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When an accessibility mapping app went viral, success came with a cost

by Sarah Leeson
Jun 11, 2024
Roll Mobility, an app for mapping accessibility infrastructure and linking disabled communities, went viral. Now the team needs to raise funds.
A viral video boosted the popularity of an accessibility app called Roll Mobility. Now the company needs to raise funds to build its operation, said co-founder Joe Foster.
Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images)
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How easy is it for foreign visitors to use Chinese apps?

by Jennifer Pak
Nov 21, 2023
Chinese apps are becoming more embedded in daily life in China, but many obstacles remain for foreign visitors to use them.
Thailand's Napatr Morin learned some Chinese before visiting China for the first time to sell her rice cracker snacks. She says knowing the language, or bringing someone who speaks Chinese is crucial for business and to use Chinese apps to get around.
Charles Zhang/Marketplace
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What happened to the Buy Nothing Project?

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham
May 16, 2023
What started on Facebook evolved into a dysfunctional app and a fractured community, as chronicled by Wired contributor Vauhini Vara.
A screenshot of the Buy Nothing Facebook page. Though the group got its start on the social media site, an effort to raise funds for an app was met with backlash from community members.
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Tracking the pandemic? There's an app for that.

by Jack Stewart
Mar 26, 2020
Tech companies and universities are trying to use mobile devices to get a handle on the spread of COVID-19.
The Weather Channel app has a new tool that lets users track reported cases of COVID-19 near them.
Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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Are your kids at a house party? No, not the scary kind

by Molly Wood
Dec 17, 2018
The video app!
Houseparty co-founder and COO Sima Sistani
Houseparty
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5 things you need to know about HQ Trivia

by Sarah Menendez
Jan 12, 2018
Yes, it's that thing people are talking about on Twitter.
HQ Trivia
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Want a more diverse and younger theater audience? There's an app for that

by Jana Kasperkevic and Tony Wagner
Nov 3, 2017
Broadway looks to tech to lure millennials.
Katie Szajkovics and Christoper Huey, two of TodayTix concierges, stand outside the theater and distribute tickets to customers. 
Jana Kasperkevic for Marketplace
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'Archer' interactive app gives fans the inside track

by Molly Wood
Apr 20, 2017
Television audiences need more when it comes to their favorite shows, says technical director Bryan Fordney.
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TaskRabbit doubles the number of cities it operates in

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Mar 16, 2017
CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot talks about the company's expansion and what work will look like in the future.
Stacy Brown-Philpot is CEO of TaskRabbit, the on-demand app that lets users hire people to complete various household tasks.
Photo courtesy of TaskRabbit
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Wally Lamb's new novel is like a super enhanced e-book

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 21, 2016
Lamb's new novel “I’ll Take You There” is out as a digital app by Metabook.
Wally Lamb in the recording studio, laying down some Voice Overs for the "I'll Take You There" Metabook.
Kyle Makrauer
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