So many “social media” apps force us to form in real life connections with our so-called friends, but that could be a problem if you hate them. Seriously, how annoying is everyone? But there’s a new app that is appropriately called Hell Is Other People, which directs you away from your friends based on Foursquare check-ins. Read More
The Windows Phone, a knock-off of a real phone, which you can commonly find in the back of bodegas in Queens, finally has its own Snapchat clone. It’s called SwapChat and, judging by a video showing its logo and interface, it feels even cheaper than the .99 cents some of the Microsoft devices are offered for. Read More
New York City tweens who can’t stand the thought of having their gross gym teacher stand in the front of the classroom and explain to them that if they have sex they’ll get AIDS and die may breathe a sigh of relief: today the city health department announced the first-ever digital sex ed class packaged into a neat little smartphone app. Read More
Do you hate your own children and wish they would just stop being so freakin’ annoying? Do you pray that they’d just go the fuck to sleep for once so you can watch The X Factor in peace? Luckily, a new pair of high tech pajamas called “Smart Pajamas” will do your parenting for you. Ain’t the future grand? Read More
Never be bikeless again, jort-wearers of the world. In conjunction with the city’s (er, Citi’s) upcoming bike share program, Belgian company WebComrades has released a new app creatively called NYC Bike Share that shows available bikes in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. It’s free on both iPhones and Android devices. Read More
Bang With Friends, the popular app that helps facilitate one-night stands with your Facebook friends, is reportedly raising a ~$1 million seed round, according to Business Insider. The app was a hit at SXSW, where Betabeat cornered its anonymous blonde cofounder and forced him to eat grilled cheese with us. Read More
When you poop, does it sounds like a cavalcade of shrieking, wet elephants stampeding out of your butt? Good news! There’s finally a solution to silence those embarrassing noises. Introducing Ataku, an app that masks gross bathroom sounds by broadcasting noises of a running shower or sink.
The app’s developer claims his invention is for the greater good of the environment. Instead of actually running the shower or sink, thus slowly depleting our precious earth of its most sacred asset, you’re just wasting your battery instead. At least that’s a replenishing resource. Read More
Don’t you just hate it when you’re at a party and start making out with a cute guy or girl, only to later discover at a family picnic that they’re actually your cousin? As it turns out, accidentally hooking up with a relative happens so frequently in Iceland that there is an official database, called Íslendingabók or “The Book of Icelanders,” that traces the family lineage of 720,000 Icelandic citizens. Read More
Developer Matt Henderson was confused. Why was his new English-language app called Rego, which lets users bookmark locations, blowing up in Brazil? There had to be some kind of reasonable explanation as to why 25 percent of downloads were originating from the South American country.
So, he did something he probably should’ve done earlier in the creative process: he searched the term Rego. Turns out the word translates to a slang term for “butt crack” in Portuguese, according to a story he Read More
Did you forget to send grandma a nice Easter card? You’re in luck! Zoobe, the Berlin-based startup that helps you sound like a sex-crazed Bavarian, is back with a holiday-themed offering: “sexy Easter greetings,” featuring a sultry animated character named Eve dressed up as a Playboy bunny. Read More
