Apps

Fabulous Photos? There's an App for that.

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:46:38 +0000

A new book offers tips on taking great pics with your phone.

Stop and Frisk App

Brady Carlson — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:39:55 +0000

Monitoring police stops with a smartphone app.

Gaming Town Meeting

Virginia Prescott — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:59:42 +0000

A new app makes civic engagement something you can do anytime, from anywhere.

Gaming the Forest

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:02:38 +0000

A new app transforms tree leaves into currency…kind of changes your mind about raking season, eh?

You Should Keep Tax Records — But How, And For How Long?

Bill Chappell — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 08:02:00 +0000

Tax Day 2012 is looming — and after we file our returns, many of us will try to figure out what to do with the seemingly innocuous but possibly crucial documents we use to prepare our returns. Filing electronically can make those records easier to manage.

To Keep Customers, Brick-And-Mortar Stores Look To Smartphones

Steve Henn — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:31:00 +0000

Best Buy must live in fear of shoppers like Ave Lising. He and a group of friends walk through the Stanford mall in Palo Alto, Calif., their cellphones clutched in their hands.

Lising visited the electronics retailer recently, shopping for a video game.

"I went to Best Buy [and] looked at the price," Lising says. "I was like, 'Ehh — I'm sure I can find this cheaper online.' "

So he whipped out his smartphone and scanned the barcode, found it cheaper and ...

Finding Cheaper Gas With Your Smartphone

Jeff Brady — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:58:00 +0000

Gasoline prices seem to be going up every day, and motorists are looking to squeeze every penny of savings out of each fill-up. Well, as it turns out with so many things these days, smartphone apps can help.

Companies have applications for most smartphones out there to help people find the cheapest gas in town.

Dartmouth Economists: SmartPhone Apps Bust Ski Area Snow Exaggeration

Sam Evans-Brown — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:45:00 +0000

Spring weather is now starting to roll in, but just last week winter had its last hurrah. And when those big snow storms wallop the mountains, ski areas see dollar signs.

A pair of Dartmouth economists are researching the tendency of ski areas to exaggerate snowfall reports especially on weekends, in hopes of luring more skiers to the slopes. But they found that interactive websites and Smartphone apps are turning those ski areas into honest brokers.

Explore George Harrison's Guitars

Bob Boilen — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:33:37 +0000

George Harrison wasn't the flashiest, craftiest guitarist of his day, just the one everyone loved. His sound always served the songs, just enough to make them better, but never enough to eclipse the writing of Lennon or McCartney or even his own tunes.

A new app for the iPad showcases Harrison's collection of guitars. It features audio and video recordings of the former Beatle talking about and demonstrating the sound of his instruments.

The New Running Game Where 'Zombies' Chase You

NPR Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:39:00 +0000

The new iPhone app called "Zombies, RUN!" is not your standard running game.

It's designed to encourage folks, such as say, video gamers, who aren't usually associated with exercise to take up running.

British writer Naomi Alderman, who is a gamer herself as well as an Orange-award winning novelist, came up with the idea for "Zombies, RUN!" while in a class for amateur runners she tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Mary-Louise Kelly.

"The start of the course they said to us, "Why do you want to learn how to run?" and one woman said, "I want to be able to out run

Daughter...Yeah, There's an App for That

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:50:46 +0000

Eight-year-old Jane Frauenfelder and her dad help us sort through which apps are worth her time.

iLove Don'ts

Taylor Quimby — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:11:02 +0000

Three of the weirdest romance apps we've ever heard of.

Random Hacks of Kindness

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:31:49 +0000

There's a gathering of developers and code writers taking place globally...and they're invading Manchester to create apps for doing good.

LINKS:

Random Hacks of Kindness

Manchester gathering info

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