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Camera Awesome, a recently popular photography app for the iPhone made by photo-sharing website SmugMug, hit the 4-million-user milestone today in less than one month and, to celebrate, is announcing some great new features. Among the most exciting: Instagram integration — instagration, if I may. Camera Awesome launched at the beginning of March with very…
Google confirmed it is in talks with other carriers besides Sprint to integrate its Google Voice service as core functionality in phones, but Group Product Manager for Google Voice Vincent Paquet would not confirm which ones specifically. So far the partnership with Sprint has worked out rather well. “We have, since Day One, had a…
“The Hunger Games” might have set a record for the movie industry on Friday, March 23rd, when it grossed $214 million in sales worldwide and $155 million for United States and Canada alone, which is the highest of all time among non-sequels, but it also managed to set a record in the technology industry. Mobile…
Judging by the insane lines outside of Apple retail stores after a new iPhone or iPad product launch, you’d think there would be no question as to which outlet sells the most devices. As it turns out, Best Buy actually sells nearly as many iPhones as Apple does — and Apple isn’t even the leader.…
Whether you’re a fun-loving teenager who just bought an iPod touch or a productive business professional with an iPad, don’t deny that you probably have at least one game on your iOS device. Even though iOS is a mobile platform, according to a survey from MocoSpace, most of us prefer to play these games at…
Microsoft certainly has high hopes for the Windows Phone OS. Less than a day after the first Windows Phone device started selling in China, the HTC Eternity, Microsoft predicts it will pass the iPhone and Android in market share in China over the next few years. Simon Leung, CEO of Microsoft for the Greater China…
Hipstamatic and Instagram unveiled a partnership today to make mobile photo-sharing easier under the two forces, according to an exclusive report from Fast Company. Instagram will grant Hipstamatic access to a write API — something Instagram has been reluctant to do in the past for third parties — which will allow Hipstamatic users to quickly…
Daily Steals has a sweet, er, deal for an unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus. It’s only valid for the the rest of the day, but if you act now you can get your hands on one for only $459.99. It usually retails for around $650 or $750 depending on where you buy it. Just to recap…
It looks like Verizon Wireless is finally gearing up to launch shared data plans for families equipped with smartphones. The last we heard about this was in late February when CFO Fran Shammo said they would arrive in mid-2012. Now, a leaked screenshot of an upcoming data usage calculator for families seems to support that.…
Apple confirmed yesterday it had sold three million iPads since launch and now we have another testament to the tablet’s incredible success. Though it was released less than a week ago on Friday, March 16th, online ad agency Chitika claims that the new iPad already accounts for over 5 percent of iPad traffic in the United…