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31 min ago | Internet Retailer

Fleur du Mal takes sensuality to the smartphone

Lingerie and apparel retailer Fleur du Mal has launched a mobile commerce site that uses geolocation to provide consumers at one of the brand's local pop-up stores with a customized site that differs from the one other mobile visitors see.

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Related Topix: Instagram, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

2 hrs ago | Mashable

Mailbox Comes to iPad

Like the iPhone app, the iPad version of Mailbox lets users schedule incoming messages to read later and sort into different lists, such as "To Buy" and "To Watch," with simple gestures.

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Related Topix: Dropbox, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Ipad, Science / Technology, Instagram

3 hrs ago | PC Magazine

Dish Adds On-Demand, Social Access to iPhone, Android Apps

The Dish Network mobile app just got a makeover, adding access to On Demand programming on Android and iOS, as well as Dish Anywhere integration with social networks.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone

4 hrs ago | The Guardian

Shazam redesigns its iPad app with television-tagging in mind

Mobile firm Shazam has revamped and relaunched its iPad app , with a new feature that automatically identifies TV shows, advertisements and music, rather than waiting for people to manually tag them.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, Shazam, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Ipad, Science / Technology, Social Software, Android, iPhone

7 hrs ago | VentureBeat

Ahead of earnings, Pandora brings your music listening activity to Facebook's Timeline

The world's largest streaming music service, Pandora , is finally adding some deep integration with the world's largest social network, Facebook , giving its users a much easier way to socialize their musical activity with friends.

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Related Topix: Pandora, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Wed May 22, 2013

WVNY

Holiday gift guide for the anti-Apple fanboy

NASA has awarded a mechanical engineer a grant worth $125,000 to help him create a 3D printer for food.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Science / Technology, NASA, Printers, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Facebook, AirBnB

The Nation

Tell Facebook and Google: We Deserve Fair Contracts

While companies such as Facebook and Google rely on users for content and profits, as Ari Melber explains at thenation.com, they use one-sided "Terms of Service" contracts to exclude these same content providers from negotiating control of their pictures, text and personal data.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Google, Privacy, US News, Liberal Political News

Isle News

Jersey Women's Refuge Launches App

Jersey Women's Refuge have teamed up with iQ to create an app which gives Islanders the information they need to use mobile technology safely.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, Find My Friends, iPhone App, Ipad, Science / Technology

NME

System Of A Down bassist asks fans if they should replace frontman Serj Tankian

System Of A Down 's bass player Shavo Odadjian has said the band want to record a new album without singer Serj Tankian.

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Related Topix: Metal, System of a Down, Serj Tankian, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

Internet Retailer

Shoppers start adding digital gift cards to Apple's Passbook wallet

While the hype over mobile wallets continues unabated, some retailers are demonstrating that mobile wallets can indeed be put to good use.

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Related Topix: Starbucks, iPod touch App, iPad App, Google+, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Apple, Startups, iPhone

TheStreet.com

Why JPMorgan Will Always Be a Better Villain Than Apple

For evidence of the Apple advantage, one need look no further than Carl Levin , the perpetually dour Senate Investigations subcommittee chairman, who summoned Cook to Washington to call attention to Apple's tax avoidance schemes, was forced to admit "we love the iPhone and the iPad." His Republican counterpart, John McCain of Arizona, was similarly ... (more)

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Related Topix: Startups, Apple, US News, US Senate, Democrat, US Politics, Carl Levin, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone App, iPod touch App, iPhone and iPad App, Republican, John McCain

Cult of Mac Blog

Use iBooks 3.1 To Study Better - Highlight, Search, And Make Notes In The Text [iOS Tips]

If you need to read books for class or your own learning objectives, you can use iBooks to highlight words or passages, search the text for specific words or phrases, and make notes that appear in the margins as little colored sticky notes.

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Related Topix: iBooks, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Twitter

Mirror.co.uk

Low rates of the Caribbean, weird Foreign Office work and new Thomson app

Jet away now for great deals on low season in the Caribbean, weird FCO work around the world and all the latest airline, cruise and travel news It's the start of the low season in the Caribbean.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Travel, Offbeat

TheStreet.com

Apple Would Do Better Spending that Cash

Unfortunately, while the iPhone designer may have broken new ground in tax avoidance -- according to a Senate Subcommittee on Investigations -- the company would be better off not holding the most swollen bank account among non-financial companies in the history of Corporate America.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, iPhone

Tue May 21, 2013

The Miami Herald

The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store

The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Ipad, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPod touch App, iPhone App

The Province

Yahoo hopes $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition will revive its flagging brand

This May 19, 2013 photo illustration taken in Washington, DC, shows the splash page for Yahoo and blogging platformTumbler seen on an iPhone.

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Related Topix: Startups, Yahoo!, Dapper, Citizen Sports, Tumblr, Instagram, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App

JK on the run

Integrated Vimeo, Flickr sharing could follow Twitter, Facebook to iOS

A report on Tuesday from 9to5Mac says Apple is looking to bolster social sharing options in iOS 7 by integrating Vimeo and Flickr.

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Related Topix: Social Software, iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Twitter, Science / Technology, Apple, Startups

MacMegasite

Thai Dictionary 8.0 Released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch

Thai Dictionary is a bidirectional dictionary. User can search both Thai and English words only by changing keyboard.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, Twitter, iPhone and iPad App, LinkedIn, iPhone App, Ipad, Science / Technology, iPhone

Neil's World

Flickr's biggest ever redesign

Late last night, Flickr unveiled probably its biggest ever redesign , with a new look for many sections of its web site.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Flickr, iPod touchiPad App, iPod touch App, iPhone and iPad App, Tumblr, iPhone App, iPad App, Google+

Bangkok Post

Apple has 50 billion app downloads

Brandon Ashmore of Mentor, Ohio downloaded word game Say the Same Thing from Apple's App Store and in the process, set a new record and won a $10,000 gift voucher.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Science / Technology, Mentor, OH, Steve Jobs, iPod touchiPad App, iPod touch App, Angry Birds, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App