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The do-it-yourself mobile app service AppMakr.com is adding Android and Windows Phone 7 support, allowing anyone to make multi-platform mobile apps. Up until now, AppMakr.com only supported Apple’s iOS, and was used to create more than 3500 apps, including the very popular applications for the PGA Tour, the Perez Hilton blog, the Harvard Business Review,…
Security experts from Trend Micro are going for the growing army of Android smartphone owners. The company announced what they say is the first of many applications planned for Google’s platform – Trend Micro Mobile Security, which not only keeps Android smartphone users safe from viruses, but also comes with parental controls, safe surfing capabilities,…
2011 will be a big year for tablets. That said, we’re glad to see smart companies riding the trend, providing customers with additional ways to use their brand new gadgets. One such company is DISH Network which launched an app for the growing army of Android tablet owners. The application takes advantage of a bigger…
I love it when I hear about apps built for the greater good. That’s why, when I read about the new ‘Tiga Talk’ speech therapy game put together by the good folks at Tiga Talk 3 and Tactica Interactive, I instantly had the urge to tell you about it… so here we go. The new…
Just when you thought there are no expense tracking apps available for your brand-new Windows Phone 7 device, moBudget has hit the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. Even better, the application doesn’t allow you to just input expenses and then browse through the list at a later point – it rocks many additional features, making budget…
Music has been a part of our culture since the dawn of man, but these days the problem is finding new music to listen to. Thanks to piracy you can download pretty much anything that was ever recorded, but even if you did that, and listened to music from the moment you wake up to…
Just a few short hours before Ford will keynote at CES 2011, the auto maker has revealed the MyFord smartphone app for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone which will let Focus Electric drivers keep tabs on their vehicle from afar. The key points according to Ford are: Ford has developed the all-new MyFord Mobile app for…
Hulu Plus is coming to Android for select phones in the coming months. Finally Hulu Plus users will be able to enjoy their content on the go with their Android 2.2 Froyo-based phones. No specific devices have been given, but a confirmation was certainly nice. Announced at a Samsung press event here at CES 2011,…
Rumour has it video chat app developer Skype has acquired competing Qik for something to the tune of $100 million. Apparently an announcement at CES is forthcoming, though we haven’t heard anything yet. Skype recently added video calling to their iPhone app, but Qik had actually beat them to the punch in the summer. Qik…
During last night’s Microsoft keynote at CES, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced another popular video game franchise will be making its debut on Windows Phone 7. No, it isn’t Halo. I’m talking about Microsoft’s popular RPG franchise. No, there’s no such thing as a Halo RPG. The franchise I’m talking about is Fable and the…