Mobile accounted for more than 50% of ecommerce last year, yet was just 0.08% of Broadway sales. TodayTix is changing that with its last-minute theater ticket app, and it’s making good money along the way. Six months after launch, the startup has 120,000 users, 15 employees, is making a hefty 12% margin on purchases, and is set to sell 1% to 2% of all Broadway tickets in 2014.The…
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'Awkward' App Lets You Record Anonymous Video Confessions 1
July 17th at 6:45am / Mashable / 0 opinionsA new iOS app called Awkward brings the world of app-based secrets and confessions into the realm of video.
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NFL Sunday Ticket coming to iOS, Mac for 2014 season with no satellite subscription needed 1
July 16th at 10:11pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsSatellite television provider DirecTV looks set to offer a standalone subscription to its popular NFL Sunday Ticket package for the first time, meaning cord-cutting football fans can follow the action this fall on their iPhone, iPad, or Mac without mounting a dish to their roof.
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Independence Day sales hit the App Store with Motion Tennis, Infinity Blade, Disney 1
July 4th at 7:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsiOS gamers can turn their Apple TV into a Wii for free during this long weekend with Motion Tennis for Apple TV, or fight tyrants and titans for half off in the Infinity Blade franchise, while parents can keep their children occupied on the cheap with Disney's 85 percent off sale.
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Apple's Podcasts app sees widespread crashing issues, rendered unusable for many 0
June 27th at 1:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsA number of iOS device owners on Thursday are experiencing major issues with Apple's first-party Podcasts app, saying the title is unusable due to constant hangs and crashes.
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Disney’s Star Wars Scene Maker For iPad Lets Users Build Their Own Animated Fanfic 0
June 19th at 7:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsDisney has a new mobile app that uses its recently-acquired Star Wars IP out today: Star Wars Scene Maker is now on the App Store, and it lets kids of all ages build their own Star Wars stories using 3D-rendered graphics and animations, along with the option to record your own voice over for dialog and built-in music for epic soundtracks.The app is the ultimate fanfiction tool, short of hiring…
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Disney's 'Star Wars Scene Maker' lets users recreate iconic movie scenes on their iPad 0
June 19th at 5:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsStar Wars" fanatics can relive their love of the original trilogy in an entirely new way on Apple's iPad thanks to the new "Star Wars Scene Maker" app from Disney, which allows users to re-imagine and re-create scenes from the films.
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Nutmeg Is The Answer To Your Sad, Gif-Free Existence 2
June 14th at 6:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsBecause I love you, I’ve interrupted my regularly scheduled Saturday morning programming to bring you this breaking news update: THERE IS A NEW APP IN THE APP STORE THAT MAKES SENDING GIFS IN TEXT MESSAGES SUPER EASY!
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Kingston MobileLite Wireless review: SD card reader for your iPad or iPhone 1
June 12th at 8:02pm / Macworld / 0 opinionsInnovation often arises from limitations, and Apple has certainly inspired plenty of innovation from iOS developers and accessory makers. Case in point: dealing with limited storage. On the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, you won’t find an SD card slot or USB port to connect more storage, as are found on many Android and Windows-based devices....
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Eventblimp For iPhone Aggregates Nearby Events From Facebook, Eventbrite, Meetup And More 2
June 10th at 7:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsA handy iPhone application called Eventblimp is launching today on the iTunes App Store to help you better discover all the different types of local events and activities happening around you. To do so, the app is aggregating from a number of popular event finders and social services, including Facebook, Eventbrite, SeatGeek, Bandsintown, Eventful, and Meetup in order to serve as something of…
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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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Netflix Gives Its Show “Orange Is The New Black” Its Own Mobile App 1
June 9th at 6:23pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsNetflix has just introduced a new standalone mobile application called “OITNA” (or “Orange is the New App,” ha ha) which, if you haven’t guessed it, is an effort to promote the network’s original show “Orange is the New Black,” now available in a binge-worthy Season 2. OITNA is essentially a photo-sharing application, which lets you…
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Game on: XBox One SmartGlass gets a major update 0
June 4th at 7:35am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsMicrosoft has issued a system update to Xbox One which includes support for external storage, the ability for players to use real names on Xbox Live, and superior SmartGlass integration. To coincide with this, the company has also dropped a…
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4 Fictional TV Show Apps You Can Actually Download IRL 0
May 26th at 4:25pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsThese four apps got their start in fictional TV shows, but now they're available IRL. So meta.
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Wolfenstein: The New Order may have the best gaming homage ever 0
May 20th at 7:35am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsIn the newest Wolfenstein game, out today for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PC, you’ll play as Captain B.J. Blazkowicz, an American war hero out to take on the Nazi regime and the evil General Wilhelm…
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Apple’s Podcasts App For iOS Gets Siri And CarPlay Support 0
May 15th at 10:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsAn update to Apple’s native Podcasts application for iPhone and iPad brings Siri integration to the app, as well as support for its new CarPlay mode for in-vehicle entertainment systems. You can can now voice command Podcasts, essentially, or interact with it from your in-car interface with your physical or touchscreen console controls. The app update also improves browsing with the…
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SketchVid Turns Your Doodles Into Eye-Catching Animations For Instagram 1
May 11th at 1:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSketchVid is a cool new iOS app that lets even the most ham-handed doodler make striking animations for Instagram.
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Why your iOS device may be a better cable box than the Apple TV 8
May 10th at 8:07pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsWatching your favorite television channel may not be possible using the Apple TV, but using an app from Apple’s iOS App Store may prove to be a more likely scenario, if you set it up yourself.
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Mobile Social Networking App Skout Acquires Nightlife App Nixter 1
May 6th at 1:43am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsSkout, a social networking app that’s backed by $22 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, just acquired nightlife app Nixter. Skout’s CEO Christian Wiklund (pictured above) said he pursued the deal to find a better way to marry offline and online interactions in Skout’s app with real-world events. While Skout is an app that helps connect strangers all over the…
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Apple launches new App Store section highlighting month's best apps 4
May 2nd at 11:31am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsContinuing the build-out of its iOS App Store, Apple on Thursday launched a new app collection section called "Best of April," suggesting the company may start featuring a new set of curated apps each month.
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Kamcord, The SDK That Allows You To Record Mobile Games, Raises $7.1M From TransLink Capital 0
May 1st at 10:03pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsKamcord, the SDK that allows gamers to record in-game video on mobile, has raised $7.1 million in Series A funding led by TransLink Capital with participation from SV Angel as well as DeNA, KLab, and M&Y Growth Partners. Existing investors Innovation Works, XG Ventures, and Mark Williamson also participated in the round. Kamcord’s SDK enables developers to add a feature that will let…
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Hulu to offer free ad-supported viewing on iPhone, iPad this summer 1
May 1st at 12:11am / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsPopular video streaming service Hulu, which currently requires users to subscribe to its "Plus" service to view content on their iPhone or iPad, will begin offering free viewing of select ad-supported programming on mobile devices this summer.
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IMDb for iOS adds TV & Amazon Prime listings, Nike+ Move gets internationalized 1
April 23rd at 11:31pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsTwo noteworthy new updates hit the App Store on Wednesday as television and movie database IMDb added TV listings and the ability to check titles' Amazon Prime ability, while Nike's Nike+ Move gained a number of localizations and stability improvements.
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Apple-highlighted iOS toy Anki Drive gains new cars, tracks & race mode 0
April 16th at 9:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsAnki Drive, a lineup of iOS-compatible intelligent toy race cars which are exclusive at retail to Apple Stores, expanded on Wednesday with new cars, tracks, and an entirely new race mode.
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Google releases Helpouts for iOS, A&E brings live streaming from cable to the iPad 1
April 15th at 11:51pm / AppleInsider / 0 opinionsA trio of interesting updates hit the App Store Tuesday as Google brought its Helpouts live video tutorial service to iOS and A&E Networks launched live streaming of its A&E and History channels to the iPad.