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Google Play, formerly the Android Market, apparently isn’t pleasing developers in the same way the iOS App Store or even Amazon’s Appstore are. According to data from Flurry Analytics, Amazon generates nearly four times more revenue from in-app purchases than Google Play does. Flurry compared the iOS App Store, Amazon Appstore and Google Play by…
UK’s largest online greeting card company Moonpig and augmented reality specialists at Zappar have teamed-up to “change greeting cards forever.” The new service, available from Moonpig’s website, allows users to create greeting cards that incorporate their own videos and personal messages. Here’s how to do it First, pick a card on the Moonpig site, upload…
Not exactly a mobile news per se, but it’s about my favorite note taking service so we’re going with it nevertheless. Evernote launched a new developer site where both existing and new/potential developers should come to get all the tools and documentation needed to add some Evernote love to their apps. The main sections of…
Bump Pay is a new experimental app from the makers of Bump that instead of pounding fists to share contact information, lets you share money. It works by initially connecting to your PayPal account. Then you launch the app, type in the amount of money you want to transfer and bump hands with the person…
Everyone’s about cloud these days so why would Quickoffice be any different. It isn’t and it’s launching a cloud service of its own – Connect by Quickoffice, allowing users to access and search across a number of cloud services and devices, regardless of operating system. At the same time, the solution provides users with a…
A company called OneLouder thinks there’s still money to be made in the personalized news market, currently dominated by magazine-like app/services like Flipboard and fancy news readers like Pulse. Their new app, ChannelCaster, has been released in the App Store, allowing iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users to create and broadcast their own custom channels…
As happy as I am with my switch to the iPhone, the thing I miss the most about Android is the amazing quality of Google Maps on it. Well, Google has just released the 6.5 version of Maps for Android and it’s packed full of features and improvements which make me jealous. One of the…
If you use an iPad or an iPhone, the apps are great but the data always feels like it’s in silos. Transferring and accessing data from one app to another isn’t as smooth as it should be. Box is introducing its OneCloud mobile cloud to help businesses and users solve that problem. Box provides online…
Evernote has once again updated its Android app, making it even better. There are two main things included in version 3.6 – speech-to-text capability and widget enhancements. In order to dictate your notes, simply tap the new speech bubble icon in the toolbar above the keyboard and see the magic happening, with Evernote placing your…
Relatively popular news app (though not as popular as Pulse News), News Republic, has been completely revamped and now looks (and works) much better. Version 2.0 is available for iOS and Android-based devices, introducing a number of cool features such as: Completely new users interface which is ?simpler and cleaner New photo and video galleries…