July 7, 2015
Name Your Price On Shopping App Compelation
Browse products. Name your price. If the merchant accepts your bid, you automatically buy it. This is how Compelation is flipping the concept of ecommerce and giving consumers…
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July 6, 2015
Microsoft’s New Tossup App Lets You Poll Your Friends, Plan Events
A number of apps over the years have attempted to make it easier for friends to get together offline by helping them to plan everything from casual get-togethers…
Read articleJuly 1, 2015
Shazam Takes On Apple Music Connect With New Social Features Aimed At Musicians And Their Fans
Music discovery platform Shazam is today rolling out a new feature in partnership with over two dozen artists that will allow Shazam users to see which songs their favorite musicians are…
Read articleJune 30, 2015
Apple Music Is For People With No Clue What To Stream
You’re no DJ. That’s the biggest problem with streaming services. A search box connected to the history of recorded music can be discouraging. You constantly have to know…
Read articleJune 30, 2015
Pinterest Has Started Rolling Out Buyable Pins On The iPhone And iPad
Pinterest is starting to roll out a buy button on its pins today in the iPhone and iPad apps, the company said. Buyable Pins let some retailers who are partners…
Read articleJune 28, 2015
Facebook’s Snapchatty New Photo Uploader Lets You Overlay Text And More
Face it. Your photos aren’t all that interesting. But Facebook’s going to help you jazz them up with its shiny new photo uploader, which just began testing on…
Read articleJune 26, 2015
Disney Now Has Its Own GIF App And iOS 8 Keyboard
Disney has now somewhat belatedly joined the ranks of the numerous app publishers offering their own custom keyboards for iOS 8 users with the launch of an iOS application called…
Read articleJune 25, 2015
Matterport Captures $30M To Scan Rooms Into Virtual Reality
This $4500 camera turns the real world into the virtual one. Today, Matterport’s hardware is a hit with real estate agents. But fueled by the $30 million Series…
Read articleJune 24, 2015
Yeplive Brings Landscape Video And Web Comments To The Live Streaming Fight
The live streaming app battle may not have much room for many offerings besides early mover Meerkat and Twitter-owned Periscope, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t going to…
Read articleJune 24, 2015
Dropbox Now Has More Than 400 Million Registered Users
Dropbox said today that it now has more than 400 million registered users — a jump from the last public figure about its user base in May last year.…
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