TripAdvisor is known for its mobile efforts to reach as many on-the-go travelers as possible. After launching mobile apps for the iOS, Android and Symbian OS-powered devices, they are going for Windows Phone 7 users. Available as a free download in the Windows Phone 7 marketplace in 17 countries and 5 languages, TripAdvisor allows travelers…
Video chat community Paltalk goes Android
Paltalk, the real-time video-based community with over 70 million downloads, is going for the growing number of Android users. Available as a free download from the Android Market, the new application — which BTW is also available for BlackBerry and iPhone devices — allows users to join existing chat rooms, view multiple simultaneous video streams…
Mobile app publisher Artificial Life in numbers
I find it awesome to see mobile publishers, especially smaller companies, succeeding in today’s market. Artificial Life (AL) is one such company and today we have some of their numbers to share. Without further ado, here are the highlights: As of 31st March 2011, Artificial Life’s accumulated download total had passed 58 million across its…
Fiksu helps mobile developers get their apps noticed
Fiksu for Mobile Apps is touted as the “industry’s first user acquisition platform” that “spans the entire mobile ecosystem” to help brands attract users and slash user acquisition costs, in a “fast and predictable way.” Turn off your “BS alerts,” as they already delivered results for early customers such as Ask.com, Barnes & Noble, Gilt,…
Social learning service Xplana launches an Android app
Social learning platform Xplana launched an Android application to allow students to access class notes, presentations and other study resources while on the go. Using the mobile app, users can take advantage of “enhanced content creation tools” to record audio and video clips and capture photos of lectures or presentations. Best of all, resources created…
TSN at The Masters iPhone App: ‘Fore’ Canadian Eyes Only
Yo Canada… following The Masters? If you are, and you already have The Masters app installed on your iPhone (or iPad), there’s another app you may want to check out. TSN recently released their ‘TSN at the Masters’ app, and it draws some similarities to their main mobile app. The look and feel of it…
Time Warner fights for streaming TV on iPad app
Wow. Time Warner Cable is taking Viacom to court over the right to stream live television to the iPad with its app. Yep, a cable company is fighting for you to view content on more than just a TV. Of course, it’s not quite as noble as it sounds, as the Time Warner iPad app…
BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing App by RIM Adds New Calendar Options
RIM has launched a small but potent addition to the native calendar app which lets you launch easily and quickly into conference calls on a BlackBerry. Once the installed, BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing puts a new option appears in the native Calendar menu and within appointments themselves to add or edit conference call data. If you…
Endomondo Sports Tracker for Android now sings along ANT+ health and fitness devices
Endomondo Sports Tracker, which is yet another fitness tracking mobile app, is bringing together “advanced sports performance monitoring data on Android smartphones.” That “advanced” part comes from the fact that the application now supports the ANT+ health and fitness devices from ANT Wireless. Apparently, Endomondo is the first Android application to support ANT’s technology, which…
Springpad opens up its note-taking platform
Springpad, the note-taking service that wants to put your notes in context, is opening up its platform with a launch of the Springpad API. Still in private beta, it allows developers to more easily interface with Springpad and build apps on top of the Springpad platform. I’m eager to see what developers can make out…