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U.S. Bank now letting customers snap photos of their bills for automatic mobile payment

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By now, using your smartphone for check deposits has almost become old hat. U.S. Bank is looking to take the next step in conjoining gadgets and financial accounts with the launch of Mobile Photo BillPay. The feature, which the bank says is the first of its kind, lets customers snap a photo of a bill, after which all payment fields will automatically be populated with the proper information....

Fantastical for iPhone updated with event invites, time zones, and a glanceable date badge

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Popular iPhone calendar app Fantastical was updated today to version 1.1, bringing with it a variety of features users have asked for like time zone support, event invitations, multiple alerts, and even an app badge that displays the current date. "The last two months have been insane, having all these users and passionate complaints," Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons told us. "We wanted to have an update that said 'we're listening.'"

Fantastical 1.1 is about fulfilling even small user requests, according to Simmons, such as the addition of infinite scrolling in month view, and the inclusion of a date picker that appears when users long-press on the month bar. There are also a few hidden features buried in the Settings menu, like the ability to change the app's badge to show how many events are remaining on one's schedule for the...

An iPad app may be in the works

Nokia wants Instagram for Windows Phone, piles pressure on with #2InstaWithLove

#2InstaWithLove

Nokia desperately wants Instagram for Windows Phone and it's proving that this week. The Finnish company has just released #2InstaWithLove, a new Windows Phone app for Lumia devices that's specifically designed to put pressure on the release of an Instagram app for Microsoft's mobile operating system. "Many of you have asked when Instagram will be coming to Windows Phone, and the #2InstaWithLove app was created as a way for you to have your voice heard," says Nokia.

The app simply lets users...


This $10 tripod mount holds your phone by its headphone jack

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Another day, another ingenious Kickstarter accessory. Jackpod aims to replace the countless phone-specific tripod mounting kits with a 0.2-ounce piece of plastic. On one side of the mount is a universal tripod mounting port, and on two of its other sides are plastic jacks that plug into your phone's headphone port. These two ports allow you to connect your phone in either landscape or portrait mode. It's an extremely simple idea, but we can't...

Google Play offering a week of discounts and deals for its birthday

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Last year Google relaunched its media and app stores under the now-familiar Google Play brand, and to celebrate the date the company is offering a number of specials and discounts on apps, movies, music, and magazines throughout the week. They range from a $15 gift card from Google+ Sign-In partner Fancy, to 99 cent movie rentals, to discounts on albums from the likes of Daft Punk and Gorillaz. Google has quite a history of marking significant...