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When I was a kid, my dad always had his camera with him, photographing and recording all the big moments…
A new kind of fitness tracking device, Cor makes regular, at-home blood testing possible. Users press a cartridge to their skin for a blood test and drop it into the device. Results are processed in five minutes and sent to the smartphone app. The company founder has impressive credentials and funding on Indiegogo is exceeding the goal, but the results of clinical trials remain unpublished.
There’s on-demand healthcare, healthy food delivered to your door, hovering video cameras for hire, and cheap deals on last-minute hotel rooms. With this plethora of apps and startups focused on the on-demand, sharing economy, It’s good to be alive in the age of Ubers.
Life would be so much easier with a virtual assistant, and Siri just doesn’t do it for me. Prompt does, however, thanks to its artificial intelligence that integrates with key services like Wikipedia, Slack, HipChat, texting, search, and more.
Thanks to the recent changes in Instagram’s feed, your marketing photos need to be better than ever. This roundup of apps can make photo, video, and gif editing easier so that you can create the perfect promo.
Managing chronic pain has always been difficult and prescription drugs bring side effects and risks, but Quell is a wearable nerve stimulation device that works with an app to automate a more natural kind of pain relief.
Like many of my fellow millennials inundated with inaccurate memes, caught in an echo-chamber of headlines hollering clickbait conjecture, I…
Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep…
The controversial app, Peeple, has finally launched, but in a very different version than originally promised. The result is less Yelp and more LinkedIn, but either way, it’s not exactly innovative or groundbreaking technology.
A new tablet app, Constant Therapy, provides cognitive exercises as a kind of brain therapy for people recovering from traumatic brain injury, strokes, aphasia, and other memory and cognition issues. With their recent series A funding, they are poised to disrupt the brain rehab industry.
The Bios Urn, touted as a way to turn cremated remains into a tree, has gotten a lot of play on social media. Now Bios is Kickstarting a complimentary planter and monitoring system that syncs with a smartphone app to keep a close eye on the growth of the tree.
These six startups offer travel apps, airfare software, city guides, and more to help you cure your wanderlust and squash your travel bugs, if that’s even possible…
the goTenna device allows you to text or send your location through an Andriod or iOS app even when you have strayed far enough from civilization that you lose cell service. The startup has announced Series A funding and a partnership with the outdoor chain REI.
These companies, four of which are startups themselves, are creating sleep technology designed to track sleep habits, fight insomnia, and make the bed more comfortable. With all this tech, sleeplessness should be a thing of the past.
There are thousands of photography apps that serve a specific editing functionality. Some are great for filters, some are great…
Two healthcare startups, Doctr, out of Canada, and MD Save in the US, are building apps to fix the problems of long wait times for doctors appointments and expensive medical treatments.
These five apps and startups are focused on helping users save and invest money more easily by automating the process and capitalizing on spare change.
Over the last 20 years, peer-to-peer networks have disrupted industries dominated by big players. It began with Napster, who rocked…
Are you tired of waking up to the sound of a blaring alarm clock? Need something more reliable than a…
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Whenever my phone tells me that I’m running out of storage space, the first place I go to free up…
Believe me, I didn’t try to make the title cryptic. This app is part Tripr, part Spotify, part Match.com, part…
Did you know that there are hundreds of earthquakes occurring every day? According to the Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology,…
PalAround is basically Tinder for making new friends. No, not an app for finding “friends with benefits” – an app to…
It’s safe to say that a business with a strong mobile foundation can gain a number of important advantages. But…
Technology has come a long way since the days when you had to make plans on a landline hours in…
We hear plenty about all the money sloshing around Silicon Valley, whether it’s the cash pouring into startup funding or…
WallaMe is kind of a messaging app. But it’s kind of not. It’s mostly a game with some possible extra fun…
As anyone who’s ever looked for a job knows, the process is stressful, frustrating and time consuming. It doesn’t have…
Communicating is such a nuisance. Form thoughts, translate them into words, move your mouth (or your fingers) to form the…
Type 2 Diabetes used to be viewed as a permanent illness which couldn’t be reversed once developed. Modern research is…
Among the startups that took to the Eureka Park floor at the recently concluded CES 2016 was Upright. The Israeli…
Going to the gas station to fill up my car with gas is a chore. Yes, I realize that’s one of…
You can now switch tabs and go from surfing Facebook aimlessly to completing your certificate course on Interaction Design thanks…
‘ve always found meditation impossible. A sustained soft focus on absolutely nothing – the sort of zen that I imagine…
It’s no secret that citizens of the United States are disengaged from their democracy – the 2014 midterm elections saw…
XY Find it is the world’s first Finadable™ device which helps you keep track of what matters most. Unlike dongles…
If you didn’t know any better, you could easily mistake the RocketBook Wave for a regular-old notebook. For one, it…
Finding second hand, luxury furniture on classified sites like Craigslist or Gumtree is neither easy nor particularly enjoyable. Even if you think…
Last year, friends Ido Bar-El and Or Rapaport spent 6 solid months in Israel designing and building out a piece…
Waking up in the morning is a struggle for most people. The blaring alarm, leaving the warmth and comfort of…
f you’re the kind of person who prefers the leisureliness of messaging to the potential awkwardness of a phone call,…
Well, folks, we’ve done it. We’ve made an app for absolutely everything, from finding a hooker in Germany to losing…
To businesses, it’s an opportunity to make their outdoor advertising campaigns smarter and easier to track. For the rest of…
Three years ago, Tami Zuckerman was pregnant and cleaning out her house to make room for the baby. Frustrated with…
Brands love loyalty. They’re so nuts for it that in the US alone, businesses spend $50 billion a year on…
My five year old daughter sleeps with approximately 240 stuffed toys in her bed. You would think that when one…
Researchers have found that lost wallets containing pictures of family members are a lot more likely to be returned to…
Medication, patches, and lozenges – those used to be the primary ways people quit smoking. While effective, they’re expensive, and…
2015 was the year of the livestream thanks to apps Meerkat and Periscope. It became dead simple for anyone, from…
To some, most of the exciting action at CES goes down at the Sands Expo Center. The convention center is…
In recent years there has been a heavy emphasis on the dangers of texting and driving. This is a good…
“Financial stability in an app” – that’s the tagline of Even, a company which offers interest-free paycheck advances, with no…
“There’s an app for that.” It became a cliché shortly after Apple launched the iPhone, however it’s true. Alarm clocks,…
Innovation is tough. I have trouble just finding ideas for starting another article about startups, let alone finding ideas for…
Technology is sure to make a big appearance this holiday season, what with the damn kids and their video games,…
Sup is a hyperlocal mobile app that makes it easier to connect with friends who happen to be close by at…
If we could see the future, our lives would be very different. While actually seeing the future may not be…
Shared office space might be the biggest trend in Startupland since cargo shorts. It’s everywhere. According to reports, the number…
It has been almost a decade since marijuana—weed, pot, ganja, bud, the stuff that makes Family Guy bearable—was declared the…
It’s that time of the year, ladies and gentleman, when we take a step back, ponder the year gone by,…
It’s no secret that the “alternate” subscription market is exploding. It started with sending stuff. Birchbox offers high-end beauty products; Conscious Box…
Until technology can begin to work on making humans smarter — leading to the arrival of the first transhumans around…
Apparently Hollywood is all out of ideas — most new movies are either a remake with better VFX than the…
As Uber made rapid headway in the taxi industry, it didn’t just leave conventional taxi services behind; it threatened their…
Travel companies have been slow to integrate elements like predictive modeling and next-best-action marketing into their applications. If you aren’t…
Millennials are travel buffs – much more so than their parents – which comes as no surprise if you are…
With 1.8 million followers on Instagram, Marnie, the 13-year-old Shih Tzu, has taken the Internet by storm. And, like a…
A famous problem in theoretical computer science is the Traveling Salesman problem. In it, a salesman is given a list…
Investing – it’s not as bad as it looks. In fact, it’s one of the few things on which most…
Generally speaking, social networks aren’t known for deeply enriching the lives of users. As I wade through my Facebook feed,…
We take it for granted now, but do you remember how astonishing Shazaam (the app, not the Shaquille O’Neal movie)…
By now we know that almost every B2C software company out there is after our data. Social networks, search engines,…
It’s not that I haven’t acknowledged our global affinity for the petty, superficial and distracting. I know what people watch…
Here’s a scenario: you’re a mobile app designer, and you’re working with a client. You’re almost finished with the project.…
Let me tell you why I hate Facebook. And believe me, keeping this quick is almost impossible. I hate the…
You know Pandora, right? Sure you do. While other streaming music services may get more buzz these days, Pandora, sitting…
Hiring practices in most companies are far from scientific and thus, most people on either end will tell you that the process is…
On many occasions, after meeting successful, well-connected professionals, I have arranged meetings with them in an effort to advance my own personal initiatives.…
A mantra you’ve probably heard many times in the startup world is “getting out of the building” and talking to…
Can we all agree that borrowing money from friends and family is THE WORST? Few things are more uncomfortable than…
If you’re an app user in the US, some research will tell us that when you pick up your phone, there’s…
Although it has grown in popularity in recent years, meditation still has a bit of a reputation problem in Western…
Carrying cash is going the way of the boombox. While some research might tell us that 40% of all consumer transactions are…
Using the “It Sucks” defense isn’t going to get you very far in a debate, but it will get you some…
Samsung Pay, Android Pay, Apple Pay, CurrentC, PayPal Wallet, Coin Card, Swyp Card, Plastic Card, Stratos Card. Choices in the…
In the world of startups, there is no shortage of people dying to give you advice. To many narcissistic entrepreneurs…
Is reading fiction slowly dying? If young adult fiction like The Hunger Games and The Divergent Series are any indicator, kids these…
Things were so much simpler before smartphones. Email was contained to our computers. Selfies were limited to annoying tourists in New…
I’m a freelance copywriter, which means I spend an inordinate amount of time working in coffee shops. Usually this isn’t…
With over 50 million users, valuations hovering around the $1.3 billion mark and exclusive bragging rights for the ubiquity of…
While the Kardashian sisters take their sibling rivalry to the upper echelons of the Apple App Store, there’s a new…
I am TERRIBLE at house repairs. Just plain awful. I can replace light bulbs…and that’s about it. Plumbing? Forget it.…
I hate shopping. No, hate isn’t strong enough. Loathe it. Why? Because there are so many other things I would…
T-Mobile launched video chatting within smartphone calling. Yahoo rolled out their video chat app to a global audience. Freshdesk purchased…
Have you ever played “Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon”? It works like this. Name a movie star. It can be…
Are you a hardcore snowboarding enthusiast? Do you long for wild winter days all year just so that you can…
If you love music, you’ll really dig Tkt.ninja! The site and future mobile app will give concert-goers a way to…
Have you ever seen someone wearing a really great outfit and wondered where they got it from, but couldn’t work…