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With all of the mobile payment solutions around today, it’s hard to keep up with them. Likely the most interesting and novel approach to mobile payments is Google Wallet, as there’s something that’s just fun about paying with a tap of a phone. That said, we know how Google’s mobile payment system is going right…
Google’s social network Google+ as promised is now available optimized for the iPad. It was first announced during Google I/O at the end of June. It looks a bit like Flipboard. Each post features an image if it includes one with the content right below it. Posts are tiled across pages with different sizes depending…
Songza, one of my new favorite apps for iOS as you may have spotted from my iPad’s home screen, starting today brings the feature that made it famous to Android: the music concierge. The feature has been a part of the iOS app for a while but has been conspicuously absent on the competing platform, but…
Ever heard of TED? It’s a yearly conference where bright people get up on stage, tell a story that’s anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes long, and then everyone in the audience dies because they’ve just had their minds blown. Sounds awesome, right? If you want to go to TED, then just forget about it.…
All you can eat subscription services are growing in popularity, and it’s easy to understand why. Give Spotify $10 per month and you can listen to just about every song ever recorded. Give Netflix the same amount of cash and you can instantly start streaming thousands of movies or television shows. When it comes to…
As part of its never-ending quest to distinct its vehicles from Mercedes and Audi, BMW is teaming-up with Nuance to allow its customers to safely use their phones while driving. The new 2012 BMW 7 Series, BMW 3 Series Touring and BMW 3 Series ActiveHybrid vehicles will be the first to get Dragon Drive! Messaging…
Samsung keeps releasing new apps and services. Their latest gig, The Official Top 40 Chart app, is launched on the Galaxy Ace II but will also be available for other devices through Google Play. Those buying a Samsung Galaxy device will even see the app embedded onto the homescreen. Powered by mobile music company MusicQubed,…
Metrotube, which is arguably the best YouTube client for Windows Phone, is back. Previously LazyWorm (the app’s developer) pulled it out from the Marketplace citing the lack of official support from Microsoft and Google as a reason. They’ve reconsidered the decision and are re-launching its popular application. According to the “official blog post,” LazyWorm didn’t…
Dolphin Browser just got some serious competition, at least on Apple’s iOS platform, with Sleipnir Mobile 2.0 hitting the AppStore. I haven’t heard of Sleipnir’s web browser before — and as far as I know it was a basic browser — but the new version is pretty sweet. The “sweet” part comes from the fact…
With London Olympic Games starting later this month, Samsung — which also happen to be one of the sponsors of the big event — launched an Android app to guide and entertain folks interested in sports. Available as a free download, Samsung: Take Part 2012 allows users to play various games on behalf of their…