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Booyah’s location-based check-in game, MyTown, is now available in Australian, UK, and Canadian iTunes stores. Woo! This is one I’ve actually been waiting for for awhile. Basically, it adds a thick slather of game elements on top of the usual location-based check-ins you might be familiar with in Foursquare and Gowalla. Essentially, it turns that…
Even with Android 2.2 Froyo on its way to Motorola Droid owners this week, it looks like Droid users are going to have to wait a little longer to get all Flash 10.1 compatible – we’re hearing that Flash 10.1 Player may not be available until August 18th. Many users who had upgraded to Froyo…
The latest iOS 4 beta 3 has revealed that FaceTime will now be available via e-mail instead of just within phone calls or from a contact’s phone number within the contacts list. As you can see in the image above, an e-mail option pops up along with the phone number option in the Contacts application…
As expected, Bell today started selling the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant (no, not the American one, the European one) for $149.99 on a three year contract.The Vibrant packs a 4″ WVGA Super AMOLED touchscreen, Android 2.1, 1 GHz Hummingbird processor, a 5 megapixel camera, plus a forward-facing camera for video calling. Everyone who picks one…
We’ve been looking for the folks at either Apple or Nokia to bring true haptic feedback technologies to devices like the iPhone and iPad – technologies that would allow for tactile feedback on a touchscreen that is capable of emulating the real feel of buttons and variable surfaces. Well, a tech demo from Senseg shows…
Telus has just released an iPhone app that lets you remotely schedule, record, and review TV shows if you happen to be a Telus Optik TV subscriber. You can also search through the program guide using the app, which is probably way more user-friendly than chugging through menus on your TV. Some of the big…
Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd has resigned immediately after an investigation started surrounding claims of sexual harassment. The HP Board of Directors has appointed Cathie Lesjak, the company’s CFO since January 2007, as the interim CEO while she still performs her duties as CFO and keeps those responsibilities until a permanent CEO is appointed. While…
In another sign that the launch of the Motorola Droid 2 isn’t too far away, official accessories have started to show up at Verizon stores. The original Droid was the first major Android handset to hit Verizon and it has been a smash hit. I know when I mill about in San Francisco, the Motorola…
If the handful of root methods for various Android phones we’ve seen before isn’t enough for you, we’ve got another one for you that should make rooting your Motorola Droid (with Froyo), Droid X, or Milestone as easy as downloading an app and pressing a button. Easy Root is another one-click app that requires no…
PayPal has updated its Android app to bring it on par with the Apple iPhone version, including the Bump technology. One of the coolest new things about the updated PayPal Android app is the ability to just tap two phones together to send cash. This could be very convenient and much easier than typing in…