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The maker of popular iOS apps Fotopedia is teaming-up with online travel agency Expedia to allow its users to book hotels from within select apps, namely Fotopedia Paris and Fotopedia Japan. This ad deal — cause we’re sure Fotopedia will make some money out of it — requires that your iOS-based device also has the…
Jussi Hurmola, the CEO of JollaMobile, the company that will continue the work that Nokia started with MeeGo, but then abandoned to go with Windows Phone, sat down with me for 20 minutes this morning to answer a few questions. If you’d like to listen to the interview, then I suggest you check out the…
Google Maps for Android keeps getting better and better. Their latest gig involves adding an additional indoor maps, covering more than 20 popular U.S. museums including the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cincinnati Museum Center, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History and 17 Smithsonian…
Guess what – Samsung won’t be the only handset maker to launch a successor to its phablet device this fall, with LG also planning to release the Optimus Vu 2 at about the same time. However, unlike Samsung’s upcoming device which we’re hearing will rock a new quad-core processor and an even larger screen, the…
A new LG smartphone was caught in the wild and we’re pretty confident it’s heading to Verizon Wireless. Marked as LG VS930, it’s the U.S. version of the LG Optimus LTE II, which was launched in South Korea few months ago and which is available in default black and sexy-lookin’ white color. Specs wise, the…
Today’s smartphones and tablets are so powerful that most of them can be easily turned into gaming consoles provided that you connect your device to a TV and connect it to gamepad(s). However, not that many folks take advantage of this capability, opting for a standard console, instead. Enter OUYA, a novel product that wants…
After gambling, Juniper Research is looking at the prospects of mobile betting on sportsbooks and exchanges, predicting that this market will reach $45 billion by 2017. In comparison, last year mobile and tablet users placed $13 billion in bets, $3 billion of which came from the UK. And the market keeps growing rapidly with companies…
After Google Now, we have another app being pulled out from the Android 4.1 ROM and ported to Ice Cream Sandwich – Google Music v4.3.605 (currently you can download version 4.1.513 from Google Play). It is said that any ICS device will work with the app, whether it’s rooted or not. Here’s how to install…
Popular travel organizer app TripIt has a new iOS app, adding few new features to the mix. For instance, now you can attach photos to your itineraries, the capability that could used to remember where you parked the car at the airport; for capturing baggage claim tickets, receipts, hotel room numbers or items to remember…
As promised, Google has begun rolling out the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update to HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus devices. The official Nexus Google+ page recently posted that the rollout will begin today, so if you’re rocking the handset, be sure to check your settings now! Jelly Bean may not be the biggest update but it provides…