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Groupon may be the new darling of the market but it does come with one problem as far as users are concerned – it presents them with deals for stuff they don’t necessarily need or want. Enter Zorate, the online voucher company, which launched a new iPhone app, bringing “Discounts on Demand” to the mobile…
Twilio — provider of pay-as-you-go cloud communications services which we’ve already covered in the past — launched Twilio Client, a software toolkit for web, iOS, and Android development that allows developers to enable voice communications within any application. Here’s the official pitch: With Twilio Client, millions of web developers worldwide can now build Skype-like voice…
There’s a saying that the best camera you have is the one that’s always with you, which explains why today most people don’t bother buying dedicated point and shoots and instead prefer to use their smartphone. Just last month we reported that Apple’s iPhone 4 is the most popular camera on the photo sharing site…
After some whispers of a launch, RIM’s instant messenging client BlackBerry Messenger has been updated to version 6.0. Since this has been in beta for awhile now, we’re already well-acquainted with many of the features. First and foremost is BBM Social connectivity, which lets third-party apps interact with BlackBerry Messenger contacts and profiles. A perfect…
We’ve covered the Mike Tyson: Main Event iPhone game before and it’s a neat way to get out some of your aggression on the go. Mobile game developer, RockLive, has just released an update with new levels and improvements and it also offers one of the best players an exclusive offer to train with Iron…
We’ve covered the HotelTonight app when it landed on the iPhone as a cool way to score a discount on a hotel and the service has now landed on the little, green robot in the form of an Android app. For those of you who don’t remember, the HotelTonight app lets you book a room…
Coupons used to be something your mother and grandmother clipped from the Sunday paper while you watched cartoons growing up, but today they’re serious business. Groupon might not have been the first to start the whole internet coupon phenomenon, but they’re certainly the poster child for the movement, with more clones being created than we…
A smartphone is a powerful tool you should use on every trip, if nothing to save some cash along the way. In addition to the must-have navigation apps and local guides from the likes of Lonely Planet, there are other applications that could help you save money while travelling. Here are the apps we suggest…
RIM has released new versions of their official Facebook apps for smartphones and the PlayBook tablet today, and there’s a handful of new features to enjoy. One thing RIM is pushing hard these days is BBM integration, so Facebook 2.0 for smartphones now lets you share news items with BlackBerry Messenger contacts, as well as…
We’ve been big fans of the Waze app because it provides free social traffic and navigation data, so it’s good to see that the company is announcing that it has hit more than five million users and that it is updating its Android app. The five million number mark is a good milestone for the…