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Instagram boasts 90 million monthly active users, 40 million photos per day

, Jan 17th 2013 Discuss [3]

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. Read The Full Story

PlayStation Vita only stores 100 apps

, Jan 17th 2013 Discuss [1]

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. Read The Full Story

Yelp adds restaurant inspection scores in New York and San Francisco

, Jan 17th 2013 Discuss [1]

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. Read The Full Story

Simple online banking app comes to Android

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

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. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Morning Wrap-up: January 15th, 2013

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

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. Read The Full Story

Delta releases iPad app with new “Glass Bottom Jet” feature

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Delta Airlines has released a new iPad app that comes with quite a bit of new features that the airline's current iPhone app doesn't offer. Most notably, there's a new "Glass Bottom Jet" feature that allows you to explore the places that you're currently flying over -- a great feature that can help pass the time on that long flight. Read The Full Story

Uber now lets you request a DC taxi from your smartphone

, Jan 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you've never heard of Uber before, it's essentially a startup company based in San Francisco that allows you to request a luxury car or SUV for pick-up and will take you where you need to go -- similar to any taxi service, but without the offensive yellow paint scheme and all the advertisements. Today, the company announced that folks living in Washington DC can now use the service to order up a regular city cab right from their smartphones. Read The Full Story

Instagram’s active users cut in half while Facebook fights loss claims

, Jan 14th 2013 Discuss [2]

This week there's been more than one claim against the growing state of Facebook and its most powerful purchased ecosystem: Instagram. What we're seeing for the latter is a chart from AppStats that cuts their active user numbers in half, while Facebook is facing claims that they've lost 600,000 users in a month. That's not a whole lot compared to the number of people who use Facebook every day, but you'll find that Facebook isn't about to see claims against its popularity go unchecked. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry 10 gets 15,000 app submissions in 36 hours

, Jan 14th 2013 Discuss [12]

BlackBerry 10 is only a half-month away from launching, and RIM just recently hosted two Port-a-Thon events to encourage developers to submit their games and apps for BlackBerry 10, while offering $100 for any app approved to the store. Naturally, the $100 incentive seemed to work, since 15,000 apps were submitted over the course of just over 36 hours. Read The Full Story

iOS hacker Pod2g launches PodDJ for iPad

, Jan 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you're familiar with jailbreaking, then you're undoubtedly familiar with iOS hacker extraordinaire Pod2g, who's responsible for the Absinth 2.0 release for iOS devices running iOS 5.1.1 back in May -- his most recent endeavor. However, he's been focusing on a slightly different area of iOS, and that's app development. Pod2g released PodDJ today for the iPad. Read The Full Story

California Attorney General issues mobile privacy recommendations report

, Jan 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

California Attorney General Kamala Harris has issued Privacy on the Go, a report on mobile privacy recommendations aimed at developers and mobile-related companies, such as carriers. The guidelines are another step in the state's push on digital privacy, and can be downloaded as a PDF from the California Attorney General's website. These guidelines are the first of its kind in the United States. Read The Full Story

Ford Developer Program now open to all, we go hands-on with new apps on Sync

, Jan 9th 2013 Discuss [1]

A couple days ago here at CES 2013, Ford held their presser and announced a few new things, specifically concerning the company's Developer Program for its in-car Sync AppLink API. Ford announced open and free availability of the SDK to any mobile app developer. We ended up stopping by the company's booth to find out more, and got some quality hands-on time with the platform. Read The Full Story
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