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OkCupid Snafu Raises Online Dating Privacy Alarm January 18, 2013 
OkCupid this week debuted a new mobile app that sets up blind dates by supplying likely matches for users who plug in a time and venue. As it turned out, though, the app was doing more than just sending hopeful singles to a meet-up. Shortly after its launch, The Wall Street Journal identified a security flaw that made users' email addresses and birth dates accessible.
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MobileDevHQ's Ian Sefferman: So You Built an App - Now What? January 18, 2013 
You could call Ian Sefferman's initial rise to CEO of MobileDevHQ a bootstrap career move. Seeing the rapid growth of consumer interest in mobile apps, he jumped into an infant industry to learn what would push it forward. His interests fell on a gaping opportunity: how to help app developers become more successful.
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Appboy Helps Devs Re-engage Lapsed Users January 18, 2013 
What's the biggest customer-related problem for mobile app developers? A good guess is that it has something to do with one-time downloads by users who lose interest almost immediately. Enter Appboy, which just launched a customer segmentation platform aimed at building engagement.
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Facebook Rolls Out Free Voice Calling to US iPhone Users January 17, 2013 
Facebook rolled out free voice calling in the U.S. through the Facebook Messenger app for iPhone on Wednesday -- with little fanfare or formality. There was no grand announcement -- media outlets noticed the new development and after inquiries, Facebook said it was an extension of the VoIP in Messenger test it launched earlier this year in Canada.
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Snapguide Makes Creating a How-To a Snap January 14, 2013 
In late December, Snapguide updated its iOS app to include iPad optimization, joining the previous iPhone and website versions that somehow slipped my notice. Or maybe I did notice them months ago but walked away disinterested, which happens. I don't remember -- but now I'm interested. Apple highlighted Snapguide as a "What's Hot" selection in the iPad section of the App Store.
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Facebook Messenger Not Just for Text Messages Anymore January 04, 2013 
Facebook has added a recording feature to its Messenger mobile app, allowing mobile users to send each other voice messages without using their voice minutes. In addition to the recorded message options, iPhone users in Canada are able to make voice calls via Facebook's mobile app. Users can tap the "i" button in the app and hit "Free Call" in the updated app to call a contact.
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Judge Knocks Some Wind Out of Apple's App Store Sails January 04, 2013 
A federal judge this week granted Amazon's request to throw out one claim in Apple's lawsuit against it -- namely the allegation that Amazon engaged in false advertising by using the term "Appstore" for its slew of Android-based online offerings. Other claims Apple is alleging against Amazon, including one for trademark infringement, are going forward in the trial.
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Frequency Tunes Out the Noise When Tuning In to Videos December 27, 2012 
One of the most irritating things about enjoying videos, movies and TV shows online is the sheer number of places you must navigate to in order to get the content. Each of the major television networks has its own channel, some of which serve up some full episodes some of the time, while others just serve up teaser clips and ongoing snippets, like the opening monologues for "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson."
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Path Makes Social Search Personal December 21, 2012 
Path, a social networking startup designed for the mobile environment, on Thursday launched a new social search feature that is both simple and highly intuitive -- and that plays to Path's unique strengths as a private mobile social network. A user might search for "rainy day in New Orleans" or "winter in Washington, D.C.," or "Mom happy at her birthday party," for example.
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YouTube's Capture App Opens Direct Route for Video Uploads December 18, 2012 
YouTube on Monday launched Capture, an app for iPhone and iPod touch that lets people share their videos instantaneously. The new app is Google's first foray into instant video sharing from mobile devices and an effort to bring more homemade video content into its ecosystem by streamlining the sharing process. Capture allows for instantaneous creation and sharing.
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Fans Willing to Pony Up for M&M's Tasty Advergame December 17, 2012 
Those delectable M&M's characters seen in commercials are making their way to the iPhone. An advergame app titled "M&M's Brand Chocolate Factory" recently became available on iTunes for $0.99. While many M&M's commercials involve the six characters in social situations trying to avoid being eaten, the new game has the group -- and all M&M's -- in peril of being dropped into hot milk chocolate.
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A Tale of Two Ecosystems: Amazon Instant Video for iPhone Marks Best of Times December 17, 2012 
Back in August, Amazon released Amazon Instant Video, an app for the iPad that lets you stream or watch downloaded movies and TV shows you access via an account with Amazon. Now the company has extended that app to the iPhone and the iPod touch, which is fantastic for iPhone-packing, Amazon-using customers like me.
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New Google Maps App Lights a Beacon in iOS Darkness December 13, 2012 
iPhone users can once again find their way in the world as Google Maps was approved by Apple on Thursday and will be listed in the iTunes App Store. This comes three months after the iPhone maker removed Google Maps as a built-in feature of iOS and replaced it with what polite people called a substandard mapping solution.
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Echograph Gives Photos a Beautiful Touch of Life December 10, 2012 
Some of the apps that I enjoy most are those that help me rethink my world, particularly when it comes to photography. By luck more than anything else, I've stumbled upon a new one: Echograph, an app that lets you shoot or take video -- then create a photo with just a bit of motion left within it. Does it sound complicated? It is and it isn't.
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All Things Appy: 5 Best iOS Transportation Apps December 07, 2012 
The travel experience has been enhanced by the portability of the iPhone and its apps. Travel planning, making reservations, and getting information while on the road are all easier with the top five free transportation-oriented apps available for the iOS platform.
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Apple to Reel In Some Manufacturing Jobs December 07, 2012 
The push to create jobs and return manufacturing to the U.S. has had an effect on Apple. The company's CEO Tim Cook said publicly in interviews this week that Apple will invest $100 million in 2013 to move production of a line of its Mac products from China to the U.S. Cook was not specific as to which models Apple intends to produce in the U.S., but it is reported to be the iMac line.
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MonoPhix Creates Monochrome Effects on the Cheap December 04, 2012 
For many digital shutterbugs, the simple black-and-white filter included with most cameras these days meets their needs for dabbling with monochrome photography. For those who find that a tepid option, there are always the more sophisticated offerings found in high-end post-capture programs like Photoshop and Aperture. MonoPhix offers an alternative to those extremes, though.
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All Things Appy: Top 5 Android Shopping Tools December 01, 2012 
Keep things simple with Barcode Scanner. Scan the product barcode wandering the aisles and read up on the product via a Google Web search or Google's shopping Web
pages. That's it. It's super useful when showrooming, in-store browsing, price-matching, or looking for independent reviews and specifications.
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iTunes 11 Introduces Powered-Up MiniPlayer November 30, 2012 
Apple released a new version of iTunes for Windows and OS X on Thursday, revamping the software's interface, refreshing the look of its store, and enhancing integration with cloud services. It was the software's first major overhaul since September 2010. In user libraries, Apple has abandoned the spreadsheet look in favor of a graphical layout consisting of thumbnails of all media content in the collection.
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iPad Owns Black Friday Mobile Shoppers November 28, 2012 
Apple's retail stores were bustling with shoppers this Black Friday, but this year, its iPad tablet won the day as the favorite mobile device for online shoppers to use while buying other things. Mobile shopping overall was on the rise this year, according to a report from IBM.
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