The Rounds Video Chat App, standalone for iPhone and Android, is finally here! Previously only available on Facebook, you can now download Rounds –for FREE!

Back in June we wrote about Rounds, formerly a Facebook-only phenomenon that had raised raised a total of $5.5 million in funding from industry leading investors, including Verizon Ventures, Rhodium, DFJ’s Tim Draper, and other private investors to become a Rounds standalone app. The capital was going to turn Rounds into a a standalone app; but no ETA had been announced. Today the company quietly launched the Rounds video chat app as a standalone app available on iPhone and Android –I couldn’t be any more excited!

We all have loved ones whom we care about and want always to remain safe. Unfortunately, women in particular, continuously face situations that compromise their safety and are potentially dangerous (e.g., when living far from home, leaving work late at night, going on blind-dates, meeting friends at a bar or walking to their car or home alone, to name a few). In such cases, it is not easy to get help when and where it is needed.

New and enhanced features are in store with the upcoming iPad and new iPhone 5; including iOS 6 facebook integration. That’s because Apple’s new iOS 6 is loaded!

We’ve got all the highlights:

Rounds is a favorite Facebook video chat app. After about an estimated $5.5 million in funding from Verizon Investments, Rhodium, DFJ’s Tim Draper, and other investors, web users will soon be able to use Rounds without having to log into their Facebook accounts!

If you’re unfamiliar with Rounds, it has become popular for its interactive video chat functionality, which for example, allows you and a friend to watch YouTube together or play each other’s favorite games.

Do you love him or should you leave him? Wondering “Should I Break Up?” This new app can help! 

If you’re wondering whether or not to break up with your boyfriend –guess what? There’s an app for that!

This may seem ironic, but having a common enemy brings people together; in fact, a common enemy is one of the key ways people align in unity (think 9/11).

Kogeto (@kogeto) has created a device called Dot, which pairs a bite-size panoramic video recording device to your iPhone 4 / 4S.  Previously we wrote about a pocket-friendly video projector; now it has met its match!

“It’s a pocket-friendly 360 degree panoramic video thingy”

Wondering how the app evolved?  There’s a process to the app evolution!  Mobile technology has forever revolutionized the way we compute, predominantly via apps.  Above is a nice infographic illustrating the history and evolution of mobile apps.  For instance, the iPhone App Store has generated over 4 billion downloads, totaling over $3 billion in revenue –WOW!

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Source: macrumors.com

The Starbucks Mobile App replaces card payment!  Everyone’s got their favorite coffee. Whether you’re a Dunkin’ Donuts’ lover, a sucker for MUD or if you’re an Oren’s Daily Roast regular, you take your coffee seriously and are devout to one company’s “Joe”.

That being said, Starbucks promises to give coffee purchaser’s such an edge, I guarantee all of you non-believers give them another shot. This has nothing to do with writing the names on the cups, the actual flavor of the stuff or even more ridiculously named cup sizes.