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There's Definitely an App for That.
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News, updates, and features on my favorite smartphone apps.
Curated by
Ally Greer
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Google has released developer resources to build Google Glass apps. Will you be developing Glassware?
Ally Greer's insight:
Want to build apps for Google Glass? I wish I could. 
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Moneycontrol.com
Ally Greer's insight:
Will Flipboard 2.0 help bring curation into the mainstream app world?
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Sure, you have the option to hide any objectionable post in your News Feed (it's under a small arrow that appears to the right of any given post). You can also mute or unfriend people entirely.
Ally Greer's insight:
This could get ugly.
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Google has rolled out a new homepage design for mobile devices. The fresh version of the search engine’s on-the-go layout includes a large menu of various Google services. Via Brian Yanish - MarketingHits.com
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"Keeping one’s digital calendars and address books up to date is no small feat, and, at least until you settle into a nice routine for saving events and filling out virtual contact cards, the process can often end up sapping more time than it saves."
For now, Cue grabs up all events from your different calendars and supplements them with relevant information related to the event or the person. In the future, though, the plan is for Cue to essentially read your mind (based upon your smartphone usage, of course) and create a genius calendar for you, acting like your very own personal assistant. Get it while its free!
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"For when you temporarily want to “pause” incoming email in Gmail." The team at Boomerang, a Gmail browser extension, has created a "pause" button for your Gmail inbox. If you use the extension, you will now see a blue Pause button next to your inbox that, when clicked, will prevent any emails from coming in. All you have to do to start getting emails again is un-pause it. I can relate to incoming emails being distracting when there are important tasks to be done, but I can't imagine un-pausing my inbox and the stress I would probably feel with the reopening of the email floodgates.
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Although likely completely innacurate, this app lets you calculate how each presidential candidate's tax plan would impact your income.
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Ever wish you could just record a political ad and find out whether or not it is factually accurate? Definitely an app for that.
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My favorite out of these is Cardiio, which uses the front camera on your iPhone to analyze the light reflected off of your face and measure your heart rate.
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In what is a long-awaited feature addition, Bank of America's iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows phone apps have been updated to allow you to deposit checks by snapping a picture of the front and back of them with the device’s cameras.
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Most smartphones today have built-in digital cameras, which allow you to take photos that rival what you might have taken with a high-dollar stand alone digital camera just a few years ago. Is the development of apps like this hurting the future of photography?
Margaret Waage's curator insight,
July 30, 2013 9:04 PM
Apps are here to stay along with digital photography! Why not take them out and play like you would a new camera filter?
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You can now search Google on your mobile phone simply by writing your search query on your screen.
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I'm not sure about you, but I find myself using my smartphone more and more to conduct business, and my laptop computer less and less. As all of us increasingly use our mobile phones for business,
Ally Greer's insight:
These all sound awesome! At Scoop.it, we're huge fans of Skype to communicate in real time via IM as well as to make calls among team members and with users. I can't wait to check out Asana and WorkFlowy myself!
Jon Koob's curator insight,
June 26, 2013 2:07 PM
Well, now that I have the Galaxy S4...I suppose I better get some of these!
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Google is four or five weeks into negotiating a billion dollar acquisition of mobile messaging app, WhatsApp, says a Digital Trends source.
Ally Greer's insight:
Is 2013 the year of the messaging apps? WhatsApp is arguably the largest and most successful messaging app out there, boasting a record of 18 million messages sent on last New Year's eve. It's not surprising that Google would want to jump on something like this before someone else does.
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From
t
"Civo is a beautiful new social discovery app that seeks to break users out of their social or geographic networks without forcing them to leave their comfort zones."Rather than connecting users with people nearby, Civo actually tries to maximize the distance between partners. This way, users have a chance to peek into the life of a complete stranger.
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"ShadowMe" is a new app that allows you to "lurk" on Twitter as any user of your choice. This doesn't mean that you can sign in as anyone and tweet for them, but it does allow you to see the tweets from their followers and what comes up in their timeline. Apparently, it works equally well for celebrities or accounts with 10 followers. This could be interesting for marketers who want to find out what interests their customers by seeing their custom build Twitter stream, but I somehow feel like it would be used a little more casually than that and is probably just a little useless.
GwynethJones's curator insight,
April 5, 2013 12:36 PM
Walk in their shoes, stalk them, learn with them, what does this mean for SEO?
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"We are in the midst of a social food revolution, with loads of new food-related apps and services available online and for mobile devices. It makes sense because other than breathing and sleeping, eating is one of the essentials of life. And in the Western world, it’s a major part of how we socialize and celebrate"
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As if communication in relationships wasn't difficult enough, now this website allows recently dumped men and women to submit questions to their now-ex asking what went wrong in the relationship. Forget about regular communication, what can't be solved by a survey these days? Honestly, though, do you really even want to know the answers?
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In June Rakettitiede, a startup in Helsinki, released Grafetee, an app for discovering and remembering locations. It's like Foursquare, but with a twist. Via Gerrit Bes
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Third-party app "Here with Friends" allows you to check your friends into places on Foursquare when you both have the app enabled. Beware, though, of your sneaky friends who try to check you into places that could get you in trouble, even if you aren't really there!
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An interesting app to come out of the Facebook/CNN partnership. Users can now share their opinions on different issues as well as who they plan on voting for via Facebook's Open Graph. CNN also plans on using the app to get "voter data," however accurate that would be..
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Personal trainers are so a thing of the past. We can now amp up our workout routines by competing with friends and setting personal goals to share as we reach them.
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From
vimeo
Giuseppe Mauriello: Stamped is an iPhone app and a new way to recommend only what you like best - restaurants, books, movies, music and more.
From official website: "The Guide integrates with third-parties so it’s easy to listen to and download music, buy movie tickets, add movies to your queue, buy books, and even view restaurant menus, all without ever leaving Stamped.
Stamped’s revamped app is integrated with the likes of Spotify, iTunes, Rdio, Netflix, Fandango, Amazon and OpenTable. It's a visual and personalized way to discover great new things to try.
Follow your friends from Facebook and Twitter, with Stamped, you can discover great content through the people whose tastes you actually respect...."
Original Video: http://vimeo.com/31275415
Try out it and more info: http://www.stamped.com
Via Giuseppe Mauriello
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