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Metro

BYU alumni create app to foster understanding amid polarized political climate

Emily LeFevre
By Emily LeFevre
January 13, 2025 08:00 AM
Amid an increasingly polarized social and political climate in the United States, two BYU alumni created an app aimed at starting conversations and fostering understanding within families, college campuses and across the nation.
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Technology

BYU alumnus, former student athlete creates app to help connect students with tutors

By Anna LaTour
February 13, 2023 12:00 AM
CJ Lee, a BYU alumnus and former student golf athlete, is working to help students find new ways to connect with tutors through his app Stutor.
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Technology

BeReal tops 2022 Apple App Store charts, claims it's 'not another social network'

By Hannah Pugmire
October 24, 2022 12:00 AM
The social media app BeReal topped Apple App Store charts this summer and currently sits at No. 2 on the chart, drawing in crowds with its once-a-day posting format.
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Business

'Prepare to Serve' and 'Lifey' websites merge

By Laurie Bradshaw
February 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Two Provo-based website companies,Lifeyand Prepare to Serve, merged this year.
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Technology

Media changes classroom learning

By Michaela Proctor
May 18, 2017 12:00 AM
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Business

Never too early for students to start investing, experts say

By Jordan Comstock
July 06, 2016 12:00 AM
Daniel Lemich is spending his summer in his hometown of Rawlins, Wyoming, selling cars. Lemich, 22, is a senior in construction management at BYU. Like many other students, he is working hard to save money for family and school expenses. But he's also squirreling away cash for investment opportunities.
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Technology

Students adjust to Instagram's new colors

By Saul Marquez
May 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Instagram dropped its classic logo for a much simpler and basic one last Wednesday. The change didn’t go unnoticed by avid Instagram users, including students at BYU.
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Technology

Students swipe left on procrastination with these helpful apps

By Saul Marquez
May 06, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU junior Zach Herlin uses Pocket Points while studying on campus. Students use similar apps to stop wasting time online. (Natalie Saunders)
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Technology

11 mobile apps for keeping on top of the news

By Beau Jones
February 23, 2016 12:00 AM
Millennials are increasingly using mobile news apps to quickly access news information. (Universe Archive)
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Technology

BYU students use technology to make school easier

By Jenna Crowther
January 30, 2016 12:00 AM
More college students are accessing the Internet, broadband and cellphones than young adults who are not attending college, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Nation

New 'Yelp for humans' app, Peeple, under fire

By Kelsie Matheson
October 21, 2015 12:00 AM
The Peeple website where people can sign up to test a beta version of the app. The app, advertised as 'Yelp for humans,' has received much criticism. (forthepeeple.com/Screenshot)
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Local

Historic tour app gives locals a glimpse into Provo’s long-standing past

By Austin Tenny
September 07, 2015 12:00 AM
Provo City Council debuted a new app that transforms a Center Street walk into a historic journey through time, dating as far back as the late 19th Century.
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Technology

Photo editing apps spark debate on social media

By Nicole Hale
June 02, 2015 12:00 AM
Before (left) and after (right) selfie edited using the Facetune app. With new apps like Facetune individulas can easily edit their photos before posting them to social media. (Nicole Hale)
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Narratives

Mobile medicine: When phones become physicians

By Taylor Hintz
March 23, 2015 12:00 AM
Sixty-seven-year-old Richard Macdonald had a taxing sleeping pattern, waking up every one or two hours throughout the night. He’s no insomniac — his condition is much more common and affects approximately 200,000 Americans. He’s the parent of a diabetic child.
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Life

15 of the most useless apps available

By Sarah Burchett
March 19, 2015 12:00 AM
We remember a time before the phrase 'there's an app for that' was commonplace. It was a simpler time, but we're grateful for the technological advances that brought us mobile banking, Google maps and news apps that deliver alerts directly to our phones. However, along with all the apps that make our lives better come a whole lot of apps that do absolutely nothing. Here are just a few examples of the world's weirdest and most useless apps.
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Technology

New app aims to increase bike safety

By Seth Yeanoplos
January 14, 2015 12:00 AM
Greg Shumway makes sure to lock his bike on BYU campus. (Elliott Miller)
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Technology

Apps of the Week goes healthy

June 19, 2012 12:00 AM
According to the Food and Research Action Center, two-thirds of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese. More and more lifestyles involve sitting for long periods of time and, combined with unhealthy eating habits, can take a toll not only on weight, but on a person's overall health.
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Technology

Apps of the week: Magic for muggles

June 12, 2012 12:00 AM
Harry Potter fans can now be sorted into houses, make potions and duel with other wizards on J.K. Rowling's new fan site, Pottermore. What's more, new Hogwarts 'students' can purchase the entire Harry Potter series on Kindle through Pottermore or Amazon.
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