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Services like Foursquare are good for checking-in and letting people know where you are but the Bizzy iPhone app is tailored for people checking out locations and letting others know what they think of it. We were able to hang out with the Bizzy iPhone app team at the SXSW 2011 conference and we had…
By now, I’m sure most of you have either played or heard about Angry Birds but I’m guessing you may not have seen it being played in real life. Well, that’s exactly what the video below will show you, as Rovio set up a live-action game at SXSW 2011. The live-action Angry Birds was accomplished…
Your car’s license probably isn’t associated with much beyond getting you tickets but Bump.com is trying to change that by making your car’s license plate your name in a social network. If the idea sounds crazy, I completely hear you – your license plate seems like something you wouldn’t want to give out on a…
The Nokia N8 achieved a lot of “firsts”. It was the first device on the market with support for all 5 3G bands, meaning you could use it anywhere in the world and still get high speed mobile broadband. It even does T-Mobile’s funky 1700 MHz band. It was also the first, and remains the…
Google’s released an update to their “Google Search” application for the iPhone, and while it’s prettier than the last version, it’s still a bit … how should I put this, rather useless for most people. Sure, all the cool features that Google has been cooking up in their labs are in there. For example you…
To make your iPad 2 experience launch more delicious, Omaha Steaks is bringing its iPhone hit app Steak Time to the users of Apple’s tablet. As expected, the HD version of the application builds on top of the original app, while taking advantage of iPad’s large, high-resolution display. UI has been revamped to provide better…
After super-successfully conquering the hearts and minds of iOS device users, Allrecipes.com is looking to repeat the success on the Android platform. The #1 food site is starting with the free Dinner Spinner app, bringing its complete collection of recipes to anyone with an Android-powered smartphone or tablet. As you may know, each Dinner Spinner…
Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily got a local competition in Brazil – Brasil247, which stands for Brazil 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Available as a free download — it’s ad-supported — the iPad magazine provides content that is “open, shareable and editable” in a “creative, collaborative and light-hearted approach.” To start things up,…
A company called XS2TheWorld launched 360° Video, a mobile app which is said to put the user at the centre of moving video, creating interactive, “immersive worlds” on the iPhone 4 and iPad. Working in a similar way to online 360° images, it places the viewer at the centre of moving footage so they can…
One would think there’s a lack of high-quality games for the Android platform when we have companies like OpenFeint supporting developers in porting their apps to Google’s mobile platform. Now another social gaming ecosystem is taking the same route – Scoreloop, which launched the “Go Android” partnership program designed to help top iOS developers bring…