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Apple opted to roll out iOS 4.1 to the iPhone 3G without support for Game Center but a recent hack reveals that gaming app can place nice with Apple’s second generation iPhone. The Game Center app loads up without error and lets you access some of the basic features of this social gaming center including…
U.S. WiMAX network operator Clearwire has launched 4G roaming services with UQ Communications of Japan, offering its customers the ability to take WiMAX speeds beyond their borders. Available today, Clearwire and UQ customers relying on Intel WiMAX embedded netbooks and notebooks (or just using a WiMAX USB modem) will be able to sign-up for a…
Despite being a relatively expensive device with not that many apps available for download, Samsung is selling quite a few Wave units in Europe. As a matter of fact, the Korean company announced that its Bada baby has crossed the 1 million units sold mark. That’s good news for Samsung but I still doubt in…
Sybase has commissioned a study on Android-powered tablet computers and has found that American public is generally interested in such devices. Here’s what they’ve found: About one in four Americans (23%) would purchase an Android-based tablet. One in every two Android smartphone owners showed a preference to purchase a tablet. Only 13% of non-Android phone…
mSpot, the service that allows users to upload their own music and then stream it to their computers and mobile phones, announced its Android app has crossed the 500,000 downloads mark since the June 28 launch. Additionally, the application got few neat updates, including voice-activated playback via song/artist/album search for Android, ability to stream songs…
Japan’s SoftBank is investing $3.5 million in the developer of browser-based mobile games, MocoSpace, in a strategic round. So far, the company has raised a total of $10.5 million with previous investors including General Catalyst, Pilot Group and angel investor Michael Dearing. Headquartered in Boston, MocoSpace has more then 14 million users which play about…
Bizzy — which is a community of like-minded shoppers and diners — launched Bizzy 2.0 app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, making it easy to discover new businesses based on available local deals or events near you. The main thing of Bizzy’s iPhone app is the “What’s Happening” list from where users can browse…
Kraft is super serious when it comes to supporting iPhone and iPod Touch users. Their first iFood Assistant app was released back in December 2008. A year later, it got a major update and now it’s in the version 3.0, better than ever. Obviously, the updated app has even more recipes and videos than its…
Israel’s Ministry of Communications is set to issue two new mobile licences in order to increase competition in the country’s telecoms sector. Applicants must submit their request by February 1st, 2011, and existing operators cannot participate (to increase their own spectrum allocations) with the exception of Mirs, which is the smallest of the carriers. The…
A group of researchers from the University of North Texas Health Science Center took a close look at texting while driving by analyzing traffic data from the Fatality Accident Reporting System and texting data from the FCC and CTIA. After crunching the numbers, the team attributed 16,141 deaths from texting while driving during the six…