All of these efforts have helped make the launch of the Clinique Forecast app a success.
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This makes an app a more practical solution than robots or highly trained animals.
Better still, you'll be able to give the app a try yourself tomorrow, when it goes on free trial on Google Play.
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Am I giving the NY Giants app a shout-out because I want to royally tick off Eagles, Cowboys Redskins and Jets fans?
Since Google launched the first mobile wallet app a few weeks ago, I have been pondering how this innovation may change our lives.
In the real estate market, a housing and mortgage app might be combined with a calendar app and a simple UC presence click-to-connect feature.
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The dual-core 1GHz Texas Instruments OMAP 4 CPU and 1GB of RAM made switching from app to app a breeze, with little lag or stuttering.
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"This would allow for more effective use of mental health services, making the app a potentially attractive proposition for health systems around the world, " she said.
The Messenger app was a separate app from the main Facebook app but allowed a focus just on messages, for people who send messages on their phones constantly.
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Martine's small business team, which works with Antieri, built a videoconferencing app for a Florida-based home health care provider and an anti-drunk driving app for a Long Island entrepreneur.
Other useful apps from Pandigital include InTouch for instant access to social networking sites, a customized calendar, a notes app, a weather app, and an alarm clock with one-touch bedside slideshow, music, and dimming.
Believe it or not, while Apple's iOS has had a Notes app and a Reminders app baked in for some time now, Keep is Google's first mobile app focused on solving either of these problems.
Well, almost here -- the game becomes publicly available tomorrow, and the app won't launch for a few weeks still -- but we got our hands on Dance Central 3's SmartGlass companion app a bit early at a New York City review event last week.
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For example, a Bing image search app shows related images, a YouTube app shows trailers related to actors in an image, an Amazon app gives links to purchase MP3s related to a musician in an image, a Netflix app shows related movies that can be watched, Celebuzz includes news about celebrities and Wikipedia shows related entries from the online encyclopedia.
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The Financial Times shifted from a native iOS app to a web app for their subscribers because they wanted to own the relationship with their readers.
Along with the Facebook and Skype issues, I found that a health-tracking app and a Sudoku app didn't work well.
The significance of app downloads is this: a native app means a user can go directly to that content without searching.
In other words, a third-party app store works less like a storefront and more like a app store functions less like a storefront and more like a catalog (indeed, much of their revenue comes from Web ads and commissions for referred downloads).
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The company previously held a similar contest for general Pokki apps, which resulted in apps such as Mixtape, a mix tape music listening app, a Chess app and Instagrille, an Instagram app.
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The hard truth is you do not need a mobile app or a mobile website or an hybrid app, you need all of them .
Version 0.5 of the Epiphany Eyewear will contain a wifi chip, enabling the device to pair with a phone or tablet, sending the camera feed in real-time to a mobile Augmented Reality app or a social video app or to our site yougen.tv.
Understanding the differences between a web site with application functionality (a web app) and a dedicated app store ready app is important.
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Ironically, by coming in as a downloaded app rather than a pre-installed app, Google could actually rake in more money as the company gains more freedom to advertise.
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As users become more comfortable making acquisitions on mobile platforms, a dedicated app is a must.
It also provides us a chance to compare a web app to a web page.
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The users were mostly indifferent about whether the content was delivered by a mobile app or a mobile website.
Using a Silvercar app on a smartphone, a renter simply scans the QR code on any car in the lot he or she wants.
When I was informed about a new app from a business leader I follow and connect with often, Don Tapscott, I was definitely intrigued.
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The omission of a Linux app, a painfully slow web interface and the lack of free offline access on Android irk me more than a little.
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