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Instead of making its own app store for Android users, U.S. Cellular has turned to Amazon for help. As a result, it got a customized application menu in the Amazon Appstore for Android, marking the first time some carrier has teamed-up with the online retailer this way. When U.S. Cellular customers open the Amazon Appstore…
Starting today, Because We May is offering a huge sale on a very long list of apps from a variety of developers in the iOS App Store, Mac App Store, Google Play, and Steam in celebration of the ability to freely price games the way developers choose. On its website, Because We May writes, “We believe…
Bump, a wildly popular file sharing app for Android and the iPhone, just released an update to its app that will now let users transfer photos from their phones to their computers by just tapping the phone on the space bar. In order for users to share photos, they have to go to the Bump…
NASA launched a new version of its iPhone app which comes with several new features and a completely redesigned user interface. The new application adds weather forecasts in the spacecraft sighting opportunities section; maps, information and links to all of the NASA visitor centers; a section about NASA’s programs, as well as the ability to…
Google released version 2.0 of the Google Search app for iPhone and iPod touch. With it comes a brand new redesign that may look familiar if you have the iPad app. The app still retains much of its different features and Google services, but when you first launch it with the update, the simple and…
Facebook is hoping to drive mobile app installs via its recently launched App Center. In a dedicated post, software engineer Brent Goldman explained how this scheme will work. Before that he mentioned that Facebook is already integrated in a number of mobile apps, with 7 of the top 10 grossing iOS apps and 5 of…
Outbid is going for the iPhone and iPad users, allowing them to place their bids while on the go. Whether you sit back and observe your competitors’ behavior, or dive into a “frenetic game of bidding one-upsmanship,” you will be able to remotely experience the “buzz of the traditional auction room.” In addition, the application…
Remember when Skype for Windows Phone launched and we told you that the Lumia 610 wouldn’t be able to run it properly because it has just 256 MB of RAM? Hours after we said that, Nokia issued a statement that said we were wrong and that Skype has no problems running on “low-end” Windows Phones.…
Verizon Wireless is unveiling a new app today exclusive to Android called Viewdini. It’s a search engine that aggregates video content from a number of services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, mSpot and Comcast’s Xfinity and showcases featured content that samples from each of them. The peculiar part is that this isn’t an app coming…
iDisplay, the app that turns your Android device into a second monitor for your Mac or Windows PC, got a small, though important update. The application is described as ideal for multi-taskers, expanding the viewable area of a user’s main monitor by moving other running programs like IM, Twitter and news gadgets to an external…