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The best iOS apps of 2012

, Dec 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

2012 ended with quite a bang, and while the world didn’t end as we expected, we got to see so many awesome iOS apps come to fruition this year. It was a big year for Google, and a lot of independent developers stepped up to make not only good apps, but great apps. We decided to gather up all of the iOS apps that released throughout the past 12 months and provide you with 10 of our favorites. It wasn’t an easy task to narrow it down to just 10, though — there were a lot of amazing apps that just barely missed the cut, but we think we have a solid list here. So, without further adieu, here are our choices for the best iOS apps of 2012.

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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: December 21, 2012

, Dec 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Friday evening everyone. Depending on who you choose to believe, today was the day it was all supposed to come crashing down, but since that doesn't seem like it'll be happening, let's recap the news from the day and then jump into the weekend, shall we? Today was a historic day aside from being the rumored end of the world, as Psy's ridiculously popular hit Gangnam Style topped 1 billion views on YouTube, officially becoming the first video to do so and beating Justin Bieber to the punch. We had a new Acer-related leak today, with benchmarks for the rumored V350 flagship phone surfacing, as well as images for the ASUS ME172V tablet. Read The Full Story

Gangnam Style hits one billion views on YouTube

, Dec 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Have you ever heard of a video getting over one billion views on YouTube? That's because it's never happened, until now. Korean superstar PSY has become an instant hit with his "Gangnam Style" single, and it's made its way to the US big time. The accompanying music video, which is hosted on YouTube, has garnered more than one billion views, making it the first YouTube video ever to reach that milestone. Read The Full Story

Eagles won’t steal your baby: Animation students admit YouTube hoax

, Dec 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Canadian students behind the viral “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid” video that took Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks by storm this week have ‘fessed up on their 3D tomfoolery. The clip – which appears to show an eagle swooping in and attempting to snatch a toddler from a park, then dropping the child several feet above the grass – was the handiwork of four three students at media training school Centre NAD in Montreal. “Both the eagle and the kid were created in 3D animation” the school admitted, “and integrated in to the film afterwards.”

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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: December 18, 2012

, Dec 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Tuesday evening everyone. In the wake of the Instagram controversy, today we broke down the company's new Terms of Service to examine what they really mean while telling you how you can ditch Instagram for good, if that's what you want to do. We also told you about five services that would make a good replacement for Instagram, while the company's co-founder wrote a blog post in an attempt to clear some things up. Instagram controversy aside, today Google Play launched a free alternative to iTunes Match, while Twitter shot past the 200 million monthly active users mark. Read The Full Story

Rewind YouTube Style 2012: Psy leads YouTube star mash-up

, Dec 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

What do you do when you're the star of the most-watched YouTube video, and it comes time for a mash-up of the biggest hits of 2012? If you're Psy, you take the lead in Rewind YouTube Style 2012, blending Gangnam Style and Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me Maybe for a musical run-down of the big memes in streaming video along with some of the best-known YouTube stars. Read The Full Story

YouTube launches Capture video recording app for iOS

, Dec 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's pretty easy to record a video on your smartphone and upload straight to YouTube -- all it takes is a few taps here and there, and it'll be ready for viewing by the entire world. However, YouTube wants to make the process even easier, by releasing a app specifically for recording and uploading videos straight to YouTube, and they call it YouTube Capture. Read The Full Story

YouTube updates interface for mobile website and Android tablet users

, Dec 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

YouTube has been quite the busy website lately, having rolled out a new interface and penned a deal with Virgin America within the span of a few days. Now the video hosting service has announced its newest offering: an updated interface for its mobile website and Android app. Users can nab the updated app now from the Google Play Store. Read The Full Story

Iran launches its answer to YouTube

, Dec 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Watching videos of cats on YouTube when you should be doing other things may be a part of your daily routine, but in some regions of the world, that isn't possible. As many of you know, countries like Iran like to ban popular websites like YouTube and Facebook for varying reasons, leaving their citizens without access to the aforementioned cat videos. Today, however, Iranians are getting a video streaming site of their own, but don't expect it to be as open as YouTube is. Read The Full Story

Virgin America and YouTube strike a deal on in-flight content

, Dec 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Virgin America and YouTube have struck a deal, penning the video sharing website's first distribution agreement with an airline. Beginning December 15, fliers will have access to five YouTube channels via Virgin's in-flight video entertainment system. The best part? The content is free on flights to Mexico and within the United States. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: December 6, 2012

, Dec 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to Thursday evening everyone - just one more work day to go and we'll be at the weekend once again. This afternoon started with a bang, with Spotify holding a press conference to announce a number of things. Perhaps most importantly, the service has 1 million paying subscribers in the US, with 5 million worldwide. The company also launched Spotify Collections and the Spotify Music Graph today, announcing a new web app for all users too. Finally, we found out that Metallica's full catalog of music has been added to Spotify, so all of you metal fans have a reason to celebrate this evening. Read The Full Story

YouTube rolling out new layout starting tonight

, Dec 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Starting tonight, YouTube will begin rolling out a new and updated web interface. They say the new design will be "cleaner and simpler" and will also include an improvement to the Guide, which is a feature that makes it easier to subscribe to the channels. This time around, the Guide will be available across all devices. Read The Full Story
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