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If combining “location-based service” with “dating site” sounds like a wet dream to you, then you should check out the Wingman app for the Apple iPhone. The Wingman Apple iPhone app lets you check-in to location – there’s Foursquare integration- and it lets you know how many other single people are at the venue. Or,…
Following up on the About screen posted this morning, we’ve got a fresh picture of the proper device, along with a few more screenshots showing OS 6 in action. As you can tell, it looks pretty much exactly like Verizon’s BlackBerry Storm2, aside from the added RAM and upgraded 5 megapixel camera. If the leaked…
Anyone who has ever said that the Apple iPad isn’t meant for doing work is, well, mostly right. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get stuff done with the tablet computer as long as you have apps like Keynote, Pages an Numbers, or the iWork suite for iPad. You can work on spreadsheets (fun!), create…
We all know that driving and texting while driving can be dangerous and the second annual U.S. distracted driver summit offered a range of ideas on how to deal with this problem. Some of these suggestions seem like good ideas and others seemed a bit odd. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood suggested that cell phones come…
Batteries are the necessary evil for our love affair with our mobile toys. Unfortunately, batteries aren’t very environmentally friendly, which is why you should send them off for proper disposal instead of just tossing them in your trash can. Moreover, even the best little lithium-ion batteries today don’t last for as long as we’d like…
A new Pantech devices for AT&T has been caught at the website of the Federal Communications Commission. Marked as P9050 “Sparrow”, the still unannounced phone comes with a 3G radio that sings along AT&T 3G network’s bands (850/1900 MHz). Moreover, there’s a 3.1-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) touchscreen on board, a 3-megapixel camera with video capture,…
Two month after the initial app launch, FileMaker is out with an updated version (1.1) of FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad, allowing users to even better work with FileMaker Pro databases on their iDevices. Here’s what’s new: Ability to produce PDFs directly from FileMaker Go and either save the file on…
During the Verizon Developer Community Conference in Las Vegas, the Big Red carrier unveiled NAVBuilder Inside (NBI), which is an SDK that gives developers a simple way to add interactive location, mapping, and other location-based services to their applications across multiple operating systems. In addition, the APIs included offer the capability to provide 3D voice-guided…
Novatel Wireless unveiled a new USB device, Ovation MC545, touting it as the world’s most compact and light-weight dual-carrier HSPA+ modem. And right from the bat, they have a launch partner – Telefonica Moviles, which unveiled the device at a press event in Madrid, Spain. During the event, the carrier showcased over-the-air download speed of…
The rumors of a Facebook phone spread like wildfire this week and the CEO of the world’s largest social network sat down to talk with TechCrunch about some of its mobile ambitions. Obviously, Facebook wouldn’t tip its hand if it were actually building a device (or contracting the building out and selling the phone under…