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Bump Pay – an app that lets you pay your friends by bumping iPhones

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If your friend owes you money, lacking cash is no excuse if he’s got an iPhone.  Just like sending contact information with the Bump app, you can now transfer money the same way with Bump Pay. The free app asks for your email address when it’s initially opened. You and your iPhone-wielding friend bump hands; when you feel the vibration, the money’s a-moving.

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Mobile ticket sales set another record for ‘The Hunger Games’

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Fandango

“The Hunger Games” set the highest opening weekend for a non-sequel over this past weekend, raking in an estimated $155 million at the box office. That’s a ton of tickets and a chunk of them were sold online and on smartphones. Fandango, one of the first movie ticket sales sites, shared data from the weekend as “The Hunger Games” pushed its platform to new heights.

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Analysis, App, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives

Is it Safe to Drink? New App Guides Travelers in Tap Water Choices

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Yup, this app is super handy.

Clean drinking water is something we might take for granted at home, but travelers need to be really careful about the source of their water. If they haven’t done the groundwork to determine the safety of the tap water, they could be in for a world of hurt, as there are many places where the quality of the water coming out of the tap is sketchy.

When you’re on the road, how can you know if the tap water is safe to drink? If you’re in the U.S.A., chances are you can trust that the local municipal water supply is completely safe to drink, but if you get off of the beaten path, it’s a whole different ball game…

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How to optimize your caffeine intake: there’s an app for that

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Java monitoring control thru technology.

Two doctors at Penn State University have developed Caffeine Zone, a free iOS app that tells you the perfect time to take a coffee break to maintain an optimal amount of caffeine in your blood — and, perhaps more importantly, it also tells you when to stop drinking tea and coffee, so that caffeine doesn’t interrupt your sleep.

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Analysis, App, Economy, Science & Technology News

‘App economy’ is a big U.S. job creator: study

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The demand for applications has created 466,000 jobs in the U.S. since 2007.

If you are looking for a promising career in a lousy economy then you are apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook’s online social network, according to a new study.

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