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The Apple iAd platform is aiming to revolutionize mobile advertising but at least one of its launch partners has decided not to follow though as Chanel said it dropped plans to use this advertising channel. Chanel didn’t elaborate on why it was dropping Apple iAd but a report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that…
We don’t judge here. We know you want to have access to the latest Justin Bieber music video on the go. With the newly-released VEVO app for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, you can have access to high-quality music videos from Mr. Bieber and other artists anywhere you go. The VEVO Mobile app…
As the Facebook location service looms like an 800-pound gorilla, Foursquare has outlined its privacy settings to make things clear to users about what’s being shared. The check-in service is generating a lot of buzz among early adopters but other location-based app providers have told me that privacy snafus could derail the entire industry. Because…
The Verizon and Skype partnership is bearing more fruit as the VoIP calling service is coming to variety of 3G BREW phones on Big Red. Skype is already available on devices like the Motorola Droid but it is now coming to devices like the LG enV Touch, Chocolate Touch and the Samsung Reality. With the…
The T-Mobile Vibrant gives you some high-powered Android but if you take that thing underwater, it, understandably, be toast. The Boy Genius is hearing that Motorola will bringing a rugged Android phone code-named “Jordan” that could be waterproof up to 33 feet underwater. There’s not much more to the rumor other than we can expect…
It looks like you’ve lost a mobile music option, as the Grooveshark app for the Apple iPhone has been removed due to a potential copyright issue. In a blog post, Grooveshark said: Earlier this afternoon, Apple sent us a letter notifying us that, due to a complaint they received from Universal Music Group UK, Grooveshark…
The BlackBerry Torch costs $183.05 to manufactur, iSuppli said, which makes Research In Motion’s flagship handset less costly than the rival Apple iPhone 4, which costs about $187.51 to manufacture. Of course, these numbers don’t include the research and development costs or the marketing, but rather it is an approximate breakdown of how much the…
If you’re sick of using the Apple iPad default mail client, you’ll be happy to know that Yahoo has revamped its web version to play well with the “magical” tablet. According to Yahoo, the new version for the Apple iPad rocks because: Faster and more reliable: If you’re offline, Yahoo! Mail uses local caching capabilities…
It’s been a long time comingbut Facebook may finally announce its location service tomorrow. Should Foursquare and Gowalla be worried? According to All Things D, those third-party “check-in” companies can rest easy. The new feature–the development of which has been the biggest open secret in the digital space–has been a long time coming, as Facebook…
You’ll soon be able to keep track of Ari, Turtle, E and the rest of the gang on the go because HBO said it will be bringing its content to mobile devices and the Apple iPad soon. According to sources close to The Wrap, HBO plans to take that “home” out of “Home Box Office”…