Smith Micro Software is joining the mobile local search market with its iPhone app – Locality. The application relies on the smartphone’s built-in GPS receiver to show users what’s happening around them. In that sense, Locality offers a wide breadth of local events, geotagged photos, gas stations, restaurants, cafes, hotels, towing, banks, airports, parks, bars,…
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Sybase 365, Western Union team-up to support mobile wallet platforms
Sybase 365 is extending its partnership with Western Union, with the completion of the Western Union Mobile Vendor certification process. The alliance will enable Sybase 365 to support Western Union services in its mobile wallet platforms and enable mobile operators and financial institutions to mobilize Western Union Money Transfers to users all around the world…
Opera Mini to get content filtering capabilities thanks to partnership with NetSweeper
Opera Software is teaming-up with NetSweeper to provide added security and Internet content filtering to operators who ship and distribute the Opera Mini browser. Using the new technology, mobile operators will be able to block phishing, fraud, viruses, trojans, malware, access to adult content or other sites and services that are deemed inappropriate. Likewise, they…
Street Fighter IV for iPhone to get a new character and Bluetooth matchmaking this fall
Capcom is apparently readying to release another free update for Street Fighter IV for iPhone. The rumor is that this fall, iFighters will get a new, yet to be revealed character along with the Bluetooth matchmaking capability. The latter will enable friends to fight each other while in a same room. We’re still waiting for…
Myxer: We’ll exceed 40 million users this month and 2 billion downloads by the end of the year
Myxer — which operates the seventh largest U.S. mobile website, reaching an estimated 15% of the U.S. mobile web — announced it will have served more than 40 million users by month end. The company has strategic partnerships in place with key entertainment publishers and boasts one of the largest mobile content catalogs with more…
Guinness World Record awarded to modu T, the world’s lightest touch screen mobile phone
The Guinness World Record for world’s lightest touch screen phone has just been awarded to the modu T. How much does it weigh exactly? You’d think modu would put that information in their press release, but let me in on a little secret: they’ll never, ever, ship a retail device. Period. The whole concept of…
Windows Phone 7 launch event is tomorrow, our coverage begins at 9:00AM EDT/6:00AM PDT
October 11th is almost upon us and Microsoft’s official launch event for Windows Phone 7 is a less than 10 hours away. We are already in NYC ready and rearing to cover the keynote which will be co-hosted by Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega. Once the keynote is over, we are…
Apple iPhone travels to the upper stratosphere and back, doesn’t skip a beat
This is why I love science. As part of a science project, a Dad, his son, and others who are part of the Brooklyn Space Program sent a capsule attached to a weather balloon into space with the hopes of recording some stellar video and retrieving the unit when it fell back to earth. The team designed…
Apple iPad landing on the retail shelves of Wal-Mart starting next week
Folks looking to buy an iPad may be able to grab some socks, a gallon of Great Value Milk, and an iPad the next time they stroll into their local Wal-Mart store. Back in May, Wal-Mart’s Gary Severson, VP of entertainment in the US, hinted that the retailer would be selling the iPad by the end…
Android-powered Sanyo Zio and Samsung Transform now available from Sprint
The recently announced Sanyo Zio and Samsung Transform are now available from Sprint. As announced, the Zio will set you back $99 with a two-year contract, a price that includes a $150 instant savings and a $100.00 mail-in rebate. The Sanyo Zio is a mid-range Android offering with a 3.5-inch WVGA screen, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO rev.…