It became one of the top app developers with apps like Super Wall, Hug Me, Likeness, Vampires, Slideshows, and Birthdays.

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The photo sharing app on your smartphone is not a wall that augments your ability to relate to the world.

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In fact, a software developer recently created an app that will send out your final wall posting when you die, letting everyone know what you really think of this life.

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Ford is partnering with news outlets like The Wall Street Journal on a voice-activated app to provide the latest headlines, and with BeCouply, which suggests cool date ideas.

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As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the company recently released a Facebook app called UProtect.

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Recently CEO David Simon hinted to the Wall Street Journal that the REIT is building its own app that might mimic Groupon.

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While waiting, people could hold up their smart phones (with designated branded app deployed) and buy any of the products shown on the wall for home delivery.

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This type of post is different from a Facebook wall post or even a chat with a private group chat app.

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Again, the purpose, said Lees, was to incorporate data into the general Windows Phone experience that other smartphone providers might wall off as separate apps, forcing people to launch an app to get access to the information contained within it.

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Now, however, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is preparing to relaunch a native maps app for iOS 6.

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