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Well, looks like Foursquare has gotten a lot better for both Android and iOS users. Bizzy, the mobile app that lets users recommend places to their friends announced today that it would be joining forces with Foursquare. Bizzy will also bring a ‘Check-Out’ feature, which lets you quickly and easily share your thoughts about the places…
Have you played Plants vs. Zombies on your mobile devices to the point you don’t even need to think twice where you place your plants in order to fight off wave after wave of mindless zombies? Well, if you’ve been playing the iPhone version of PvZ, then you’ll be happy to hear the game has…
I don’t know about you, but when it comes to spinning the plastic ones and twos in DJ Hero, I do very well, although I wouldn’t dare enter any competitions. Not after the great DJ Hero disaster of ’09. Anyways – ever since I’ve had the iPad, I have always hoped someone would make a…
Echoecho, the simple location-based mobile service we’ve already covered in the past, closed $750,000 in seed funding led by Google Ventures with the UK-based PROfounders Capital also participating. The new cash will be used for further product development, hiring and scaling operations. Available for multiple platforms — including Android, iPhone, Blackberry and Nokia (Symbian) —…
Google has just announced that it has just acquired Zagat and it will be using this trove of restaurant and venue information as the cornerstone of its local offerings. If you remember, Google tried to buy Yelp a while back but the deal fell through for some reason (some say Yelp wanted too much cash)…
The differences between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android are more than just widgets and the quality of apps. Data proves that people who use iOS are more likely to pay for applications, whereas Android folks would rather be cheapskates and have their apps include a barrage of advertising. The British newspaper The Guardian recently released…
Samsung launched a novel app for Windows Phone Mango devices, High Fidelity Position, to enhance GPS positioning, relying on Russian GLONASS system (GLObal NAvigation Satellite System) and other sensors like accelerometer and compass to determine your location. I’m not sure anything’s wrong with the built-in location/navigation capabilities, but I guess you could always use an…
This is hardly a new app, but since we haven’t covered it before (and it’s kinda interesting) we decided to talk about it now that it’s updated. Basically what TextinTime does is let you schedule messages for later delivery. Best of all, the application communicates with the iPhone’s built-in calendar, making sure you never forget…
Evernote has once again updated its Android application. The new release builds on top of the company’s recent Skitch acquisition and in that sense integrates the popular image annotation capabilities though requiring that you also have the Skitch app installed on your Android device. When you create a note or edit an existing one, you’ll…
Sony’s Digital Network Applications team has released a simple video trimmer application for Android. Available for all smartphones running Android 2.1 and higher, Sony’s app is as simple as it gets – you can use it to shrink videos by setting a start point, setting an end point, and tapping a trim button. It’s pretty…