SXSW is traditionally a huge launching place for mobile apps. This year brought with it some significant updates from popular apps such as Path and Banjo, as well as a number of new apps.
At this year’s show, we found an app that helps you find a date based on your Facebook friends, and another than helps you find the file you’re looking for, no matter where you might have saved it.
Several new “smart” apps make you look a bit smarter when it comes to phone calls and meetings, and a new camera app turns your photos into short, shareable videos in just a few taps.
Takes (Free Apps)
Takes wants to replace the camera app on your smartphone. The app records video the whole time it’s open and then, when you snap a picture, it decides what part of that video is important to you. Later on, you can create a “Take,” combining together several video clips – for instance, all the pictures you took at a party – and create a short video that can be shared on Facebook or Twitter. The app also has built-in Instagram-like filters, and music clips to help make your finished product look its best.
Takes is currently iOS-only, but has plans to launch for other smartphone platforms in the future.
MessageMe (Free Apps)
MessageMe is a new take on free messaging. Much like competitors WhatsApp and Kik, the app lets you text friends for free. Beyond text messaging, the app allows you to send contacts pictures (both your own and from Google Images), videos (your own and from YouTube), a voice message, a doodle, your location, or a short music clip from its library.
Thread wants to make you smarter about incoming calls. The Caller ID app replaces the Caller ID currently on your phone, and gives you not only your caller’s name, but also your last email exchange with that person, their last Facebook and Twitter posts, and all of your latest texts with that individual. While you chat, that information remains visible, allowing you to quickly reference anything you might be talking about on the call.
MessageMe is a new take on free messaging. Much like competitors WhatsApp and Kik, the app lets you text friends for free. Beyond text messaging, the app allows you to send contacts pictures (both your own and from Google Images), videos (your own and from YouTube), a voice message, a doodle, your location, or a short music clip from its library.
Hater (Free Apps)
What do you hate? A new app called Hater lets you share everything, from traffic to bad service, that makes you unhappy. The social network for haters has a live-streaming feed of hates from people you follow on the service as well as a built-in “Hater camera” for sharing an image with the masses.
Hates can be shared anonymously on the service, or if you want to be really public about your hate, you can share your posts on Facebook or Twitter.
What do you hate? A new app called Hater lets you share everything, from traffic to bad service, that makes you unhappy. The social network for haters has a live-streaming feed of hates from people you follow on the service as well as a built-in “Hater camera” for sharing an image with the masses.
Hates can be shared anonymously on the service, or if you want to be really public about your hate, you can share your posts on Facebook or Twitter.
Thread ($1.99)
Thread wants to make you smarter about incoming calls. The Caller ID app replaces the Caller ID currently on your phone, and gives you not only your caller’s name, but also your last email exchange with that person, their last Facebook and Twitter posts, and all of your latest texts with that individual. While you chat, that information remains visible, allowing you to quickly reference anything you might be talking about on the call.
Younity (Free Apps)
Ever get home and realize you left an important file on your work computer? Younity may be just what you need. The service makes all of your files available on all your devices whenever you want them, with no need to intentionally sync those files to make them available.
Ever get home and realize you left an important file on your work computer? Younity may be just what you need. The service makes all of your files available on all your devices whenever you want them, with no need to intentionally sync those files to make them available.
Koozoo (Free Apps)
Ever wonder what it looks like right now across the globe? On vacation and want to know what it looks like outside back home? Koozoo is a crowdsourced video app that displays smartphone videos from around the world. The app allows users to share video from wherever they are with the rest of the world, live.
The idea behind the service is to ultimately allow you to answer questions such as, "How long is the line at my favorite brunch spot?" or "Is it foggy at the beach today?" from your phone.
Ever wonder what it looks like right now across the globe? On vacation and want to know what it looks like outside back home? Koozoo is a crowdsourced video app that displays smartphone videos from around the world. The app allows users to share video from wherever they are with the rest of the world, live.
The idea behind the service is to ultimately allow you to answer questions such as, "How long is the line at my favorite brunch spot?" or "Is it foggy at the beach today?" from your phone.
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