A screenshot from the "Make me Asian" app page in the Google Play store. The app is no longer available. Google Play hide caption
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Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Mannino checks a sailor for skin cancer the old-fashioned way during a screening exam at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado in San Diego. MC2 Dominique M. Lasco/U.S. Navy hide caption
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The iTube platform, left, uses colorimetric assays and a smartphone-based digital reader to detect potential food allergen. A screen capture of the iTube App appears on the right. UCLA hide caption
Mobile apps and devices track a user's health statistics. But those data are sometimes sold and can end up in the hands of employers and insurance companies. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Who Could Be Watching You Watching Your Figure? Your Boss
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Many Apps For Children Still Raise Privacy Concerns, FTC Says
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Apps that can keep kids entertained during long road trips include (from left) Waze, Story Dice, Mobbles, Cobypic, and Postcard on the Run. NPR hide caption
For Holiday Road Trips, Apps That Promise Diversions For Kids
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With thousands of medical apps available for download, patients and physicians can instantly keep visual records of wounds and look up symptoms. Benjamin Morris/NPR hide caption
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Jealous? If you have trouble sleeping, several new apps and devices promise to help you figure out why. In this photo from January, Huan Huan, a female giant panda, sleeps in a zoo in Beauval, France. Franck Prevel/Getty Images hide caption
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