Early last month, Google Maps for Android updated with the new biking directions that had come to the existing web service. Today, BlackBerry gets in on the fun, along with a few other goodies. The local search function has been redesigned a bit, and now includes a Share option, so you can send information about…
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Boku launching in-app billing option for Android – Paymo SDK makes Android app billing easy
Boku is a mobile payment company that aims to make your Android in-app purchases easier than ever using your phone. By adding their payment platform to Android, using the new Paymo SDK, Android users can buy goods and services from within an app and charge it to the monthly phone bill. The San Francisco- based…
King of iPhone Novelty Apps ‘iFart’ Denied From Gracing the iPad
Believe it or not, one of the most popular app genres for all mobile phones has got to be novelty apps. Mobile phone users just can’t help but to download apps that allow them to turn their phone into a lightsaber, record audio to be played back as an annoying parrot, or share your fascination…
Smartphone apps usage on the up and up, iPhone users have most installed apps
Whether you’re on BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, or some other smartphone platform, if you’ve got something to do, chances are, there’s an app to help you do it. With smartphone usage on the up and up and app stores from iPhone and Android growing ever faster and adding more features at an almost daily pace, there’s…
Verizon launches LTE partner program for rural regions
Verizon Wireless is investing billions in building out its Long-Term Evolution network but it can’t do it alone. The nation’s largest carrier has launched a program to help it find partners to bring 4G to rural America. We are seeking companies that can assist in bringing the benefits of 4G LTE service to rural areas…
Walmart slashes Sprint HTC EVO 4G $100 mail-in rebate
Walmart is following in the footstep of Best Buy and Radio Shack by stripping the Sprint EVO 4G of its mail-in rebate. With all of these other retailers doing this, it makes me wonder why would anyone even go to a Sprint store to buy the HTC EVO 4G? With the release of the Sprint…
Which came first, iPad or iPhone? Turns out, Apple iPad was first.
Was it the iPhone or the iPad that came first? Unlike the philosophical mobius strip that is the “chicken and egg” conundrum, we now have an answer to the question of whether it was Apple’s iPad or iPhone that came first. During an interview at the D8 conference, Apple chief Steve Jobs decided to let…
BlackBerry Curve 9300 “Kepler” Spotted for First Time
The first signs of the BlackBerry 9300 (code-named Kepler), there were indications that it would be a modest follow-up to the BlackBerry 8500 series Curves. Now that the first pictures of the device have surfaced, we can see that sums it up pretty nicely. Compared to the 8520 and 8530, the only real additions in…
New Skype iPhone 3G app has been downloaded by “millions”
It looks like iPhone users are very interested in making VoIP calls over 3G networks, as Skype said its 2.0 version of the iPhone app has been well received. “We’ve had millions of downloads to date,” Russ Shaw, Skype’s general manager for mobile, told Reuters. “That’s really positive.” The latest version enables iPhone users to…
Get your EVO 4G early at RadioShack
If you absolutely cannot wait to get your hands on the drool-worthy EVO 4G, the Shack has your back. RadioShack will be opening its 1,600 stores as early as 6 a.m. this Friday to let pre-order customers get their hands on the first U.S. phone with 4G capabilities. One of the cool things about pre-ordering…