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Google’s conglomerated retail shopping app, Catalogs, has recently made the jump from iOS tablets to Android tablets. Currently, major stores like Urban Outfitters, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Eddie Bauer, and lots of others have their lineup searchable, saveable, and purchasable from the app. You view product videos when available, and even assemble collages of still images to…
Scanbuy has updated its ScanLife app for iPhone and Android, making barcode scanning more fun. Version 4.0 allows users to access the Live Feed of products being scanned around the world in real time. You can click a product to view more information from prices to deals. In addition, you can choose themed scanners such…
Evernote has once again updated its iOS app with new features and bug fixes. There are few main things included in this release (version 4.1.6): Ability to share individual notes with friends and colleagues over Twitter, Facebook and email. Similarly, there’s the option to take a shared note and make it private again, though this…
Mobile navigation company ROUTE 66 launched ROUTE 66 Maps + Navigation for Android, providing users with a feature-packed mapping and navigation that utilizes the latest maps with 3D enhanced location content and Follow Me Augmented Reality Navigation. That last part is especially interesting as it adds a new twist to navigation apps: Follow Me augmented…
The developer of many useful utilities Fahrbot Mobile launched Undelete for Android. Still in beta, the application can recover any type of deleted file from your memory card or internal storage. You’ll need to have root access (i.e. to unlock your device) in order for Undelete to work and even then you shouldn’t expect miracles.…
Like SoundHound and Shazam are not enough, Sony Ericsson decided to launch its own music recognition app in the Android Market. TrackID is now available as a free download, making it easy to discover new music and share what you’re listening to with your friends on Facebook. As soon as TrackID identifies some tune, you…
GetJar will be launching update notifications for Android apps allowing developers to notify their users when there’s something new with their app. For instance, users can be notified if there are new levels in a game, some new features are added, or simply bugs have been fixed. Additionally, GetJar suggests using updates as an engagement…
Navfree, the free GPS navigation app for the iPhone that was downloaded by more than 3.7 million users, is now available for the Android community as well. The application gets its data from OpenStreetMap, while also allowing users to update information while on the go. As a matter of fact, according to Navmii (the app…
So you want to use your iPhone or iPad to monitor your baby? No problem, there are several such solutions out there and here I’ll highlight one called iBabyVideo. First of all, you should know it’s not a mobile only service that can also work with any computer if you fancy so. However, that’s not…
Remember TripAdvisor’s free city guide apps for Android? Well they’re bringing the same goods to the iOS users. However, instead of launching a number of apps, each dedicated to a different city, they’re out with a single application from where users can download city guides they’re interested in. Speaking of cities, you can choose between…