Go800 is a company behind the so called “One Text, You Connect” service which allows users to place phone calls by giving a voice to the names in their social world. For the first 90 days, the service is pitched toward Twitter users and after that – it’s going to be offered on a “first…
Note-taking service Catch.com launches Catch Pro
Catch.com, the note-taking service that wants to find its space in the increasingly competitive note-taking market, launched Catch Pro, the premium version of Catch Notes. $5 a month or $45 a year gets you 1GB of new content per month, voice notes sharing capability and support for file attachments. If there were no for Evernote…
Telmap teams-up with Das Örtliche to beef-up local listings in Germany
After the deal with Ordnance Survey for UK listings, mobile location services provider Telmap is partnering with Das Örtliche, Germany’s leading local directory to integrate their local businesses database into Telmap mobile location companion. As a result, folks relying on Telmap apps to navigate through Germany will get to access richer points of interest (POI)…
Discovery Channel HD Launches on iPad
While the dust is still settling from the iPad 2 announcement the other day, many are no doubt deciding whether or not to throw their hard-earned dollars down for Apple’s latest ‘Post PC’ device. The reaction from friends, family and colleagues I’ve talked to thus far has been mixed. They were either blown away, or…
Bill Cosby Introduces New App for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry
If you grew up with the comedy of Bill Cosby like I did, chances are the comedian holds a fond place in your heart. Off hand I recall watching Fat Albert, Picture Pages, and of course, who could forget the loveable Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable and the rest of the Cosby family. Yes, the comedian is…
Facebook for BlackBerry Updated to Version 1.9.0.28
Facebook for BlackBerry has been updated. The strange thing is, some folks are currently seeing 1.9.0.27 as the latest version, while others are seeing 1.9.0.28. That’s the version available to me at the moment, and it looks like the latest and greatest. If you still spot .27 in App World, hold tight… because we’re told…
U.S. Army extends its Army Strong Stories blogging platform to iPhone, other mobile phones
U.S. Army Accessions Command launched an iPhone app and a mobile website as part of its Army Strong Stories blogging and storytelling platform. The main idea behind the initial creation of the (non-mobile) platform was to engage potential recruits via social media and extending the experience to mobile phones seems like a logical step forward.…
Qualcomm’s MSM8x60 processor to integrate Scalado’s Camera Framework [Smartphone cameras to rock]
Imaging technologies provider Scalado announced that its new Camera Framework will be available on Qualcomm’s MSM8x60 dual-core processor. As a result, Qualcomm’s processor will be the first to optimize Scalado’s “Rewind” application, which makes it possible to pick and choose the best faces from different versions of a group photo in order to create a…
Page Plus Cellular adds more data and messages to its prepaid plans
Prepaid mobile operator Page Plus Cellular is adding more data and more messages to its $29.95/month Talk n Text 1200 plan. The plan — which provided 1,200 voice minutes, 1,200 text or picture messages and 50 megabytes of data — will now include 2,000 messages and 100MB of data. The overage rate for voice minutes…
Samsung creates the first full color display that uses quantum dots [At least 3 years away]
Millions of man hours worth of research had to be conducted in order to enable the technology that makes that brilliant screen on your mobile phone. From the dot matrix display on the first brick sized cell phones to the Super AMOLED Plus screen that makes the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II absolutely gorgeous to…