Plastic surgery is not a taboo subject for quite some time now so it gotta deserve its iPhone app. And it got one – though I’m sure it’s not the first one, it’s just the first one I’ve spotted. The so called “Dr. 90210” is created by Dr. Payman Simoni, one of Beverly Hills’ most…
PBS launches an iPhone app and Antiques Roadshow game
After launching its iPad app, PBS is going for the army of iPhone and iPod Touch users. The brand new PBS App features more than 300 hours of free video, including full-length programming from FRONTLINE, PBS Newshour and others. In addition, there are scheduling details, previews and a new tune-in reminder calendar that can be…
Realtor.ca App for iOS Makes Canadian Home Shopping Easy
Looking for a new home, apartment, or perhaps even some land somewhere in Canada? If you’re in the market, the Realtor.ca app for iOS is a great way to search and find the perfect property for you. Put together by The Canadian Real Estate Association, the app allows you to search for pretty much any…
Google touts awesomeness of Android Gingerbread NDK
Now that Android 2.3 Gingerbread has been out for about a month, Google is wasting no time in touting how the Native Development kit can be used to create some awesome apps. If you don’t know, the Android NDK enables to take advantage of more tools on these types of devices to create apps that…
Amazon Deals iPhone app brings bargains to your handset
The world’s largest online retailer has just released another mobile app which will make it easier to spend your cash, as the Amazon Deals iPhone app will give you access to limited-availability bargains. With the Amazon Deals iPhone app (iTunes link), you’ll gain access to the company’s Gold Box deals, which are time-sensitive bargains. One…
The Daily digital iPad newspaper to land next week
Apple and News Corp. are set to have an event Jan. 19 to introduce “The Daily,” a digital iPad newspaper that will have subscription services. The Wall Street Journal is bringing us the story through unnamed sources but it’s pretty much a given if they’re reporting it. First of all, Apple and the WSJ have…
Poynt for Android and BlackBerry Adds Events
The Poynt location-based search app for Android and BlackBerry have added a new content channel to their already-excellent selection. Now you can look for events happening in your area through a service called Eventful, which houses data for some 4 million-odd events, spanning over 100,000 musicians, comedian, film makers, politicians, and other performers. Once you…
Amazon Kindle app for iOS hit version 2.5 [Support for free books and background downloads added]
When it comes to electronics books Amazon is arguably the leader of the market today thanks to their single purpose Kindle reader which now retails for less than half of what their first generation Kindle did. They’ve also seen success because they’ve been working tirelessly to make Kindle books available on nearly every internet connected…
Penguin Digital launches iPad book for 3 month old babies [Isn’t that a bit much?]
Penguin Digital has launched the “Baby Touch Peekaboo App” in the UK [iTunes link] for Apple’s iPad and they say that it’s targeted at children as young as 3 months old and as old as 12 months. It’s going to cost parents £1.79, but I’ve got to ask: isn’t this all a bit too much?…
WorkLight 4.0 enables combined coding of native and web languages in single application
WorkLight launched WorkLight Mobile Platform 4.0, enabling companies to develop smartphone and tablet applications using a combined (hybrid) coding of native and web languages within the same application. As a result, it is said that developers get “unmatched flexibility and richness of user experience.” Also included in this release is support for unified push notifications…