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In a bit of a turnaround, Papa John’s has just released an iPhone app after previously saying it didn’t need to. While rivals like Pizza Hut had apps out years ago, Papa John’s previously called an iPhone app a “dud” and it instead focused on the mobile web. Now that there are more than 50…
We already know that Skype plans to bring video calling to the iPhone 4 and other platforms but the VoIP provider may have just outed the oft-rumored Verizon iPhone. Skype published some support documents for this feature on the iPhone and one of these had the Verizon logo prominently displayed. The documents were quickly pulled…
While services like Foursquare and Facebook Places are still being used primarily by a tech-savvy few, these types of check-in services could be poised to hit the mainstream as companies like Carl’s Jr. adopts it. You foodies out there can laugh all you want at Carl’s Jr. and its Six Dollar Burgers but it is…
After the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad versions, VLC is about to hit the Android Market. According to the lead developer in the project, Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the popular media player will be available for the Android-powered devices in “just a few weeks.” Apparently, VLC for Android was made possible through various improvements found in the Gingerbread…
Motorola Droid 2 owners may be jealously looking at their Droid 2 Global and Droid Pro comrades as they swipe through the fancier-lookin’ MotoBLUR 3.0 UI, but that’s soon to change. Actually, we’ve no idea when will MOTO launch a firmware update, but we do know it’s now possibly to run the latest version of…
Hackulous, the community that is best known for its web-based index of cracked iPhone apps Apptrakr and Installous which allows those apps to be installed on jailbroken iPhones, keeps innovating. Their latest work is Installous 4 and it’s set to revolutionize the way iOS device users install apps on their beloved gadgets. The main new…
As part of what seems as the “out-Shazam Shazam” strategy, SoundHound announced free unlimited music recognition of its music search and discovery application. Until now, users of the free version of SoundHound have been limited to five music IDs per month. As far as I’ve understood, the new unlimited free offering is for the iOS…
We’re in the holiday season and you may be thinking what to buy to your men friends, colleagues and/or relatives. How about mobile apps? According to the survey conducted by MobileSquared and apps developer PacketVideo, that could be the gift for men with smartphones. The research has found out that almost 8 million of smartphone…
IK Multimedia launched a new version of AmpliTube for the mobile guitarist and bassist, packing many new features designed to “streamline and enhance the mobile guitar and bass playing experience.” Without further ado, here’s what’s included in AmpliTube 2: 5 new stomp effects available for $2.99 as in-app purchase: Compressor, Graphic EQ, Parametric EQ, Reverb…
It’s been a busy year for BlackBerry, especially at this tail end, what with the PlayBook tablet and all. Before getting carried away with the fancy whizz-pow apps that the QNX-based tablet OS will offer next year, today we’re showcasing the top 10 BlackBerry apps for 2010. App World and the overall BlackBerry application ecosystem…