Saturday, December 22, 2012
Rdio now sends you a notification when artists in your collection release new musicPeople who prefer Spotify to Rdio either don’t know Rdio exists (Rdio’s problem) or are totally crazy (their problem). What makes Rdio the better service: New release notifications for the music you love UI and UX …Thursday, October 11, 2012
Tumblr Puts More Focus On Photos With Photoset, Its New Standalone iOS AppDrew Olanoff, at TechCrunch: By not forcing you to log into your Tumblr account, the company could attract a brand new set of users who just want to pull photos together without the hassle of creating a page, tagging things …Saturday, September 29, 2012
Apple Is Heavily Promoting Alternative Map Apps In The App StoreRelatedTuesday, September 25, 2012
Amazon heads off app fragmentation on Kindle Fire, AndroidKevin C. Tofel, writing at GigaOM: This could mean vastly better tablet apps for the higher resolution Kindle Fires similar to the improved iPad apps that iOS developers made instead of scaled-up iPhone software. I think he’s right: …Thursday, September 6, 2012
HootSuite Buys SeesmicRobins Wauters interviewed Seesmic founder Loïc Le Meur at The Next Web today on his company’s sale to rival HootSuite. I have always thought Seesmic was the best multi-profile app for Twitter and Facebook on mobile, and I always preferred their web interface to Hootsuite’s. …Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Twitter files appeal in major social media caseJeff John Roberts provides an update on Twitter’s latest legal battle over at GigaOM. I think it’s fascinating that Twitter is living two lives: They’re vigorously defending the rights of their users to maintain control over what happens to their tweets …Tuesday, August 28, 2012
NoWait protects restaurants from the wrath of restless customersRebecca Grant, writing at VentureBeat: Restaurants can use this iPad app to keep track of available tables and alert customers with a text message when their table is ready. This sounds like technology with the potential to go far …Saturday, August 18, 2012
Boom Makes Your Mac Speakers Go Up To 11If you’ve ever wanted your Mac to be louder (as I often did before buying this app), Boom is worth the money. Here’s a direct link to the App Store.Saturday, August 18, 2012
Pulse Comes To The WebFrederic Lardinois, writing at TechCrunch: The web app, says Pulse, is “designed for discovery” and while it’s still a very visual experience, Pulse did away with the row layout it uses in its mobile apps. Instead, your list of sources is now on the left and stories appear in …