Xpire brings ‘disappearing’ posts to Twitter on Android

Having messages disappear after an amount of time isn’t exactly new. But that has usually been the arena of the likes of Snapchat. But there is an app that wants to bring that ephemeral quality to social media. Xpire has been available on iOS but now makes its way to Android. It’ll bring the “self-destructing” posts to Twitter first. It offers you the opportunity to put expiration dates on your social media posts and even track back to previous posts via a search feature to get rid of those, too.

While it might be weird to be bringing ephemeral sharing to social networks, Xpire is hoping to tap into the younger market that uses Snapchat. Teens like to use Facebook in different ways that reduce the risk of content permanence and any drama these might cause. They hope to pull in more users to engage with the app daily instead of using it for “social cleansing” of sorts as well as use it to have more control over the time you spent on these networks.

Source: TechCrunch | Download: Google Play Store (Free)

Evernote’s Scannable app helps you go paperless

Looking to declutter your life? Evernote is making it easier for you with a dedicated scanning app for iOS. Scannable works on iOS 8 devices or higher and you don’t need an Evernote account to use it (but that is an option). It speeds up scanning and digitizing and it doesn’t require you to store them on Evernote notebooks. You can export them elsewhere or save them in the camera roll. It can even scan business cards and import the details to LinkedIn, if you want it to. At the moment, there is no Android version of the app though.

Source: Gizmodo | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free)

Google ends Glass Explorer program, hints at future versions

Updated on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 2:57PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Many people have been recently wondering if there was still hope for Google Glass. The once aggressive wearable project seems to have sputtered and gone silent.

Google, just announced via its Google Plus page that it is closing its Explorer Program. January 19 will be the last day for interested parties to purchase the exisiting Google Glass hardware and that Google Glass is exiting the Google X labs and is being transitioned to its own team at Google. Hit jump for the juicy details.

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Selfish is a new iOS storytelling and sharing app

Selfish is a new interest-based platform storytelling app that gives the users easy but powerful controls over who sees what.

People love to share their important moments, the experiences that matter and the ongoing interests in their lives, but often that thread gets lost in today’s timelines,” says Moody Fayed, Cofounder and President of Selfish.  

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