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Good news for frequent flyin’ Windows Phone users – TripIt just launched its travel organizer app for Microsoft’s mobile platform, allowing travelers to access all their travel plans and share them while on the go. If you don’t know what TripIt is, you’re probably not travelling a lot — otherwise you would be using it…
Arrrrgh! Avast! Uh… shiver me timbers, walk the plank, and Davey Jones’ Locker! Poop deck! Poooooop deeeeeeeeck! OK, I believe I got all of the immediate pirate talk out of me, so let’s get on with the news. Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day which, as its name suggests, requires you to go about…
Opera said it has acquired Handster and mobile app platform company should help Opera expand its current offerings of mobile services. We all know Opera for its mobile browsers and these have tens of millions of users around the world. The company recently began offering an app store in order to capitalize on its large…
Sony decided to offer something exclusive to everyone who bought the brand new Tablet S (and got a Bravia TV for free?). Unfortunately that “exclusive” thing is the Reader app, which at the moment only works on Sony tablets. Why that’s the case is beyond me – don’t they want to reach as many users/readers…
Zedge, which is apparently the world’s largest independent consumer distribution channel for mobile gaming and personalization media (i.e. wallpapers and screensavers), launched its own app store in partnership with Appia (former PocketGear). As a result, around 40 million users that visit Zedge.net every month will now be able to access a catalog of thousands of…
Default Android Market obviously isn’t enough for Samsung when they decided to launch their own service called Premium Samsung Apps Store. As you can imagine, not every app and/or game is listed here — rather Samsung’s editors will pick and choose the highest quality content for all the Galaxy series smartphone owners out there. Among…
Manilla, which is the free personal account management service, is going mobile with a launch of iOS and Android apps. Using the free to download application, users can manage accounts and receive reminders to pay bills while on the go. Anyone can create a Manilla account from the mobile apps and start relying on it…
After finding the app controversial, Apple decided to ban an iPhone app called “Jew or Not Jew” in France. As you might expect, the app allows users to search for a specific person and find out whether or not the person is Jewish. The database contains over 3,500 well-known people. The developer, Johann Levy, says…
Is Rdio feeling the heat from Spotify in America? Perhaps, but let’s enjoy it now and ask questions later. The subscription music service will soon launch free access with — are you ready? — absolutely no advertising. Rdio sent out emails the other night announcing the news, calling it an “industry first”. Yes it’s true,…
One of Rockstar Games’ most classic games about a police officer seeking revenge has been announced to be coming to mobile platforms. Max Payne for mobile is said to have enhanced HD graphics, controls that are fully customizable with support for a wired controller, and will allow players to connect to the Rockstar Games Social…