Madbarz aims to do for street workouts what RunKeeper did for running.
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Street workout app Madbarz helps you get fit without a gym 1
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Passive Fitness Tracking App Human Is Now Much Easier On Your Battery 0
October 15th at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsHuman has been relentlessly updating its passive activity tracking app for the past two years. But today’s update is the biggest to date with many under-the-hood improvements and new user-facing features. In particular, Human is now much easier on your battery and more accurate as well.
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9 apps that'll help you make a positive impact on the world every day 0
September 23rd at 8:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsEthical groceries to helping fund cancer research -- these nine apps have got you covered.
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Updated: Best Apps to Help You Get Fit 0
January 24th at 2:30pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsThank you to everyone who took the time to comment on this article and recommended other great iOS applications which help us to get fit. We’ve taken a look at all of the suggestions we’ve received and updated the article below to include a few of the great applications we missed first time round. Did you promise yourself that 2011 would be the year that you would get fit? Are you having trouble sticking to your new year’s resolution? Well maybe there’s an iOS app that will make things a little easier f...
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The 11 Best iPhone Apps of 2009 0
December 28th at 11:00am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsBolstered by arrival of the 3GS, launch of in-app purchasing and push notifications, the iPhone apps of 2009 have become richer and more robust experiences. Across 11 categories, here were this year’s standouts.
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Daily App Deals: Get Discovr People for iOS for Free in Today’s App Deals 0
March 30th 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. Discovr People (iTunes) New in the App Store and Free. Discovr People for iOS follows in the footsteps of the other Discovr apps (like Discovr Apps) by mapping how people are connected on Twitter so you can easily discover new people to follow, and who they're following and interacting with. Get it for Free. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS
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Daily App Deals: Get ProCapture for Android for 99¢ in Today’s App Deals 0
May 16th 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. ProCapture (Google Play) Previously $3.99, now 99¢. ProCapture for Android adds an assortment of advanced features to your Android's camera, such as the inclusion of camera shooting modes like Timer, Burst, Reduced Noise, and more. Whether you want to combine up to twelve photos together with the app's powerful Panorama mode, or want to take better exposed photos by...
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10 Excellent iPad Apps You Should Download Right Now 0
November 18th at 10:09am / Mashable / 0 opinionsLet's face it, a lot of folks spend their days using their iPads to play Angry Birds and read their email. But your iPad can get you through the day in other ways,...
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MediSafe App Makes Sure You Take Your Pills on Time 4
February 22nd at 9:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsKeeping up with when to take different medicines can be a chore, especially if you need to take something at the same time everyday. Enter MediSafe, a virtual pillbox that can remind you to take medicines at the right time. If you’re responsible for someone -– for instance a child or elderly parent -– then you can also track their medications. The app launched just a few months ago, and reports that users are taking pills on time 81% of the time.
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Fitstar, The Startup Looking To Reinvent The Home Workout From The iPad, Finally Launches 0
June 6th at 5:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsFitstar, the Google Ventures and Floodgate-backed startup that’s aiming to disrupt Richard Simmons, is finally launching its home workout app with NFL player Tony Gonzalez. Mike Maser, a longtime Digg and AOL executive, came up with the idea after a long sojourn through New Zealand on his own. He thought about the workout video market and saw an opportunity to build a similar experience on…
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Moves, the fantastic activity-tracking app, hits Android 0
September 19th at 8:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsMoves, the acclaimed activity and location tracking app for iPhone, has finally launched on Android today. As with the iOS version, it keeps a log of where you go and how far you walk, run and cycle and presents the data in a simple, useful way....
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Sleep Cycle App: No More Sleepless Nights 1
November 22nd at 10:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsYou're up at sunrise. You go to work, come home, go online and visit with loved ones. Somewhere in between, you find time to eat, buy groceries and watch reruns of Seinfeld. Sounds good, right? You forgot one thing: sleeping. See also: 10 Free iPhone Apps You'll Use Every Day Ah, sleep. The fickle mistress. It eludes you for so long and then, the moment you absolutely need it to be brief, you oversleep your job interview by six and a half hours.
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Have Bad Vision? This App Could Improve Your Eyesight 1
February 26th at 6:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsAn app created by a University of California neuroscientist can improve users' eyesight to help them perform everyday tasks by their sharpening vision and boosting their ability to see in dim light. UltimEyes asks users to complete tasks such as clicking on hard-to-see targets. It is designed to help rewire the brain to process the information it receives from the eyes -- a technique called neuroplasticity -- while also keeping the user engaged with positive reinforcement such as a point system.
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Fitbit Updates App With Exercise and Run-Tracking Features 1
June 26th at 6:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsFitbit updated its iOS app Wednesday with new run and exercise-tracking features.
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How to make the most of Apple's HealthKit in iOS 8 0
November 22nd at 11:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAfter a rocky start, Apple's built-in Health app now integrates with numerous activity tracking services and hardware to bring all your fitness data into one place. Here's a primer on how to best take advantage of the new wellness platform.
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Native apps coming to the Apple Watch this fall, thanks to an SDK 0
May 27th at 9:42pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsDevelopers will be able to access the Watch's built-in sensors for better apps and much less time waiting for data to be sent from your iPhone.
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10 apps increasing health care access for low-income patients 0
January 20th at 3:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsIn the absence of universal health care, apps fill a need.
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Apple Close to 25 Billionth App Download, Offers $10,000 Gift Card 0
February 24th at 3:11pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsApple has launched a countdown to its 25 billionth app downloaded from the App Store, but more is at stake than the glory of a historic download. The company is giving...
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Backed By Heavy Hitters, Glooko Debuts M-Health App In Europe 0
June 27th at 12:59pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsM-health startup Glooko is today launching (PDF) two products in the European Union and North America that assist diabetes patients in keeping track of their blood glucose readings by utilizing…
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Daily App Deals: Get Bills Reminder for Android for Free in Today’s App Deals 0
March 12th 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. Bills Reminder (Amazon Appstore) Previously $3.99, now Free. Bills Reminder for Android does what it says with a simple interface for tracking your bills and notifications when the due dates draw near. Get it for Free. (via LogicBuy) iOS iOS
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Breathe a Sigh of Relief With These 10 Parenting Apps 0
August 29th at 2:09pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsBeing a parent in the smartphone era is a serious blessing. We have an arsenal of essential parenting tools that didn't exist a few years ago -- and they're right in our...
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Glooko Receives FDA Clearance For Its Mobile Diabetes Tracker, Hires Intuit Health Exec As Its First CEO 2
January 18th at 6:43am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsBack in September, Glooko announced the release of a new version of its iOS app, a digital logbook which helps people with diabetes track their blood glucose levels from their smartphone. The new app brought support for six additional glucose meters, meaning that Glooko is now compatible with more than 17 different devices — a sign of the headway the startup has made in its march toward meter…
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Moves is a simple iPhone fitness app that tracks and maps out your daily activity 0
January 24th at 6:54pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsMoves is a new iPhone app that promises to track your daily fitness activity without any need for a Nike FuelBand, Fitbit, or other physical tracking device. It does this by essentially acting as a pedometer when your iPhone is placed in your pocket. The app logs walking and running activity — and it's also apparently smart enough to recognize when you're cycling. But aside from those data sets, which are already available from dozens of similar App Store offerings, Moves also automatically keeps track...
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Nike+ Running iPhone app gets new challenge feature to let you race friends for medals 0
July 24th at 12:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsNike has added a new Nike+ Challenges feature to its iPhone app, allowing users to compete against their friends for medals....
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White Noise iPhone App Lulls Your Baby to Sleep 0
October 8th at 5:14pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsGot an infant that just won't snooze? Download aSleep, a white noise app for your iOS device that has more than 65 soothing sounds for baby.