Breaking news, information, and analysis on the latest mobile phones and mobile technology
Aside from all the iCloud and iOS news from WWDC, the 2011 Apple Design Award winners have also been announced at the event. The winners were selected in four categories – iPhone, iPad, Student and Mac. And here they are: iPhone Cut the Rope by chillingo Golfscape GPS Rangefinder by Shotzoom Infinity Blade by Chair…
The mind-mapping company Mindjet announced the upcoming availability of MindManager for iPhone and MindManager for iPad. The two apps, set to be released on June 15th, will cost $6.99 and $8.99 respectively, allowing users to sketch ideas and connect the dots while on the go. The new mobile apps will be launched alongside MindManager 9…
Video discovery company VideoSurf, which is like Shazam for video, is teaming-up with Verizon Wireless. Under the deal, the Big Red carrier will offer the application for free to its customers via V CAST Apps. Additionally, Verizon will preload it on its LTE smartphones such as the HTC ThunderBolt, LG Revolution and Samsung DROID CHARGE.…
For those of us that live in cities with an extensive network of public transportation, owning a car seems like a ridiculous idea. To live in such a city however, and be so dependent on buses, trains, subways, and trams, you need to know routes and schedules. Some cities have plenty of information, be it…
Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha stirred up a little controversy by seemingly saying that the poor performance on Android phones could be attributed to third-party apps but the company is back tracking and trying to make things nice with developers. “Android is really truly multitask so you can run 64 parallel apps at the same time,”…
On top of updating the PlayBook’s OS today, RIM has thrown in a few new features into the Facebook app. The biggest addition is the ability to upload videos taken on the PlayBook’s front-facing 3 megapixel camera or rear 5 megapixel camera. Search is now accessible from the title bar, and lets you filter results…
Zynga, who is quickly building themselves a reputation as a leader in the mobile games area, has just launched “Hanging with Friends” for iOS. It’s a modern take on the classic game of Hangman that many school children play today, or at least we still think they’re allowed to play since the potentially violent associations…
Something important is going to happen at the end of this month. Newspapers and magazines currently offering iPad and iOS applications that require you to pay for a subscription via a method other than iTunes will get kicked out of the App Store. You read that right, Apple wants to not only take 30% of…
Yet another announcement out of WWDC today was a new service from Apple called iMessage, that is pretty much identical to RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger client. iMessage will let you send and receive text messages, photos, and contacts from other iOS users. Group messaging and read/unread/typing notifications (which are staples of BBM) can also be found…
Popular mobile messaging app HeyWire is expanding to Canada, offering iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users unlimited texting to Canada and to 45 countries — including the U.S., Mexico, China, and regions like the Caribbean, South and Central America — for only $1.99 per month. Included in the deal is a Canadian phone number that…