By Brandon Russell |
New York officials on Friday gave the go-ahead to Uber under its new pilot program, meaning any local or tourist can fire up the app and hail a taxi. After dismissing a lawsuit from the livery cab industry, which held the program up for a…
By Adriana Lee |
So what will you be able to do with Google Glass, other than shoot pics and vids hands-free? Well, The New York Times is hoping you’ll read headlines on the go with merely a tilt of your head. The news organization released its Glass-ready app…
By Brandon Russell |
Google this week updated its Play store policies to prohibit developers from updating apps using methods outside of the search giant’s own protocols. The freshly added language to its “Dangerous Products” section outlaws any modification, replacement or update “using any method other than Google Play’s…
By Adriana Lee |
Pizza and gaming are like a dynamic duo. They’re two great things that just work great together, no? And now, thanks to the Pizza Hut ordering app for the Xbox, that pairing just got even better. The Xbox Live “Create Your Pizza App” lets users…
By Brandon Russell |
Halfbrick Studios, the same developers that brought you Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja, released another game this week called Fish Out of Water. The game takes the simple lake-side pastime of skipping rocks and applies that to the side-scrolling formula. What you get is something…
By Todd Haselton |
Vine launched for iOS on January 24 as a Twitter product that allows users to take quick 6.5 second snapshots of the life around them and upload them to Twitter. Users can follow one another on the service, too, and like or comment on the…
By Brandon Russell |
Nike’s FuelBand app for iOS now supports friends and photo sharing, adding more functionality to an experience that’s designed to “gamify” healthy living. The new friends option works exactly as you’d expect, allowing users to compete and compare results with friends; data is broken down…
By Ron Duwell |
Before being pulled down from the App Store last December, AppShopper was one of the most popular and widely used bargain hunter apps on the iPhone. However, Apple gave the popular program the axe after it determined the app ran in violation of its TOS.…
By Todd Haselton |
Tumblr released an official Windows Phone application on Tuesday, which is great news for those of us who have been trying to find a decent alternative. The application allows you to “post anything from anywhere,” including quotes, links, photos, text, chats and videos. You can…
By Ron Duwell |
Apple and Volkswagen have teamed up to make the long-rumored iCar a reality. Together at the Shanghai Auto Show, the two companies unveiled the iBeetle, the first car with deep iPhone integration created in coordination with Apple. The iBeetle App provides a wide variety of…
By Adriana Lee |
Google extended its charitable branch, Google.org, to mobile last Friday with the new One Today Android app. From the looks of it, the core, social-driven mechanisms could prove to be a rather effective fundraising tool. Users choose a charity and agree to match any $1…
By Todd Haselton |
Yahoo announced just last month that it was acquiring Summly, an application that provided short summaries of news stories that was developed by a 15-year old. On Monday the company released a brand new application that includes Summly built-in. The application looks barebones on the…
By Brandon Russell |
Amazon’s Kindle Fire lineup is now compatible with Microsoft’s clever SmartGlass app, Xbox spokesman Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb said on Monday. The app, which is available for the most recent Fire and Fire HD devices, gives users the flexibility to interact with the Xbox 360…
By Adriana Lee |
Last week, the rumors over Twitter #Music panned out, as the company finally had its coming out party for the Web and iOS. Twitter called it a tangible grid of trending artists, so naturally, we wanted to see what kind of trends it would yield.…
By Brandon Russell |
The day of reckoning for TweetDeck’s mobile and AIR apps has been set for May 7. First announced back in March, the move is, according to Twitter, to focus on developing for modern browsers, which is apparently where most users are currently flocking to. “We…
By Brandon Russell |
There are some really wonderful photo-editing apps available for your iPhone—Afterlight, VSCO Cam and Camera+ just to name a few—but sometimes people prefer the easy one-and-done filters of Instagram. Sometimes, though, not everyone wants to broadcast their photo to the world, but still retain the…
By Brandon Russell |
Pocket, one of the best read-it-later platforms available, has expanded on the service’s social sharing experience, the company announced earlier this week. In addition to simply sharing through popular services such as Facebook, Twitter, email, etc., users can now send links directly to other Pocket…
By Brandon Russell |
Facebook is allegedly preparing a new messaging feature in addition to Chat Heads and VoIP calling. According to iMore, the company’s Messenger app on iOS will get something called Facebook Blast, which handles group messages a little differently than we’re used to. Through Messenger right…
By Brandon Russell |
Osito for iOS, previously known as Sherpa, is Bill Ferrell’s answer to Google Now. A former Googler himself, Ferrell has created a predictive intelligence experience focused around traffic info, travel alerts, weather forecasts and your personal calendar. It doesn’t live on your home screen, and…
By Brandon Russell |
Twitter’s new #music project is trying to make discovery more social. The platform isn’t just for immortal celebrities; it’s a tangible grid of trending artists according to Twitter. If you’re up to speed with all the latest top hits, #music is essentially a Top 40…
By Brandon Russell |
A new weather app developed by Yahoo is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen in the App Store this year. If Apple and Yahoo are planning further integration—outside of Stocks, basic Weather and some Siri info—please implement the online company’s new app, which…
By Brandon Russell |
Chat Heads on Android is great because they’re there across the entire OS, no matter what app you’re in or Web page you’re looking at. But on iOS? Functionality is restricted, further highlighting the closed nature of Apple’s ecosystem. But thanks to developer Adam Bell,…
By Brandon Russell |
Just like on iOS, Facebook has rolled out support for VoIP calling to its Messenger app for Android on Thursday. The update brings the feature to 24 countries around the globe for Android users, meaning millions of people can access VoIP calling. If you prefer…
By Brandon Russell |
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want Facebook to be among a group of apps on your device; he wants it to be the only one. Instead of a traditional lock/home screen, Zuckerberg has created an experience that rewires how you and I use a phone. This isn’t…
