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Social TV startup Miso today announced it’s going beyond the entertainment check-in to offer DirecTV customers the first social TV app synchronized with television viewing, enabling real-time social features that change based on what you’re watching. With it, DirecTV customers get an experience that changes with each switch of the channel. Information like what’s on the schedule for your…
Microsoft has released a new version of its Windows Phone Connector for Macs, presuming there will actually be some Apple folks using a Windows Phone device. Don’t get me wrong — I think Microsoft’s new mobile platform rocks — but I can’t really imagine that many people connecting their Mac to a Windows Phone device.…
Popular location sharing service Foursquare updated its Android application. Even though it’s a relatively small update, we advise you to update the app, nonetheless. Among the new features this release of Foursquare brings, we find: Events are now attached to places Photos are in-lined in Friends tab Venue and check-in details pages are redesigned You…
Evernote has updated its iPad 2 smart cover app, Peek, with new content, improved organization capabilities and support for additional languages. First let’s talk about the content. Peek 2.0 comes with quizzes from Martha Stewart Publications (weddings, food, nutrition, gardening and more); 7×7 Magazine (all about San Francisco); Study Guides by Magoosh, Membean and Brainscape;…
Spotify announced today a brand new developer API by the name of libspotify, or by the more comprehensible name, the Spotify Embedded Player. It’s an iOS-exclusive API that will enable developers to insert the Spotify player into their applications. In the bigger picture, this encourages the development of many third-party apps using their excellent streaming…
Garmin is updating their premium navigation app to the iPhone. StreetPilot onDemand is priced at just $0.99, and includes includes a number of useful features not found in other apps. For instance, it gives users the ability to view public transportation routes and schedules, renders prominent buildings in 3D, automatically reroutes based on traffic, and…
Just in time for the football season, OneLouder has released the SportCaster app as a way to get real-time stats and curated Twitter feeds on your handset. Any sports fans out there should definitely give this app a shot. The SportCaster app aims to be your one-stop shop for sports goodness, as it will launch…
AppScribe just unveiled a new premium subscription service for Android. AppScribe not only provides unlimited apps to subscribers, but increased exposure and greater revenue to developers. The idea is AppScribe will give top-quality Android apps and games to its subscribers. Customers don’t have to worry about getting limited “lite” version applications, because apps and games…
Even though Apple refuses to include Flash support in its iOS-based devices, Adobe keeps investing in Apple’s mobile platform. Their latest iGig is CreatePDF, the iOS application that allows users to create PDF files with their iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads. According to the app’s official description, CreatePDF will make files that look exactly like…
CNN is acquiring Zite, a Canadian tablet software developer behind the same-named personalized iPad magazine. The application, in case you don’t know, relies on user’s social media feeds and interests to prepare the content. Moreover, user ratings are also considered, telling Zite what kind of articles he or she likes to read. At the moment,…