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For years, Wikipedia has been available for iOS, but Android users can now get all that information at their fingertips with an official app. The app does standard task similar to its iPhone counterpart, as it pulls from the mobile site, letting you bookmark pages or search for entries located near you. The Android version…
The Fatify iOS app — which allows you to quickly see how your face would look fat — has surpassed 1 million downloads in just two weeks! The application comes from the same guys who made Oldify and Baldify, two apps that make faces old and bald respectively, and which will get improvements soon. For…
Google updated its mobile web app for Google+ with a couple of new features. The first is the addition of the “What’s Hot” stream, which aggregates the most popular public posts on Google+ at any given time. The second is the ability to see specifically who +1’d a post, rather than just the +1 count…
LetsTalk.com and YouMail struck a deal that will benefit each of the company’s services — an even exchange, if you will. LetsTalk.com, will soon begin preloading the YouMail visual voicemail service on select Android and BlackBerry devices. In return, the new YouMail online store for phones and accessories will be powered by LetsTalk.com. Both parties…
There’s money to be made in app recommendations with AppTap raising $4 million to expand its service. The round was led by Syncom Venture Partners with existing investor New Atlantic Ventures also participating. The cash will be used to improve the service, which provides more than 150 million app recommendations per month across a network…
Airbnb has just released an Android app and a mobile website in order to help you find places other than a hotel to crash. I’ve been digging through the Android app for a while now and I have to say that I’m pretty darn impressed with the look and feel – this is a gorgeous…
With tablets increasingly getting adopted by retailers all around the world, the question is when the standard POS terminals will be pushed back to history. And while we’re still far from that point, some savvy companies experiment with new technologies, improving the shopping experience along the way. The problem, however, may turn to be communication…
Now we’ve seen some expensive games in the past, but this is almost outrageous in today’s economy. Taito’s classic shooter RayForce is now available in the Apple AppStore for $11.99. And while we’re pretty confident there will be users who will easily pay that amount for the dose of nostalgia RayForce brings, it’s still too…
The U.S. Postal Service updated its iPhone application with a new feature that allows users to use the built-in camera of the iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S to scan barcodes on shipping labels for quick tracking of their packages and other mail. Moreover, the application stores the label numbers so you can easily recheck the…
Cupidtino, a dating service made for Apple fanboys and fangirls, launched its own iPhone and iPod touch app. Now the hot singles that Mac nerds tend to be can keep in touch with their potential matches on the go. The app includes most of the features of the website. Members can browse through fanboy and…