Telefonica and Orange are planning to integrate their developer offerings with the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) initiative. Both companies said that developers would be able to access WAC content via their respective developer platforms as soon as the initiative becomes fully commercialized next year. Telefónica Europe’s Javier Lorente praised WAC saying that it is “happening…
Photo Translator for BlackBerry Now Available as a Free Beta
Received a note from my friends at SHAPE Services the other day, to let me (and you) know about a new BlackBerry application they’ve launched… Well, truth be told it’s still in beta, but you can easily get in on the beta if you like. Called ‘Photo Translator’, the new app looks to be a…
ScoreMobile App Coming to Windows Phone 7 Early in 2011
My absolute favorite sporting news and scores app, ‘ScoreMobile‘, is coming soon for Windows Phone 7 Devices according to a recent release from Score Media. Due out in the first quarter of 2011, the app will be a welcome addition to any new Windows Phone 7 user looking to get the latest sporting news. Score…
Live Nation alerts iPhone users of upcoming concerts; Features last minute tickets, pre-sales, photos and more
Live Nation Entertainment is going for the iCommunity with a brand new application in the AppStore for the U.S. and Canada. Here’s what to expect: Ability to browse, search and discover concerts for favorite artists nearby Keep track of favorite concerts, artists and venues Get alerts on exclusive app pre-sales, on sales and last minute…
Children’s science writer Seymour Simon launches iPhone and Android apps
Award-winning children’s science writer Seymour Simon wants its slice of the mobile action. Hence he has teamed-up with YAPPER (Your APP makER), which is a do-it-yourself mobile application maker service, to launch its mobile application for the iPhone and Android. The end result is called “Science Fun To Go” and is available as a free…
junaio 2.5 rocks an improved user interface
metaio launched a new version of its popular augmented reality browser – junaio. From what I can tell, the new version (2.5) rocks an improved user interface which should help folks explore their surroundings in an even easier fashion. For instance, junaio 2.5 allows users to add channels to favorites, review their personal channel history…
WhosHere for iPhone hits two million downloads
It was back in March when WhosHere announced they’ve crossed the 1 million downloads milestone. 8 months later and they’ve doubled the number, with their monthly downloads now averaging at 167,000 which (according to WhosHere) is more than other location-based social networking apps like Loopt, Gowalla and Whrll. If you don’t know what WhosHere is…
Tamoggemon brings Funny Advent Calendar to webOS smartphones
It’s been a while since we talked about any webOS app. That said, we’re glad to report that the market isn’t completely dead, with a company called Tamoggemon releasing the Funny Advent Calendar for the Palm Pre and Pixi smartphones. The application is made to add some fun to the popular paper advent calendars, which…
Viber for iPhone joins the mobile VoIP race
There’s a new playa’ in the mobile VoIP market called Viber. Initially released as an iPhone app in Israel, Viber soon became one of the top downloaded apps in the country and now it wants to grab a piece of the global market, as well. I haven’t tried it myself, but from what I’ve read,…
Barnes & Noble Android Nook Color gets app SDK
Barnes & Noble has finally released the software development kit for the Android-powered Nook Color and this could lead to multiple apps on the color e-reading tablet. While the Nook Color is powered by Android, it won’t be able to access the more than 100,000 apps in the Android Market. Barnes & Noble did say…