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Bono to Use Apps to Change World
By Doug Rule
Anti-poverty advocacy group "One," co-founded by U2 singer Bono, has launched a smartphone app that aims to stir up on-the-ground activism in the U.S., capitalizing on a trend toward greater use of mobile technology in stoking political advocacy.
Make a Book Out of Facebook
By Kendra Srivastava
Facebook can now become a physical book thanks to the "Social Memories," an app that helps users create an actual, bound scrapbook of their news feeds, updates and photos.
Facebook Brings Free Internet Calling to IPhone, IPad
By Florence Labedays
Facebook's new messaging app makes Skype-like chat and voice calls, allowing users to connect with friends anywhere in the world.
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Employers, Job Hunters Connect Through App
Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:36 pm | By Margaret Rock
Monster.com launched an app to help users build professional identities within Facebook, showing how the social network is helping advance job searches.
Hitpad Helps Filter Facebook Clutter
Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:46 pm | By Doug Rule
Hitpad, an iPad app that got its start presenting news in an easy-to-digest way, is now attempting to offer the same for a user's Facebook feed, another effort to organize social media clutter.
Subtext Creates Social Network Around E-Books
Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:18 pm | By Margaret Rock
Subtext plans to unlock the full potential of e-books by making reading on the iPad more social and interactive.
App to Connect People with Common Interests
Thu Aug 04, 2011 4:10 pm | By Doug Rule
A new app aims to anonymously connect nearby strangers with similar interests, yet another effort to help people online connect off-line.
A Forecast of Where You Go Next
Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:31 am | By Doug Rule
A new app allows users to alert friends where they're going to be in the near-future, piggybacking off the check-in craze in an effort to make face-to-face meet-ups more possible.
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Atari Plots Return to Prominence Via Mobile Gaming
Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:35 pm | By Doug Rule
Pioneering video game-maker Atari SA is looking to mobile apps to finally help the company make a return to prominence, another sign of how the mobile platform is shaking up the gaming industry.
Playdates for Connected Parents
Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:15 pm | By Peter Ferenczi
RedRover is a new social networking site and app for parents that addresses the "friend oversaturation" of general purpose social networks.
Find a Date Near You
Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:43 pm | By Matthew Calamia
Dating site HowAboutWe.com launched a location-based dating app, hoping to one-up the competition in the crowded online matchmaking field.
Bono to Use Apps to Change World
Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:02 pm | By Doug Rule
Anti-poverty advocacy group "One," co-founded by U2 singer Bono, has launched a smartphone app that aims to stir up on-the-ground activism in the U.S., capitalizing on a trend toward greater use of mobile technology in stoking political advocacy.
"Dude, Where's My App?"
Tue May 24, 2011 6:06 pm | By Doug Rule
Ashton Kutcher has launched his own Twitter app, a development that almost sounds like an elaborate Punk'd hoax, or something sprung from the solipsistic mind of Charlie Sheen.
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Sonar Connects Strangers
Tue May 24, 2011 4:11 pm | By Kendra Srivastava
A new iPhone app helps friends of friends connect, allowing smartphone-toting introverts to easily strike up a conversation with otherwise perfect strangers.
Make a Book Out of Facebook
Fri May 20, 2011 9:56 am | By Kendra Srivastava
Facebook can now become a physical book thanks to the "Social Memories," an app that helps users create an actual, bound scrapbook of their news feeds, updates and photos.
Fring Offers Free 4-Way Video Chat
Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:23 am | By Kendra Srivastava
Internet calling company Fring is now offering free four-way video chat via its iPhone and Android apps, taking full advantage of the increase number of smartphones featuring front-facing cameras.
Facebook Game Challenges Players to Change the Future
Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:44 pm | By Kendra Srivastava
A new Facebook game challenges players to save a fictional and fractured United States from terrorists, pushing social gaming into new frontiers that are anything but casual.
Facebook Friends' Moods at a Glance
Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:27 am | By Amanda Serfozo
Frimby's new "Facemood" app claims to translate Facebook friends' updates into quantified mood score in a playful nod to the sometimes cryptic status posts on the social network.
