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All of you gamers out there may want to check out the updated GameFly iPhone app because the company has added some nifty social networking features to enhance your gaming. Basically, GameFly is a Netflix for games – you pay a monthly subscription fee and the company sends you your choice of games for the…
Awhile back, RIM launched the BBM Social platform, which allowed BlackBerry developers to plug into RIM’s signature messenger client. The first to offer the function is Telmap thanks to the open beta launched last month. They’re a GPS service provider that powers apps from Orange, Telefonica, SFR, and other wireless carriers. The new function simply…
The Gitbax iPhone app is aimed at giving you a gentle reminder to follow up with people you’ve met and I believe it can be very useful for business and personal life. If you’re like me, you’ve been to multiple conferences or events and you meet plenty of people. You probably do the old business…
You know that using a smartphone while driving is not a good idea, quite the contrary. Sure you can rely on some GPS navigation software or listen to audio content, and that’s about it. However, State Farm may have another use case for the iPhone-ownin’ drivers. Dubbed Driver Feedback, this free to download application turns…
A month or so after the beta version was unveiled, Adobe has officially released Flash Player 10.2 for Android Honeycomb devices. This final release takes advantage of Google’s enhancements in an upcoming update to Honeycomb, including hardware accelerated playback of 720p high-definition video. Moreover, the new version also addresses the Flash Player vulnerability announced on…
Yesterday Opera Software announced Opera Appcelerate, the service that allows developers to promote their apps among Opera web browser users (both Opera Mini and Opera Mobile). Just like Opera’s Mobile Store, the Appcelerate service is also powered by Appia, the company which provides white-label mobile app store solutions. Alongside Opera, Appia launched its own performance…
Some questionable apps have passed through Apple’s filtering process in the past, like that weird baby-shaking application, but luckily the folks in Cupertino are often on their toes. Smuggle Truck, a highly offensive game where a user’s objective is to drive a truck load of immigrants safely across the desert without getting them thrown out,…
Following up on their Facebook connection, Shazam has just struck up a hell of a deal with eBay to offer free, unlimited music tagging in their Android app. Unlimited tagging in Shazam for Android will go on until January 1, 2012. If you’ve never had a chance to try it out, Shazam lets you hold…
Grooveshark, a free music streaming service for web and mobile (if you’re willing to pay up), has updated their Android app to now include the My Music section. Previously, there was only a shortcut to access tunes that you’ve marked as favourites, but My Music also encompasses songs you’ve given positive feedback to as well.…
While at App Nation 2011, we got to get a quick little look at a video editing app that may give Apple and its iMovie app a run for its money. The Video Edit app is a $3 program which claims to render videos up to 10 times faster than Apple’s product. The Video Edit…