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Remember that Windows Phone 7 bug that was sending out “phantom” data and could potentially cause monthly data overages? Well, Microsoft said it would investigate it and it has fingered the culprit and it’s a third-party, the company says. According to a quote in the Seattle PI: We have determined that a third-party solution commonly…
When it was announced last October, Dead Space for the iPhone peaked my interest as I was a big fan of the original game when it was released on console and PC in 2008. The game did an amazing job with its creepy ambiance and the amount of gore and limb loss would make a…
The Apple iPhone has long been derided for not being able to make calls and the Line2 VoIP app was a godsend for those who wanted a consistent way to make voice calls. Well, this app has now landed on Android. If you don’t know, the Line2 VoIP app lets you add another line to…
Last week, Gameloft released a teaser trailer to a game that looked an awful lot like Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda. From its fantasy setting, its main character, and even a scene involving horse riding, everything about the teaser trailer oozed The Legend of Zelda. Gameloft has decided to reveal their upcoming action / adventure RPG…
Don’t be surprised to see the Apple iPad winding up under a few mattresses, as Hugh Hefner said that the uncensored Playboy archives will be coming to the iPad soon. This could indicate a change in Apple’s developer stance. “Big news! Playboy–both old & new–will be available on iPad beginning in March,” Hugh Hefner tweeted.…
300 free Flash games on Android sounded too good to be true, didn’t it? The GameStop-owned Kongregate game portal had launched an Arcade app in the Android Market yesterday, only to have it taken down today. How come? For violating a non-compete clause in the developer agreement, which stops developers for launching their own app…
T-Mobile is teaming with Location Labs to introduce DriveSmart Plus, an Android app aimed at making it easier to stop testing while driving. The T-Mobile DriveSmart Plus app will enable users to set their Android phones to automatically detect when they’re driving and put the phone into “Driving Mode.” This means that all incoming calls…
Booty Symphony is a novel Android app that lets users conduct 30-second music videos from “Booty Soundboards” based on songs from T-Pain’s Nappy Boy catalogue. The mentioned catalogue includes such tunes as Tay Dizm’s “Point Em Out” and Young Cash’s “I’m a Freak” and “I Support Single Mothers.” Here’s how it works – you tap…
Touch Calendar is a new (and useful) Android application that shows your entire calendar on a single screen with the ability to zoom in and out, and search for your events. Touted as the “new way to view calendars on a mobile phone,” the application is designed to make browsing events as easy as using…
Real estate startup Zoopla launched a new mobile application for the Android smartphone users, allowing them to simply point their phone around the neighborhood they like and see the houses which are available for sale and/or rent. The application, which until recently was an iPhone thing only, also comes with other cool features such as…