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Weather Channel Installs Sprinklers in Bus Shelters, Gets Commuters All Wet to Promote an Android App
Neetzan Zimmerman · 02/28/13 03:07PMHamilton Nolan · 02/07/13 03:54PM
'Dildo Play' Is Now an 'Editor's Pick' in Twitter's Hot New iPhone App Vine
Max Read · 01/28/13 09:34AMRich Juzwiak · 12/21/12 04:45PM
You Can Now Download Google Maps for Your iPhone Again
Max Read · 12/13/12 10:58AMRemember how thew new Apple Maps app for the iPhone — the one that replaced the old, Google-based default — is a horrible piece of software that Apple was forced to publicly apologize for? Ha ha, of course you do, because you are reading this blog post in the middle of the Australian bush, where Apple Maps directed you when you were trying to get to Filene's Basement.
Apple Says No Thanks to App that Tracks Deaths from U.S. Drones
Taylor Berman · 08/30/12 06:45PMRemember the "There's an app for that commercial?" Well, that's still mostly true, I guess, unless, say, you wanted instant updates for the number of people killed by U.S. drones. Earlier this week, Apple rejected NYU student Josh Begley's "Drone+" app, which keeps track of drone strikes, including the approximate location and number of people killed. There was even an option for push notifications.
Super Creepy Stalker App Puts Names and Faces of 'Girls Around Me' on a Map
Maureen O'Connor · 03/30/12 02:52PMLest there be any doubt that females with public Facebook profiles are in constant peril, here is a thorough discussion of Girls Around Me, an iPhone app that allows users to push a button and see the Facebook profiles of every female in walking distance, according to FourSquare and plotted on a Google Map.
Gwyenth Paltrow Creates First iPhone App For Perfect People
Adrian Chen · 12/13/11 06:15PMThe Unstoppable Rise of the American Bro
Hamilton Nolan · 11/28/11 11:56AMHow a Geek Cracked the Jeopardy! Code
Ryan Tate · 11/16/11 05:33PMRoger Craig had never been on Jeopardy! before, but by the end of his first day of taping, he'd won five games in a row, the most lucrative day for any contestant in the show's history, including the most lucrative game in the show's history. His secret? A web app that modeled the show's all too predictable question sequences.