Folks living or visiting the New York Tri-State area can now book a car service via GroundLink from the comfort of their iPhone. No longer will you have to call a car service or black car company and wonder if your car is actually on its way. Thanks to the GroundLink app, you can order…
Confession: A Roman Catholic is an iPhone app with official endorsement from a church authority
There’s a new application for iCatholics out there. Called Confession: A Roman Catholic App, it is apparently the first of its kind to be approved by the Catholic Church. The Pope himself may’ve not seen the app, but that hasn’t stopped bishop Kevin Rhoades from granting it an imprimatur, which is the official endorsement from…
Communology brings its Visual Voicemail solution to Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry
Communology announced that its Visual Voicemail (VVM) solution can now be used with Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry smartphones. The voice-to-text enabled solution is also available as a widget, making it accessible for almost every internet enabled device imaginable. Obviously, Communology will use the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to showcase the latest VVM…
iGO My way Southern Africa hits the AppStore
iGO My way Southern Africa is in the AppStore, ready to provide iPhone users living, working or travelling to South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland, Botswana or Lesotho with a turn-by-turn navigation and related location-based services. Available in few languages — including English, French, German, Italian and Russian — iGO My way Southern Africa comes pre-loaded with…
NY Convergence website gets its Android app
NY Convergence — the online news site covering local digital media and technology industry developments throughout the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Tri-State Region — launched its Android application. Available as a free download, it offers pretty much all of the content from the NY Convergence website, including all of the original reporting of everything from Silicon…
Last.fm mobile apps going subscriber-only except for Windows Phone 7
If you’re a fan of the Last.fm app, you’re going to have to start coughing up about $3 a month if you want to listen to tunes on your iPhone, Android or iPad. The Internet radio service will be turning to a subscriber-only model for its mobile apps. “On the Last.fm website an ad-supported, free-to-listeners…
TeleNav GPS Navigation app launching for Verizon’s iPhone 4; Available for free for first 30 days
TeleNav GPS application will be available for Verizon Wireless’ iPhone 4 users on launch, offering a free month of turn-by-turn navigation for the first 30 days. After the trial period ends, users can continue using the service for $2.99 per month or $21.99 per year. Alternatively, you can choose to use only GPS map and…
MTA BusTime: Slapping GPS on public transportation and letting smartphone users see where their bus is
One of the perks of living in New York City is no longer needing to own a car. Parking, driving, honking, accidents, traffic jams, all those problems disappear, but you’re putting yourself in the hands of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). That may or may not be a good thing, especially with the freakishly severe…
Skiver Android app helps you get a “sickie day” more easily
Lying to your boss has never been so easy thanks to Skiver, an Android app that allows users to come up with the perfect cover story to fool their boss into thinking they are genuinely ill. First you need to select how many days off you need to get a list of plausible illnesses along…
HotelPal 2.0 for iOS and Android rocks an improved UI
HotelPal, the mobile application that allows users to easily book a hotel while on the go, has been recently updated with a completely redesigned user interface, offering brochure-like navigation for viewing hotel listings. At the same time, users are able to view multiple listings at once. Moreover thanks to the wood-paneled background design, you get…