AboveAverageNetwork has created a parody video making fun of Kickstarter projects. The video is for a fake new social media app called iNotRacist. The app lets users prove how “not-racist” they are by awarding them points every time they do...
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Only two months after being acquired by Dropbox, Orchestra has released an iPad version of its Gmail organizing app Mailbox. The app, which was first available in private beta, launched as an iPhone app a couple of months ago. Now it has been optimized...
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Nextdoor, a private the private social network for neighborhoods, has launched an iPhone app. The idea behind the network is to help neighbors communicate as neighbors do, only in the digital age. Want to borrow a cup of sugar, find a babysitter or...
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Can’t be there to put your child or grandchild to bed? StorySticker lets you do create audio recordings of yourself reading their favorite book so that they can listen to your voice at bedtime. The StorySticker audio book works through the combination...
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Simon & Schuster and Folger Shakespeare Library have teamed up with Luminary Digital Media to create interactive app adaptations of Shakespeare texts for use in schools. Coming this November, the joint effort will release app versions of Hamlet, Othello,...
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Twitter is a great place to share your thoughts and idea and for those of you that want to save your tweets page for posterity, there are a number of companies that will let you create print books out of your Twitter pages. We’ve put together a list...
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Amazon has expanded the Amazon Appstore globally and it is now available in almost 200 countries including the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain,China and Japan, and it will soon arrive in Brazil. As part of the promotion of its Appstore expansion,...
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Edweek has created an infographic called, “A Primer on Mobile Apps for Young Students Learning to Read,” which examines trends in educational mobile apps. The graphic revealed the 70% of the top selling apps in the education category of Apple’s...
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The Gracie Awards were held last night in Los Angeles, celebrating “outstanding programming for, by and about women.” GalleyCat Editor Jason Boog was there on the red carpet chatting with established authors about how emerging writers can succeed...
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MessageMe, a new app that rethinks the idea of an SMS by letting users send music, videos, photos, drawings and even location information, is taking off pretty quickly. The company revealed this week that in its first 10 days, the app had been downloaded...
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Travel publisher Lonely Planet has partnered with digital publishing company Inkling to create a new series of enhanced eBooks for iOS devices called Best Trips. The eBook editions of the Best Trips series are interactive and dynamic. Like their...
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Amazon Publishing has introduced a new publishing platform dedicated to fan fiction called Kindle Worlds. The platform is designed to let writers create fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters. And using licenses, writers can...
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Hardest Game Ever 2 joins the top free Android app this week at No. 10, according to research from Google Play. The gaming app from Organnose Studio measures users reaction time through quick puzzles. Below, we’ve listed the top free Android apps...
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Elvenkind: Rise of the Dark Ones by Ola Olsson is today’s Free eBook of the Day. The novel is the first of three fantasy novels that involves elf murders. Check it out: Elvenkind Trilogy: Have you ever wondered how an elven race could get divided into...
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