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LG Electronics has enlisted Glee star Jane Lynch to try and stop all those crazy teens from texting while driving. Jane Lynch is starring in a promotional video to raise awareness about the dangers of texting while driving and it can be viewed on the LG Text Ed website. It’s cute enough and does have…
One of the biggest complaints about the Palm webOS platform is the relatively small amount of apps compared to the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms. But Palm is now flush with cash thanks to the Hewlett-Packard purchase and it is now offering $1 million to attract cool apps. The Palm Hot Apps program will…
Maybe one of the reasons Facebook has so many Apple iPhone users than Android is because some of the social network’s developers aren’t infatuated with the Android developer environment. In fact, one of them seems to despise it. Joe Hewitt made the original Facebook for Apple iPhone app and some would say that one was…
Verizon Wireless is rolling out a new prepaid broadband option and it is going to be about double the cost of what the competition is offering. We’re a little late on this one, as PhoneScoop said these have been available since the beginning of August but Verizon’s prepaid broadband now tops out at 5 GB…
Apple has set a media event for Sept. 1 and we’re sure to see some cool new iOS products. Could we see a new iPod Touch, Apple TV and iPhone? I’d say we’ll definitely see two out of the three, as the fall event is generally when the company shows off its new iPod lineup.…
If you “got get drunk,” have we got an app for you. The Bartab app is launching this Thursday (August 26) and the Apple iPhone and Android program will enable you to send vouchers for real-life drinks for only $1. The concept is simple: use the app to buy a drink for a friend for…
Facebook is showing off some of its mobile usage data and it shows that its Apple iPhone and BlackBerry users handily outnumber Android users. According to the company’s Facebook for iPhone page, there are nearly 105 million active monthly iPhone users. This number seems a bit fishy because Apple recently said that iOS is on…
It looks like Motorola has snapped up a programming company called 280 North for about $20 million, according to reports. 280 North has been around for two years and it is known for a programming framework known as Cappuccino. This supposedly makes it easier to create rich web applications and Motorola will be using this…
If you want to be like Shia LaBeouf in Wall Street 2 (let’s face it, you do), then you’re going to need to be able to keep track of your stocks on the go. Google is trying to help with this problem and it has just introduced a sleek mobile web version of Google Finance…
A smartphone with HSPA+ capabilities for T-Mobile has just passed through the Federal Communications Commission and this looks to be the much-heralded G2. The device came through the FCC as the “HTC PC10100” and it sports 802.11n WiFi, 3G for T-Mobile’s AWS bands and references to HSPA+. We know that T-Mobile has been pushing the…