Starting tomorrow, May 22nd, customers using the shopkick mobile app will be rewarded simply for walking into any of the almost 1,300 Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores across the country. The rollout will make Best Buy the first of shopkick’s launch partners and first consumer electronics retailer to provide this “engaging mobile shopping…
Columbia Pictures’ Zookeeper hits the AppStore
In anticipation of the release of Columbia Pictures’ summer comedy Zookeeper and as part of the marketing activities for the movie, the studio launched a new app for the iPhone, iPod and iPad users. Available as a free download, the application features games starring animal characters from the movie. You can play as a monkey…
SongCatcher for iPhone is touted as the ultimate solution for songwriters
Mobile app developer John Vella unveiled a new version of its SongCatcher app, touting it as the “first fully functional recording studio environment on the iPhone platform designed around capturing creativity at the moment of inspiration.” We say it’s an updated version and we’re sorry we missed it once it was originally announced (cause it…
New Android music player brings Windows Phone 7 UI
It was only a couple of days ago that we saw Infobar, which looked like a more tweakable version of Windows Phone 7. Now the creator of LauncherPro, Federico Carnales, is creating a Windows Phone 7 music player look-a-like called Fede Music. The look and feel of Windows Phone 7 is quite stunning and we’re…
Review: Bumpy Road for iPhone and iPad – Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage
When it comes to playing games on my mobile devices, I tend to go for the more hardcore games like Rage, Infinity Blade, and Final Fantasy III than casual titles like Angry Birds and Tiny Wings. I do enjoy casual games from time to time, but I tend to enjoy a more deep and enriching…
Apple stands ground in “App Store” legal battle with Amazon
Apple’s been trying to impose a legal stay on Amazon’s use of “app store” when describing their Android software collection, and though Amazon has pointed out that even Steve Jobs has described Amazon’s offering as an app store, Apple has recently maintained that the term is not a generic one. Amazon has been skirting the…
Zagat for BlackBerry updated with restaurant reseverations
Zagat’s mobile app for BlackBerry has just been updated to version 8.0 with a bunch of new features. The last update to the Android app got friendly with Foursquare and Foodspotting, and though this BlackBerry update isn’t quite the same, it is finally enabling GPS, so you can map restaurants close to your current position.…
Groupon, Loopt team for location-based deals
Fresh off its cool local questions and answers service, Loopt continues to improve by integrating with Groupon to alert users to nearby deals in the Chicago area. The Loopt, Groupon deal involves tapping into the group buyer’s real-time stream to give users a head’s up when they’re near a deal. The Rewards Alert feature could…
SPB Wallet 2.0 hits the Android Market
SPB Software is bringing its popular SPB Wallet to the Android community. Already available for Windows Mobile, iOS and Symbian S60-based devices – the application is made to secure the most valuable private information such as PINs, passwords, codes, accounts, passport and credit card numbers. To that end, it relies on the strong security with…
Preview: Demolition Dash for iPhone and iPad – Destroying towns ’round the world!
If you saw a 15-foot tall pink monster running around your town, causing thousands of dollars in damage, and seeing the local law enforcement completely powerless in its path of destruction, the last thing you would think is the monster is just having some fun. That’s exactly what Zilla is doing in dreamfab’s latest game,…