You may think Samsung should close its own mobile app store, but honestly – there’s no reason for doing so with the rising number of Bada smartphone owners. To be fair, they [Bada smartphone owners] are just a fraction of Android or iPhone users, but they represent a respectable market nevertheless. Moreover, Samsung Apps is…
GroupMe may use brands to monetize
GroupMe was the hot app at SXSW and the group-messaging service is definitely hot but how is it going to actually make money? Well, it looks like it will be working with brands for Featured Groups to generate some cash. If you’ve popped open your GroupMe app on the iPhone, Android or BlackBerry, you may…
Cellular South HTC Merge comes preloaded with Amazon Appstore
Cellular South said it will be carrying the HTC Merge and this Android handset with a full QWERTY keyboard will be the first to come preloaded with the Amazon Appstore. You can check out our hands-on video below for a taste of what to expect from the Cellular South HTC Merge: it packs an 800…
GetGlue for iPhone Adds Foursquare Integration, Sports Check-In
GetGlue, the check-in app for just about everything, has made their first steps into location-based check-ins. By plugging into your Foursquare account, you can now simultaneously share where you’re watching a movie, reading a book, playing a game, and now catching whatever sport you happen to enjoy. You can check in with your team, and…
Vimeo launches iPhone app for video
If you’re looking to create and edit videos with your Apple iPhone, you might want to check out the new app from Vimeo because it may offer you more features than the built-in video editor. The Vimeo iPhone app includes multiple features that you’d expect from a video editor, including the ability to capture video,…
Firefox 4 for Android now available from Mozilla
Sometimes Android users get all the good stuff. If it isn’t Adobe Flash content in their web browsers, it’s stuff like this — Firefox 4 from Mozilla. That’s right, all the perks and goodies you’ve come to enjoy from Firefox is now available on your Android handset. Whether it’s tabbed browsing, all the add-ons and…
Latest Distimo report looks at European mobile app stores
The latest Distimo Report is focused on the European App Store Market, covering mobile app stores in France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom. The information included in the report covers the Apple App Store for iPhone, Apple App Store for iPad, BlackBerry App World (worldwide), Google Android Market, Nokia Ovi Store,…
Expedia Hotels coming soon to the AppStore
Expedia.com will soon launch the Expedia Hotels app for iPhone and iPod Touch, with a promise to give travelers an “intuitive, quick way to research, filter and book hotel rooms” from their mobile device. The upcoming application comes on the heels of the company’s recent acquisition of Mobiata, and is said to be the “first…
appMobi updates its platform with mobile payments, multimedia push notifications and analytics
appMobi enhanced its mobile app ecosystem solution with the addition of four mobile web services. Without further ado, here’s what they got: 1Touch Frictionless Payments – Allows for in-app purchases within apps or websites through a secure mobile wallet on the device and a few lines of HTML code. Unlike Apple’s and Google’s solutions, appMobi…
Slacker On-Demand Music Coming Mid-April
Slacker’s various mobile apps for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry are due for an update in a few weeks, and will include the ability to listen to individual music tracks on demand. The feature is a long time coming, having been announced about six months ago, but it should finally be landing in mid-April. This is…