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No you’re not crazy. WinZip, the official app, is now available for iOS-based devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, allowing you to manage ZIP archives while on the go. Available as a free download, WinZip for iOS allows you to open ZIP files and attachments from email, browse and view ZIP files (including…
If Instapaper and Read it Later doesn’t work for you, you may want to try out Readability. The web-based service that basically clears a web page to leave just its content while allowing you to bookmark it is pretty popular and will soon get a mobile component that works on two of the most popular…
Dolphin Browser for iPad got a small update and is now, well, even better. In case you missed some of my previous articles, I love Dolphin Browser because of its gestures, Webzines and plugins. Anyway here’s what’s new in version 3.5: Improved Dolphin Connect integration – yup, it will now save all your settings, including…
Swype, the unique software keyboard for Android, released a beta today with support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Galaxy Nexus owners and anyone else lucky enough to be running ICS at this point now have another alternative to typing on Android’s stock keyboard. In addition to Ice Cream Sandwich support, the beta version of…
The folks who gave us the uber-popular app Kik are at it again but this time, they’re trying to create a simple platform which will let your smartphone interact with any screen that has a browser. The Clik app is available now for iOS and Android and it allows you to control multiple screens with…
TripIt has once again updated its iOS app with few cool features. Version 3.0 brings several new options, including: New travel dashboard that greets visitors and provides them with quick access to the app’s key features. What’s Next button – from where you can preview the next trip or activity, or click through to view…
After launching a brand new Windows Phone app, Facebook has once again updated its Android client. The new version brings several new features, including (from the change log): Navigate anywhere, fast: Get to your groups, apps, pages, and settings with a single press Search and you will discover: Look through friends, subscribers, apps, and pages…
Canada’s public broadcaster CBC is launching its own iPhone app, providing users with instant access to 40 unique music streams and 13 “distinct musical genres.” Let’s face it, that’s like nothing, but since restrictive copyright and licensing laws prevented Canadians from using services like Pandora and Spotify, this is good news. That said, alongside the…
Once Path issued an apology for violating users’ privacy by sending their address book information to its servers, people turned to and blamed Apple for even allowing this to happen. Apple has finally publicly responded by saying apps will soon require users’ permission to access contact data. “Apps that collect or transmit a user’s contact…
Apple is in a bit of hot water with the government thanks to some privacy violations committed by popular social networking service, Path. Recently, the photo sharing company was caught with its hand in the cookie jar, as it uploaded users’ address books to its servers without permission and Congress sent a letter to the…