Localscope, the application that gathers points of interest from your social circle, just got better thanks to the Navigon MobileNavigator integration. Cynapse, the company behind the app, co-operated with Navigon to integrate MobileNavigator GPS using their AppInteract API. As a result, users can get 3D turn-by-turn directions to a search result in Localscope with a…
Ancestry.com for iPad updated with the ability to share family trees, see old photos and records in detail
Family history resource Ancestry.com updated its iPad app to make it on par with its iPhone offering and to take advantage of the additional screen estate Apple’s tablet offers. In that sense, the new version of the application “brings to life” multi-generational family trees complete with images of original family records and photos. And it’s…
PhantomALERT now available for the iPhone users, too
The leading database of red light and speed cameras across the U.S. and Canada can now be accessed by the iPhone users, too. Initially the PhantomALERT was a BlackBerry and Android thing only, but not anymore – those of you with iPhone can also grab the application free of charge. The great thing is that…
Instagram scores $7 million, Path gets $8.65 million [Image sharing apps are hotter than the sun]
Sharing your memories used to involve an analog camera, a roll of film that you would take to your local supermarket for processing, and then slapping the final results inside a photo album that you’d show off to friends and family whenever they popped by your flat. Now, in 2011, all of that has changed…
Ericsson Money Services launches, aims to give everyone a chance at launching a mobile banking solution
Ericsson, one of the world’s largest supplier of infrastructure equipment, has launched “Ericsson Money Services”. Not the most creative name in the world, but it’s powerful none the less. With Money Services your operator, local bank, or anyone looking to offer people the ability to pay for things via their mobile phone, simply has to…
IM+ Talk for BlackBerry Updated with OS 6 Support
A quick bit of app update news for the BlackBerry users out there. If you’ve ever used IM+ Talk for BlackBerry, you’ll know how easy it makes conducting Skype calls and chat, right from your Berry. In an update that dropped the other day (taking it to version 4.4), some key enhancements were included: Multichat…
Hands-on: CNN app for Android Honeycomb tablets, with iReport integration
At Google’s Android Honeycomb event today, CNN showed off their tablet-optimized app, and we got some time to try it out. As you might expect, you can peruse various categories of breaking news, like politics, health, and entertainment, including rich graphics and live international video feeds. Up to 350 stories can be seen in the…
Hands-on: Google Body Shows Your Insides on Android Honeycomb Tablets
Yet another app shown off at the Android Honeycomb event today was Google’s own Body, made to run on tablets. Using the same “layers” mechanic as Google Maps, you can peel back the parts of the human body like a big, gross onion and see what’s inside. Tapping on bones or muscles will pop up…
Fuze meeting app coming to Android Honeycomb, Motorola Xoom
Google unwrapped the Android 3.0 Honeycomb platform today and it looks really cool but it won’t succeed against the Apple iPad unless there is strong app support. We’re happy to hear that Fuze will be bringing its meeting app to the Motorola Xoom and Honeycomb. The Fuze meeting app is currently available on the iPad…
Android Market Getting In-App Purchases Soon
In a move which could spur even more developer interest in the platform, Google said at its Honeycomb event this morning that it would be bringing in-app purchases to Android. The new revenue stream will be available to developers by the end of Q1, and can take as little as five days to implement. The…