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 to create…
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, Snapchat and…
Project Fi, n; Google’s newest code-named venture, a wireless phone network. Like many other secret Google ventures (Project Loon, Project Ara), Project Fi seems to be aimed at developing smartphone markets; the service is rumored to offer pay-per-gigabite plans and refunds…
Want to make a clone of your Yapp? Now, Plus users can do it quickly and easily from the dashboard. One of the perks of subscribing to Yapp Plus is the ability to make unlimited copies of apps you’ve created. If…
Great news for our Team Plus subscribers — multiple administrator editing is here! Once created, teams can easily access apps from the main administrator, make changes to any existing page, and post into admin-restricted pages (like News Feed and Crowd…
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Wireless charging, v; The powering up of devices like smartphones, tablets, and computers without a wired connection to a source of electricity. Also called “inductive charging,” the process transfers energy between two objects by way of an electromagnetic field. Samsung’s next…
“It takes a certain amount of faith and naiveté to start a business,” Seidman says. “It’s much easier to see the competition, see the risk and what could go wrong when you really focus on that. Research yields a…
Ubuntu, n; An open source operating system for computers, tablets and now, phones. Ubuntu — which translates into “human-ness” — offers developers the opportunity to contribute to the code that builds the platform for the purpose of personal learning and…
Adding videos to your Yapp is a stellar way to increase engagement and repurpose your content. Whether it’s footage from an event, a trailer or recap from a last event, a playlist of the best Super Bowl commercials, or anything…
Microsoft HoloLens, n; A head-mounted display that uses computer technology to broadcast holographic imagery (i.e., virtual reality) before your eyes. HoloLens is like a cross between the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset and Google Glass. The goggles are designed to bring computer magic…
Hosting an event is an organizational bear in and of itself. Once you start inviting people, the madness truly begins. And, because there’s a BIG difference in planning for 40 and for 400, the RSVP was born. While Yapp doesn’t…
