S Just like Untappd, Beer Hunt for iOS combines the best parts of a night out drinking beer with the best parts of Foursquare. The difference here, though, is that Beer Hunt turns all into one colossal social, brew-drinking, liver-killing experience....
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ScoreCleaner Notes, Pizza Compass, just.me, and More 0
May 11th at 2:10am / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsSpring may have officially sprung weeks ago, but the weather is finally starting to catch up. Which means you can finally escape from hibernation and reenter the social world around you. This week's set of apps are here to help you connect with friends and have the time of your life— be it with beautiful music or just some chatting over pizza, you'll be all set....
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Evernote Food brings Foursquare venue ratings to the fore, adds auto-lock feature and new recipe partners 1
May 10th at 1:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsEvernote Food has been updated once again for iOS devices with improved Foursquare integration, new recipe partners and an auto-lock feature to stop your iPhone or iPad from going to sleep in the kitchen....
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OpenTable For Android Gets Better Google Maps Integration, Booked Reservations To Calendar And Improved Navigation 1
May 10th at 3:03am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsIf you’ve been using OpenTable to reserve tables at your favorite restaurants, the latest update for Android will help you discover new places to eat a little better and keep track of everything you have going on. It also got some of that Holo design lovin’. The company announced the Android update today on its blog, noting a complete overhaul of its maps integration, fully leveraging…
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Restaurant Discovery App Dish.fm Becomes A “Best Dish” Search Engine In Over 850 Cities Worldwide 0
May 9th at 6:43pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsDish.fm, the recently relaunched restaurant recommendation app which focuses on the best menu items, as opposed to overall venue reviews, is today rolling out an update which expands the service into more of a dish search engine than local utility. The company had previously allowed you to see the best dishes nearby and compare dishes inside a restaurant, but now the app also helps you find the…
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Pizza Compass App Finally Makes Your Smartphone Useful 0
May 7th at 11:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsEver get the craving for a slice, like, right now? If you can stomach the 99-cent charge, you might want to employ Pizza Compass in the future to quell your pizza jones. The app, which hit the App Store earlier this month, points you in the direction of the nearest pizza joint. In a limited trial, I found the app to be pretty accurate. The interface, which overlays Google Maps with slice icons representing pizzarias, is also cute.
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This Brilliant Pizza Compass App Is Exactly What It Sounds Like 0
May 7th at 9:10pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsIt’s 2am. You’re leading your goofball friends through the streets, trying to find an open pizza place. Yelp is inconclusive. Google Maps is worse. Soon, thanks to the new slice-finding app Pizza Compass, such uncomfortable scenarios may be obsolete....
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Is there any app that deserves to exist more than Pizza Compass? 1
May 7th at 8:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe’ve all been in that situation. It’s late, you’re in the middle of nowhere and all you want – above all else – is a glorious, delicious slice of pizza....
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This Amazing Pizza Compass App Will Point You To The Nearest Slice 0
May 7th at 10:33am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsFinding pizza late at night can be difficult. You go to one restaurant and it’s closed. By the time you make it to your next option you realize it sucks and there’s something better down the way. There’s a new app that’s going to change all that, and it’s called Pizza Compass....
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6 Coffee Apps to Help You Savor Every Sip 0
April 29th at 11:53pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsCoffee is just a means to an end for some; it's a way to wake up and stay that way. But to others, coffee is a way of life, an art form, a drink to be savored with each sip. Here are six of our favorite apps for coffee making and drinking. Although coffee and technology haven't always been a great match (think pourover coffee fanatics who do everything by hand), at April’s Specialty Coffee Association of America Expo in Boston, a new piece of tech was what generated the most buzz.
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Evernote Food Updates its Android App, Adds Recipe Exploration 0
April 29th at 11:00pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsEvernote updated its Evernote Food app for Android, which helps users remember the food and restaurants they love, and discover new cuisine. On Monday, version 2.0 added the ability for users to explore recipes from popular food sites within the app, as well as save them in a "My Cookbook" section, making them easier to find later on. A "Restaurants" section displays location-specific lists of eateries around a given user.
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With Its Biggest Update Yet, Ness Debuts Instant, Personalized Restaurant Recommendations, Says Events, Nightlife Are Next 0
April 17th at 7:00pm / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsNess, the restaurant recommendations app that uses social data combined with machine-learning techniques to offer personalized suggestions, has released the next major version of its application today, now focused on what it’s calling “instant recommendations.” In the earlier version, Ness relied on user-initiated searches and a setup wizard that asked users to select their…
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OpenTable Integrates Foodspotting Into iOS App 0
April 12th at 2:29pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsMore than two months after OpenTable acquired restaurant discovery app Foodspotting for $10m, the online table-reservation service has finally integrated Foodspotting’s restaurant-finding and dish-sharing features into the iOS incarnation of its app....
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Eat24 Launches Its iPad App 0
April 10th at 5:48am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsEat24, the online and mobile food ordering company, announced today that it has released an iPad app that complements its mobile arsenal. The app offers customers exactly the same features as its iPhone counterpart, including Yelp and PayPal integrations, meal searches, notes, and more. The launch of this app comes as the company also shared that it has moved into a new and larger office neighboring the YouTube campus....
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Starbucks ditches physical iOS app cards — how will it affect app downloads? 0
April 9th at 2:31pm / GigaOM / 0 opinionsIt’s a good move for those regular, more savvy users of the promotion (and the environment). Yet the removal of those physical, tangible cards could result in a drop in downloads.
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Starbucks Pick Of The Week Goes Digital, No Longer Requires Cards 0
April 9th at 8:01am / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsThe Starbucks Pick of the Week promotion has finally gone digital, allowing you to download free apps and books on your iOS devices without a card or redemption code. All you need now is the Starbucks app, which will allow you to download the latest giveaway when connected to an in-store Wi-Fi network.
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Love Cocktails? Say Hello to Minibar, an App as Classy as Your Taste in Drinks 0
April 8th at 4:00pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsFor many of us, the idea of a homemade cocktail amounts to nothing more than pouring some vodka and Coke into the same glass. Many mobile apps have popped up in the past few years to help wannabe mixologists become a bit more adventurous, but none that we’ve seen have been quite as comprehensive or nicely presented as Minibar....
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Dish.fm Launches a Mouthwatering iPad App to Browse Nearby Meals 0
March 28th at 4:49pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWe were impressed by Dish.fm‘s iPhone and mobile Web app, which launched late last year, meshing restaurant review data from the likes of Yelp and Foursquare with food photos from Instagram into a beautifully presented package. Now the startup has launched an iPad version that is less about finding the perfect meal on the go and more about sitting back at home and letting your eyes do the eating....
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This Week’s Must-Have iOS Apps: EverClip, Couch Music Player, Star Wars Pinball & More 15
March 24th at 6:04pm / Cult of Mac / 0 opinionsKicking off this week’s must-have apps roundup is EverClip for iPad, a terrific tool that lets you “clip” almost anything to Evernote, so that you can’t forget them. We also have a wonderful new music player for the iPad, the new Star Wars Pinball game, and more....
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Evernote Food for iOS Updated With Recipe Sharing and More 0
March 19th at 4:48pm / The Next Web / 0 opinionsEvernote Food has been updated for iOS devices today with a slew of new features including in-app restaurant bookings, recipe sharing over social media and automatic syncing with notebooks stored on Evernote....
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Evernote Food adds OpenTable reservations and Foursquare ratings to iOS 0
March 19th at 3:50pm / The Verge / 0 opinionsWhen Evernote Food launched in late 2011, it was a sign that the note-taking service was going in a new direction — but exactly where wasn't clear. Evernote Food let you collect and organize anything in your eating life, from home recipes to notes on restaurants; you could also look for new places to eat with the app's Foursquare integration. Now, in an update that will put it more squarely in competition with Yelp or other restaurant-finding tools, it's added OpenTable reservations and Foursquare...
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Evernote Food Update Brings OpenTable And Foursquare Integration, Recipe Sharing & More 0
March 19th at 9:40am / TechCrunch / 0 opinionsEvernote Food, the now over a year old mobile app offering recipe search and a restaurant locator function, is today getting an update which adds support for OpenTable reservations, Foursquare ratings, and recipe sharing, among other things.
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7 Beer Apps for Superior Suds on St. Patrick's Day 4
March 16th at 9:05pm / Mashable / 0 opinionsDrinking beer on St. Patrick's Day is a custom that dates back centuries and is celebrated throughout the world. But it's high time to add some technology to the tradition, and that's just what the suds scene has done lately. There's a brewery in Alaska that's using spent grains (waste from the brewing process) to power the brewery. The Alaska Brewing Co.
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Photolettering, Facetune, and More 0
March 15th at 10:00pm / Gizmodo / 0 opinionsLose five pounds, edit your photos, catch up on TV shows, and breathe at some point. Sound like an unattainable amount of multitasking? Not really, if you have this round of the best iPhone apps of the week to assist you.
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Elixr is more than Instagram for drinks 0
March 14th at 9:28am / The Next Web / 0 opinionsWhy can’t I open up an app that tells me where to find a good drink?” That’s the question that the Jeff Rock and Marc LaFontaine of Mobelux were asking themselves when they came up with the idea for Elixr....