In early February, Mailbox hit the App Store and impressed millions with its refreshing take on email visualization and triage. An epic waitlist added fuel to the fire, since most people had to wait weeks to gain access to the cloud-p…
Mailbox launches an iPad app, but Gmail poses a greater threat than ever
In early February, Mailbox hit the App Store and impressed millions with its refreshing take on email visualization and triage. An epic waitlist added fuel to the fire, since most people had to wait weeks to gain access to the cloud-p…
Microsoft debuts Skype for Xbox with group video calling
At its Xbox One launch event today, Microsoft debuted Skype for Xbox One, a new version of the communications service that lets you conduct HD video chat with friends using the Kinect camera. You can engage in group video chats, as we…
Facebook on building for Google Glass: it’s another way to ‘plug into the world’
Google today launched several new services for Glass — dubbed “Glassware” — including a Facebook app that lets you post photos to your timeline. Facebook’s efforts were led by Mobile Product Manager Erick Tseng, a former P…
Limelight: an app to catalog your favorite movies, inspired by Delicious Library
Remember Delicious Library? The app is a digital pack rat’s best friend, a beautiful way to organize and collect movies you’ve seen, albums you own, and books you’ve read. In its heyday the app inspired a generation of design-obsessed…
One year in, Paper for iPad gains pinch-to-zoom, integrated gallery of popular creations
FiftyThree today updated its app Paper for iPad to include pinch-to-zoom, one of the most requested features from users, and “Made With Paper,” a wholly new section of the app dedicated to user creations. As it did with the “Rewind” u…
Never forget with Thinglist, a fun way to organize and remember things
Thinglist isn’t like most iPhone apps. Its promo video includes no glockenspiels, acoustic guitar strums, or coffee-sipping cafe dwellers. Instead, a man appears from of the darkness and says, “You know, I don’t have the b…
Ticker tape, circa 2013: New York Times breaking news alerts come to Little Printer
At launch, tabletop “newspaper” printer Little Printer was surprisingly devoid of news. The internet-connected machine spat out a variety of beautiful and tiny “publications” like an architecture digest from ARUP and headlines from Th…
Alone together: will one messaging app rule them all?
Great, I’ll text you later! Never mind, I’ll WhatsApp you later, or are you using Kik now? Ah, I remember, you switched to Viber. Just Facebook me, ok?
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