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Oink Hits 100K Downloads, With 100K Items Added In Under Three Weeks. In two and a half weeks since its launch, micro-recommendation app Oink has clocked in a 100k downloads, with a symmetrical 100k items added and tagged. A product of Kevin Rose’s Milk Studios, Rose tells me that the app is now seeing a new Oink (rating) every four seconds and almost a million user sessions. The app has also dropped the “Oink Builder” label and the invite only sign up system. And, while I was at first skeptical, it proved actually useful to me, as in I opened it up and scrolled through all my friends’ Oinks in order to determine where I would grab lunch with a friend yesterday (you can do this more precisely by opening the app, hitting “Discover” and sliding the top slider to a mile radius).

“We’re pretty happy,” Rose says about the promising usership numbers, “There are services out there that tell you Disneyland is awesome, but nothing tells you which fries are good. You can find Oink in the app store here. Below, a video of two grown men saying the word “Oink” a lot. App Annie — Your App Nanny | App Tracking & Analytics Made Easy. Quest Visual showcases Word Lens. How to get the most out of EveryTrail « EveryTrail Blog. So you joined EveryTrail.com, but don’t know where to go next or how to make the most out of EveryTrail in between hikes and bike rides? Well don’t worry, here are a few things you can do to enhance your experience with EveryTrail and get the most out of all we have to offer: Create a trip If you haven’t created your first EveryTrail what are you waiting for?

(maybe the weekend?). With our easy-to-use mobile apps you just open the app and start tracking your trip. Any pictures you take will be automatically placed on the map where you took them, and when you are finished just click to upload the trip and optionally share it on Facebook and Twitter. It’s a great way to share your adventures and travels with the world! If you have a dedicated GPS devices (such as a Garmin, Magellan, etc.) you can upload your exisitng GPS data along with pictures taken from a digital camera.

Create Profile Let other community members know more about you! Get Gear Discounts. OffMaps - Offline maps for the iPhone and iPod Touch | Offline m. Shopper. Comic Books on Your iPhone or iPad - AppJudgment. AppTrackr. Download the Lab’s iPhone app. The world of journalism is changing faster than ever. Want to keep on top of every new business model, every startup, every innovation? That used to take following every website, every RSS feed, every tweet. And it’s hard to do good journalism when you’re locked into TweetDeck all day long. If you’ve got an iPhone, we think you’ll like our new Nieman Journalism Lab app. It’s free and available for download now.

Our app is designed to give you a quick look at what people are talking about in the future-of-journalism world. . — In the Lab: The full text of all our stories here at the Lab, in mobile-friendly form. . — On Twitter: Our Twitter feed, updated throughout the day, is an essential guide to the most interesting links on the traditional journalism world, new startups, advertising, marketing, and social media. — Hot Links: We’re excited about this one. . — Search: Curious what we’ve written about The Guardian, aggregation, Bill Keller, or MinnPost? All that in one app, and it’s free.