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We’ve seen Ford’s AppLink in action, which enables smartphone apps to make use of the in-car voice recognition system when paired up via Bluetooth, and today they’ve announced that the system will be rolling out to another 10 Sync vehicles: the 2012 Ford Fusion, Fusion Hybrid, Fiesta, F-150, F-150 SVT Raptor, Super Duty, Expedition, E-Series,…
The good folks at Rovio have promised to keep updating its Angry Birds games and it posted a teaser trailer for the upcoming update to Angry Birds Seasons. This one is titled, “Summer Pignic” and it looks to really up the difficulty. From the brief seconds we get to see the updated Angry Birds Seasons…
It’s been a busy week for the check-in service Foursquare, as the company has announced that it now has more than 10 million users and it has revamped its iPhone app. The topping of 10 million is a good figure considering the company is still less than three years old and it has a neat…
The iTunes Festival is an annual musical gathering and concert series which is held in London at The Roundhouse art centre and sponsored by Apple. This festival began in 2007 with tickets being given away free to iTunes customers and fans through competitions but this year, Apple is trying to make the musical event available…
If you’re a fan of Zipcar and its services, and you own an Android device, you’ll be happy to know that there is now a Zipcar app available for your smartphone. The new Android app uses your device’s GPS to locate nearby cars, your current car or any favorite cars you might have used in…
Microsoft is teaming-up with children’s eBook publisher Touchybooks to bring more than 300 interactive children titles to Windows Phone by the end of June. Under the tight schedule, the first 150 eBooks are already available with 20 more hitting Windows Marketplace for Mobile every friggin’ day. As you can imagine, these ebooks are not “pure”…
Nimbuzz announced that it has reached the “amazing milestone” of 50 million registered users, more than half (28 million) of which signed-up for the service since July 2010. In other words, that’s 100,000 new users every day! The service keeps growing and is now available on more than 5,000 different handsets. Average Nimbuzz user has…
The popular iPhone (and iPod Touch) customization tool Pimp Your Screen got another update. The most important new feature included in version 1.3 is the Home Screen Maker, which (as you can imagine) allows everyone to make its own iBackgrounds. Simply pick a photo from your library and combine it with either icon skins or…
The camera on the iPhone 4 has made it one heck of a point and shoot camera. It has become so popular that Flickr is now calling the Apple phone its most popular camera. The 5-megapixel camera on the iPhone 4 has made it on Flickr’s top five list many times before, but for the…
Sony-Ericsson announced that the long-awaited update to Gingerbread for the X10 is still coming. After countless request by people asking about a release date and what to expect with this new update, Sony-Ericsson addressed all the questions in its latest blog post. The release time frame for this major update is now set for some…