December 19, 2014
Eva Wants To Quantify Your Showering
Eva is a device that attaches to your shower, adding a proximity sensor, temperature sensor and a water flow valve so it can intelligently throttle back the water…
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December 18, 2014
Few Winners In Anonymous Social Networking, And Secret’s Not One Of Them
Is anonymous social networking a flash-in-pan trend? A winner-take-all category? Which of the anonymous social networking apps around today are still thriving, and which are practically dead? These…
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Everest, The Peter Thiel-Backed App For Achieving Your Dreams, Shuts Down
Everest, a Peter Thiel-backed mobile startup that launched an app last year to help you “achieve your dreams,” is shutting down. The company had raised $2.2 million over…
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Dull’s App Brings Trending Content From Around The Web To Your iPhone
A new mobile application called Dull wants to fill your moments of downtime by offering a feed of random content to mindlessly browse through, including photos, music, GIFs,…
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EyeEm Launches Open Edit, Letting You See How Pros Edit Their Photos
Photosharing startup EyeEm has launched version 5.0 of their mobile app on iOS and Android, bringing a slew of changes to their editing system that make it easier…
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Inbox Messenger Raises $3.9 Million For Its Design-Focused Private Messaging App
A mobile messaging application called Inbox Messenger, which combines user privacy features with a minimalist design, has raised $3.9 million in seed funding, the company announced today. The investment,…
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Facebook’s Interest-Based Social App Rooms Is Now Easier To Use
Facebook’s “Rooms” application, like many of the experiments put out by Facebook’s Creative Labs – which is also responsible for apps like Paper, Slingshot, Mentions and Groups –…
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Compose Is A Distraction-Free Email App That Only Lets You Write Messages
Compose, an incredibly simple app that took only about an hour to design and another to build, may not be as ridiculous as it initially sounds. The app…
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Lost-Item Tracker Tile Arrives On Android
When Tile, the square-shaped lost-item tracker that attaches to bags, bikes, key chains and more, announced this fall that it had raised $13 million in funding (a combination of…
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Stayful, The Priceline For Boutique Hotels, Comes To iOS
Stayful, the travel site launched last year and founded by industry execs from Expedia and Hotels.com, has now gone mobile with today’s debut of an iOS application. The…
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