But in iOS 6, it decided to ditch Google and create a new app that uses mapping data that Apple itself has assembled.

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Just one example: Signature Labs, a small start-up, is running a test of their new App with Neiman Marcus to create a virtual personal and highly-tailored shopping assistant using your iPhone.

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If you don't want to use an existing one, the audio, photo, video and calendar icons in the app invite you to create a new file to be transferred.

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The app also makes it easier to create a new Flipboard accounts by supporting Facebook's Single Sign-on.

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Women can create a time-lapse video of their pregnancy, and get health tips along the way, through a new iPhone app called CineMama available from the March of Dimes.

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These features shine when using Vyclone, a new app for Windows Phone that lets people co-create, sync and edit multiple views of a shared moment.

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Klooff : This New York startup built a free iPhone app lets users create profiles for their pets and share pictures with its community and on Facebook and Twitter.

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