Wallcast: Your computer’s wallpaper just became a social digital photo frame

I have to admit, first off, that I’m a sucker for a great wallpaper. When I find a great one, it’s like a moment of zen bliss for me. What I hate, though, is that I tend to get tired of them pretty quickly. While there are great options out on the Internet to find wallpapers,Wallcasthas done something different by providing you a customized, self-refreshing wallpaper for your Mac or PC, made up from your own photos....

3 min · 586 words · Gary Brown

Wallpaper Wizard brings over 100,000 wallpapers to your Mac desktop

As much as we strive to bring you cool apps that serve useful purposes and save you time or money, sometimes we just want to take a break and introduce you to apps that are simply fun.Wallpaper Wizard, with its simple goal of adorning your desktop with a limitless supply of quality wallpapers, falls squarely in that category. Available for $6.99 on the Mac App Store(and witha free lite versionrestricted to 100 wallpapers), it’s a tiny app by Mac software-makerCoppertinothat sits in your menu bar and goes about doing its job....

4 min · 648 words · Sara Moore

Walmart agrees to buy social media company Kosmix

It looks like Walmart is trying to win over more tech-savvy shoppers. The company agreed to pick up social media company Kosmix on Monday for an undisclosed sum, according to a report fromReuters. The world’s largest retailer is bringing in Kosmix’s team to become part of the newly-formed @WalmartLabs, a group that serves to enhance the retail giant’s online shopping experience through the creation of new technologies and businesses. “We are expanding our capabilities in today’s rapidly growing social commerce environment,” said Eduardo Castro-Wright, Walmart’s vice chairman....

2 min · 299 words · Linda Morris

Wanderfly, a travel destination site, picks its top spots for the holiday

Wanderfly, a travel inspiration startup based in New York City, is essentially the digital version of spinning a globe and throwing out your finger to pick your next destination. The site acts like aPandoraof a travel, analyzing a destination’s DNA and mapping it to what user’s want. For the holiday, they’ve teamed up withWhim Quarterly, including brilliant writers fromThe Daily Show, Letterman andThe Onionto “unearth” 20 “off the grid” destinations around the world that are rarely seen by tourists....

2 min · 240 words · Sara Phillips

Wanderfly, an app for the wanderlust signs on new partners

Traveling is one of life’s greatest pleasures. The exploration process allows us to learn about ourselves and the rest of the world at once. But when you know you want to get away, how do you decide where to go? Wanderflyis the digital version of spinning a globe and throwing out your finger to pick your next destination. The site acts like a Pandora of a travel, analyzing a destination’s DNA and mapping it to what user’s want....

3 min · 555 words · Maria Stevenson
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