Somewhere, somehow, maybe less than a year after I got the latest version of my iPhone, its battery would mysteriously deplete in about half a day.I wasn’t really sure why. But now I can find out.There’s a new app called ‘Normal’ out from a pair of Stanford Ph.Ds in computer science named Adam Oliner and Jacob Leverich, who are turning some postdoctoral research into…
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Which Apps Are Eating Your Battery? Normal Will Tell You. 1
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Apple's iOS App Store puts 20 productivity titles on sale for limited time 1
August 8th at 7:51am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple on Thursday kicked off a limited-time-only promotion for select iOS productivity apps, including popular titles like Scanner Pro, Fantastical 2 and Writer Pro.
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iDrive Launches OOLOO, A Voice Search App Powered By People, Not Algorithms 2
August 4th at 9:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsiDrive, a company better known for its data backup and syncing services, is now branching out in a new direction with the launch of a mobile application called OOLOO. (Seriously, we’re running out of names, aren’t we?). The idea for the app can best be explained as something of a “staffed” version of Siri – meaning that instead of algorithms and engines answering…
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Apple's iPhone 5S Ad Focuses on Innovating How You Work 0
August 3rd at 2:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsApple's new iPhone 5S ad focuses on how the device can help you at work, but does this mean that the iPhone 6 delay is real?
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How to increase security and privacy on your Android or iOS device 2
August 2nd at 9:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsIf you’re concerned about your privacy and security while using a mobile device, here are a few tips.
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For Its First Google Glass Effort, EBay Adapts Its RedLaser Product Finder App 2
July 22nd at 9:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsBack in March 2013, eBay said it would start to work on applications for Google Glass — the idea being that the Android-powered, head-mounted computer could help consumers shop for things online and in the real world more seamlessly than pulling out your smartphone (and even less so, a full-fledged computer).
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Indulge your inner OCD with Brother’s tiny wi-fi label printer 4
July 15th at 4:44pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsWhen I was a kid, we used to label everything: toys, boxes, file folders. My parents used one of those manual rotary label dispensers, the kind you had to squeeze hard enough to make each individual letter poke up through…
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How iOS8 extensions could help college students dump their laptops and rely on their iPads 3
June 29th at 9:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsIt’s still pretty difficult for a college student to get by using an iPad as a primary computer. Upcoming changes to iOS 8, however, could lighten the load.
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Mailbox for iOS adds new gestures, Philips updates the Hue UI, Nest adds Google integration 0
June 24th at 11:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsA trio of popular apps received mid-cycle updates Tuesday, with popular email client Mailbox adding a number of new swipe gestures, Philips's Hue smart light bulb controller was given a streamlined UI, and connected thermostat maker Nest gaining support for the new "Works with Nest" program.
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ConEd will help NYC residents connect their air conditioner to their iPhone for free 0
June 24th at 6:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsWith another sweltering summer in the offing, New York utility ConEd is once again looking to ease the load on its aging power grid by offering customers a free outlet adapter that will turn a standard window-mounted air conditioner into a WiFi-connected unit that can be controlled from an iPhone.
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Road warriors share their iPhone toolkits 0
June 24th at 7:35am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsIn the interest of saving you time (and money) when you travel on apps that wonât help you get from point A to point B, weâve sounded out dozens of road warriors — including flight attendants, serial conference goers, travel…
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How to go completely paperless with iOS 5
June 21st at 9:27pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsIt still takes a little effort to go completely paperless; with names like iPad and tablet, the devices we use still pay homage to a paper-based world. But there are some apps for those who wish to banish paper.
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Review: Using the Epson LW-600P portable label printer with Apple's iPhone & Mac 2
June 14th at 8:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsEpson's LW-600p label printer is an unassuming devices that solves a specific problem, and does so generally well: printing labels on the go. What makes this accessory stand out is the inclusion of Bluetooth and a companion iOS app.
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6 Creative Ways to Organize Your Mobile Apps 5
June 10th at 2:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsWith thousands of apps at our fingertips, they can quickly overcrowd our screens. Solve your problem by taking 15 minutes to clean out the jumble of app clutter and find an organizational structure that works for you.
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Adobe ups Revel photo storage to 2GB, PCalc gets a new core 1
May 27th at 10:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsFamily photo sharers now have more room to upload photos for free after Adobe increased the storage limit for its Revel service, while popular universal calculator app has received a major update that includes a new calculator core.
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How parents can use the iPad to keep their kids learning this summer 1
May 24th at 8:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsThe quality and number of education apps has increased over the last few years. The following guide identifies apps that students and parents can use to stay on top over summer vacation.
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Notifyr brings iOS notifications to the Mac; djay 2 adds 20 million songs 0
May 22nd at 9:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsiPad-toting disk jockeys now have a wealth of new material to play with thanks to new Spotify integration in djay 2, while users who have been waiting for a way to broadcast iOS notifications to their Mac can do so with new entrant Notifyr.
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Want iOS notifications on the Mac? Try Notifyr 2
May 21st at 10:47pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsNotifyr pushes iOS notifications to a Mac through Bluetooth, but you can’t take any action without pulling out your phone.
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Japan's Uniqlo Lets You Design Your Own T-Shirts via Smartphone 2
May 21st at 6:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsJapanese fashion brand Uniqlo has launched an app that lets you design your own t-shirt via smartphone.
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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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Thermodo puts the temperature in your pocket no matter where you are 0
May 13th at 7:35am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsWeather apps are a dime a dozen, but what do you use when you want to know the exact temperature where you are right now? That’s the question that drove app company Robocat to make Thermodo, a small thermometer that…
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India’s Snapdeal Now Gets Over Half Its Sales Through Mobile As M-Commerce Goes Mainstream 0
April 30th at 6:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIndia’s largest e-commerce marketplace, Snapdeal, now gets over half of its sales from mobile-based transactions, up from just 5% from the same platform nearly a year ago. In a statement, Snapdeal said that 45% of the transactions seen on mobile now come through the native applications while the remaining 55% come through the mobile site. Also, the average ticket size of orders place…
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Opera Coast: Simple and enjoyable browsing on an iPhone or iPod touch 2
April 24th at 6:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsMy new favorite browser for iOS is Opera Coast. The newest version for iPhone and iPod touch joins the already available iPad edition, bringing more of a simpler web consumption experience instead of a web navigation exercise: Definitely a must try.
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Opera 'Coast' for iOS brings the enjoyment back to mobile Web browsing 1
April 24th at 4:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsOpera Software on Thursday launched Coast version 3.0, a Web browser for Apple iOS devices that eschews extraneous onscreen buttons and text boxes for intuitive gesture controls and contextual pop-out menus. The end result is a tidy full-screen surfing experience.
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Beacondo makes it easier to develop new apps that interact with Apple's iBeacons 0
April 23rd at 5:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsDevelopers looking for a faster way to prototype iBeacon-enabled apps or everyday users who want to experiment with the microlocation technology can now look to Beacondo, a startup working to make iBeacon integration simpler with a new drag-and-drop system.