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Friggin’ finally – TED has launched an Android app, which in case you wonder was available for iOS users for quite some time now. Available as a free download, it will bring all “Ideas Worth Spreading” to the palm of your hand, including more than 1,100 TEDTalks categorized, searchable and tagged. The Android app mimics…
EA is finally bringing two of its hottest sports games to the Android platform – FIFA 12 and NBA Jam. I’m saying finally, since both titles have been available for iOS-based devices for quite some time now; I guess Android users are not as willing to pay for their apps like iPhone and iPad owners…
If there’s something more annoying than banners that would be full-screen ads. However, this type of advertisement apparently works like a charm, according to Greystripe, a division of ValueClick. In fact, the mobile ad network says that their data shows that full-screen mobile ads earn developers and publishers 5 times more than banner ads. Looking…
Zen Studios will soon release a new pinball, though not for mobile platforms. Actually, Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles will be released on PlayStation Network so that includes select Sony smartphones and tablets. However, we also hope that other Android devices will get their pinball fix, as well. Marvel’s The Avengers table will be based on…
To celebrate the new iPad launch in Canada, Rogers Wireless has launched a neat campaign offering extra something to wannabe iPad owners. Whether you grab the brand new iPad 3 or the last-year model with 3G/4G connectivity and activate it on a Tablet Flex Rate Plan, the carrier will give you “unlimited data for the…
The world’s most famous iPhone cloner is killing it with its own Android app store, having reported crossing 100 million downloads milestone. To celebrate the event, MEIZU will offer the lucky user (who downloaded 100 millionth app) 10,000 yuan in credit for use on the Flyme Store. According to the press release, before launching the…
Apple announced on Sunday it will hold an early Monday morning conference call (6:00 a.m. PDT/9:00 a.m. EDT) about its almost $100 billion cash reserve. The company hinted during its last earnings conference call that it was carefully considering what it should do with its pile of cash and now it apparently has a plan it…
Prepare your apps Windows Phone developers. In the next two weeks App Hub will start accepting submissions for the new Windows Phone Marketplaces, 23 of them, including Bahrain, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Vietnam. The new…
Yesterday we complained that the newest member of Nokia’s Windows Phone family, Lumia 610, will have the built-in tethering capability while its older (and better) cousins, Lumia 710 and Lumia 800, won’t. Nokia acknowledged the problem and promised to fix this by releasing a firmware update in the near future. In a FAQ about the…
Zynga is bringing another of its “With Friends” titles to Android – Scramble With Friends, allowing users to “fight for words” against opponents from all around the world whether they use an Android or iOS-based device. Players compete against their opponents to beat each other (and the clock!) and find as many words as possible…