A 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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Mailbox for iOS adds new gestures, Philips updates the Hue UI, Nest adds Google integration 0
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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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Apps: Facebook takes on Snapchat, Snapchat debuts group stories, Automatic adds fuel tracking 1
June 17th at 11:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsApple's iOS ecosystem played host to a trio of interesting updates Tuesday, with Facebook officially releasing its answer to Snapchat -- which itself showed off a new location-based group photo album feature -- while "quantified car" app Automatic received a redesign and a new fuel reporting feature.
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eBay Launches “eBay Valet,” An iPhone App That Does The Selling For You 2
June 17th at 11:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsEBay today is expanding its lesser-known “eBay Sell For Me” service to mobile with the launch of a new app called “eBay Valet” that promises to let eBay do the selling for you. That is, it takes every step of the selling process – from determining an item’s value to listing it online to shipping it when sold - and handles it for you.Like its…
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Google Wallet’s 2-Click Instant Buy Checkout Comes To iOS 0
June 11th at 8:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAbout a year ago, Google Wallet launched its Instant Buy API for Android apps, and today it is bringing it to iOS apps. With Instant Buy, developers can integrate Google Wallet’s checkout into their apps and have users check out with as few as two clicks.The Instant Buy API gives developers an easy way to access and store payment data in the cloud.
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Hiku’s Connected Grocery Scanner Is An “Amazon Dash” For The Rest Of Us 0
June 6th at 9:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIn April, Amazon announced it would begin testing a new connected hardware device called the “Amazon Dash,” which lets you order groceries from AmazonFresh by either scanning a product barcode or speaking a product name into the device. But the Dash is only available in select markets where Prime Fresh operates, and customers have to be invited to participate in the…
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Hello, smart home: Philips demos an iOS 8 widget to control Hue lighbulbs 2
June 6th at 12:07am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsAt long last, iOS is getting widgets; just in time to help the iPhone become a smart home controller. Philips already has a concept widget for controlling its intelligent light bulbs.
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Pebble smart watch update adds iBeacon support, iPhone volume control, menu reordering 0
June 5th at 5:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular smart watch Pebble received an update this week adding iBeacon support, iPhone music volume controls, and the ability to reorganize the system's Launcher Menu.
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While Your Wrist Waits For A Worthy Smartwatch, Check Out This Stylish Timepiece App 0
June 4th at 3:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhile you wait for a circular smartwatch to land on the market — or indeed, any smartwatch worth the wearing — this watch-face app offers a taster of the coming waves of wrist-mounted app-design to come. The app, called Circles — Smartwatch Face And Alarm, is minimalist eye-candy if you’re into classic timepieces.
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5 Travel Apps to Help You Get the Most Out of Summer Vacation 3
June 4th at 8:05am / Mashable / 0 opinionsThese travel-recommendation apps will help you choose the best options on the road.
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SeeMe, Which Lets Members Create T-Shirts With All-Over Designs, Launches Its First App 1
June 3rd at 5:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSeeMe, a T-shirt design site that claims more than a million members, has launched its first mobile app on iOS, which can be used to take photos and turn them into T-shirts. To be sure, there are tons of DIY T-shirt design companies out there, but SeeMe hopes to differentiate with its shirts, which feature all-over designs.
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Apple Video Highlights the Apps People Can't Live Without 0
June 3rd at 2:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsApple released a kind of love letter to developers.
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CluckCluck Helps Busy Parents Book, Pay And Message Their Children’s Caregivers 0
May 30th at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsTwo hard-working technology attorneys, who also happen to moms with a total of five kids between them, Heather Joyce and Erin Matzkin, spent many years helping companies build websites and apps, but were frustrated that there was not a decent application that addressed their own needs when it came to balancing their work and family lives. So they decided to build one themselves. Today…
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Kiwi Calendar’s New App Does More Than Organize Your Meetings, It Also Recommends Local Events 2
May 29th at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsBeijing-headquartered PapayaMobile is known best as a social gaming network and the operators of mobile ad network AppFlood, but today, it’s going in a new direction with the release of a mobile calendaring application. The idea with the newly launched Kiwi Calendar is not just to help you organize and track your meetings and activities, but to actually help you fill out your day…
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BarkBuddy Is A Tinder For Dogs 1
May 27th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsLike many dog lovers and potential new dog owners, when it came time to adopt a new pet, my first stop was not the pound, but the internet. I read about the various dog breeds and their respective temperaments, and I visited the websites of local shelters to see what kind of dogs were currently available. Now, a new mobile application called BarkBuddy has launched to make the dog adoption…
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Move your car! MetroMile’s in-vehicle gadget alerts you when the street sweeper is coming 0
May 24th at 12:07am / GigaOM / 0 opinionsAuto insurer MetroMile has built an plug-in connected car device that won’t just tell you where you’ve parked and how you’re driving. It’s tapping into city street cleaning data.
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Stash For iPhone Finds The Best Prices For Beauty Products And Personal Care Items, Makes Re-ordering Easy 1
May 23rd at 10:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA company called Stash wants to take the hassle out of shopping for beauty and personal care items, while also scouring across the web to find the lowest prices as well as the best products, as recommended by experts, including fashion and beauty magazines, websites and blogs. The company has been quietly testing its iOS application over the past year with a couple thousand beta testers…
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PetMatch helps you find your own Doge 1
May 21st at 4:09pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsPetMatch is a new iOS app that allows users to input photographs of animals in order to find their lookalikes on Petfinder, a database of adoptable pets in the US, Canada, and Mexico. In addition, it provides details like contact information for the shelter or organization housing the critters....
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App Could Help Find Replacement for Your Dead Pet 0
May 21st at 6:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsPetMatch uses image-recognition technology to find adoptable cats and dogs that look like pets you used to own.
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Orange Harp Brings Socially Conscious Shopping To iPhone 1
May 20th at 5:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA new e-commerce startup called Orange Harp – a phrase referencing the co-founders’ own nickname for the San Francisco bridge – is looking to make it easier for consumers to buy socially conscious products, including fashion, accessories and other beauty care items. Available as of this morning as an iOS app for iPhone and iPad, Orange Harp lets you shop for for a variety of…
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Machine Vision App PetMatch Finds You A Dog Or Cat That Looks Like Your Old One 1
May 20th at 2:43am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsStill mourning the loss of your little buddy Chairman Meow? Upload a photo of him or your favorite Lolcat into PetMatch, and the app's machine vision algorithms will find a similar looking kitty in your area that you can adopt. Sounds adorable, but PetMatch is no joke. It's the first consumer app from Superfish, a $20 million-funded startup with a dozen PhDs working to teach computers to see like…
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Dating App Loveflutter Reboots As A More “Quirky” Tinder 0
May 19th at 8:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsLoveflutter is rebooting somewhat today with a mobile-first approach aiming to be a more "quirky" Tinder. Or, more accurately, with a dating app that, along with interest-based matchmaking, asks you to present a quirky fact about yourself in an attempt to lead with something other than your photo.
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Homesnap Pro Lets Real Estate Agents Access Real-Time Listing Data On Their Smartphone 0
May 16th at 6:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAn app for interested homebuyers (or nosy neighbors!) called Homesnap got its start by allowing users to snap a photo of any home in the U.S. in order to get all the details about it, including things like square footage, market availability, and the home’s value. Now the company is expanding its service to realtors, by partnering up with local MLS (Multiple Listing Services) providers…
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Reissued Brings Vintage Shopping To Mobile 0
May 15th at 5:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsToday, there are a number of ways to shop from your mobile phone ranging from big companies like Amazon and eBay down to individual e-commerce retailers. But a new application called Reissued, launching this morning, wants to make it easy for you to shop for vintage items. The company offers a curated marketplace featuring only vintage, rare and other one-of-a-kind items across a number of…
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U.K. Wanelo Competitor Nuji Launches A Weird App With An “Interactive” Woman As Part Of Its Interface 0
May 13th at 7:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsWhat are today’s mobile shopping applications missing? You know, the social and collaborative e-commerce services, like Wanelo or Polyvore, for example? Better search? Streamlined checkout? No? How about a giant, animated video of a woman stretching, yawning and smiling at you when you first launch the app? Yes? Well, good news, U.K.-based Wanelo competitor Nuji‘s new mobile…