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Apple Donates $2.5 Million to American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy Relief
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9to5Mac shares an email sent to Apple employees by CEO Tim Cook announcing that the company has donated $2.5 million to the American Red Cross in support of Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.Team: For the past week, our thoughts have been with those affected by Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath. And...
The Ultimate Guide To The Best Apple Maps Alternatives On Your iPhone (AAPL)
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By Apple's own admission, its new Maps app on the iPhone and iPad is a crummy stand-in for the beloved Google Maps. In fact, in Tim Cook's apology to customers, he recommended a handful of mapping apps that are strong alternatives to Apple's own weak product. So, which one should...
App-crashing bug is fixed, Apple says
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Apple’s long one-day App Store nightmare is apparently over. Speaking to All Things D late Thursday, Apple said that it has fixed bugs within a DRM code-generating server that was corrupting recently-updated apps and causing them to crash. Instapaper developer Marco Arment started banging the drum about problems on the App...
Apple Removes Links to Messages Beta for OS X Lion, Still Available via Direct Link
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As noted by Cult of Mac, Apple has removed references to the Messages for Mac beta that the company released for OS X Lion in mid-February to provide a preview of the functionality coming in OS X Mountain Lion.There’s still a Messages for Mac link at the bottom of Apple’s...
Google’s Play Store Now Lets Users Remotely Update And Uninstall Android Apps
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All Googled out yet? I can’t blame you if you are, but it seems that the company has been even busier than their two hour press conference let on. In addition to pushing the Android version of their Chrome browser out of beta, Google has also added some new app...
Amazon's "AutoRip" Service Goes Live, Giving Customers Free MP3s For CDs Purchased On Amazon As Far Back As 1998 (Hands On)
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Amazon is today introducing a new service called Amazon AutoRip, which automatically gives customers free MP3 versions of any CDs they’ve purchased from Amazon since the launch of its Music Store back in 1998. Customers will also have access to a growing number of new releases. The digital music is being placed...
Amazon's "AutoRip" Service Goes Live, Giving Customers Free MP3s For CDs Purchased On Amazon As Far Back As 1998 (Hands On)
Chrome Web Store to start surfacing apps that your friends have +1′d on Google+
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I’ve always felt like app discovery should be as social as possible, even though Apple has never really done much when it comes to this. For example, Crosswa.lk launched an entire social network around app discovery before Apple purchased Chomp to socialize the App Store itself. According to Google, its...
Shopkick Sees Big Traffic, Engagement Bump After Major Redesign
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For most consumer-focused apps, a redesign can be a daunting experience. If users don’t love it, a startup must either go back to the drawing board or stick with something, with the bet that users will eventually respond positively. And then there are the rare cases where usage explodes following...
Google Play: Developers Make More From In-App Purchases Than App Sales
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In 2012, developers using Google Play have pulled in more revenue from in-app purchases than from the sales of the apps themselves, a validation of the "freemium" model and digital purchases. Google Play engineering director Brad Yerga disclosed the news in an afternoon session here at Google I/O, where Google...
Steve Jobs: Apple's One Man Social Media Machine
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In a time when the company's core business has grown to record highs, with its iPhone business, flanked by Mac sales, iTunes store revenue, software and peripherals all contributing to Apple's strongest position of all time, the company has practically opted out of the trendy move most of its peers...
AT&T plans to stop in-car texting by barking at you -- literally
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In-car texting is a serious problem, one so big that AT&T dedicated an entire hackathon contest to defeating it. Coming out on top was Rode Dog, a canine-themed app that aims to take a bite out the increasingly prevalent danger. The way the app works is simple: Whenever a user...
Apple holding iTunes event in Moscow, Russia tomorrow evening
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Hot off the heels of the iTunes 11 launch last week, Russia looks to be gaining the service very soon. According to a forwarded invite obtained by TechCrunch, Apple is holding a small iTunes event at the local GUM shopping center in Moscow’s Red Square tomorrow evening. Rumors of...
The full story of Pushpins acquisition by Ebates parent Performance Marketing Brands
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It was reported over the weekend that Lightspeed-backed mobile grocery shopping startup Pushpins was acquired by Ebates parent company Performance Marketing Brands (PMB). But there’s far more than initially meets the eye in this deal that closed shortly before the Christmas holiday. First and foremost, Pushpins is more than...
Apple Driving iCloud Conversions with Free Copies of Snow Leopard for MobileMe Users
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As noted by Macgasm, Apple has begun notifying at least some MobileMe users of a new upgrade program offering a free copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. The offer is being made to provide users of machines running older versions of Mac OS X with a reduced-cost pathway to...
Apple’s App Store: Users install 80 apps per device, each app downloaded 45,454 times on average
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Announcing today the winner of its 25 billion App Store downloads ‘countup’, which saw Chinese iOS device owner Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China gain a $10,000 iTunes gift card, Apple’s latest figures have given us a good overview of how well its iOS ecosystem is performing. Apple stated in its press release that...
Facebook updates its Messenger app with feature allowing you to provide direct feedback
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Facebook has just released an update to its iOS Messenger app. Now in the iTunes store, users will be able to use it to provide feedback about the app directly to the company. Granted, it’s not necessarily a major update that the average person might come to expect from an...
Chinese App Store users complain that Apple doesn't speak their language
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Apple has become the target of complaints from some Chinese customers as searches in the localized version of the App Store are producing sometimes quizzical results, even when they include the specific name of an application. Sohu IT (via Mobisights) noted the “strange phenomenon” that is taking place on the App...
Briefly: KurbKarma update, Sheffield Softworks Makeup Artist
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KurbKarma, an app that allows users to share parking spot availability in the San Francisco area, has been updated in the App Store. Users are rewarded with KarmaKredits whenever a spot they publish is taken by another user. These points can then be used to "buy" access to nearby available...
Carrier mobile payment play Isis goes live in Austin and Salt Lake City
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Isis, the mobile payment joint venture between Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, is finally going live Monday in Austin, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah after missing its earlier summer launch date. The payment system, which uses near field communicaiton (NFC), will be available on nine handsets and can be used...
Evernote for Mac updated with account switching and LinkedIn sharing
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Evernote has updated the Mac version of its popular note-taking app with the ability to quickly switch between multiple accounts. The new feature is only available to premium users, and lets you switch between one free account and an unlimited number of premium accounts without having to sign out...
Google Play replaces Android Market, new source for apps, books, movies and music
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The Android Market has morphed significantly since its inception, which now allows users to purchase books, music and rent movies, all from within a hub that was originally designed for just apps. To recognize this fundamental shift -- and emphasize the availability of content for sale -- Google is...
Apple's Mac App Store Sandboxing Requirement Gaining Renewed Scrutiny as Deadline Approaches
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Last November, we reported on Apple's plan to require all Mac App Store apps to be sandboxed, a move that would increase security by preventing apps from overstepping their bounds should they be affected by malware but which could hamper the functionality of certain apps. The requirement had been scheduled...
Apple distributing corrupt apps, tells developers to “stay tuned”
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You just updated an app and it’s crashing. Don’t yell at the developer, it’s an issue with Apple. The company is distributing a number of corrupt updates to users, forcing them to delete and re-download apps when a fix is issued. It looks like Apple is experiencing an issue...
Amazon wins broad patent to create marketplace for used digital content
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Amazon has won a patent for an “electronic marketplace” where users can resell digital content. The company had filed for the patent in 2009 and it was awarded on January 29, 2013. GeekWire first reported the news. Here’s the description of the patent: Digital objects including e-books, audio, video, computer applications,...
Latest Mountain Lion preview includes automatic Mac app downloads
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Apple appears to be preparing to include an Automatic Downloads feature in its OS X Mountain Lion operating system. The feature, discovered in Mountain Lion Developer Preview 3, is partially enabled according to 9to5Mac, who spotted an Automatic Downloads option recently. Like the iOS equivalent, Automatic Downloads will let...
Google+ Integration Comes To Chrome Web Store, Now Powers Social Discovery Of Apps
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Just because Google I/O is over, that doesn’t mean the Google+ announcements have stopped flowing. Yesterday, the company revamped its Google+ iOS app (it’s now “Google+ Local” and includes Zagat integration), and today, it’s integrating Google+ into its Chrome Web App Store. The integration presents itself in a section dedicated to...
Microsoft Launches Windows 8: So Different, Yet Just The Same?
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After months of anticipation, on Thursday Microsoft officially launched Windows 8, which Windows chief Steven Sinofsky called the "best release of Windows ever." Ironically, Microsoft executives tried to emphasize that Windows 8 wasn't that different from Windows 7, either. So similar, in fact, that Microsoft didn't announce a standalone price...
Listia Wants to Create a Universal Rewards Currency with Rewards Store
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Listia, the Y Combinator-backed startup that enables people to give away excess possessions for free, has launched a Rewards Store. The new program will allow people to get rid of old items that are accumulating dust, rack up points, and eventually trade them those points for everything from a gift...
As promised, you can now share your favorite apps from the Chrome Web Store to Google+
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When we spoke to the Chrome team way back in April, they hinted that Google+ would become a bigger part of the Chrome Web Store experience, and today they followed through. Here’s what the Chrome team had to say about it: Starting today, the Chrome Web Store helps you do...
Give Away Old Stuff, Get New Stuff: Listia Opens A Rewards Store
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Listia, a startup that allows users to exchange free goods, is expanding its model today by taking its new Rewards Store out of beta testing. On the Listia site, people can give away things that they don’t want or need anymore. When you give something away, you earn points on...
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