While your kids might disagree, smartphones aren’t just for Angry Birds and Minecraft. With the overwhelming number of apps available for smartphones, these devices have the power to enhance our lives in the real world. Save money, sleep better or get organized. Your smartphone is the key to a better you.

Osito

Have you ever wished you had a personal assistant to help you track all of your responsibilities? That’s exactly what MacWorld claims Osito can do. It acts as a personal concierge for your iPhone. Check your schedule, traffic and even the local weather report at the push of a button. You can even alert your contacts at your destination that you might be running late if traffic is bad by simply tapping your phone.

SnipSnap Saver

Couponing is still hot. After all, who doesn’t want to save a little money, right? Yet taking the time to cut, sort and store coupons is a hassle, and then you have to remember to bring the binder with you to the store. SnipSnap Saver eliminates this problem. With the free app, which Lifehacker recommends, simply scan the coupon with your smartphone camera, let the app create a sharp digital barcode of the coupon and then present your phone to scan at the register.

If that wasn’t enough to make the coupon addict drool, SnipSnap Saver also lets you access coupons other people have scanned. It will alert you when you are near stores you have coupons for and also when your coupons are about to expire. While you might find some retailers hesitant to accept this type of digital coupon, the app has that problem covered as well. It contains ratings for various retailers so you can decide which one to use.

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The latest iPhone 5S rumor is claiming that the upcoming iPhone 5S will lost the physical home button and be replaced with a capacitive home button with a finger print sensor.

This isn’t new: many Android handsets have touch-enabled “buttons” like Samsung’s Galaxy S series, for example. Apple’s innovation, the story goes, involves using sapphire crystal to prevent scratches and dings and protect the integrated fingerprint sensor…

The iPhone analysts are predicting the finger print scanner to be one of the killer features of the iPhone 5S. PayPal has already said that it expects the next iPhone will kill passwords once and for all by focusing on a more reliable and stronger fingerprint-based authentication method.
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BlackBerry confirmed today that its BlackBerry Messenger platform is coming to Apple’s iOS devices.

The official announcement on the company’s blog lists the following features that will be initially supported on iOS:

the immediacy of BBM chats

multi-person chats

voice note sharing

BlackBerry Groups, where BBM users are able to set up groups of up to 30 people and share calendar, photos, files and more

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Apple was just granted two patents that prevents moisture entry and alerts users. Both were granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and appear to be part of the iPhone 5, which has scored well in moisture-handling tests.

The first patent, titled “Water inhibiting slide Switch” detailed ways consumer electronics can be designed and built to avoid moisture from entering delicate devices. Patently Apple describes the technology. “The invention relates to providing a moisture resistant environment for small form factor electronic devices,”
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Plexus Slim Diet App

At last! An affordable weight loss product that works!

Plexus Slim is a health and wellness mobile organizer focused on providing information and support for a line of products to help you melt the fat away! Our mobile app provides the following FREE features:

- Review information about each of our products
- Scan testimonials of other successful weight losses
- Order Plexus Slim and accompanying products
- Connect with our social network
- Become informed by reviewing our health and wellness blog entries
- Sign up for our newsletter to keep you updated on all the latest news

Bonus! Our app also provides you the ability to join the growing Plexus Slim community by sharing your testimonial or submitting your before and after pictures directly into the app! You can start your own Plexus Slim Business and start earning great revenue.
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iPhone Addiction

Dr. S, eminent psychiatrist and media specialist, today continued his campaign, alerting parents to the dangers of unsupervised use of iPads by kids. Citing a recent headline from The NY Daily News, “Hooked on the iPad: Technology Addiction Affects Children as Young as 4, Experts Say,” Dr. S restated his message that touchscreen devices, with their irresistible interactivity, lights, colors and sound can potentially pose serious dangers to the mental health and cognitive development of children.

Wilmette, Illinois – Dr. S, eminent psychiatrist and media specialist, today continued his public health campaign: 1) alerting parents to the dangers of unsupervised use of iPads by kids; and 2) urging the embedding of media management in family life starting at the youngest age possible. Citing a recent headline on April 23rd in The NY Daily News, “Hooked on the iPad: Technology Addiction Affects Children as Young as 4, Experts Say,” Dr. S restated his message that touchscreen devices, with their irresistible interactivity, lights, colors, and sounds can potentially pose serious dangers to the mental health and cognitive development of children. He cautioned, “Parents who just hand the iPad to youngsters are asking for trouble, because kids seem wired to love and follow the iPad iPiper, like many eager adults.”

Dr. S is confident that preventing iPad addiction and overconsumption of media is well within the skills of modern parents. Recognizing that their children’s iPad use requires supervision is the essential first step. According to Dr. S, “Parents need to see the issues inherent in the kid-tech encounter more clearly against a backdrop of child development and brain maturation. They need to believe they can be effective. Then they need to adopt a sensible, systematic and rational system of thinking, much as they do for meal planning, not merely relying on antiquated rules or piecemeal advice. This is not the same as policing, but additionally calls for providing healthy, growth promoting content. Professionals can help parents by providing convenient ‘white lists’ of vetted content in a technologically protected ‘sandbox.’”
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The iPhone 5 has launched extending the family of Apple Smartphones to decorate with high quality, free and some paid for the apps delights. The experts of the iPhone company are working for releasing the new apps in every month. So, if we want the high quality apps to use in various activities we can use this phone as the best medium of it. Experts of this company provide the updates of this phone in every month.
There are lots of apps found in the apps store of iPhone:

Twitter # music:
Service of the music creativity uses tweets and the interactions on the social networking site to help anyone to find various types of new songs and consult tracks with Spottily and the radio subscribers to hear the music tracks. These #music users can easily pipe a song they are hearing to directly from this app and there is a fine list of track there.
Fish out of Water:
It brings anyone by the makers of fruit Ninja and the brilliant Jetpack Joyride. The game is all about frisking fish off the inside of a sea. The water may be dangerous and the situations may be drastically changed creating the challenge more complex but in the search to top the leader board.

Run a 5k:
If the London Marathon has given us the inspiration to fillet up our running shoes that we may start small by training for a important shorter 5k run with the best consults from the teachers and the GPS tracking to take us ready to move in the some weeks. This app also helps for the Run keeper, the Map My Run and the Fit bit that means we may also sync the data from the past runs of it.
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iPhone Enabled Door Lock

Kwikset announced an awesome smartphone friendly wireless lock accessory for your home.

How would you like to unlock your door by just simply touching the deadbolt?

You simply just touch the lock with your finger, you don’t even have to remove the iPhone from your pocket for it to work. That’s what Kēvo, a UniKey-powered wireless deadbolt door lock, does for you by connecting with your iPhone, iPod or iPad through wireless Bluetooth Smart technology.

The Kwikset Kēvo lock powered by UniKey is billed as “a breakthrough technology that turns your smartphone into an electronic key”.

According to UniKey Technologies CEO Phil Dumas who spoke with AppleInsider, the eKey functionality opens a whole new world of possibilities, including the ability to remotely and temporarily provide another iPhone user with an eKey.

With this feature, users can grant a limited-time key to a maid or contractor, or more permanent access options to fellow family members or roommates.

Once you pair your iPhone with the UniKey accessory, locking and unlocking the door become just a matter of tapping on the exterior of the lock. A flashing green light will let you know if the door is successfully locked or unlocked. No interaction with your device is required because the door is actually unlocked once Kevo detects your iPhone to be in the locks range. The similar technology on some of the upscale vehicles, where you can lock/unlock and even push-button start your car if the key in close proximity.
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FREE

Come meet the Hooters Calendar girls, in this private mobile social network built just for fans!

In the app:

-Chat live: chat with any Hooters Calendar girl and see where it goes!

-Free daily photo and video updates: all taken exclusively for the app, from photo shoots, bikini competitions, pageants and more.

-Private message: send messages to Hooters Calendar babes like Jessica Lundy, Tiffany Saint, Franky Be, Alex Leigh, Yasmin Valdivieso, Tyler Suess, Afton Storton, Rachel Dawn, Brittany Marshall, Claudia Gestro, Casey Luckey, Stephanie Christine, and many more joining everyday.

-Share on Facebook & earn credits: share a photo or post on Facebook so you can use your credits to get even closer to a Calendar pin-up.

-Send a gift: catch her eye and get into her inner circle when you use credits to send her a gift or see a hot-off-the-press photo or video.

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AT&T, the nations second largest wireless carrier is planning on introducing a prepaid brand called the “All In One” on June 15th.

The new prepaid plans will appeal to folks who dislike long-term contracts and are expected to start at $35 for the feature phones and will go up to $50 for a smartphone. AT&T will also introduce a $70 a month tier for those who need data that exceeds two gigs per month.

FierceWireless breaks down the upcoming prepaid tiers, as follows:

$35 tier for feature phones: unlimited talk, text and an unspecified data
$50 for smartphones: unlimited talk, text and two gigabytes of HSPA data
$70 smartphone plan: unlimited talk, text and five gigabytes of data

These price tiers will undercut T-Mobile’s $65 a month tier for unlimited texting, calling and two and a half gigabytes of data.

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Smartphones can eat up data at breakneck speeds if you’re not proactively monitoring your usage. Limited data plans are a bane to mobile users everywhere, but if you’re savvy with apps and mobile technology, you’ll never need to worry about surpassing your monthly limit ever again.

No more www

When you’re surfing the web on your smartphone, sites will use one of two types of versions. The first, “www,” you’re all familiar with. Even without looking at the URL, you’ll know a “www” site because it will be difficult to navigate, take a long time to load and look atrocious on your mobile screen. The second type is simply “m” for mobile. Using “m” takes up less data than its triple-w counterpart because it’s optimized for mobile and has fewer page elements to load, as Cnet.com explained. Web sites generally make the switch automatically when you’re using mobile. If not, manually replace the URL’s “www” with “m.”

Data Backup

Just as you back up your computer’s data, you could and should do the same for your smartphone. The best part is, many services provide free online storage for your data. If you tend to use your mobile more than your computer, it’s worth looking into. Using the cloud will free up more data space on your mobile device. Online storage is also advantageous to users who want to access data seamlessly across various platforms. Plus, think about the catastrophic repercussions of losing your contacts, schedule and integral data.

Wi-Fi

When Wi-Fi is available for free, use it. Don’t ignore hot spots, or you’ll needlessly use up your precious and limited data when you could be catching a free ride.

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Consider yourself special, You’ve been invited just for reading this post to the best thing to happen to iPhone apps. iBotta is a free iPhone app that you can actually earn money by using. Ibotta for iPhone and iPad is a fun and easy way to earn real money just for buying your favorite products.

- It’s easy. Complete quick tasks regarding your favorite products – learn a fact, take a poll, watch a short video, and more.

- It’s up to you. You choose how much or how little you earn depending on the tasks you complete.

- It’s fun! Earn special rewards by completing Bonuses based on what you buy and where you shop. Keep using the app to unlock new Bonuses and earning opportunities.

- It’s rewarding to invite friends. Earn cash bonuses just for referring and signing up your friends.

- It’s near you. Ibotta works at over 40 favorite retailers including Target, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, Rite-Aid, Kroger, Safeway, Publix, 7 Eleven, Wegmans, Winn-Dixie and more. New stores are being added all the time.

- It’s fast. Get your money within hours of taking a photo of your receipt.

- It’s real cash. Earnings can be transferred securely to your PayPal account with the tap of a button.

- It’s full of your favorite products. Ibotta sends you offers from all the top brands.

- It’s secure. Your information is private and we intend to keep it that way. We never share your email address with anyone. Credit card information is never requested, stored or kept.

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Apple has no control over who buys or gets assigned pre-roll advertising on their YouTube videos — that’s all Google — but Apple does have the ability to turn off pre-roll ads for the video in general. BlackBerry Z10 probably won’t reach iPhone level sales any time soon, but what if it were Samsung buying those ads for the Galaxy S4?
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Google Search brings some of the same features Android users enjoy in Google Now to the iPhone and iPad including Voice Search. The new features are also integrated into Voice Search meaning you can simply ask Google what traffic or weather conditions are like. The traffic condition update can give you information on how long your commute will be before you leave for the day so you can plan for the day.Google Search has just been updated to add even more features from the Google Now service including traffic and weather updates as well as information about sports teams and breaking news.

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For the first time, more messages are being sent via applications such as iMessage, WhatsApp and Viber than traditional texting. That’s the message of a new study which found that messages sent using such apps outnumbered those sent through carrier-based SMS in 2012.

That lead is expected to widen this year as chat apps send twice as many messages as texting. The study by Informa suggests the lucrative business of text transmissions could be winding down for carriers.

Although traditional SMS has a larger user base, iMessage, WhatsApp or other chatting apps are sending more texts per user, giving them the momentum…
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