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Academic researchers have developed an app to help determine optimal caffeine consumption for various activities, another effort capitalizing on mobile technologies to try to improve everyday life.

The Astrid note-taking app now lets users outsource to-do lists, linking up with TaskRabbit to widen the market for person-to-person employment.

A new web app is designed to help users find out why their significant other decided to dump them, giving people answers to questions they'd rather not ask in person.

An iPhone app aims to make caring for plants a cinch, especially for the forgetful-minded or those born without a green thumb.

Monster.com launched an app to help users build professional identities within Facebook, showing how the social network is helping advance job searches.

"Mindbloom" reminds people to "stop and smell the roses," a message worth repeating anytime, but especially in the hectic days leading up to the holidays.

A series of apps is making it easier for people to send holiday greetings to their friends and loved ones, adding yet another useful function to smartphones.

An app that promotes slow breathing may help reduce stress and improve mental focus, another example of how monitoring apps can help people improve overall health.

The "WhereFoodComesFrom" app allows consumers to scan meat products in the grocery store and receive instant information about its quality and sourcing.

A free iPhone app lets users see how city streets used to look by integrating photographs from the past to give users a now-and-then perspective.

Android users can send live videos directly to police departments, thanks to an app that helps emergency responders provide immediate, specialized service.

A BlackBerry app allows Ohio zookeepers to keep 24-hour watch over dangerous animals so they know what's going on behind closed doors before they enter the animals' cages.

A police district in the U.K. created a new smartphone app that tracks local crime, in what may become a model for police departments elsewhere.

Smartphone users can now get personalized restaurant recommendations courtesy of Ness, an iOS app that simplifies the hunt for a decent meal on the go.

A new app aims to help dementia sufferers and even people who are just plain forgetful remember to do routine tasks, one sign of how mobile technology can help daily life.