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Ford has joined forces with National Public Radio to bring NPR news programs and stations to select Ford vehicles with Ford SYNC AppLink. Since SYNC is powered by voice control, drivers can listen to NPR’s radio stations without even having to glance at their smartphone. The updated NPR app includes support for SYNC AppLink, which…
Tired of being limited to just two mobile OS’s when it comes apps? Well, this may be a thing of the past. OpenMobile today announced its Application Compatibility Layer (ACL) technology that allows Android apps to run on any platform. This software ports more than 300,000 apps available for Android to devices running on other OS’s…
OnStar has been smartly using the mobile space to augment its services and it has taken it a step further by opening up its platform through APIs and teaming with RelayRides as its first development partner. If you don’t know RelayRides, it enables peer-to-peer car rentals – think of it like AirBnB for your cars.…
ooVoo, the social video communication service offering up to 12-way video chat, announced record levels of video traffic and user growth in 2011. The company ended last year with more than 38 million users, 1 million of which registered between the Christmas and New Year holiday. In total, ooVoo users consumed over 10 billion video…
Swagbucks.com, which calls itself the leading “online rewards destination,” released a free TV mobile app for Android, allowing users to watch movie and video game trailers, behind-the-scenes movie clips and celebrity junket content on their smartphones and tablets while earning “Swag Bucks” redeemable for real-world prizes. You may ask – what kind of prizes are…
Dijit, a media navigation app with a slew of features, today announced its plans to release a universal version of the app with iPad support. The app brings in some pretty cool functionality, which allows users to navigate what’s on TV, manage and share what they’re watching on Facebook and Twitter, manage their Netflix queues,…
Dolphin updated its mobile browsers for the iOS and Android devices. The new version is all about UI improvements, packing cleaner and lighter Speed Dial & Webzine features along with a new Dolphin landing page for the iPad. Moreover, there are performance updates included as well. Webzine — which is basically Dolphin’s fancy news (RSS)…
Another Google Android app has been updated – Google Earth. This is a small maintenance update that primarily fixes problems users with NVidia Tegra 2 devices experienced. As far as I’ve understood, NVidia uses special instructions for the Tegra chip that could make it difficult for the “generic app” to use the full set of…
Google updated its podcast client for Android – Google Listen. As far as I could tell there are no visible changes except that reference to the now defunct Google Labs was removed. Other than that, it’s the same app that allows users to listen to the podcasts while on the go and that sings along…
Nokia Car Mode has been released for Nokia (Symbian) Belle devices in the Ovi Store, providing users with easy access and simplified user interface to the most relevant apps for in-car use such as music player, contacts and navigation. As a result, drivers are less distracted and more focused on the road ahead. There are…