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What the Tech?! Periscope App

Quick Summary Periscope App, n; Live video app recently acquired by Twitter. Periscope, like the recently-popular Meerkat, streams live video from your phone to Twitter, where anyone can join in and watch. Though Meerkat and Periscope are identical in their mission…

What the Tech?! Super App

Quick Summary Super, n; A new social network from Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, that has users respond to text prompts on top of images, then share with big audiences or small. Super’s app a mashup of many popular social apps, including Instagram, Twitter,…

What the Tech?! Meerkat App

Quick Summary Meerkat App, n; Live streaming mobile app that sends feeds directly to Twitter. Meerkat‘s app lets anyone send a livestream of what’s happening — be it news or every day life — into the Twitter-verse for others to watch…

It’s Yapp’s Birthday!

Quick Summary As we head into our third year, our team took a chance to highlight all of the awesome things that we’ve done since our 1st birthday. Take a look at all of these awesome updates and achievements! Here’s…

What the Tech?! Google Inbox

Quick Summary Google Inbox, n; A new email app from Google that integrates reminders, alerts, reservations, and other Google-based web functions into your inbox. Inbox is built off of Gmail, the widely-used free web email service from Google. 

What the Tech?! Ello

Quick Summary Ello, n; A simple new social network touted as the ‘Anti-Facebook’. Currently in invite-only beta, people have been buzzing about the ad-free social network which is making a direct punch at Facebook. Ello doesn’t sell ads or user data,…

What the Tech?! Hyperlapse

Quick Summary Hyperlapse, n; A technique used in video post-production to steady camera movement that makes exposure seem sped up. Last week, Instagram announced a new app (currently only for iOS) called Hyperlapse, which steadies and smoothes your videos to appear…

What the Tech?! Twitch

Quick Summary Twitch, n; A platform that lets people live-stream their favorite video games, as played by other people. Twitch was bought for $1 billion by Amazon this week, to bolster its place in the future of gaming. Twitch is often…