Google launched the YouTube Capture last month, and it provided an easy and quick method for avid YouTubers to record video and upload it to their channel in a timely manner. However, it didn't come with a wealth of awesome features that a lot of power users would like, but the app updated today with some improvements, namely 1080p recording capabilities, as well as improved features for sharing.
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YouTube Capture updated with 1080p support
Google apps on iPhone and iPad quickly gaining steam
Google spent a lot of time in the last part of 2012 improving its iOS app offerings through updates, and today we're hearing that those updates did quite a bit to boost market share. Though many of Google's apps will of course always be popular regardless of the platform, the company's iOS apps are looking pretty good going into 2013. Onavo Insights today published a list of the Google iOS apps that saw their market share grow as 2012 came to a close, with YouTube and Google Maps perhaps making some of the biggest gains.
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comScore: Facebook ends 2012 as #1 mobile app in the USA
According to the latest comScore Mobile Metrix ranking working with the audiences of the top mobile apps in the USA, Facebook has taken a relatively massive leap ahead of Google Maps through 2012 to become the top app in the USA. This listing includes polling of users aged 18 years or older on both iOS and Android devices with a time frame between March and December of 2012, and you'll find that this isn't the first month in which Facebook has taken the lead. Google Maps and Facebook have been nearly neck-and-neck since the earliest results from March of 2012, with Google Maps in the lead until September where usage of Google's mapping solution appears to take a bit of a fall off of a cliff while Facebook continues to steadily rise.
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MLB At Bat coming to BlackBerry 10 by Opening Day
The MLB At Bat app has always been the go-to source for baseball fanatics while on the go. Currently, the app is only available for iOS and Android devices, but Major League Baseball has announced today that the app will also be heading to BlackBerry 10 sometime before the sport's Opening Day on March 31.
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Tasker for Android updates with completely new UI
The popular automation utility for Android, Tasker, essentially turns your smartphone into a superphone of sorts. It can do any number of things (except make your bed for you), and it's arguably one of the best utility apps that you can get on Android. Even better, though, is that the app updated today with a new, cleaner look.
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Amazon launches in-app purchases for Mac, PC, and web games
In-app purchasing is nothing new, and it's actually how a lot of free apps and games make their money, but Amazon today announced that they're extending their own in-app purchasing system to Mac and Windows computers, as well as web-based games. This will allow developers to widen their reach and increase revenue from their apps and games.
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iOS 6 “Newsstand as app folder” trick discovered
The Newsstand app, which was introduced in iOS 5, can be rather annoying if you don't take advantage of reading magazines and periodicals on your iOS device -- it just sits there taking up space on your home screen. If your device is jailbroken, you can hide the app with a simple tweak, but non-jailbroken users will have to deal with. However, a new tweak was recently discovered that allows non-jailbroken users to "hide" apps in the Newsstand folder.
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Instagram boasts 90 million monthly active users, 40 million photos per day
Instagram might have gotten some crazy backlash from its policy changes back in December, for which they pulled an about face and returned it back to normal. However, a lot users were done with the service at that point, and vowed to switch to an alternative. Then again, that doesn't seem to be scaring Instagram too much, as the company has reported 90 million monthly active users, as well as 40 million photos being posted per day.
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PlayStation Vita only stores 100 apps
The PlayStation Vita is Sony's latest portable gaming console, but while it may come with awesome graphics and a huge screen, there's one caveat that's more than mildly annoying. It turns out that the Vita can only display 100 apps at a time, regardless of the amount of storage space that's available.
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Yelp adds restaurant inspection scores in New York and San Francisco
Yelp is one of the best places to go for restaurant reviews, but that's really only for how good the food is and how friendly the staff is. What about the hygiene levels in a given restaurant? It turns that Yelp is finally adding health inspection scores to restaurants in New York City and San Francisco.
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Simple online banking app comes to Android
Online banking startup Simple, which is designed to replace traditional personal banking with an online-only experience, announced the availability of an Android version of their mobile app. The app allows customers to see their balance, find nearby ATMs, deposit checks, as well as view, categorize, and organize their past spending.
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: January 15th, 2013
This morning we're jumping right in on rumor bashing with LG's own response to the suggestion that they're ending production of the Nexus 4. We're ready for the Huawei Ascend D2 as it's released tomorrow, a rather strange invention that'll allow you to work with your smartphone with long fingernails, and Kayak's Price Trend - a new update made for travel cost saving in a big way. There's also an auto show going on right this minute (NAIAS 2013), if you did not know, with beasts like the Lexus 2014 IS being revealed for the first time.
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