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By now, you should know that Facebook flipped the switch on its location-based sharing service and I really think Facebook Places will have a big impact on smartphone users. The service is not incredibly innovative, really, as you check in to locations and share this with your friends. This is what companies like Loopt, Foursquare…
Ever since Canabalt hit the iPhone scene almost a year ago, there have been a number of similar titles hitting the App Store. Probably the most notable one was EA Mobile’s “Mirror’s Edge” which played very similar to Canabalt, but it added much more in terms of its gameplay, story, and fighting mechanics. Halfbrick’s latest…
Telmap announced that its iPhone application(s) has/have exceeded 200,000 downloads. As you may know, Telmap provides white label managed mobile search, mapping and navigation solutions to mobile operators offering them among other things, carrier-branded iPhone apps which has been launched with 9 operators in key EMEA markets, APAC and the US. Among Telmap’s clients we…
Oh no. Justin Long, the star of the “I’m a Mac” Apple ads, apparently sports a jailbroken Apple iPhone 4. I’m sure Steve Jobs isn’t happy about that. On the Jimmy Kimmel show, Justin Long showed off his Apple iPhone 4 to show off a funny text message exchange. He hooked it up to an…
Apple is rolling out a new iPad ad which calls the device “delicious” and it also shows off a few apps. It’s actually a pretty cool ad, as it shows off the various uses of the Apple iPad. Of course, they can’t go 30 seconds without calling the device “magical” but this is a neat…
Hey iFanboys, you guys jealous of Android users with their Star Wars Edition of the Droid 2? You bet your bowcasters you are, but don’t worry, Lucasfilm won’t leave you hangin’ – they’ll be releasing an R2-D2 style hard case for the iPhone 3G and 3GS in October, including sculpted details. This concept is just…
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…
Shortly after I published my brief look at the new Animal Planet iPhone app, the good folks at Discovery Communications came a knockin’ at my door again. This time around, they wanted to tell me about a game they’ve been running online for some time (it’s been on Discovery Kids online for almost 10 years…