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Angry Birds has been one curious phenomenon. The game has been downloaded over 30 million times for Android alone, and it has even penetrated the mainstream media. Famous actors and school kids alike have found themselves addicted to the popular game, and the company behind it, Rovio, is looking to expand. As if making a…
Nokia has just updated its Ovi Store for those of you who rely on the market for all your apps and goodies. The store is still very much alive and kicking and was recently updated back in September. It’s going to be enforced for Symbian^3 devices and will be available for handsets powered by S60…
Website Metacritic is going for the iOS users with its first mobile app called Movie Finder. Metacritic is known to screen and select respected critics and combine all of their individual scores into the so called Metascore, which is an overall grade for each film. Using the iOS app, users can gauge this critical consensus…
Situationist is a brand new iPhone app that allows users to connect with random strangers and help everyone involved snap out of the routine of “contemporary capitalist life.” The application relies on the built-in GPS receiver to alert users on each other’s proximity and get them to interact in random “situations.” These situations vary from…
While many Xoom users are patiently awaiting for the official Google Voice application for their Xoom, we’re happy to tell all you early adopters that you can “early adopt” Google Voice on Motorola’s Honeycomb tablet, courtesy of a little hacking by some intrepid Android devs. The guys over at XDA-Developers have done it again, and…
This morning 7digital announced that they would be preloaded on the BlackBerry PlayBook. To follow up, RIM decided to give us a sneak peek of not only the music store, but also the dedicated Podcasts app for their first tablet. The 7digital store has a layout similar to the PlayBook’s home screen, having a slim…
Tweet, Tweet! A quick note here for all of the Twitter for iPhone users out there this morning. The application has been updated to version 3.3.1. While the update is not a critical one, some noteworthy changes have been made. First, the quick bar default behavior has been set to NOT overlap tweets by default…
Untappd, a check-in social network for beer connoisseurs, added a feature over the weekend that lets you rate the brews you check in to on a scale of one to five bottle caps. That rating will stick when you check in again, but you can always change it if your opinion drifts one way or…
Opera just launched its own in-browser app store for Opera Mini and Mobile but that didn’t sit well with GetJar and the largest independent app store has ejected Opera Mini from its store. In a blog post set to go live soon, GetJar clarified the move in a message to PaidContent: The simple problem is…
The 7digital music store has been tight with BlackBerry for a long time now, and they’ve today graduated to preload status thanks to an agreement with RIM to get on the PlayBook tablet. There will be regional limitations based on where 7digital has rights mind you, but it’s still a big win for these guys.…