Spotify announced today a brand new developer API by the name of libspotify, or by the more comprehensible name, the Spotify Embedded Player. It’s an iOS-exclusive API that will enable developers to insert the Spotify player into their applications. In the bigger picture, this encourages the development of many third-party apps using their excellent streaming…
Garmin StreetPilot brings high-end navigation features to the iPhone
Garmin is updating their premium navigation app to the iPhone. StreetPilot onDemand is priced at just $0.99, and includes includes a number of useful features not found in other apps. For instance, it gives users the ability to view public transportation routes and schedules, renders prominent buildings in 3D, automatically reroutes based on traffic, and…
Openwave sues Apple and RIM for including Internet access in mobile products
Another day, another lawsuit. Today we have the case of Openwave against Apple and RIM. Openwave is effectively filing a lawsuit against these two companies to defend its intellectual property for mobile Internet access. In a statement, Openwave CEO Ken Denman said: “Openwave invented technologies that became foundational to the mobile Internet. We believe that…


