Secret’s Out: The Rise and Fall of the Anonymous Social App
(Engadget) – Secret, the app that was practically synonymous with the anonymous-app movement, is shutting down. David Byttow, Secret’s co-founder and CEO, explained in a Medium post yesterday that...
View ArticleGoogle Bought This App to Help Schedule Your Life
(CNBC) – Google confirmed Monday that it had acquired start-up Timeful, an app that can schedule events into your calendar to work around what you already have planned. “You will start to see the...
View ArticleAutomatic Smart Driving Monitor Now Connects Your Car to Over 20 Apps
The new, second-generation Automatic hardware doesn’t look much different from the first. (Courtesy of Automatic) (CNet) – Two years ago, the Automatic smart driving monitor launched as a sort of...
View ArticleApple Plans Features Such as Dual-App Viewing and Multi-Login, to Resurrect...
In this Oct. 16, 2014 file photo, the iPad Air 2 is displayed for journalists at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) (First Stop) – While Apple’s iPhone 6...
View ArticleSnapchat Planning for IPO
(CNN) – Evan Spiegel, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging service, revealed Tuesday that his company is preparing for an initial public offering, but wouldn’t provide details on timing. “We...
View ArticleNew Eye Test on Smartphone is as Accurate as Paper Test
LONDON (UPI) – A smartphone app was used to perform vision tests as accurately as paper tests and illuminated vision boxes during a study in rural Kenya. Tests carried out in patients’ homes using...
View ArticleGoogle’s Ingenious Plan to Make Apps Obsolete
Aparna Chennapragada, director at Google Now, speaks during the Google I/O 2015 keynote presentation in San Francisco, Thursday, May 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (Wired) – Google showed off any...
View ArticleGoogle Photos Is Too Creepy
In this Tuesday, March 23, 2010, file photo, the Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Brussels. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File) (PC Mag) – At Google I/O, people were abuzz over the new...
View ArticleAre Your Apps Burning Out Your Phone?
(CBS News) – Online security company AVG Technologies released its quarterly report this week on the apps that are sucking the most life out of your phone — and taking the most time out of your...
View ArticleFirst Click: How Many Default iPhone Apps Do You Use?
Noah Meloccaro, right, compares his older iPhone 4s to the new iPhone 5 held by Both Gatwech, outside the Apple Store in Omaha, Neb. (Nati Harnik/The Canadian Press/AP) (The Verge) – Are you an iPhone...
View ArticleAn App for Fraps: Starbucks Expands Mobile Ordering
Adam Brotman, Starbucks chief digital officer, talks about the company’s new mobile ordering app on March 18, 2015, at Starbucks Coffee Company’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. The company...
View ArticleRide-Hailing Apps Get Kids Around Town When Parents Are Busy
This product image provided by Shuddle shows screens from ShuddleMe, an app that lets eight- to 16-year-old kids who need to get to school, a sporting event or a social activity book a ride themselves...
View ArticleInstagram Launches a New Explore Tab Which Features Trending Tags, Places Search
(Financial Express) – Instagram has launched a new revamped Explore tab which features Trending Tags, Trending Places, curated content and also a new Places Search. Instagram has 300 million users...
View ArticleMastercard Testing Facial Recognition Security App
(BBC) – Mastercard is testing a smartphone app that uses facial recognition to verify online purchases. Users in the trial can hold their phone up as though taking a selfie to approve transactions....
View ArticleTop 5 Best Free Fourth of July Apps for iPhone & Android
Scribd (Heavy.com) – The Fourth of July is this weekend and there will be a lot of BBQs, swimming pools and American flags. While you celebrate this great country download a few apps to help make the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Unveils Preview of Skype for Business for iOS and Android
(First Post) – In a blog post by Jared Goralnick, principal group program manager for the Skype for Business team, Microsoft announced the preview of new Skype for Business apps for iOS and Android....
View ArticleUber Seen Reaching $10.8 Billion in Bookings in 2015: Fundraising Presentation
In this Wednesday, March 18, 2015, file photo, the Uber app displays cars available to make a pickup in downtown Manhattan on a smart phone, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (Reuters) – Uber...
View ArticleAmazon Underground Offers New Business Model for Apps and Games Based on Pay...
(VentureBeat) – The Amazon Underground app for Android launched today with a new business model. The in-app items, which are usually available for purchase, are available for free in the games and...
View ArticleLinkedIn Rolls Out Overhauled Messaging Service
This Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo shows LinkedIn’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) (Reuters) – LinkedIn Corp on Tuesday rolled out a revamped messaging service...
View ArticleApple Wants to Guide Your News Consumption with News App
The BuzzFeed website is displayed on an iPad held by an Associated Press staffer in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Comcast, which became a TV powerhouse by signing up Generation Xers, is...
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