Category: Application

Application Business

Wisembly Raises $2 Million To Make Meetings Suck Less

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Romain Dillet French startup Wisembly just raised $2 million (€1.5 million) from Alven Capital. It’s the company’s first round of funding after three years of existence. Wisembly wants to be the only tool you ever need to keep track and streamline your meetings in your company. “Wisembly is a collaborative solution for corporate meetings,” co-founder Romain David told me in a phone interview. “It allows you to prepare, facilitate and monitor your meetings.” In…

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Application Culture

iCPooch Is A Remote Treat Dispenser & Pet Facetime Terminal For Absent Dog Owners

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Natasha Lomas Last summer we covered Petzila’s answer to keeping a pet pooch happy when you’re not at home: a remote treat dispenser called PetziConnect which also let absent dog owners view and talk to their pooch while delivering treats from afar. Fast forward a few months and prepare to greet iCPooch: another gizmo aiming for the not-so-stay-at-home dog owner, but one which takes the remote petting to the next obvious level: doggy facetime. iCPooch,…

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Application

With Paper, Facebook just blew its own iPhone app out of the water

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As reported on The Verge. By Dieter Bohn This morning, Facebook is announcing a new standalone iPhone app called Paper. Contrary to earlier rumors, it’s much more than just a news reading app — it’s a complete reimagining of Facebook itself. Once you’ve used it, you may never want to open the standard Facebook app again. Although it doesn’t replicate every feature of Facebook’s main app, it has enough to fill the majority of what people use it…

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Android Application Security

Android app learns from your phone to fend off malicious attacks

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As reported on Engadget. BY CHRIS VELAZCO  The last time we heard from Itzhak ‘zuk’ Avraham, he was at Defcon 2011 showing offan Android app that let even inexperienced users poke around networks for weak links and vulnerable computers. Now his company, Zimperium, is rolling out a new mobile intrusion protection app (or zIPS, for short) to help users figure out when their phones are subject to sneak attacks. There’s no shortage of mobile antivirus apps out…

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Application Entertainment

Spotify Drops Free Web Listening Time Limit Everywhere – A Big Scalability Milestone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Josh Constine Spotify’s advertising engine and paid customer conversion funnel are finally working well enough that today it eliminated all limits on free, ad-supported web listening in all countries. It’s an important milestone for the scalability and sustainability of Spotify’s business that contrasts with other streaming music services like Ex.fm and Rdio that are stumbling or shutting down. Previously, Spotify gave free web users unlimited listening for a six-month grace period, but then limited some international free…

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Application Art

Adobe adds 3D printing tools to Photoshop CC, MakerBot support in tow

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As reported on Engadget. BY BILLY STEELE With the emergence of desktop 3D printing, a long-trusted name in creative software is looking to offer tools for the task. Adobe has announced an update to Photoshop CC that includes 3D printing capabilities as a means of “simplifying the 3D print process.” The new functionality allows you to refine, preview, prep and output those three-dimensional creations. Starting from scratch or using an existing model, Photoshop’s tools like automated mesh repair…

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Application Photography

Horizon Shoots All Of Your Videos In Landscape, No Matter How You Hold Your Phone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak Good news! You just shot what might be the world’s funniest video ever. You’re going to be a friggin’ YouTube sensation. You’re totally going to hang out with Ellen. Bad news: you shot the video in portrait mode. Whoops! Now the entire Internet thinks you’re dumb. Horizon is an iOS app that auto-magically ensures that your videos are shot in landscape (read: widescreen) mode, no matter how you’re actually holding the phone.…

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Application Automotive Hardware Dev

Bringrr Is A Car Charger That Shouts When You Forget Your Stuff

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak I’m a pretty patient person, but there’s one thing that instantly makes me go all ragey: driving away from home only to realize I forgot to put something important in my car. That U-turn? It feels like defeat. If I’m already running late when I notice my mistake, prepare to learn some new swear words. Bringrr is a gadget for people like me. It sits in your car’s cigarette lighter port,…

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Application Business Entertainment

Gametime Aims To Provide The Best Mobile Experience For Last-Minute Sports Ticketing

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Anthony Ha Online ticketing services are moving onto mobile, but Brad Griffith, CEO of a startup calledGametime, says the experience still isn’t good enough. For example, Griffith (whose previous startup Zappedy was acquired by Groupon) recalled using the mobile app from “a current leader in the space” to purchase baseball tickets recently, but he didn’t realize until the last minute that he had to print those tickets out. As a result, he and…

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Application iPhone

This case turns your iPhone into a night vision camera

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANIEL COOPER Thermal cameras are expensive, which is why they’re mostly used by firefighters, contractors and psychotic aliens. Fortunately, that’s all about to change thanks to theFLIR One, which is an iPhone case with a tiny thermal camera stuck on the back. All you have to do is strap your iPhone 5 or 5s into the dock and, once you’ve downloaded the app, you’re ready to go. Using multi-spectral dynamic imaging, it can…

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