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Damn. SXSW 2011 has been a bonanza for the IntoMobile team on the BlackBerry PlayBook exclusive side, as we just brought you the first look at the BlackBerry PlayBook music store on the device but that’s just one of the components of the multimedia strategy. Check out the video below for an exclusive first look…
Yes, we’ve heard about the Windows Phone 7 NoDo update for quite a while now and we know that it will bring copy and paste, fast app resuming and other goodies but this exclusive video shows you the first time we see it on a live unit. Features of Windows Phone 7 NoDo (No Doughnuts…
Google’s Marissa Mayer spoke at the SXSW 2011 conference and she shared some interesting stats on Google Maps for Mobile and the search giant’s future plans for location-based services. First of all, she said that the company found Google Maps had 40% usage on the mobile side, which isn’t much of a surprise considering that…
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear “Mike Tyson” and “game” in the same sentence? If you’re at least in college right now, chances are good that you’ll be thinking of the original Mike Tyson’s Punch Out game on the Nintendo NES gaming console. Well, the controversial boxing champ is back at…
MOG and MINI USA are teaming-up to develop a new MINI Connected Approved App to bring MOG’s popular on-demand streaming music service to MINI vehicles equipped with the MINI Connected system. The two companies used South by Southwest to demonstrate a beta version of the application, though they failed to share the final app launch…
CloudTalk — which touts itself as a “social communications platform that enables natural communication through voice messaging, texting and photo and video sharing” — unveiled its new Partner Program at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The idea here is to allow mobile and web application developers to integrate a “whole new dimension” of voice, text and…
At SXSW 2011, group messaging apps are the heat and you’ve probably heard of the Beluga and GroupMe contenders but GroupedIn is also playing in this space and its social networking integration may give it a leg up against the competition. At its core, the GroupedIn iPhone app is a group messaging app that aims…
We’re at SXSW 2011 in beautiful Austin (find our coverage here) and we talked to Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley and he told us about what we can expect from the future of the location-based check-in service. Foursquare 3.0 just launched less than a week ago and it featured a major redesign for multiple platforms. You…
One of the great things about being at SXSW 2011 is running into people and discovering an amazing new service or app. I think the LocalMind iPhone app qualifies, as the service can best be described as a mix of Quora and Foursquare. The LocalMind iPhone app just launched a few days ago and it…
The SXSW 2011 festival in Austin, TX has been overrun with group messaging apps from every corner of the world. The mobile technology trends we’re seeing out here are being fueled by personal recommendation apps and grilled cheese sandwiches (seriously), but the biggest trend, by far, is the group messaging trend. So, when we ran…