weComm is all proud to announce the launch of Turner Classic Movies’ (TCM) mobile application built on its Wave Platform. The multi-platform app — supported platforms are iPhone, BlackBerry and Android — comes with daily updated content, including: A complete schedule of movies playing on TCM, with full-month views up to two months in advance.…
Mobile500 Alliance formed to drive the Mobile DTV standard adoption
A group of 30 broadcasters — which collectively own 346 TV stations in 167 markets covering more than 90% of the U.S. population — formed the Mobile500 Alliance to “turn nationwide broadcast mobile TV solution into reality.” The hope is to adopt the Mobile DTV standards which have been defined through years of work at…
FDA launches text message program to educates retailers about new tobacco regulations
In an effort to educate retailers and the public about regulations to protect kids from tobacco, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products has launched a six-month text messaging pilot program. In order to participate, interested individuals and companies should text BreakChain to 87000 and they’ll start receiving text messages in mid…
Videotron Launches Wireless Network in Quebec with Nexus One
I guess Rogers, Bell, Telus, Fido, Koodo, Virgin Mobile, Wind Mobile, Mobilicity, and Public Mobile just weren’t enough to cover Canada, because Quebecor’s Videotron has just launched their wireless network in our French-speaking province, running on the same AWS bands as Wind Mobile and T-Mobile south of the border. The home networks currently cover Quebec…
Ping Your Friends and Artists in iOS 4.1
iOS 4.1 for the iPhone is now available for download and with the upgrade comes iTunes Ping, Apple’s new music-based social network. So far it has suffered plenty of criticism, but people are ignoring Ping’s exciting potential. Let’s take a look at how Ping works and how it might fit into you life. Think for…
iPhone iOS 4.1 jailbreak lives on, thanks to new bootrom exploit
It’s not like we’re at all surprised, but it really didn’t take long for iPhone hackers to find yet another way to jailbreak Apple’s latest iOS 4.1, which enables nifty new features like HDR photos, HD video uploads, Game Center, TV show rentals, and iTunes Ping on the iPhone 4, 3GS and some iPod Touch…
Apple pushes iOS 4.1 update, iPhone Dev Team says ‘it’s a trap’
Hooray – Apple has blessed the iPhone the iOS 4.1 update today, via iTunes! That’s great news, seeing as how iOS 4.1 will endow your shiny iPhone 4 with new features, like Game Center, TV show rentals through iTunes, and support for iTunes Ping. But, before you run off to plug your iPhone into your…
Star Walk Updated to Include Gyroscope Support on iPhone 4
No matter if you’re just a curious onlooker, or a seasoned astronomer, Star Walk from Vito Technology has long been favorite iPhone app for Star-gazers. Having fiddled around with it a bit myself, I can attest to how cool (and educational) the app is. It helps you discover everything about the night sky, from the…
Samsung Orion: 1 GHz 45 nanometer dual core ARM Cortex A9, 1080p encode/decode, triple screen support
Samsung has just announced code name Orion, a 45 nanometer dual core ARM Cortex A9 application processor clocked at 1 GHz with a 5 factor increase in GPU performance compared to previous generation models. Expected to ship to select customers later this year, and begin mass production during the first half of 2011, Orion has…
SFR launches Telmap5 in France
Telmap announced the launch of the Telmap5 Mobile Location Companion by SFR in France under the name SFR GPS. As you may know from our previous post on Telmap5, it is touted to be the “next level of evolution in mobile location-based services.” Features include high quality maps and an enhanced search experience including the…