Mobile Apps

In Lieu Of Traditional Jobs, Apps Help Unemployed Gain Income

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Underemployed, Npr, Hired, Tech, Taskrabbit, Jobs, Black Unemployment, Craigslist, Apps, Morning Edition, Unemployed, Mobile Apps, Gigwalk, Money News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By Nishat Kurwa Photo Credit: Youth Radio People looking for work are turning to apps like TaskRabbit and Gigwalk to make some money. This story ori...

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GrubHub Founder Discusses His Firm's Mobile "App"-Etite

Brad Spirrison | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Instagram, iPhone Apps, Grubhub, Android Apps, Grubhub Apps, Chicago Restaurants, Mobile Devices, Mobile Versu Web, OrderHub, Mobile Apps, Chicago News
Brad Spirrison

For many companies, that "native versus HTML" is almost a religious debate. "Forcing a channel is a mistake," says GrubHub's founder Mike Evans.

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Andrea Stone

Searching Breast Milk, Turbans, Genitals: Mobile App Is 'TSA's Watchdog'

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Sikh Turbans, Tsa, Video, Airport Racial Profiling, Tsa Pat Downs, Airport Security, TSA Security, Civil Rights, Racial Profiling, Mobile Apps, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A new mobile app that enables travelers to file reports of alleged racial profiling by the Transportation Security Administration from t...

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Now Mom Knows What You're "Up To"

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Foursquare, Madison Building, Apple, Josh Linkner, Mobile Apps, Twitter, Technology, Detroit Venture Partners, Venture Funding, Greg Schwartz, Facebook, Detroit, Upto, UpTo Social Platform, Detroit News
Rabbi Jason Miller

Facebook broadcasts things that you've already done. Nothing shares what you're going to be doing or where you're going to go. UpTo focuses on the future.

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Andrea Stone

Airport Racial Profiling App To Allow Real-Time Reporting

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Sikh Turbans, Tsa Profiling, Tsa, Video, Terrorism, Muslims, Airport Security, TSA Security, Racial Profiling, Tsa Racial Profiling, Mobile Apps, Sikhs, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Civil rights groups plan to unveil a mobile app Monday that they say will allow users to report instances of alleged racial profiling by...

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Getting Young People Excited about STEM? There's an App for That

JD Hoye | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Education, 21st Century Skills, STEM Education, Mobile Apps, Impact News
JD Hoye

How do we engage America's young people in STEM and equip them with a solid foundation in the subjects and technologies that will power the economy of the 21st century? The answer of the moment: apps.

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The 7 Creepiest Apps Ever

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Video, Creepy Apps, Creepy, Apps, Girls Near Me App, Online Privacy, Slidepollajax, Mobile Privacy, Google Play, App Store, Privacy, Mobile Apps, Technology News

Social discovery apps like Highlight can be great tools for those looking to connect and meet up with people around them, even if meeting for the firs...

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The Postcard as Literary Magazine and Unbound Art Book

Pamela Poole | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Art Books, Matthew-Rose, Postcards, Art Installations, Mobile Apps, Literary Magazines, Hoot, Arts News
Pamela Poole

In an era when the way we communicate has become so very virtual (e-mail, social media), and our attention spans are ever shorter, it's the perfect time for the postcard to experience a revival.

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Gerry Smith

Mobile Apps For Kids May Be Violating Privacy Law, FTC Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Apple App Store, Apple Apps, Ftc, Privacy Law, Google Android Market, Federal Trade Commission, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Mobile Apps, Technology News

Dozens of mobile apps for kids, from alphabet and word games to flash cards and puzzles, do not disclose how they use children's personal data and may...

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Mobile Apps Are Saving Small-Business Owners Millions

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Small Business and Entrepreneur Council, Smartphones, Small Business News and Trends, Apps, Mobile Apps, Small Business News

Small businesses that use mobile apps to help manage their operations are saving more than 370 million of their own hours and over 725 million employe...

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How Mobile Apps Are Changing Classrooms and Education

Piyush Mangukiya | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Iphone Educational Apps, Educational-Apps, iPad Education Apps, iPad Apps, Iphone Education Apps, Mobile Apps, Education News
Piyush Mangukiya

One thing is clear: Through the power of mobile apps, the traditional way of "going to school" is about to change in a major way.

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Cover Your App: Five Lessons from Recent Data Breaches

Scott Vernick | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Oversharing, Mobile Applications, National Cyber Security Alliance, Privacy Policy, Cybercrime, Mobile Apps, Technology News
Scott Vernick

A few simple changes in how you handle your online activities and personal technology can have a huge impact in safeguarding your life on the Internet.

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Retail Marketers Go Social In 2012

The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Mobile Marketing, Survey Says, QR Codes, Retail Marketing, Bar Codes, Small Business News and Trends, Mcommerce, Social Marketing, Mobile Apps, Small Business News

While traditional digital marketing methods channels such as search and email still dominate retailers' marketing budgets, a new study sponsored by Br...

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Bromance App Is Grindr For Straight Men

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Video, Nic Stauber, Jeffrey Canty, Straight Men, Apps, Android Apps, Brayden Wilmouth, Jordan Perry, Bromance, iPhone Apps, Mobile Apps, Gay Voices News

From Grindr to Scruff, gay men have plenty of mobile apps they can use to meet each other while on the go. But how are straight guys supposed to find ...

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Brennan Williams

Chester Gregory Crosses Over With New Music And Mobile App

HuffingtonPost.com | Brennan Williams | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Dreamgirls, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Jackie Wilson, Broadway, Theater, Unword, Sister Act, Chester Gregory, Mobile Apps, Black Voices News

Chester Gregory has that ability of the truly talented to repeatedly eclipse his own success. The award-winning stage actor has appeared in some of th...

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French 'Gay Test' Mobile App Causes A Stir

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Is My Son Gay App, Controversial Mobile Apps, Is My Son Gay, Android Market, Google Andr, Mobile Apps, World News

Does your son like football? Does he listen to music divas? Does he have a pierced nose? Your answers to questions like these -- and about $2.69 -- wi...

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Sci-Fi Classic Coming To iPad

The Huffington Post | Cooper Smith | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Iphone, Video, Apple, iPad Apps, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ios, Douglas Adams, Mobile Games, iPod Touch, iPhone Apps, Mobile Gaming, Ipad, Mobile Apps, Technology News

Attention, sci-fi lovers! Douglas Adams's cult classic adventure story, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is getting its very own mobile app. Vanc...

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Lucas Kavner

Leading 'Afropreneur' Says: No More Aid for Africa, Please

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Small Businesses, Internet Access, Wennovation Hub, Libraries, Africa, Nigeria, Libraries Across Africa, Greatest Person of the Day, Idris Bello, Good News, Mobile Apps, Impact News

While speaking with Idris Bello and hearing about his numerous accomplishments, one begins to feel a bit lazy in comparison. Though he only just gradu...

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Love in the Time of Connectivity

Marian Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Euro RSCG Worldwide, match.com, Online Attraction, Jdate, Online Relationships, Intimacy, Online Romance, Social Media, Internet, Online Cheating, Sex, Serendipity, Valentine's Day, Online Dating, Eharmony, Love, Mobile Apps, Technology News
Marian Salzman

We live in a time of preview dating -- an endless shop-till-you-drop comparison of possibilities. No longer do Americans think e-dating is only for "losers" or people lacking "a life."

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The 2010 Newsroom: Lean and Techy

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guardian, Australia, Smart Phones, Media, Britain, Telegraaf Media Group, Trends in Newsrooms 2010, Pulitzer Prize, North Africa, London, Paris, Social Media, North American, Convergence, Middle East, Editors Weblog, Hyperlocal News, Rupert Murdoch, E-Readers, Latin American, Washington Post, Investigative Journalism, WAN-IFRA, Pro Publica, Ipad, Google, Shaping the Future of the Newspaper, News Corp, Asian, Bbc, Robocop Editor, Newsroom, 9th International Newsroom Summit, Brazil, Dutch, World Editors Forum, Entrepreneurial Journalism, New York Times, European, Mobile Apps, Tablets, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Newsrooms should be converged, integrated, flexible, lean and techy, to survive in today's fast-changing media landscape, but news organizations shoul...

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Check-In Charity Mobile Apps Grow In Popularity

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Donating to Charity, Charity Mobile Apps, Mobile Apps, Causeworld, Impact News

Location-based mobile apps allow users to share their excursions with their friends and earn rewards for checking in at certain places. Part of a gro...

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Yes We Can (Compare Apples to Oranges)!

Gadi Ben-Yehuda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gov 2.0, Oranges, Apples, Mobile Apps, Technology News
Gadi Ben-Yehuda

A new breed of application is taking government data, repackaging it into a format that human beings can understand, and delivering it to people at a time when they can act on the information.

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HuffPost Innovators Series: SCVNGR, Pinyadda, Visible Vote & More (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HuffPost Innovators, 1bog, Seatgeek, Four Square, 1 Block Off the Grid, Innovation, Scvngr, Pinyadda, Slidepollajax, Visible Vote, Mobile Apps, Business News

In our latest edition of the HuffPost Innovators Series, we've gathered some of the hottest companies in the mobile app space and one company that hop...

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Books Outnumber Games On iPhones Now

The New York Times | Matthew Ingram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Ereaders, iPhone App, Mobclix, Jeff Bezos, Kindle, Apple Books, Mobile Apps, Ipad, Ebooks, Amazon, Sony, Books News

People love their iPhone apps -- after all, Apple has sold over a billion of them since it launched the phone. And a big proportion of those apps are ...

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Mobile Phone + GPS + Gov't Data = Gov 2.0

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transparency, Gov 2.0, Gps, Data, Open Government, Mobile-Apps, Technology News

Welcome to a movement the tech crowd is calling "Gov 2.0" -- where mobile technology and GPS apps are helping give citizens like Craig Newmark, founde...

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