again) and there’s seemingly a niche platform for all of us. There’s also big platforms for the rest of the world like Messenger, WhatsApp, Line, Snapchat and Hangouts (and tons more).One new app, Peach, is pretty interesting. Peach was created by the founder of Vine, Dom Hofmann.
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The 10 best iPad apps of 2015 1
December 26th at 7:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWhether Santa brought you a iPad Pro, or you're simply looking to refresh the lineup on your current tablet, here's a look at some of our favorite apps.
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The 12 best iPhone apps of 2015 0
December 23rd at 4:45pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsFrom beautiful new games to apps that helped supercharge our productivity, many apps became new favorites in 2015.
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“App Santa” Promo Drops Prices On 20 Top iOS And Mac Apps 0
December 22nd at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThere are a number of holiday app sales now running as mobile developers slash prices in hopes of reaching potential customers who will soon be unwrapping smartphones for Christmas. But one of the better promotions, starting today, is called “App Santa” and involves a group of indie developers behind some of the most popular applications on the iOS and Mac App Stores. The group…
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Bjork launches virtual reality app for iPhone and iPad 0
December 22nd at 7:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe real world finally caught up with Bjork's virtual reality style music, and now you can get it via an iOS app.
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LG to launch webOS 3.0 with mobile connection for smart TVs 0
December 22nd at 6:25am / Mashable / 0 opinionsLG is hoping its webOS 3.0 platform can compete with the new world of set-top boxes.
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Poll: What is your favorite iOS news app? 0
December 11th at 10:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAppleInsider is trying to find the best news app for iOS. Vote for your favorite app and we'll tell you the winner next week.
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Tumblr is one of the first apps to support the iPhone 6S's Live Photos 0
December 10th at 11:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsApple's Live Photos have largely been stuck inside the iPhone 6S's camera roll since the day the phone launched, but they're slowly turning into something you can actually share. That's happening in one important way today thanks to Tumblr, which is among the first apps â and is certainly the first major app â to update with support for Live Photos....
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Twitter's Periscope claims App of the Year in Apple's 2015 App Store picks 2
December 9th at 9:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Wednesday published its annual Best of 2015 feature for the App Store, highlighting the company's own picks as well as overall bestsellers.
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Sony releases PlayStation Messages app for iOS and Android 0
December 8th at 7:29am / The Verge / 0 opinionsLast night I found myself clumsily thumbing a PSN message to a friend explaining that I couldn't play Destiny right this second because I was on my way to get a haircut, silently cursing the terrible, overwrought, sluggish PlayStation app and its blurry-keyboarded lack of optimization for my iPhone 6S Plus. "I'd honestly settle for just a simple messaging app," I sighed to myself....
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Yahoo finally relaunches Messenger as an app aimed at families and groups 0
December 3rd at 5:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsWhen Marissa Mayer became CEO of Yahoo in 2012, one of her first tasks was to modernize the company's suite of mobile apps. The company brought hundreds of engineers into its then-tiny mobile division, and then lavished attention on its most-used apps. Weather, Flickr, Mail, and the flagship Yahoo app all received significant overhauls, and combined with the acquisition of Tumblr pushed Yahoo to be able to claim 1 billion mobile users every month. But one big product never got that upgrade, even as its...
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LinkedIn Launches Revamped Mobile Apps, But Noise Remains A Big Problem 0
December 2nd at 9:43am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsLinkedIn, the professional social network that we love to hate, is hoping to entice you into using it more on your phone after it introduced revamped versions of its iOS and Android apps.
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You can now reply to Hangout messages on your Apple Watch 1
December 1st at 7:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsGoogle Hangouts has become much more useful on the Apple Watch, thanks to an update to its iOS app. Yesterday, among its usual bug fixes, Google added the ability to reply directly from notifications in Hangouts, and thanks to Apple's quick reply implementation, that functionality now also works on the Apple Watch. While Hangouts has been available for the Apple Watch for some time, you could only read and dismiss messages. Now you can choose from a selection of predetermined responses, or dictate a...