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After the iOS launch, mobile social gaming network OpenFeint is bringing its mobile game discovery app, Game Channel, to Android. As a result, select Android titles will be showcased through a number of “creative strategies,” with a focus on free-to-play gaming. Some of the Game Channel features include: Featured Game – OpenFeint will highlight one…
Magellan RoadMate, the mobile navigation app for iPhone we’ve talked about before, has been recently updated with new features. First, there are new, up-to-date maps on board, providing users with the “most accurate routes available.” Second – red light and fixed speed camera alerts that help users avoid tickets. Additional alerts — including school zones,…
GENWI, the cloud publishing platform for mobile we’ve covered in the past, announced that it has raised $4 million in Series A funding from Nexus Venture Partners and existing investors – Inventus Capital Partners and Quest Venture Partners. The company has created and is actively managing over 1,500 apps across popular platforms (iOS, Android and…
If you own an Android-powered smartphone, chances are you’re using ASTRO to manage your files. The popular file manager app provides all the basic features you would expect from such application plus much more via third-party plugins. As a matter of fact, it’s one of those must-have applications pretty much every Android user should have…
CoPilot is piggy banking on the iPhone 4S launch to get some extra attention from the media. But it’s not like they’re saying “we salute the new Apple handset” — they’re also offering their European navigation apps for less. For instance: UK + Ireland app is available for £19.99 (instead of £29.99) Western Europe –…
Orange Vallée, an R&D arm of the Orange Group, updated its voicemail app for iPhone – ON Voicefeed. There are several new features included in this release (version 1.7), such as: Free voice-to-text transcription for premium users. Three new Localization VoiceTags – &address, &city and &country – which are added to users’ location for their…
On the heels of the recently launched Windows Phone application, Pulse is introducing a new capability for its Android and iOS (both the iPhone and iPad) users, allowing them to keep their news sources in the sync across multiple devices. Not sure why Windows Phone app didn’t get this feature, though I guess we won’t…
American Express is going for the steadily growing army of Honeycomb tablet owners. Their new application is said to be pretty awesome, allowing users to manage their bank accounts and conduct transactions while they’re off from their computers. Using the same user ID and password from the americanexpress.com website, Amex card holders are able to…
A new game for iOS came out in the U.S. recently called Please Stay Calm that puts a zombie apocalypse spin on location-based gaming. While some sharp cartoony graphics and hacking away at the undead with a chainsaw were both initial draws, there’s a ton of depth to the game. For starters, you’ve got the…
The Foursquare app for BlackBerry got a modest upgrade today. No, it’s not going to include Radar, but the logo in the top-left now launches into a notification stream. The notification list will include comments on your check-ins, when friends do one of your tips, both you and a friend have an identical place on…