Order Mapper, Inc. has announced that the 1.2 update to their ‘Order Pizza’ iPhone app is ready and available for download. The new version of the app (which allows users to order pizza from virtually any pizzeria in seconds), has improved search results with more local pizzerias, and built-in map functionality that shows where the…
Shazam reveals the Sound of 2010
Shazam has announced its predictions for acts to watch in 2010. Shazam’s chart is derived from the behaviour of its 50 million users who have been using the Shazam service to tag the artists most likely to do well next year. Interstingly, Shazams users would appear to agree with the music pundits but have also…
GrooveMaker Reggae for the iPhone/iTouch released by IK Multimedia
IK Multimedia has announced the release of a new application for the iPhone/iPod Touch – GrooveMaker Reggae. For those of you unfamiliar with Groovemaker, it’s a superb App that lets you cut together your own tunes (in real time) from a huge bank of pre-made samples! GrooveMaker has quickly become one of the top downloaded…
Claro launch ROK-Powered Mobile TV service in Uruguay
ROK Entertainment Group and Claro (a Mobile Operator in Uruguay), have announced the launch of streamed mobile TV subscription service, PPV TV. It’s all powered by ROK’s over-the-air video-streaming technologies, and will offer an initial package of 8 international channels including, ESPN, Disney Channel, ESPN-X, MTV, A&E, Discovery Movil, National Geographic, The History Channel, Wappo…
Siano Powers GPS Mobile TV on PNDs
Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that some of the world’s largest Personal Navigation Device (PND) makers (Garmin, Mio, Navigon and others) – have integrated its MDTV receiver chips into their latest consumer GPS products. “Personal Navigation is a perfect fit for mobile TV roll-out.” said Alon Ironi, CEO of Siano. “Characterized by large screens, powerful…
Orange predicts a record Christmas for text and picture messaging
This Christmas and New Year will see a bumper crop of text and picture messages as friends and family share their season’s greetings according to UK Mobile Network Operator Orange. Last festive season was a record year for Orange with more than 100 million text messages and more than 1 million picture messages being sent…
Nokia UK announces winners of ‘Calling All Innovators’ competition
In September 2009 Nokia launched the Calling All Innovators competition, which was a search for talented UK developers to create the next big thing in mobile applications, and the winners have now been announced. Taking the top prize is woZZon (from Wozzon Ltd), with the woZZon search engine that gives access to a comprehensive events…
Hands-on review: Empire Movie Guide App for iPhone
I’ve been out of the loop as regards Movie-going for some time now; must be over 2 years since I last went (in case you are wondering, that’s the ‘benefit’ of having two very young children!). However I recently decided I needed to get back in the saddle, and have even booked myself a ticket…
O2 data outages affecting some users in UK
TUAW is reporting that iPhone users on the O2 network in the UK have been suffering with data issues in the last few days. That is rather to say that they haven’t been getting any data! Users of the iPhone will probably be familiar with a message that comes up occasionally, saying ‘could not activate…
Bauer Media Launches Empire Magazine iPhone App
Entropy Digital and Bauer Media have announced the launch of Empire Movie Guide for iPhone – offering iPhone and iPod Touch users to have the full Empire Magazine experience – pulling together over 9,000 exclusive reviews from the world’s biggest movie magazine. The launch represents the second in a strategic rollout process for Bauer Media, who have…