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Amazon.com has launched a new wish list creation app for kids – Amazon Santa that works on the Kindle Fire and Apple iPad. Designed to make this process fun and easy, the new application provides a visual Wish List creation experience designed for children to browse and search more than 500,000 kid-friendly items, including toys…
Futuremark Corporation, which I just now realized is based out of Helsinki, Finland, has announced that they’ll be bringing their highly praised 3DMark benchmarking tool to Google’s mobile operating system at some point in 2012. Why is this significant? Before I started writing for IntoMobile, before I worked for Nokia, and before I had to…
T-Mobile UK is running a neat campaign called “Appy Christmas,” offering seven free apps worth 20 GBP with all purchases of new Android phones through December 24th. In order to take advantage of the offer, once you buy a phone, you should text XMAS to 480004* to get the link from where you can choose…
We’ve seen a number of apps that allow you to control your PC from a smartphone or tablet, how about the other way round? That’s possible with an Android app called AirDroid, which enables the functionality – so you can control many smartphone apps from a connected computer. Developed by Sand Studio, the application communicates…
According to the latest report by Juniper Research, the combination of the smartphone and the app stores has created a vibrant market for mHealth apps which are forecast to reach 142 million downloads globally by 2016. Mobile apps already cover a wide range of mHealth use cases, from medical calculators to monitoring software. However, it’s…
We’ve never really liked preinstalled apps on Android phones but now that North Carolina State University researchers have revealed a major flaw in some on-board Android apps, we hate it even more. The researchers said these vulnerabilities can allow for the sharing of your potentially sensitive information without your permission. Malicious apps could tap into…
Most people who have heard of apps such as Apple’s GarageBand or Alchemy Synth praise them for bringing detailed musical instruments to a mobile platform. However, those same people would probably doubt just how useful they can actually be. Well some very clever and talented music enthusiasts put that concept to the test, and proved…
It looks like RIM is getting a head start on those ESRB ratings coming to apps. BlackBerry App World will soon have a system in place so devs can mark their creations as appropriate for general, teen, mature, or adult audiences. By default, apps will get a G rating, while a variety that fit a…
So you wanna fly for less, right? Kayak doesn’t work for you all the time? If you’re not in a hurry, you should try out Yapta, the online service that allows you to track flight prices, which has just got an iOS app. Available as a free download, the Yapta app lets you track airfare…
Encyclopaedia Britannica released an official app for the iPhone and iPod touch to give users access to over 80,000 articles overflowing with knowledge. Not long after the announcement that the encyclopedia would be released for iPad, it’s now been downsized for the remaining iOS devices. There’s already a few similar apps in the App Store, but…