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Paramount will be bringing some of its popular movies to Windows Phone 7 as enhanced apps and the move could give Microsoft’s fledgling platform a boost. Paramount said it will utilize Silverlight technology to bring movies to the Windows Phone 7 platform as apps. Why apps? Well, along with full-length films like “Zoolander,” “GI Joe:…
Broadcom has just introduced a new dual-core processor for mobile phones which it promises will deliver high-end experiences to low-cost Android phones. The Broadcom BCM2157 dual-core baseband processor promises to be more affordable than other chips in this class and it should come in at 500 MHz. This will also include support for 3G HSDPA…
Do you like free stuff? Are you an Apple iPhone fan? Do you live in Europe? Well, if you answered “yes” to the three of those questions then you should check out the 12 Days of Christmas (iTunes link) app that was just released by Steve Jobs’ company. The 12 Days of Christmas iPhone app…
Kobo has just updated its iPad e-reading app to make reading a much more social experience with the Reading Life feature. The Kobo iPad app now has some deep integration with Facebook, so it’s easy to share what books you’re reading with friends, as well as pull out quotes to share easily. This is an…
Oxygen Audio is preparing to help you turn your car into a shrine for your iPhone, as the company will soon have a dedicated iPhone car radio and a dedicated iPhone car dock. My cheap fanboy shot aside, this does look like a cool way to stay connected while the drive. The O’Car is the…
We all have those little things when we speak which makes it difficult for speech recognition to fully work – it could be a slight Southern drawl, a bit of a lisp or just unique pronunciations. That’s why Google is adding the ability to personalize your Voice Search app for Android. According to the Google…
No stranger to the mobile space, Visa has released an Apple iPhone app which includes the ability for merchants to offer location-based deals. The Visa Mobile iPhone app will offer discounts and other location-based deals from more than 50 merchants. The merchant will be able to tailor the offer for their customers and this actually…
CNN has released a new Apple iPad app and the news program is actually a pretty cool way to get your news in a visually-appealing way. The CNN iPad app aims to give you a visually-appealing, immersive take on the news. The program gives you three ways to view the content – broadsheet, list view…
The feud between Google and Apple over Google Voice appears to be over, as the app has been approved for the iPhone already and it now supports the iPod touch and the iPad. That’s right, Google is now turning your other iOS devices into free text-messaging machines. While the iPod touch and iPad can’t make…
Apple and Toshiba are teaming up to build a $1.2 billion factory which will create Retina Display screens and other displays for Apple products. Apple is investing a portion to help build the factory and it is expected to begin producing in the second half of 2011. The plant, which will be in Ishikawa, is…