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BlackBerry users can now get in on some features introduced in Foursquare for the iPhone back in August. Now instead of just checking into a place, you can check into events, which usually means movies, but also concerts and sports matches. I tend to use GetGlue when it comes to entertainment check-ins, but I’ll be…
The latest report from Distimo is focusing on Windows Phone, partly as a celebration of its one-year birthday. Among their findings were figures for daily app downloads in the U.S., which includes 20,000 paid downloads each day, and 101,000 free apps each day. Distimo also agrees with other recent metrics that puts the total number…
Black Friday is one of the biggest shopping days of the year and Amazon is definitely going to be a part of it. It’s not just its physical goods though, as the company will also be discounting high-profile apps in its Amazon App Store. The Amazon App Store will be offering apps up to 50…
Stop whatever you’re doing and grab the Occipital’s 360 Panorama app for your Android smartphone (presuming you own a compatible, Gingerbread-powered smartphone). Yeah I know the Ice Cream Sandwich will bring this capability built-in, but I’m sure it won’t work the way 360 Panorama does its job. Occipital relied heavily on OpenGL hardware-accelerated graphics to…
As far as I know Quickoffice is by the far the single most used mobile office suite that comes preloaded with a number of devices. Their two Android apps (Quickoffice Pro and Quickoffice Pro HD) have been updated to version 5.0 and now include some handy features and UI tweaks. Here’s what’s new in this…
San Francisco-based Catch.com unveiled a new feature for its note-taking service, designed to “help people be smarter and more productive.” The new Streams functionality allows users to group notes into collections to be kept as a private themed journal or shared selectively as a collaborative space. Here’s how it works: First create a note —…
RedLaser, a barcode and QR code scanning mobile app acquired by eBay in 2010, launched RedLaser 3.0, which leverages local availability information from Milo, PayPal mobile express checkout and RedLaser barcode comparison shopping all within “one seamless experience.” As a result, shoppers are able to access both online and offline inventory, find the best price,…
Sabeer Bhatia (pictured above, left) isn’t exactly a household name. He’s one of the co-founders of Hotmail, the free email service that if you’re still using shows people that you’re too lazy to switch to a superior alternative like Gmail. About a year ago his wife pestered him to switch out her iPhone to a…
We’re big fans of the Flipboard iPad app because it is a smart take on digital news consumption and it utilizes the tablet very effectively. Well, you’ll be happy to know that IntoMobile is now a featured content partner in the Technology category, so go ahead and add us to get all your mobile needs…
Have you ever wished you owned a polka-dotted baboon? What about a cherry giraffe with lemon swirls? If owning these types of pets is at the top of your list of goals and ambitions like so many others, you’ll get a kick out Dream Zoo, which Zynga has just brought to iOS. In keeping with…