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NAVIGON is apparently the first navigation software company that launched a navigation app for Windows Phone 7 devices. As far as we can tell, their new application for Microsoft’s mobile platform is pretty much on par with what they’re offering on other platforms, including iOS and Android. In that sense, expect the same NAVTEQ maps,…
You’ve probably already heard that a particle moving faster than the speed of light has been found at CERN in Switzerland. Perhaps reading the news is not good enough experience for you, maybe you want to know more about the Large Hadron Collider and the people on the edge of modern physics. Luckily… there’s an…
Audible is among the first “victims” of Apple’s new policy to charge 30% for in-app purchases, just like it does on app downloads. The audio book service can’t justify such a cut in margins and has decided to provide users with a link to their mobile website instead. This work around solution will definitely cripple…
Thanks to some of the new possibilities of iOS 5 being released later today, Foursquare has been able to add a new feature it is particularly proud of. That feature is known as Radar, and it allows for the discovery of interesting places nearby without even having to open the app. Radar utilizes iOS 5’s…
Criterion Games, a subsection of Electronic Arts, announced today that its popular Burnout Crash game would soon move onto the iOS platform. It’s a very simple, yet addictive arcade game with one goal in mind: crash. That’s right, just drive your car around and cause some serious destruction. I remember playing Burnout as a kid and…
Earlier this week Opera Software hosted an event dubbed “Up North Web” that roughly 80 journalists attended. I’m happy to report that I was one of them. During my 70 minute flight back home today, from Oslo to Helsinki, I went through my notes in an attempt to figure out what the overarching theme of…
When it comes to mobile gaming, I tend to play strictly on my iOS & Android devices mainly because I’m always carrying one or the other on me. To carry around a Nintendo DS or PSP would mean that I’d promise to dedicate some time during my trip to sit down and play games. It’s…
The combination of Epic Games’ Unreal Technology and the iOS platform has been a match made in heaven ever since we first caught a glimpse of it through a tech demo app called Epic Citadel, which dropped a jaw or two after its release. Then, Epic Games published Infinity Blade, which a year after release could…
EA is following up on their BlackBerry PlayBook release of Dead Space over the summer with a handful of other recognizable games. Casual puzzler Bejeweled 2, urban planning strategy game SimCity Deluxe, and classic board game The Game of Life are now all available in BlackBerry App World. EA was in a good spot…
After a lengthy stay on Android and iOS, Foodspotting has finally come to BlackBerry. Even Windows Phone got a release before BlackBerry. Foodspotting is just what you’d imagine it is: you take pictures of your meals, and share ’em with the community at large, be it within Foodspotting’s own little corner, or out to larger…