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What do you get when you combine special QR codes with augmented reality? QAR (Quick Augmented Reality) codes that are readable by an app called browsAR. Available as a free download for iOS and Android-based devices, the application reads these special codes and turns them to Facebook profiles on the fly — check out the…
A new report from the mobile advertising company Fiksu found that Apple iPhone app downloads have increased 83 percent from last year and iPhone owners are downloading roughly 5 million apps a day. The mobile advertising company Fiksu published the results of its research on what it calls App Store Competitive Index, Cost per Loyal…
If I had a penny every time I accidentally deleted a long phrase or URL on my smartphone, I would be a rich man by now. We all know just how frustrating that “experience” can be — Clip Ninja comes to the rescue to all Android users out there. Available for less than 2 bucks,…
Now that the holiday season is starting to wind down, it’s time to get comfortable with the new gifts. A popular one, mainly thanks to its attractive (if inconsistent) $200 price point, is the BlackBerry PlayBook. Over the summer I had slapped together my top ten favourite apps at the time, but since then, selection has…
The last twelve months have just flown by and it’s almost time to usher in 2012 with style, so you know we had to bust out a list of apps to help you celebrate the coming new year. We’re just going to list some of our favorites but feel free to chime in with your…
Windows Phone passed a very important milestone for the platform this week, as there are now 50,000 apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Though still far behind iOS and Android in terms of number of apps and market share of app downloads, Windows Phone is beginning to prove itself as a capable operating system in…
Flurry has released some impressive stats for Android and iOS device activations on Christmas day and even more impressive information on the amount of downloaded applications. If you got an Android or iOS device this past Xmas day, you probably contributed to these stats in some way, so read on! According to the chart, from…
First let me make few things clear: Tizi is a Slingbox-like box that streams TV broadcasts to just about any device, It’s available in Germany (and I guess some other European markets), not in the U.S. And it got a new iOS app and an iPad dongle that lets users beam TV content to their…
Apple’s annual 12 Days of iTunes giveaway started yesterday with a free Coldplay album for UK iTunes users. In order to participate and get the freebies, you should download the 12 Days app from where you’ll be able to grab free music from the iTunes Festival: London, which was held earlier in the year. At…
goHow Airport has been available for the iPhone and BlackBerry users for quite some time now, and had just recently hit the Android Market. Available as a free download, this handy app is made to help travelers “gain control of their air travel experience” by providing them with quick access to such things as: Up-to-date…