Patents are big business. Just ask Microunity. The obscure “tech” “company” (read: patent troll) has up and filed a far-reaching patent infringement lawsuit against all the biggest players in the mobile space. Microunity’s lawsuit, filed today in a Texas court, reads like a who’s who of influential actors on the US mobile stage – the…
‘Zagat To Go’ Arrives for webOS
‘Zagat To Go’, the app that connects you to trusted ratings and reviews of thousands of restaurants all over the world, is now available for webOS! Yessir, Palm Pre and Pixi users can now pop open the Zagat app to find nearby restaurants via GPS, check out service reviews, typical costs, top rated lists, browse…
Slacker Radio and Hello Music Team Up to Stream Unsigned Artists
Thanks to a deal with the new music submission service at Hello Music, Slacker Radio is now allowing unsigned artists to upload their music and create their own artist-based radio station. Cool beans. This is a huge opportunity for any unsigned band that simply wants their music to get out there, to be heard. The…
The first mobile app-centric conference APPCON 2010 set for August 24-26 in Las Vegas
I guess we knew someone is working on such a project – a whole new conference dedicated to mobile applications. It’s called APPCON and it kicks on Tuesday, August 24 at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. The idea is to create a neutral place where all interested parties — developers, device and accessory makers,…
GeoSentric releases new app, announces more funding.
Today GeoSentric released an application into the iPhone App Store, Tweetsii. Tweetsii is a mash-up with Twitter and Foursquare, providing real-time information streaming right from the application. Along with the release of the application, GeoSentric announces that it’s come across $11 million for the Location-based mobile networking services. Location-based social networking is gaining steam, as…
A look at Windows Phone 7 Xbox Live gaming hub
One of the cool features baked right into Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is its hub-centric Xbox Live games panel. By connecting Windows Phone 7 directly to your Xbox Live account, you can keep up to date on your Xbox Live account – points, avatars, unlocked achievements, etc. And, because the Windows Phone 7 platform is…
Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools, shows off ease of app development
Today is the start of Microsoft’s MIX10 conference in Las Vegas, and there’s some good stuff coming down the Windows Phone 7 pipeline. First up, Microsoft has announced that they have made their Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools available for download through their MSDN download center. The tools will give eager devs a chance to…
Employee Shuffle: Google gains 1 and loses 1, Apple gains 2 [Android and wearable computers]
Three “important” people are going to have to go to their local office supply store and pick up some new business cards. Tim Bray, co-creator of the XML specification, left Oracle to join Google. He’s going to be an Android Developer Advocate, otherwise known as a cheerleader. His frank and honest blog post about why…
AT&T announced 4 new Quick Messaging devices, new services
AT&T announced a line-up of four new Quick Messaging Devices, which according to the company’s David Christopher are among their most popular and fastest-growing phones, offering consumers a great value for the money. The new phones announced include: Samsung Strive – highlights include a 2-megapixel camera and vertical sliding QWERTY keyboard. It will be available…
Motorola i890 starts selling on Sprint
Sprint has started selling a new Nextel Direct Connect device – Motorola i890. The fairly ugly clamshell supports push-to-talk services such as Group Connect, Direct Talk and Direct Send. Moreover, it comes with a dedicated button for opening the flip, 2-megapixel camera that can take both photos and videos, stereo Bluetooth, GPS, media player (with…