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Barnes & Noble made a big splash with its reading-centric NOOK Color tablet, offering it for just $250. The device that got the Android 2.2 Froyo update few months ago is not just about reading ebooks and magazines – it can also run various apps, which are available from B&N’s NOOK Apps store. Presuming you own…
Mobile TV guide app Peel launched an Android app, making it super easy for TV addicts to find and discover new TV shows. Available as a free download, the application displays custom tailored programming recommendations in an “intuitive and elegant fashion,” eliminating the need to scroll through channel-listing grids. Peel’s home screen features colorful thumbnails…
Mobile application market keeps growing with the day. However, while the market is flooded, there is also significant pricing pressure as well as a shift toward free applications which will necessitate new revenue models. Despite all potential hurdles, In-Stat is forecasting that mobile application download revenues will surpass $29 billion in 2015. According to senior…
Google has updated the Gmail app for Android, and some of the new features might help improve your battery life. The Gmail update allows users to download priority e-mails first, so that the app fetches fewer messages and uses less data, thus using less battery life. As we all know, Android can use all the…
GetJar proudly announced that it has surpassed 2 billion downloads, adding it is more than any other cross-platform app store. The company said this is due its vast catalog that counts more than 150,000 applications for over 2,500 mobile devices, including major smartphone platforms like Android, Blackberry, Java, Symbian and Mobile Web (guess this means HTML5-based…
We’re all pretty familiar with the Skyfire browser but the company has just released a new iOS app that aims to brings the best videos on the web in one single hub with Skyfire VideoQ. The company dubs VideoQ as an entertainment app and it can be used as a personal video locker for users…
As Apple iPhone users continue to get ignored when it comes to improvements to the Google Maps application bundled in iOS, Google just keeps on delivering new releases of Maps for Android, and this latest version (5.8) promises to not only make your checkin experience more fluid, but also help you find awesome places near…
SPB Software has updated its SPB Shell 3D app for Android, making it look even better and easier to use. Officially this sound like: “the most requested features are implemented in SPB Shell 3D to improve its usability and to make it more visually appealing.” The new version of SPB Shell 3D for Android adds…
After launching its iOS and Android apps, INRIX is going for the BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 users. As you may know, INRIX Traffic app provides real-time traffic information, helping drivers save time, fuel and money. It also covers more roads than any other traffic app providing information that extends beyond major highways and interstates.…
As part of its marketing activities, Emirates and its agency ISM, launched a new mobile application for iPhone and iPod Touch users, allowing them to enjoy music from more than 97 countries around the world. The new Destination Radio app won’t store a single song on your iDevice, rather it will tune into local radio…