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Montgomery wants you to help create phone apps

Montgomery County is hoping its recently made public databases lead to phone apps for finding food trucks, reporting dangerous potholes or keeping up-to-date on public transportation schedules.

Tags: Montgomery County, food trucks, National Day of Civic Hacking

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'Poople Maps' aims to shame some pet owners

Tired of seeing doggy droppings accumulate in your neighborhood? There's a new app to the rescue.

Tags: Poople Maps, dog poop, david burd, mobile application

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ParkMe app offers parking locations and availability

The app itself is not new, but it's just been upgraded to include real-time parking information for more than 100 Colonial Parking locations around the area.

Tags: ParkMe, michelle basch, parking, Sam Friedman

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Cherry blossom app puts events at your fingertips

Can't wait for the Cherry Blossom Festival to start? Good news - there's an app for that.

Tags: cherry blossom festival, Brennan Haselton,

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ShowScoop app lets you review, share concerts

A new app on the scene -- called ShowScoop -- aims to do for concerts what Yelp does for restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

Tags: backstage, tim bracken, ShowScoop, concert reviews, iPhone

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D.C. commuter develops bus app to fill recent void

When a popular app that predicted Metro's train and bus times mysteriously stopped working in December, many D.C. area commuters were left in the dark -- and out in the cold -- at bus stops.

Tags: Jason Rosenbaum, Rachel Nania, Metro, bus, wmata, BusTrackDC

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Smithsonian creates app for presidential portraits

Tags: Smithsonian, presidents,

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Android app turns phone into tiny weather station

Newer Android devices, including the Galaxy S III smartphone and the Nexus 10 tablet, are equipped with atmospheric pressure sensors that could lead to better forecasts.

Tags: michelle basch, pressurenet, weather, android

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Fighting local crime is in your hands, literally

Those too busy to talk with neighbors or attend community meetings with local police officers can still team up to fight crime where they live.

Tags: michelle basch, crime, nixle, next door,

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'App economy' isn't slowing down

Around the world, the consumer appetite for apps seems to be insatiable.

Tags: Jeanne Meserve, smartphones, jobs, technology

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