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GetGlue, an app for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android that lets you check in to just about anything, just crossed the 1 million user milestone. To mark the occasion, they’ve released a bevvy of stats in a pretty interesting infographic format. The Oscars produced 31,000 check-ins, which is GetGlue’s peak of activity, but on a daily…
RIM’s next-generation BlackBerry smartphones are well on their way, with plenty of hands-on pictures and video lately, and now some official-looking TV spots for two devices: the Bold 9900 (code-named Dakota), and the Touch 9860 (code-named Monza). The theme for both of them depicts a city bustling with a wide variety of communications, with hints…
Last night an embargo lifted on press reviews of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook, which launches April 19. The vast majority of reviews say that even after spending six months in the public eye, the BlackBerry PlayBook’s operating system isn’t quite ready to compete with the other tablet players. Regardless, most of the final impressions lean…
Another video of the upcoming BlackBerry Touch 9860 (codenamed Monaco or Monza) has surfaced to join the one from last week. On top of that, we have the first video of the Torch 2 9810 (code-named Jennings) to go along with the handful of stills we’ve seen. Unfortunately, the videos don’t show much of the…
A new social network launched today called Tout, which will let you share pithy 15-second video clips to your social network, be it on Facebook, Twitter, or on Tout itself. Videos can be shared through an iPhone app, The instantly reminds me of 12seconds, which went out of business a few months ago, and I…
Miso, a social network for TV and movie watchers, now has a Windows Phone 7 app thanks to some developer tools they recently launched. With it, you can check in to shows, share what you’re watching with friends on Twitter and Facebook, find and follow friends with similar tastes, dig in to show information (like…
RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis abruptly ended an interview with BBC when pushed for the status of the ongoing BlackBerry security concerns in India. The interviewer sought some kind of reassurance to the public that BlackBerry service in India would continue, or that good progress was being made, but Lazaridis called the line of questioning “not…
Today, Sony Ericsson announced a new dedicated channel in the Android Market where they can show off apps they’ve made as well as promote apps from partners. As you can see, some signature Sony Ericsson apps like Timescape plugins and LiveView apps are going to be found in the channel, but SE says we’ll also…
Back in January, Eye-Fi, creators of a Wi-Fi-enabled SD memory card for cameras, announced that they would have a mobile product on the way. Yesterday, they went official with the Eye-Fi Mobile X2, an 8GB card which pairs up with Android, iPhone and iPad apps so you can share pictures from your DSLR or point-and-shoot…
Yesterday, we got a chance to see the upcoming BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 on video, and now it’s the turn for BlackBerry Touch 9860 (code-named Monaco or Monza) in action. This certainly isn’t the first time we’ve seen hands on with RIM’s next touchscreen slate phone, or even the second, but it’s nice to see…