Vlingo Corporation, the company behind the application that turns your words into actions, unveiled the most popular actions of 2010 based on data accumulated through hundreds of millions of actions. Without further ado, here’s what they got: 2010 Most Popular Local Businesses Called, Mapped or Navigated: Pizza (Top Brand: Pizza Hut) Coffee (Top Brand: Starbucks)…
Quick Snap pulled from Apple App Store for using buttons
Here we go again. It looks like the Quick Snap iPhone photography app has been pulled from the App Store because it makes alternative use of the buttons on the Apple smartphone. We saw this same thing happen with the Camera+ app, as both programs enabled customers to use the volume rocker as a physical…
BMW ConnectDrive and Mini iPhone Apps Launched
Not to be out-done by Ford, BMW has launched two apps for iPhone. One is for their Mini lineup which displays fuel status, sends Google directions to your car, link up web radio to the local stereo system, and keep tabs on RSS feeds. One of the cooler features is what they’re calling the Minimalism…
2011 will be the year of iPhone, geolocation security threats
McAfee has put out its annual threat predictor list for 2011 and the security expert said the Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad and geolocation apps that include check-in services will be emerging threats in 2011. Apple has long touted its Mac products as not having viruses like PCs and some of this is how the…
Apple rejects Manhattan Declaration… again
Several weeks ago we heard of a homophobic app called Manhattan Declaration getting pulled from the iTunes App Store by Apple due to a growing concern about the app’s message. Apple decided to remove the app after a petition was signed and thousands of angry e-mails were sent to the company complaining about the hatred…
Skype for iPhone updated with video calls!
We were fooled to believe Skype will add video calls for the iPhone next year. Just before the year’s end, they’ve launched the feature making everyone just a little bit happier. As you would expect, the new feature allows you to make video calls to people on their computers as well as other iPhone and…
Ford’s SYNC Destinations helps folks navigate around North America
Ford has released its first mobile application called SYNC Destinations providing SYNC Traffic, Directions and Information (TDI) users with access to search for and save destinations to their cloud-based SYNC Services account for easy access when back in the car. In addition, the application also includes Predictive Traffic, powered by INRIX which also happen to…
BIGSTAR launches “Movies You Demand” Android app
BIGSTAR launched “Movies You Demand” Android application that is designed to stream movies from BIGSTAR’s library to Android-powered devices. Users can browse titles in the BIGSTAR library by genre, rating and a spotlight, with new hard-to-get, independent, foreign and documentary movies being added on a daily basis. In other words, BIGSTAR’s app is made for…
SPB TV comes to Maemo-powered Nokia N900
SPB Software is bringing its SPB TV application to the Maemo platform – i.e. Nokia N900. I’m not sure I understand their decision to launch an app for a device that’s used by very few people in the world, but what do I know. Maybe bits (or large chunks) of the code could be re-used…
Top 10 Android Apps Of 2010
It’s been a massively successful year for the Android OS, and 2011 doesn’t seem like that tradition will slow. We’ve seen a stampede of applications rushed to the platform this year, but which ones made the cut to be called the best of 2010? While there are only ten that will make it, we’ll throw…