Tag archive: application

Flickr is Yahoo’s saving grace. Amidst the site’s myriad of problems and ill-defined purpose, the photo-sharing platform has been a beacon of hope, with its dedicated users and razor-sharp focus. Which is why Flickr subscribers are concerned about Yahoo’s direction for the site. Former Flickr employee Nolan Caudill says the site will be cutting a crucial portion of its customer support team. “For reasons I don’t know, Yahoo laid off the highest… Read More

Path has been blazing a new trail for itself since the launch of Path 2.0, a visually stunning and accessible new take on the quantity over quality social network. A makeover that has reportedly paid off. CEO and co-founder Dave Morin tells TechCrunch that Path users are sharing at a rate of 12 moments per second, and the number of active users continues to climb. That number was 10,000 two weeks ago—it’s now 300,000. And while Morin wouldn’t… Read More

This week we're bringing you equal opportunity apps: We've got mobile apps for iOS and Android, as well as a few Web-based tools for the handful of you still resistant to joining the smartphone ranks.  iOS Arrived This location app is less social than you might think. Arrived is more about productivity than broadcasting your location across various social networks. The iOS app lets you notify certain people when you’ve arrived at… Read More

Yesterday Yahoo introduced its Flipboard competitor Livestand. The news aggregation app dutifully pulls content from a variety of sources to offer a magazine-type experience on your iPad. But how does it actually measure up? Sign-up and sign-in On Livestand, you’ll immediately see designated spots for new users. Here you can choose to sign-in with either your Yahoo or Facebook account, or forgo that step entirely. Right off the bat, we have to… Read More

Announced in an official Facebook post this morning, the social network plans to test a method of account recovery that uses trusted friends to provide access to a user's Facebook account. This system is similar to lending out a house key to a neighbor or friend when traveling on vacation or a business trip. Friends can help a Facebook user recover account access when the user forgets their password and doesn't have access to an… Read More

Another week has come and gone and with it, a slew of new apps. This week's crop runs the gamet, whether you're looking for photo-friendly features, to something to wean you off your Angry Birds addiction. Big Lens The iPhone has edged even closer to camera territory with the 4S’ bumped up hardware and new photography features included with iOS. Big Lens utilizes the upgrades with a more professional take on camera phone editing than… Read More

Facebook may have banned the stalker-ish viral app Breakup Notifier only three days after its release. But that hasn't stopped Dan Loewenherz, the app's developer, from simply releasing another salacious creation: Crush Notifier. Whereas Breakup Notifier put its focus on the negative — it emailed users anytime someone on their list changed their relationship status on Facebook — Crush Notifier has a hopeful, upbeat slant. “I… Read More

After only three days, Facebook has temporarily disabled a new feature that would enable applications to ask users for access to their home addresses and mobile phone numbers. In a post on the social site's Developer Blog, employee Douglass Purdy explains that the feature will return, but will first be retooled to give users greater control over their contact information. “Over the weekend, we got some useful feedback that we could… Read More

Spotify, the music streaming service that’s gaining customers by the minute in the European countries where it’s live, has set its sights on the iPhone. Due to launch in the US before the end of the year, the company has submitted an application to the iPhone, and is waiting to hear whether Apple will accept it. That could be an interesting decision. With its large library, ease of use, and free service (with ads), it’s… Read More

VoIP leader Skype is looking to get off traditional computers (and kinda oddball dedicated handsets) and into smartphones: the company is expected to launch a Skype application for the Apple iPhone tomorrow, and bring a Skype application to RIM's popular BlackBerry devices in May. Skype currently boasts a base of over 400 million users, many of whom were attracted to the service through the promise of free computer-to-computer… Read More

BlackBerry users have a reputation has being boring government and enterprise types who like to use their technology to “capture details,” “enable collaboration,” “optimize operational granularity”…and, of course, grumble about using Microsoft Exchange. But it turns out many BlackBerry users have a social side, as well: Research In Motion has announced that its MySpace for BlackBerry application was… Read More

Apple has released version 2.2 of its software for the iPhone and iPod touch, tweaking the interface on the devices and adding significant new features to the integrated Maps applications. The update is available for free via iTunes, but eager updaters should take note that the update is mammoth, weighing in between 240 and 270 MB, depending on the device being updated. The update includes improvements to the integrated Mail application,… Read More

With just a few weeks before the election, volunteers supporting Democratic candidate Barack Obama have developed a free application for the iPhone aimed at getting the vote out. But perhaps the most important feature of the application is the “Call Friends” part, where users can help organize friends living in swing states. It took the volunteers less than three weeks to come up with the application that the campaign feels… Read More

MySpace finally dumped the clutch and pinned the throttle open in the race to keep up with Facebook on Thursday, pushing its MySpace Application Gallery out of beta and into widespread public availability, where Facebook Apps have been since last year. Users now have access to over 1,000 applications, from quizzes and polls to video players and games. The Application Gallery rollout has moved fairly quickly: MySpace opened the platform to… Read More

Everyone knows that sharing media between devices can be a nightmare: sure, images, generally go across fine, but if you want to share your music playlists with a friend, there's usually a good amount of time-wasting figuring out how to get the files across. And if an iPod and Apple's FairPlay DRM are involved, things get even more complicated. Enter doubleTwist, a new desktop application from Jon Lech Johansen, better known as… Read More