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Most people don’t realize there are plenty of legit reward apps that will pay users for simply using their application. Interestingly, you can collect points with the tap of a button on your iPhone or Android smartphone and redeem those points for gift cards, discounts, cash and electronics such as tablets, mP3 players or headphones.…
More and more publishers and developers are using our service Appscovery to announce their new and/or recently updated apps. This week we’re highlighting the following apps: Hey, it’s my turn! Passwords Plus for Android Numbytes – Math Game [Don’t Just Learn Math, Master It!] Lifetime In My Pocket Mushroomers Star Splitter 3D Bloggn – A…
Apple is apparently publishing its apps in the Google Play Store… NOT. But few apps made by “Apple Inc” have been spotted by Android users, namely Garage Band (instead of Garageband), iPhoto, iMovie, Keynote, Numbers and Pages. To make things worse, these fake apps are selling for the same money as original iOS apps. So…
Viggle is set to buy GetGlue in a cash and stock deal. The deal hinges on Viggle successfully completing a “convertible debt financing equal to or greater than $60 million.” The cash is coming from two large investors, and the source of the cash could be from either a huge consumer electronics company or a…
In early September, Charles laid out his top 10 must have Nexus 7 apps, and now it’s my turn. There are a nice chunk of applications and games for the Nexus 7, but these are the top 10 I find myself in more often than not. Unlike the previous list, my focus will be on…
On the same day as fellow social network Facebook gets a mobile app update, so does Twitter. Nothing major though — both bring some nice new features that incrementally make the experience better. For Twitter’s update, the focus is on the Discover tab, search, and account management. The Discover tab on the iPhone and iPad…
Facebook updated its mobile apps for iOS and Android today to include a few small new features. The most notable one is the inclusion of a Share button on certain posts. Just like on facebook.com, you can now re-share posts (somewhat similar to Twitter’s retweet functionality) from the smartphone apps to all of your friends. This…
After some back and forth on the subject, it seems that Google is indeed prepping its own Maps application for iOS devices, according to a report from Wall Street Journal. How Apple will react to the Google Maps application submission is another story, but Google is making the effort. Apparently the search giant as offered…
Google’s Niantic labs has been hard at work creating the next evolution in augmented reality gaming, a game called Ingress, which is being billed as-wait it’s a mouthful the world’s first MMMMORPG. No, that’s not the name of the final boss; it stands for massively multiplayer map-based mobile online augmented reality game. This new game…
Google+ has just rolled out an awesome feature that add Google Play links directly into stream posts. Just like other news on the giant search engine’s social network, users not only get to share Android apps directly from the Google+ feed, but buy them as well. This feature is closely integrated to the social platform,…