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CNN has released a new Apple iPad app and the news program is actually a pretty cool way to get your news in a visually-appealing way. The CNN iPad app aims to give you a visually-appealing, immersive take on the news. The program gives you three ways to view the content – broadsheet, list view…
The feud between Google and Apple over Google Voice appears to be over, as the app has been approved for the iPhone already and it now supports the iPod touch and the iPad. That’s right, Google is now turning your other iOS devices into free text-messaging machines. While the iPod touch and iPad can’t make…
The Amazon MP3 store has been on Android and webOS since their respective beginnings, and now they’re adding BlackBerry to their roster. Using the new app, users will be able to search, browse, buy, and download (over Wi-Fi or 3G) any of their 14 million songs. Every track has a 30-second sample so you can…
Mobile phone applications are the hottest things since sliced bread, but you don’t need me to tell you that. Earlier today we published a report from IDC that said 10.9 billion applications were downloaded in 2010 alone and that number is expected to hit 76.9 billion in 2014 when the market for smartphone software is…
DailyBooth is a novel service that asks users to snap a picture of themselves using the webcam that comes built-in with many of the new laptops that are hitting the market. Apple, deciding to put a front facing camera on both the iPhone 4 and the new iPod touch, gave the folks at DailyBooth a…
Probably one of the most classic first-person shooters of them all, Duke Nukem, is now available for free in the App Store. Yes, free… and yes, both the iPhone (Duke Nukem 3D) and iPad version (Duke Nukem 3D SE) are up for grabs here. Nice. The game features a TapShoot feature, making it somewhat easier…
Fieldforce is a new application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that should ensure for an effective communication between coworkers in real time. Developed by MobileFlow, the app promises to “take business communication to the next level.” I haven’t been able to try out Fieldforce myself, but from what I read it goes beyond standard…
A mobile start-up called Majoobi launched the Majoobi App Builder, allowing everyone to make multi-platform mobile apps without writing a single line of code. The service relies on HTML5 and as such it sings along modern smartphones such as those powered by iOS, Android and Symbian operating systems. However, what makes Majoobi unique is that…
One of the more enjoyable and fun puzzlers I’ve played in quite some time has released a special ‘holiday’ version, a la Angry Birds. I’m talking about ‘Cut the Rope‘ from Chillingo. The new, and very free app is titled ‘Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift’… and it’s worth a look. The game plays exactly like…
The bean counters at IDC have some predictions for what’s going to happen over the next few years with regards to the popularity of mobile applications. They say that in 2010 there were 10.9 billion applications downloaded all across the world, and that in 2014 that number is supposed to skyrocket to 76.9 billion. The…