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Today at BlackBerry’s DevCon Europe event, executives from Research in Motion got to the chance to spin the company’s current state. According to Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations, the Canadian phone maker is grabbing six million daily downloads from the BB App World, totalling 174m per month, for an overall tally of over two billion. This…
While we assumed it would be out some day, Google has officially released its Chrome browser for Android. While still in beta (surprised?), Chrome for Android brings some great features to the table and we’ll likely never look at another mobile browser again if it keeps it up. As you’d expect, the browser is hardly…
Norton is out with a new mobile app for Android smartphones – Norton Safety Minder, allowing parents to keep track of what their kids are doing on their mobile phones through Norton Online Family. Although the application itself is free to download, Norton Online Family does come with a price tag, offering such benefits to…
Third-party social networks for games are cool, but big publishers want to control the end-user experience more closely. To that end Gameloft launched the Gameloft LIVE! app for Android, allowing players to keep up with their friends across a number of Gameloft titles. Here’s what you can do with the free to download application: Stay…
inMarket unveiled what it says is the first mobile network exclusively reaching shoppers making retail purchasing decisions. Simply called the inMarket Shopper Network, it combines the volume of brick-and-mortar retail with the performance accountability of online advertising in its hyper-targeted programs, which is apparently a concept only recently made possible through mobile. The CheckPoints rewards…
Rhapsody released a new application for Android tablets, making it even easier for its users to discover new music, read about their favorite artists and rediscover music with expert playlists, guides and features. According to Rhapsody’s Brendan Benzing, this isn’t just resized version of the smartphone app — rather the application was developed from the…
You’ve probably heard about Telenav before because the company has been in the mobile navigation space for about a dozen years but it’s now trying to make a bigger push reaching out directly to consumers and I got a chance to see its recently-announced Scout personal navigation app in action. I have to say, it…
RIM’s BlackBerry Music Store now lives in Canada where users can download the free Music Store app from the BlackBerry App World and use it to discover new tracks, purchase and download them right away, and tell their inner circle about the songs they dig. You can either use the built-in search to find the…
Orbitz released a new iPhone app that allows folks to quickly book a hotel while on the go. Available as a free download, Hotels by Orbitz provides users with an “intuitive search-and-book experience” and offers powerful comparison tools, secure booking in just three taps and Orbitz Mobile Steals. The last mentioned feature is touted to…
Great news for you football lovers out there, as EA Mobile has lowered the price of Madden NFL 12 to 99 cents to celebrate America’s biggest game. Android users will be able to get their hands on this game at a $4 discount compared to the normal price, so if you’re a fan of Madden, it may be…