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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
Dusan Belic
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
Dusan Belic
Meet Android.Bmaster, the latest malware app to plague Android users
Symantec detailed a new case of mobile malware called Android.Bmaster and this is one nasty piece of work. Its target is mainly Android users on Chinese networks, though the malicious software has been found on other networks as well. It lurks on a third-party marketplace, which is good news for people who strictly use the official Android Market for apps and it is packaged with a legitimate app for customizing phone settings. The motive for Android.Bmaster is money. Android users with an infected device are forced to pay up whether … Read more
George Tinari
Halliburton dumps BlackBerry, starts distributing iPhones to workers
One of the world’s largest oilfield companies, Halliburton, publicly acknowledged its decision to stop giving workers BlackBerrys and start equipping them with iPhones. This is a gigantic blow to Research in Motion because the BlackBerry has for a very long time been widely considered the best phone for enterprise users. Halliburton obviously disagrees and so will many other companies if RIM doesn’t step its game up in time. Spokesperson for Halliburton, Tara Mullee Agard, said to Reuters in an email, “We are making this transition in order to better support our … Read more
George Tinari
The mobile app economy: 311,000 jobs and counting
Remember when apps basically didn’t exist for phones? There were a handful but there was never a popular marketplace for mobile apps and success stories from developers were unheard of. It’s hard to believe this time existed only five years ago in 2007. Fast forward to 2012 and consumers can’t get enough apps: over one billion downloads per month on average. More importantly, this has created what is now known as the app economy. Thousands of jobs have been created over the past five years for app development and the … Read more
George Tinari
Tweetbot lands on iPad, 2.0 version hits iPhone
One of my favorite ways to access Twitter is through Tweetbot because I feel like it’s an excellent and stylized way to use the micro-blogging service. That’s why I’m very happy to see that Tweetbot has landed on the iPad and that the 2.0 version is now available for the iPhone. Tweetbot is a Twitter client that uses clean, useful designs and subtle sounds to make browsing Twitter an amazing experience. It’s very simple to read through you timelines, open links from tweets and even see the conversation history of … Read more
Path updates its iOS app to inclue opt-in, issues an apology
Path CEO and co-founder Dave Morin posted an apology on behalf of the company for its decision to upload the contents of user’s address books without their consent. This apology comes one day after the CEO admitted the service was accessing this personal data. Morin writes, We believe you should have control when it comes to sharing your personal information. We also believe that actions speak louder than words. So, as a clear signal of our commitment to your privacy, we’ve deleted the entire collection of user uploaded contact information from our servers. Your trust matters to us and we want you to feel completely in control of your information on Path. Morin also confirmed that … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Amazon Instant Video gets boost with Viacom deal
If you bought the Kindle Fire as a media tablet, you’ll be happy to know that the video-watching experience should be getting much better as Amazon has inked a deal with Viacom to bolster its Prime Instant Video service. For those who don’t know, Amazon Prime is a service which gives users free two-day shipping on anything they order once you’ve paid the yearly fee and one of the side benefits is that you get access to its Prime Instant video service for free. This enables you to stream movies … Read more
Marin Perez
Concept design shows us what a Nokia Lumia tablet could be
Some enthusiastic Nokia fan out there put together a pretty incredible concept design of what a Lumia tablet would look like. The mock-up incorporates elements from both the Lumia 800 and N8, as the camera isn’t in the middle but in the top left corner which is a unique place to put a camera on a slate. If you think about it, maybe all tablet cameras should be in the left corner, as it wouldn’t just use video playback for portrait mode only. What you also see in the concept … Read more
Charles West
HTC and Vodafone announce Germany’s first LTE handset
Vodafone announced its plans to release Germany’s first LTE smartphone, called the HTC Velocity, slated to hit store shelves in Germany. The new HTC offering will use the 4G network only for data services as Voice over LTE has not yet been implemented. Besides that, the Velocity carries Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU. Other noteworthy specs include: 1.5 GHz dual-core processor Support for quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, dualband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA at 900/2100 MHz as well as dualband LTE at 800/2600 MHz Bluetooth 3.0, WiFi b/g/n and a GPS … Read more
Charles West
MapQuest opens its API to Android, iOS developers
MapQuest today announced that it has released the Android Maps API and the beta release of the Apple iOS Maps API. These full suite of features are supposed to be a better alternative to other native mobile mapping APIs, according to Vijay Bangaru, VP-Product at MapQuest. MapQuest has developed both the Android and Apple iOS Map APIs, which offer pretty serviceable features including: Android Maps API : Advanced routing options and ability to display the route directly on the map Built-in geocoding and reverse geocoding Smooth animation when zooming/panning Ability to … Read more