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Last Wednesday we covered a rumor that said Amazon was going to launch their App Store in Europe later this year. Today that’s now been confirmed by Amazon themselves. Developers from the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain can start submitting applications starting right now, with the actual Amazon App Store launching “later this…
Stitcher Radio redesigned its app today for iOS and Android to include a handful of new features such as Smart Station. Smart Station, which Stitcher brags is an industry first, will give you radio show recommendations based on your listening habits. It pulls in your listening history, favorite shows, and thumbs up to filter down…
Waze is releasing an update today to its iPhone and Android apps that includes a helpful new feature for saving a few bucks on the road: thanks to the crowd-sourced data, you’ll now be able to save cash on fuel. To start saving, you tap the left menu icon and choose Categories. There, not only…
Just in time for the Olympics, the last-minute hotel booking app HotelTonight is no longer limited to folks in North America – it opened the office in the UK and has started offering hotels in London. At the moment, users are able to book rooms at top hotel brands like Morgans Hotel Group, Thompson Hotels,…
Dolphin Browser, which is my favorite mobile web browser and the most popular third-party browser on Android and iOS, keeps getting better. The new thing, though still in beta, is the whole new Dolphin Engine that makes for the fastest browsing experience around, rendering HTML5 up to 5-10 times faster than the default browser on…
Siri, which was founded as a company during the same year that the first iPhone launched, was acquired by Apple in April 2010. When the iPhone 4S was unveiled 18 months later, Siri was one of the key features demoed on stage. What is it? In case you’ve been living under a rock, Siri is…
Watching a company launch innovative new products and services is easily one of the best parts of this job. On the flip side, watching a company’s competitors race to copy said new innovative products and services is hands down the most depressing thing we encounter on what sadly feels like a daily basis. Apple’s voice…
Now that every major technology publication has reviewed Samsung’s 2012 flagship handset, the Galaxy S III, it’s time to look towards the future. To be more specific, it’s time to start thinking about the devices we’re going to see during the second half of the year. According to MK Business News, Samsung is on track…
According to an AllThingsD report, Sprint has said it may delay the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III due to “overwhelming demand and limited supply.” According to the report, pre-orders for the handset, which kicked off on June 5th, will arrive a few days later than expected. Orders originally were slated to arrive on…
HTC has confirmed that the WiFi bug that’s plagued the company’s flagship phone, the One X, is also a problem found in other Tegra 3 models. Let me catch you up to speed, users for some time now have complained of weak WiFi reception, which prompted folks to apply their own weird fixes like squeezing…