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Dell launches Fongo-powered VoIP service in Canada – Dell Voice

Just selling computers isn’t good enough for Dell. The company wants a piece of the ever-growing VoIP market and has launched its own such offering in Canada. Dubbed Dell Voice, the new service is powered by Fongo, providing users with a Canadian phone number and the ability to make free calls to numbers in 30 large metropolitan areas, including Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, as well as hundreds of smaller cities. Incoming calls from Canada are free as well, while international calls are competitively priced — i.e. cheaper than Skype. Read more

Priceline.com updates its Hotel Negotiator app with Tonight-Only Deals

We’ve already told you about the priceline Hotel Negotiator app, which is available for iOS and Android-based devices. Like the current hotel deals listed in the application are not enough, the company is introducing new Tonight-Only Deals, offering discounts of up to 35% off published prices. In other words, you can think of these offers to be similar to Hotel Tonight’s offering. These super-hot deals for 3-star and 4-star hotel rooms are available in cities around the country, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas, Read more

History of mobile app stores [infographic]

ShoutEm prepared a neat infographic to provide us with a history overview of most popular mobile app stores in the world — including Google’s Android Market, Apple’s iPhone App Store, Nokia’s Ovi Store, RIM’s BlackBerry App World and Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace. Sure enough some app stores are more successful than others, with Apple’s service offering more apps and games than any other store. Here’s how it all comes together… Click on the image above to enlarge it.

Official Gameloft LIVE! app made available on Android Marketplace

I have to hand it to Gameloft for their continued support of their Gameloft LIVE! service even after Game Center’s release and domination on the iOS platform. Although, some times I find it to be somewhat annoying that all of my hard earned Gameloft LIVE! achievements scores are most likely going unnoticed since not everyone checks their Gameloft LIVE! profile as much as their Game Center profile. But when it comes to the Android OS, there’s still a gold rush of sorts of gaming social media platforms until Google decides Read more

Urbanspoon growing faster on mobile than on web

The Urbanspoon iPhone app has evolved from a simple tool for finding a restaurant nearby to a full-fledged service that caters to your entire dining experience. Users can explore nearby restaurants, use the classic shaker to help narrow it down, connect with friends and more. It should come as no surprise then that Urbanspoon has seen tremendous growth over the past few years. It released data showing just how much: 80 percent traffic growth in 2011 with the mobile app growing faster than the Urbanspoon website. The mobile app grew Read more

Google+ for Android gets a big performance-fixing update

Google has updated mobile client of its social network Google+ for Android. The new version is said to come with massive performance improvements across the app, while also packing few new features. For instance, now you can quickly see “What’s Hot!” in your circles and view who +1′d a post or comment. Moreover, stream posts are shortened to fit more per scroll and it no longer jumps to the top for an automatic refresh. Finally, there’s the infinite photos feed in the “From your circles” section. Unfortunately, tablet users won’t Read more

Google Voice for Android updated with ICS-style look and feel, asynchronous SMS sending

Google Voice for Android got a small update and now the application looks like it’s tailor-made for the latest version of the platform – Ice Cream Sandwich. In addition, it now comes with asynchronous SMS sending support (offline queuing), though when sending texts to multiple recipients, it will still work synchronously. Tablet users on their end will notice a few differences on the surface such as a Click-to-Call button added to the main interface and integration into the People/Contacts app… And that’s about it. Nothing major, though still worth installing… Read more

Fotopedia launches another photo app – Women of the World

Fotopedia released another awesome photo app for iOS-based devices – Women of the World. Developed in partnership with the World Bank, the new application takes users on an “eye-opening tour” and educational look into the lives of women all across the world. Through the app, users will encounter women from every corner of the globe and witness their fighting spirit in the face of human, political, and religious events. Among the images you will be able to see are a bride at her wedding in Singapore, a woman whose daughter Read more

JetBlue launches new iPhone app, revamps its mobile website

JetBlue Airways updated its iPhone app, making it even easier for its customers to book flights, check-in and check their flight status. Moreover, there are other extras like virtual postcards, using which customers can share their travel experiences with friends and family or post to their “favorite social network” (guess this means Facebook and Twitter). In addition, there are features for easy sharing of itineraries, and the ability to access to the airline’s in-flight amenities like snack and beverage offerings, movie previews, and even DIRECTV schedules for the duration of Read more

Transparent Screen for Android allows you to use your phone while walking

You’ve probably seen a guy or gal typing something on his/her phone only to be interrupted by an inappropriately placed tree. Heck you may’ve been the victim of an attacking tree yourself… I know I have. Someone noticed this problem and voila – the first SMS-camera apps were released, allowing you to see where you’re going while texting your buddies. However, the problem still occurred when you wanted to check something else on the phone. Enter Transparent Screen, a new Android app that makes your screen, well, transparent. As a Read more

Juniper Research: Consumer mobile app revenues to pass $50 billion by 2016

Everyone and their mama are using apps these days, and we’re everything but surprised to learn there’s money to be made in this market. According to Juniper Research, we’re talking about some serious cash, with annual revenues from consumer mobile applications set to approach $52 billion by 2016. Juniper’s report found that the introduction of operator billing across storefronts such as the Android Market and Ovi Store had led to a dramatic rise in revenues. Likewise, the mass deployment of in-app billing options meant that, for many storefronts, post-download revenues Read more