Springpad, the popular cross-platform notebook app, has announced a new embeddable notebook feature it hopes will see its service soar with brands and publishers in particular....
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Cobook launches Livecards on the Web, an alternative to business cards that updates automatically 6
April 2nd at 8:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsCobook, a contacts management app, iPhone and Mac OS X, has launched its service online today via Cobook Livecards, a new feature introduced in March that offers up-to-date digital business cards tied to users’ Facebook accounts....
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ReachFast is a Slick Contacts App for iPhone 1
April 29th at 5:56pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIf you’re one who prefers not to be shoehorned into using Apple’s stock iOS applications, chances are you’ve dabbled a little in a number of third-party address book apps. Smartr is a particularly good one, while Cobook recently received an update to let users swap business cards....
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1Password for iOS gets password generation inside 1Browser on iPad, improved searching and sharing 2
May 14th at 2:28am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsPassword management app 1Password has been updated to version 4.2 on iOS, featuring improved search capabilities, new sharing features and the ability to generate complex passwords inside of the app’s built-in browser on iPad....
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Second Gear teases new app via Passbook 0
May 29th at 9:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsWe don’t yet know what the next iOS app from Second Gear will be—because the company isn’t saying. But we do now how we’ll find out about the app, which the company says will be released in early June. The developers this week unveiled Pit Pass, a clever means by which it will first inform customers about its new app via Passbook....
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2 apps and 5 helpful tips for corralling your out-of-control contacts lists on iOS, OS X 4
June 15th at 10:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsAdmit it: your contacts lists are a mess of double entries, missing data and old phone numbers. Here are some suggestions for cleaning up the contact lists associated with your traditional mail accounts.
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Resume Designer: Make Professional-Looking Resumes Fast and On the Go 0
July 2nd at 10:54pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsSThere's virtually nothing pleasant about the job hunting process—an unfortunate fact of life. Between interviews, worrying, scourings listings, and worrying some more, anything you can do make the process easier the better. Resume Designer for iOS at least helps you take the thought and stress out of putting your entire life down on paper. The best part? You can make one on the go....
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Bitcasa’s infinite cloud storage service hits Europe with local pricing, data center and new languages 0
July 23rd at 2:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe first covered Bitcasa way back in 2011, a cloud storage startup promising to bring infinite storage to your desktop. While the service finally arrived out of beta in February this year, it’s only now that we’re seeing the service being officially rolled out in Europe, with support for two new currencies (GBP and EUR), a slew of new languages and a new data center....
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Apple Design Award-winning Finish brings a host of updates to its deadline-based to-do list app 0
August 15th at 9:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsSix months after Finish arrived with its deadline-based to-do list app for iPhone, the 16-year-old developers behind the app have introduced significant changes for version 2.0, which hits the App Store today....
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Unleash your inner Picasso with Pogo Connect's new pressure-sensitive brush nibs 4
September 5th at 9:07pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsIf you’re looking for a break from iPhone event lead-up or smartwatch hysteria, how about some exciting news in the world of iPad styluses? Ten One Design on Thursday announced four new magnetically-interchangeable nibs for its pressure-sensitive Pogo Connect stylus, including 4.5mm and 6mm rubber nibs along with two brush tips....
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Can an iPhone app force you to read faster? 5
September 23rd at 9:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsPeople can only read as fast as they can speak," say the makers behind Velocity, a new $2.99 speed-reading app for iOS 7. "Through silencing your inner voice," they say, you can effectively read much faster, and perhaps even raise your reading speed from 200 words per minute to a whopping 1000 words per minute. The app flashes words in front of your eyes, and sure enough, before you know it, you've finished a 2,000-word "longread" that you would have ordinarily glazed over as you scrolled through your...
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Wi-Fi syncing, new Web browser options added in '1Password' for iOS update 1
October 15th at 7:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsFollowing the recent release of 1Password 4 for Mac, developer AgileBits on Monday released an accompanying point update for the iOS version of its popular password storage and digital wallet software, restoring features like Wi-Fi syncing and fixing multiple compatibility issues.
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Buy Me a Pie’s grocery list app gets design overhaul, with background syncing, ‘favorite items’ and more 0
November 8th at 9:08pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAlmost three months after Buy Me a Pie finally arrived for Android, the grocery shopping list app has been given a big overhaul on iOS....
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Calendars 5 for iOS review: Better than Calendar on all your devices 0
October 29th at 10:30am / Macworld / 0 opinionsCalendars 5 for iPhone and iPad (App Store link), currently at version 5.2, is a very good upgrade to Readdle’s venerable Calendars+ app. Though released prior to iOS 7, the new $7 app fits right in with the newest version of iOS....
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These Apps Will Help You Make 2014 Less Filthy 0
December 31st at 11:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsThis year, several notable apps that connect users with house cleaners have launched or gained traction. These include Homejoy, Exec and laundry service Prim. There are a lot of benefits to hiring a professional cleaning service but, unfortunately, I live outside the area covered by these apps. Letting people I don't know into my apartment also makes me feel exposed. I just don't like having…
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Peek brings Clear's stylish minimalism to the calendar 0
January 29th at 11:29pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsThe majority of calendar apps appear to be built for power users, integrating to-do lists, LinkedIn profiles, and natural language processing for creating events. Peek Calendar, launching today on iPhone for $1.99, takes the opposite approach by providing a hyper-minimalist interface that prioritizes simplicity over all else. Peek is a little confusing to use at first, demanding a skillful use of gestures, long presses, pull to refreshes, and swipes to do just about anything. But once you've got the...
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Staff Picks: Weekend Read 1
February 21st at 8:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe best reading apps vanish before your very eyes, letting you immerse yourself in a sea of words and stories, forgetting for the moment about beveled edges or highlighted buttons. And though Quote-Unquote Apps’s Weekend Read beautifully implements iOS 7’s design schema, its true power is how quickly it lets you forget about the interface and how deeply it pulls you into the scripts, screenplays, and other documents hidden within....
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Fancal Is A Calendar App That Showcases Your Photos 0
March 28th at 10:23am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsFancal has such a simple but appealing concept that it's surprising there aren't more smartphone calendars like it. The iOS app showcases photos from your library, with dates laid out in an unobtrusive sidebar. Created by Dutch startup We Are Wow, Fancal is made for people who usually shy away from time management apps. In fact, it's more likely to appeal to the users of memory-keeping apps like…
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Microsoft Office for iPad updated with support for Apple's AirPrint 0
April 29th at 8:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMicrosoft's Office for iPad now ties even more tightly into Apple's ecosystem, as the touch-friendly productivity suite has been updated with support for the wireless AirPrint standard, along with a few other new features and assorted bug fixes for Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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Tempo Smart Calendar Upgrade Means It Really 'Gets' You 1
July 10th at 8:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsYour phone really gets you.
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The best iOS calculator apps 1
September 4th at 7:22pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe App Store offers some very powerful calculators for those who need to take on higher-level math or are just tired of the stock Apple offering....
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Dropbox update adds support for Touch ID login, larger iPhone 6 & 6 Plus screens 0
October 20th at 7:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular cloud storage service Dropbox on Monday updated its official iOS application with support for Touch ID secure logins, as well as native compatibility with the larger displays of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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Updated Google Drive gets iOS 8 extensibility support, Instagram adds filter management and new filters 0
December 17th at 3:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsIn a pair of app updates on Tuesday, Google rolled out an update to its Google Drive app with support for iOS 8 extensibility, which lets users upload documents and files to the cloud from outside sources, while Instagram introduced five new photo filters and management tools.
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Stylus-maker Adonit jumps into software with iPad app 0
February 24th at 7:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsAdonit's first iPad app is all about creating ideas.
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Apple asks developers to submit WatchKit apps for fast approaching Apple Watch launch 3
March 31st at 9:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Tuesday issued a notice to its development community, asking for applications based on the new WatchKit tools for Apple Watch to be submitted to the App Store.