Yahoo is in turmoil right now with Carol Bartz sent out on her f**king behind and the company potentially being up for sale. We thought it would be a good time to take a look at the company’s mobile apps and see if these are any good and how Yahoo can improve on the mobile…
Facebook updates iPhone app to version 3.5; it’s snappier, but where’s the iPad version already?
Facebook has just pushed out version 3.5 of their iPhone app to Apple’s App Store. The changelog says it’s added the ability to tag friends and places in posts, and to share sites you’re exploring in the web browser; note that they mean the web browser inside their app, not Safari. If you want to…
Poynt adds Child Search Alerts to its mobile apps
Poynt has teamed up with the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) to push Child Search Alerts to its users globally, putting the ability to stop child abductions directly into the hands of people while they are going about their day. Here’s how Poynt integrates Child Search Alerts (from the press release): When a child…
CyberLink launches PowerDVD Mobile for Android tablets
On the heels of the PowerDVD 11 universal media player launch, CyberLink also unveiled PowerDVD Mobile, allowing users to play, share and wirelessly stream their local videos, music and photos between their PCs and Android-powered tablets. What’s more if you own a DLNA-enabled TV, you will also be able to beam media files to the…
Google Plus iOS app gets re-sharing feature via update
Looks like Google+ has finally delivered its new update, which brings the re-share ability many users have been waiting for. A similar upgrade went out about two weeks ago as Google Plus for Android received its new update. News spread when a post by +Punit Soni went up, telling users to be patient as the update becomes available, adding…
Google Voice data can now be liberated with new Takeout support
The Data Liberation front is at it again at Google, and this time around all the data you’ve created within Google Voice can now be exported and downloaded as a backup with Google Takeout. Even though you have everything stored in the cloud with Google Voice, Big G knows you may want it elsewhere, so…
Atari to release Arcade joystick accessory for iPad
Earlier this year, Atari released its “Greatest Hits” app into the iOS App Store, which brought famous games like Asteroids, Centipede, Pong, and many others to the iPhone and iPad. But the app lacks one important feature that gives us all a feeling of nostalgia: a joystick. It looks like Atari wants to bring that…
BlackBerry App World 3.0 goes live – adds social sharing, looks pretty
After a short beta period, RIM has launched the new version of their software portal, BlackBerry App World. Most of the new stuff is just user interface shuffling, like new app categories, and updated search bar placement. There are a few functional updates, like sharing apps to Facebook, Twitter, and BBM, and every month there will…
AOL Editions iPad magazine adds three new categories – cars, pets and gaming
AOL is obviously serious when it comes to tablet magazines. Their Editions iPad app has been updated to include three new categories – cars, pets and gaming. As a result, users can now choose between 18 section – including tech, business, design, food & cooking, family, health & fitness, travel, etc. Personalization features remain on…
Quicky: Google Voice for Android updated with tablet support
Google has issued a small updated for its Google Voice app for Android. The new release (version 4.2.34) adds only one thing – tablet support, allowing those of you with Honeycomb tablets to make cheap international calls, send free text messages, listen to the voicemail and read transcripts from the comfort of your sofa (presuming…









