There's no shortage of smartphone apps and websites that offer ways to share your life with friends through video, pictures and text messages, but in the process, we've moved farther and farther away from what was once the central means of communicating: the sound of your own voice. Now, a couple startups are trying to change that.
Twitter has updated its Vine video service today so that users can embed both their own six-second shorts and those created by other users anywhere on the Internet. The feature has been rolled out today both as an update to the iOS app and the Vine.co website....
Many folks loathe the latest version of Skype on the Mac. That’s because it’s clunky and unpleasant to use. The iPhone version of Skype, however, is a fine app that works great for making VoIP calls and video chats while you’re mobile....
After seeing its fair share of hype and controversy, six-second video sharing app Vine gets updated to version 1.1, bringing support for front facing-facing cameras, and with it the promise of a totally new class of "selfies."
Foursquare has updated its iOS app today with a revamped filtering system that allows users to set additional parameters, such as price and number of previous check-ins, for all of their search queries....
Myspace is struggling to shed its image as the OG dinosaur of desktop social networks, first with a radical new design and now with a new iOS app that puts Myspace’s music cred front and center....
Audio fiends will love this: #nwplyng (iOS and Android) lets you identify and share what you’re listening to with friends on the app’s own network as well as Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, and awards you badges for all your hard work. Users can list tracks by searching manually or by letting the app’s music recognition component hear and identify the track from any audio source, similar to what Soundhound and Shazam do. Plus, you can share more of your musical moments by tacking on comments,...
App.net, the platform/social network/API that launched to much fanfare last August following a successful crowdfunding campaign, hit 100,000 registered users back in May. But the feeling thus far has very much been that it’s a rising star – albeit a slow-rising star....
After Twitter finally offered its users a more secure way for users to log into their accounts on the web, the social network has updated its iOS app today with two-step verification. The security mechanism requires two different passwords for a user to login: both a traditional password as well as a temporary code sent to your verified mobile phone number. As reputable institutions have embraced Twitter, they've become an attractive target for hackers hoping to deceive the public with malicious or...
In a must-read post for the tech industry, Twitter experience designer and serial startup founder Paul Stamatiou writes: “Android is Better.” His op-ed serves as something of a wake-up call for the industry, where developers building the next generation of mobile applications still heavily prefer the iPhone, not only as their personal smartphone of choice, but also as the launch platform for their…
All that chatter about the death of skeuomorphism and the rise of flat design, iOS 7 is finally here. It's got a new look, which means your apps do, too. We're compiling all of your favorite apps in both their old and updated forms so you can see exactly what's changed and what's pretty much the same. Keep checking back; we'll be updating throughout the day....
Want to see what the stars are watching on YouTube? Celebrity Tweet TV turns all of their shared videos into a TV channel.
A new version of Tweetbot for iPhone is now available and it’s ready for iOS 7. Tweetbot 3 [iTunes link] is a brand new app and it requires iOS 7. The app is currently on sale for $2.99 and will normally sell for $4.99.
Created by a pair of self-avowed data nerds, Knotch is a discovery platform for opinions and ideas. The iOS app, which recently raised $1.5 million in seed funding, lets you ask for thoughts on any topic from people outside your social graph. The most notable (and addictive) feature is an 11-color "feeling thermometer" that enables users to quickly add more nuance to their viewpoints.
TweetsPie has been around for a little while already for Android and iOS, but at the end of last month a redesign of its Android app quietly rolled out. So, we decided it was time to take a closer look at the app that claims to save Twitter users’ time....
In 2013, wildly popular Chinese messaging service WeChat (users in China get a version known as Weixin) expanded its services and progressed toward becoming a platform — notably incorporating payment services....
What's red, white and romantic all over? Valentine's Day. The sappy holiday is approaching fast, and there are millions of ways to prepare for it. Whether you're single, in a relationship or just love celebrating love, we've scoped out 12 useful and fun apps that'll make the holiday bright. See also: 11 DIY Valentines to Make Your True Love Whether you use a movie app such as Flixster to see what's playing in theaters, or you create a sweet, customized card with Red Stamp, these apps will help.
Biz Stone’s Jelly app for sharing photos to get answers from your friends has gotten a minor update that lets you mark a question as “Good” to improve its reach. Previously, you could mark responses as Good, but this now extends to questions....
Facebook on Friday rolled out a an update to its newsreader-style alternative Paper, adding a number of new features that bring the app more in line with the company's flagship iOS title.
Six months ago I decided to try and make my iPad my primary mobile device. So, far I’ve been more successful than I thought I’d be. There are, however, improvements to iOS I hope Apple makes at WWDC.
Social networking behemoth Facebook on Thursday released a new version of its Facebook Messenger application for iOS that brings with it a new user interface optimized specifically for the larger screens found on Apple's iPads.
After five years of gamifying location-based sharing, Foursquare is today making the biggest change to the company to date. Everyone, please meet the new Foursquare, a recommendations app that has nothing to do with location sharing and everything to do with smacking down Yelp using the force of a thousand suns.Earlier this summer, Foursquare announced that it would be splitting its main app…
Dallas-based computer science college student Jesse Stauffer wants to make social media more private. With help from his brother, and financial backing from Mark Cuban, he recently released an iOS application called Xpire that lets users share “self-destructing” posts on Facebook, Twitter and now Tumblr, as well as use a variety of tools to better manage and shrink their…
million people use Facebook Groups every month, but it’s a second-class experience on mobile, slow and buried in the social network’s main app. So today Facebook is releasing a standalone Groups app with powerful notification controls and a Groups discovery section. You won’t be forced to use it as the Groups feature will remain in the Facebook app, and you won’t…
Popular health tracking service and iOS app MyFitnessPal has been acquired by clothing maker Under Armour for nearly a half-billion dollars, while iOS 8 custom keyboard SwiftKey has added predictive emoji entry, and WhatsApp Messenger has been updated with a new quick camera button.
