Apps

Suffer from social anxiety? Try this “anti-social media” app

The app "Hell Is Other People" tracks your friends' movements via FourSquare -- so you can avoid them

Ej Dickson Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 10:27 PM UTC
Social Apps, foursquare, Social Media

Happy Playtime app tries to make female masturbation cute and cuddly

Does a new masturbation app encourage women to get in touch with their bodies, or perpetuate tired gender tropes?

Ej Dickson Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 3:46 PM UTC
Technology Sex, Apps, Masturbation

Google’s empty “ban” on Glass facial recognition software

The Internet giant symbolically refuses to permit such software, which can be uploaded anyway

Natasha Lennard Monday, Jun 3, 2013 5:27 PM UTC
Technology Google, google glass

Can playing Dots on your iPhone make you smarter?

Not quite, but new research reveals that the game and others like it can sharpen a few specific cognitive skills

Jared Keller, Pacific Standard Saturday, May 18, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Technology Pacific Standard, games

Beleaguered caregivers getting help from apps

New technologies are assisting those with aging parents

Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
4 From the Wires, Alzheimer's

New app helps Icelanders avoid accidental incest

The app lets users "bump" phones, and emits a warning alarm if the phone owners are distantly related

Jenna Gottlieb and Jill Lawless, Associated Press Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 4:01 PM UTC
4 From the Wires, Iceland, incest

British teen hits jackpot, sells app to Yahoo

Seventeen-year-old Nick d'Aloisio devised a content-shortening programing while studying for his exams

Marissa Mayer, Associated Press Tuesday, Mar 26, 2013 11:42 AM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Yahoo, Internet

iPhones make lousy dermatologists

New smartphone apps claim to provide medical help, offering false promises of correctly diagnosing skin cancer

Kevin Charles Redmon, Pacific Standard Monday, Feb 4, 2013 7:08 PM UTC
Social Pacific Standard, smartphones

Vine: The new Twitter or chatroulette?

A new buzzy, addictive, 6-second video app could well create a brand-new visual language — if Vine offers the tools VIDEO

Willa Paskin Saturday, Feb 2, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Technology Video, vines, memes, Twitter

Grindr’s odd Holocaust fetish

What's behind the peculiar trend of pec flexing in front of those iconic gray slabs?

Daniel D'Addario Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 4:25 PM UTC
Technology Grindr, Apps, Anti-Semitism

This may be the last watch you ever buy

Thanks to a $10 million+ Kickstarter campaign, Pebble's e-paper smartwatch is coming soon

Jacob Sugarman Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 9:42 PM UTC
Technology Pebble, Watches, E-Paper, iPhone, Mac

Angry Birds, tracking device?

New research reveals that some of the most popular phone apps are gathering personal info like location data

Andrew Leonard Friday, Jan 18, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
Technology smartphones, tablets, Apps, Privacy

NRA launches shooting app for ages 4 and up

For $0.99, players can "unlock" an MK11 sniper rifle

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Jan 14, 2013 1:59 PM UTC
Technology Guns, NRA, Video Games, Apps

How consumer brainwashed are you?

The perfect marketing campaign: A free game app that tests our recognition of corporate branding

Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 7:54 PM UTC
Technology Advertising, logos quiz, Branding

Baseball goes sci-fi

You don't have to be a fan of peanuts and cracker jacks to appreciate Ryan Woodward's sepia-toned comic app

Laura Miller, The Chimerist Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 1:01 PM UTC
Entertainment Baseball, The Chimerist, Apps

Apple cans game modeled on Foxconn tech workers’ suicides

A "serious" game takes aim at working conditions in China — and gets killed off

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Oct 15, 2012 8:13 PM UTC
Technology Workers' Rights, Foxconn, iPad

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