Apps

App Helps Icelanders Avoid Dating Family

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:08:00 +0000

Transcript

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm David Greene.

Dating can be tough in a small country like Iceland. There are only 320,000 people and many of them are distant relatives. So the government came up with an idea. They created a genealogy Web site. There's even a Smartphone app. Just tap phones with your date. And if you happen to share a grandparent, you'll get an alert. If a date is out of the question, the app does also track relatives' birthdays and so you can send them a card.

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Speak Up! Advertisers Want You To Talk With New Apps

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:50:00 +0000

Imagine for a second what it would be like if you could talk to your radio, and your radio would actually listen. To get an idea of what this might be like, I downloaded an app called Talk to Esquire, from the magazine of the same name.

When I opened it, the app asked me a question: What's your favorite type of liquor?

Looking For 'Oxygen,' Small Papers Erect Digital Paywalls

Ashley Gross — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:34:00 +0000

The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle recently said they will start charging readers for online content, joining big papers like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Who Needs Smoke Signals? Conclave Watch Goes High-Tech

Erin OToole — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:46:12 +0000

The conclave to select the next pope is underway at the Vatican. The method the cardinals use to choose a pope is a very old practice, first implemented in 1179 and heavily rooted in tradition.

Self-Tracking Apps To Help You 'Quantify' Yourself

Elise Hu — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:29:00 +0000

Technology has made it easier than ever to track your activity levels, your sleep cycles, how you spend your time, and more. The self-trackers who near-obsessively capture and analyze their own data are part of a growing "Quantified Self" movement.

Interested in giving self-tracking a try?