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Swype is out with a new version of its popular virtual keyboard app. Perhaps most importantly, this release supports automatic updates directly from within the application, allowing you to break free of the SwypeInstaller, save your dictionary and settings, and get notified when a new update is available. Then there’s support for 11 new languages…
It is said that when The Early Edition was launched alongside the original iPad in 2010 it was one of the apps that redefined the daily newspaper. Now it got a big update in an effort to yet again accomplish the same thing. There is a ton of changes included in this release, like: Two…
Poynt’s location-based search app for BlackBerry has been updated recently to include a whole new category: Offers. With it, you can find short-term local sales offered by Restaurant.com, Peekaboo, Mobile Spinach, and others. Some of the coupons are limited time, others ongoing, and cover a breadth of different businesses – food, hotels, services, and lots…
Nuance is out with the Dragon Recorder iOS app, allowing its Dragon customers to use an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch as a voice recorder to capture their own voice, and then transcribe the recordings into any application on the Mac or PC with Dragon speech recognition. According to the official press release, more than…
Popular mind mapping service MindMeister is finally launching an Android app, allowing users with smartphones running Google’s OS to join their iOS counterparts (also MindMeister users). This is still version 1.0 so don’t expect support for Honeycomb tablets – that’s something that will be included in the future releases (or they’ll simply go for the…
Yahoo! has updated one of its iOS apps – Sportacular. The new version (2.1) of application is made to sing along the brand new iOS 5, while also packing some other improvements such as: Twitter integration – Fans are now able to easily tweet the latest news and scores from Yahoo! Sports. Local trending games…
Mobile VoIP clients downloaded to the smartphone will account for four fifths of 640 million mVoIP users by the end of 2016, while alliances between carriers and mVoIP specialists will remain relatively few in number. According to Juniper Research, the factors that will mostly drive the adoption of this technology are improved technology, more intuitive…
We’ve been watching the real-time feedback app Opinionaided on iOS for a while and now you users on Android can download the app and start getting real answers to your questions on the go. At its core, Opinionaided is about getting real-time opinions about nearly anything. Want an honest answer on how those jeans really…
Facebook’s new Messenger application has been chilling out on Android and iOS for awhile, and now BlackBerry gets join the party. Android and iOS versions are also getting a bit of an update, so you can now see when someone else is typing, and you’ve got quicker access to your favourite friends. They also include…
We told you AOL is preparing to relaunch its AOL Radio app in partnership with Slacker and voila – it’s now in the Apple AppStore while the Android version will be launched later this year. Available as a free download, the application comes with 50% less audio advertising and improved listening features for easier access…