March 12, 2015
Apple’s Messaging App Gets Some Filtration Muscle In New iOS 8.3 Beta
Apple has a new update out for iOS 8.3, and within, we find more evidence that the company is looking to make Messages the new hub of digital…
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March 12, 2015
Spayce Takes On Yik Yak With A Location-Based Social App For Sharing “Moments,” Not Gossip
While popular location-based social app Yik Yak struggles amid controversy and on-campus bannings, a newcomer called Spayce is gearing up to compete with its own take on local…
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Nuzzel Adds Custom Feeds To Help You Follow News About Tech, Beer, And Other Topics
News app Nuzzel is giving users a more topic-based approach to reading the news, through a new feature called Custom Feeds. Created by Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams, Nuzzel’s…
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The Guardian Publishes A Pretty Amazing Whisper “Clarification”
The Guardian, the British newspaper that published a series of articles last fall (starting with this one) about anonymous social media app Whisper, issued a “clarification” today about…
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Amazon’s Apple Watch App Will Let You Shop From Your Wrist
Though online retailer Amazon wasn’t among one of the many applications Apple introduced this week as coming soon to its new wearable device, the Apple Watch, the company…
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VaporChat Scores $1.5M For Its Private Messaging App That Puts Users In Control Of Their Texts
A startup called VaporChat has raised $1.5 million for its newly launched mobile application which pushes the concept of “ephemeral” messaging further by not only allowing users to…
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Sneak Peek At Flipboard’s Apple Watch App
Among the many new applications designed for Apple Watch, there are still a few big names who had yet to reveal how their apps will look and operate.…
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Yik Yak Quietly Dropped From Google Play Charts In October
If the rise of anonymous apps has proven anything, it’s that humans can be ugly creatures when the social pressures that keep our baser natures in check are removed, and we’re…
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Try These Interactive Demos Of Apple Watch Apps Featured At Apple’s Events
Apple has now spent a fair amount of time showing us how Apple Watch apps will work on its wearable, which launches on April 24 (with pre-orders starting…
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Google’s Redesigned Calendar App Comes To iPhone
Google today launched the redesigned version of its mobile Calendar app on iPhone. The new app, which follows Google’s new Material Design guidelines, includes all the features Google…
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