Apple introduced Find My Friends ahead of iOS 5 last year. The iOS app allows you to see where your friends and family are located around you. Apple pitched the service as something for a family to use at Disneyland, but honestly, it feels more like a tool for digital stalking. My colleague John Brownlee highlighted a major issue with Facebook privacy earlier today, so it’s only fitting that we take a look at another app from the same vein. Although you won’t be able to stalk random women with Find My F...
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Find My Facebook Friends: A Buggy iOS App That Borrows From Apple’s Find My Friends 0
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Podcast 474: A new iOS update is now available 0
September 17th at 12:02am / Macworld / 0 opinionsGlenn and Susie are joined by Brianna Wu of Giant Spacekat, who gives us some real talk about developing games for the next Apple TV. Elsewhere, we talk iOS 9 and the new iPhone 6s.
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Dropbox releases major iOS 7 revamp with cleaner design and new features 0
November 22nd at 10:49am / The Verge / 0 opinionsDropbox had been one of the biggest apps yet to receive a refresh in line with Apple's radical iOS 7 visual style, but that changes today. First teased earlier in the month when Dropbox announced a host of features focused on business, version 3.0 brings a cleaner design, new blue-on-white icon, and improved iPad interface that lets you easily switch in and out of fullscreen mode with a single tap. The app also supports iOS 7 features such as AirDrop, and Dropbox promises major speed improvements for...
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Mailbox app reservations go live in App Store 6
February 7th at 10:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsDeveloper Orchestra's free iPhone email client 'Mailbox' is now live in the App Store, with reservations being filled for those who registered with the company in late January.
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Jetpack Joyride Is Free! Download One Of Our Favorite Games Of 2011 Now! 0
December 19th at 10:00am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsHalfbrick Studios’ Jetpack Ride is already just a stupidly good bargain at $0.99. It was my personal vote for best game of 2011, and it’s essentially reduced my girlfriend to a shaking, caffeine-fused creature who can’t stop babbling about flying robot chickens and fruit-blasting jetpacks. If you haven’t bought Jetpack Joyride yet, you’re absolutely mad. But if you don’t snag it now that it’s free, you’re not just crazy, you’re stupid. Do it! Do it now!
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The best 3D Touch-enabled apps available for iPhone 6s and 6s Plus 0
September 26th at 3:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple released its latest and greatest iPhone on Friday with an all-new pressure-sensitive 3D Touch input system that introduces novel user interactions like "peek and pop," Quick Actions, added gesture control and more. To help get new iPhone 6s owners started, we put together a list of the best apps that take advantage of the handset's unique capabilities.
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Kim Dotcom's Mega comes to iPhone with file sharing and in-app subscriptions 2
November 28th at 8:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsKim Dotcom's cloud storage service Mega has arrived on iOS. Nearly five months after the company entered mobile by way of Android, it's now launched an iOS 7 app that lets users manage content stored in their cloud locker. Mega for iOS can preview or stream supported media files, and also lets you send file and folder links directly within the app. Somewhat surprisingly, you can even subscribe to Mega's premium tier via in-app purchase, which means that Apple is taking a cut of each $10.99 monthly...
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HBO Go 2.0 finally allows AirPlay streaming to Apple TV 0
February 13th at 3:42am / Macworld / 0 opinionsThe HBO Go app for iPhone and iPad scored a long-overdue update on Tuesday. As HBO’s co-president Eric Kessler promised at the Dive Into D conference, the app—along with Cinemax’s Max Go app—can now stream video wirelessly to the Apple TV....
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Forgotten Doom Engine Game ‘HacX’ Now Available On The App Store… For Free 1
October 6th at 7:16am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionshttpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i31omgvWDTQ Up until 1996, id software’s Doom engine was pretty much the de facto technology driving the best and most advanced PC computer games on the market, including Doom, Doom 2, Heretic, Hexen and Strife. Then id software released their next game engine, Quake, which boasted true 3D environments, and any game that still ran on Doom’s 2.5D engine was barely worth a laugh. That was very unfortunate for HacX when it was released in 1997. The last commercial game usi...
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Facebook Messenger For Apple Watch Officially Launches 0
October 9th at 1:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsDuring Apple’s keynote in September, they announced that Facebook Messenger would be coming to the Apple Watch, as long as you’ve updated to watchOS 2. Well, it’s here. You can now share things like voice clips, likes and stickers from your Apple Watch. From my experience, little interactions like this are what works best on the Watch. I’ve found that as soon as I have…
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TuneIn Radio Quietly Launches Voice-Based Social Networking App “OpenMic,” Aimed At College Students 1
November 27th at 7:20am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsTuneIn has a good thing going with its popular online radio service, which now sees over 40 million monthly listeners, so why is the company veering into voice-based social networking? Yes, voice-based. A new mobile app called "TuneIn OpenMic" has appeared on the iTunes App Store, offering select users the ability to record and broadcast their "stories, jokes, reviews and more" and then share them…
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Iron Man Blasts Bad Guys in Free Storybook App 2
February 16th at 2:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe whole world knows that the armored Avenger, Iron Man, is actually genius billionaire playboy Tony Stark. The high-flying superhero will land in theaters again this May in Iron Man 3, but if your child wants to read up on his adventures before that, check out the latest installment of Marvel Reads.
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This Week’s Must-Have iOS Games: Lego Harry Potter, Rage HD, UFC & More! 0
November 20th at 9:22am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsOur must-have games list this week is packed with some huge releases that are guaranteed to be a massive hit in the App Store. At the top of our list is Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4, a brand new game from Warner Bros. that lets you experience Harry’s first four years at Hogwarts in a wonderful world made of Lego. Based on the Harry Potter books and movies, you can play as Harry, Ron, and Hermione as you explore Hogwarts and engage in countless hours of enchanting gameplay. Also among our favorites this ...
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This week on AppleInsider: New iMacs, iWork updates, 'Magic' accessories & more 1
October 18th at 6:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple this week made surprise announcements of new iMacs, Mac accessories and iWork updates, but also found itself in the spotlight for less enjoyable reasons, including lawsuits and problems with its online services.
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Amazon’s virtual desktop service WorkSpaces launches on iPad 1
December 5th at 3:28am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsThree weeks after Amazon announced Amazon WorkSpaces for AWS customers to create virtual desktops on various devices, the e-commerce giant has now launched an app specifically for iPad users....
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Any.DO extends its productivity app with Moment, a simple planner to help you tackle the day ahead 0
February 20th at 10:28pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAny.DO has updated its productivity app for Android and iOS today with a new feature called Any.DO Moment, which is a daily planner that helps users manage their most pressing tasks and deadlines in a single screen....
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7 Photo Editing Apps to Use With Instagram 0
July 16th at 3:24pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsCalling all Instagram addicts: Cease living your life in X-Pro II. These versatile apps will let you customize, color-correct, crop and add beautiful effects to your...
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VSCO Takes On Instagram’s Boomerang With Its New GIF Creation App DSCO 0
October 29th at 8:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsVSCO, one of the few apps to give Facebook’s Instagram solid competition with a photo editing application aimed at more serious mobile photographers, is today releasing its next new creation. DSCO, as the just-launched spin-off is called, takes advantage of VSCO’s imaging technology to allow users to create short, looping GIF images which can be shared to VSCO’s user…
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Apple heralds in Christmas with its 12 Days of Gifts app, now spreads cheer to US users too 0
December 10th at 1:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsAs is tradition for this time of the year, Apple’s 12 Days of Gifts app has landed in the App Store, ready to dole out free goodies every day from December 26 up until to January 6....
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The SF Asian Art Museum Unveils AR iOS App For Its Terracotta Warriors 0
February 25th at 2:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsIn San Francisco, there are several great places to visit, including the Asian Art Museum. Yesterday, I was invited to check out its latest exhibition, China’s Terracotta Warriors, and test out its new iOS application that it hopes visitors will find enhances their experience....
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10 Apps to Help You Go Green for Earth Day and Beyond 0
April 22nd at 11:19am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThe modern environmental movement began on April 22, 1970, when Gaylord Nelson, a United States Senator from Wisconsin, headed an environmental teach-in with over 20...
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Mozilla's Firefox browser now available for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch 0
November 12th at 7:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsMozilla on Thursday released a version of its popular Firefox browser for iOS, giving Apple users an additional option for browsing the Web over iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.
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Instagram launches Instagram Direct, lets you share photos and videos privately with friends 1
December 12th at 7:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsInstagram is turning its successful photo and video-sharing service into a communication platform, with the introduction of private messaging. It’s called Instagram Direct, and will be available with version 5.0 of the mobile app, rolling out to iOS and Android users today. A release date for the Windows Phone app, however, wasn’t disclosed....
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Timehop Adds Facebook Events 2
February 28th at 11:08am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsTimehop, the popular service that ‘goes back in time’ to show you past postings on Facebook and Twitter, just got a significant couple of new features for its iOS app, which includes the addition of Facebook events and Facebook friend tagging....
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7 New Apps You Don't Want to Miss 0
March 3rd at 2:38pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsSmartphone users got a variety of new app options this week. In just the top seven of them we selected from the virtual haystack, there are new ways to imagine yourself on...