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AOL is teaming-up with Slacker to relaunch its AOL Radio app/service in late summer. The revamped service will offer “an enhanced radio experience” with fewer ads, new personalization features and premium subscription offerings. AOL’s 250 expert-programmed original music stations will remain on place alongside Slacker programming including stations and content from ESPN Radio and ABC…
Although it’s far from commanding a dominant market share in the U.S., Nokia’s Ovi Store keeps growing like crazy. According to this post on Nokia Developer’s portal, more than 300,000 new Nokia accounts are created daily, and consumers are downloading 6 million mobile apps and content every day! In total, there are about 48,000 apps…
Last week at Ford’s press event, I got to check out another Sync application that’s in development. WellDoc is a monitoring service for diabetics, so they can log meals and glucometer results through an iPhone app. With WellDoc, Sync will detect if you haven’t logged any data recently, dial Sync services over Bluetooth, and have…
I had an interesting meeting the other day to check out the Eggdrop app and it looks like a cool way to buy and sell used stuff without having to deal with the weirdos on Craigslist or deal with the hassles of eBay. The cool thing about the Eggdrop app is that it’s mobile first.…
Following up on their beta last month, RIM has updated the Facebook app for BlackBerry with a few more modest features. The biggest one is that now you’ll get notifications for polled events, including Likes and Event wall posts. There are a few new UI changes, including a shortcut bar along the bottom for common…
Last year Hertz unveiled its iPhone app and now they are going for the rest of the (smartphone) market. In partnership with Grapple Mobile, European branch of the car rental company launched three new free apps for Android, Symbian (Nokia) and Blackberry devices, allowing users to reserve a car, change their reservation or log-in and…
In a move that hasn’t surprised anyone, Disney launched its comics app for iOS-based devices. As you can imagine, using it you’ll be able to access catalog of Disney’s comics from your beloved iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. The application launched with the collection of more than 50 comics for readers of all ages, featuring…
Twidroyd for Android has been recently updated with the integration of UberBar, which is already launched on UberSocial for BlackBerry. As you may know, the UberBar features multiple customizable tabs at the top of the screen, allowing users to quickly navigate through different parts of the app and easily share tweets. That’s the main new…
NTT DoCoMo is teaming-up with McAfee to provide McAfee VirusScan Mobile for its Android smartphone users. The mentioned solution alerts users about viruses and malicious applications by scanning and cleaning files, emails, installer packages, Internet downloads, messages and attachments; while at the same time requiring minimal mobile computing and memory resources. The automatic update feature…
Back at CES, Ford announced a mobile app to help electric vehicle owners find charging stations and monitor their range. Last week, we got a chance to check out MyFord Mobile in person running on a Windows Phone. The home screen shows a simple charge gauge showing how much juice is left in your EV,…