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Gowalla, the location-based social check-in app that has laden iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and webOS users with many a sticker, has just slid onto Windows Phone. All of the usual features are there, like checking where your friends have been lately, find spots close to you, and discover the best of the best in town thanks…
RIM has been pretty open about the possibility of releasing a bigger version of their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to compete more directly with the iPad, but word has it they’ve canned development on the project, and are shifting work to a 4.3-inch smartphone. We hadn’t heard much about the next PlayBook, other than it might…
After going through a public beta for the last couple of months, the BlackBerry Social software development kit has graduated to full 1.0 status, which means we’ll now start seeing apps launching with BlackBerry Messenger integration. App World submissions received by July 8 will be available for the eventual release of BBM 6.0. Now that…
Bell Mobility had its wrist slapped by the Canadian Competition Bureau a few years ago for claiming to be the most reliable wireless network available, but yesterday they got slammed for something a little more serious. The Bureau has charged Bell for false advertising and fined them the highest penalty they could: $10 million. You…
Last week at Ford’s press event, I got to check out another Sync application that’s in development. WellDoc is a monitoring service for diabetics, so they can log meals and glucometer results through an iPhone app. With WellDoc, Sync will detect if you haven’t logged any data recently, dial Sync services over Bluetooth, and have…
It wouldn’t be the craziest thing someone has done to get something from Apple. On a popular Chinese microblogging service called Weibo, a girl from Guandong recently offered up her virginity for an iPhone 4 because her dad wouldn’t get her one. Either the status message was a joke and their sense of humour is…
Following up on their beta last month, RIM has updated the Facebook app for BlackBerry with a few more modest features. The biggest one is that now you’ll get notifications for polled events, including Likes and Event wall posts. There are a few new UI changes, including a shortcut bar along the bottom for common…
Hurting for more iPhone 5 and iPad 3 info? LulzSec, an anonymous group of internet misfits, have been on a hacking rampage over the last 50 days or so, which has just recently concluded with some information from inside AT&T. Most of the documents revolve around AT&T’s LTE rollout, including how they plan on implementing…
Ford’s Sync cars have been location-aware for awhile now, allowing the automated emergency calling service to give operators specific coordinates of accidents when they happen. The calls are made over a Bluetooth-paired phone, but the GPS coordinates are determined through the built-in Sync system. Cell tower positioning is also used as a back-up. Cars with…
Back at CES, Ford announced a mobile app to help electric vehicle owners find charging stations and monitor their range. Last week, we got a chance to check out MyFord Mobile in person running on a Windows Phone. The home screen shows a simple charge gauge showing how much juice is left in your EV,…