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Airbnb announced their official iPhone app yesterday and it is truly amazing. We often see rushed apps from startups hit the App Store with only a few basic features. Not Airbnb. They’ve released a fully functional, beautifully designed app. In case you missed this startup and its explosive growth into 8,000 cities and 170 countries,…
Yesterday, we reported that Microsoft was hoping to get around the OS fragmentation with Windows Phone 7 by pushing it to all its customers when the updates are ready and available. We’ve seen update methods compounded by carriers and so Android users have often been at the mercy of their carriers and not so much…
Growing up my father always used to say “mens sana in corpore sano” which translates to “a healthy mind in a healthy body”. Those are the two things, probably the only two things, you need to lead a fulfilling life. In reality it was just a fancy way of him telling me to get my…
Online backup service Carbonite launched a beta version of its Carbonite Access application for the Android platform, allowing users to quickly and easily access (view and open) all of their files while on the go. Moreover, Carbonite subscribers can also share their backed up files via email, Facebook, Picasa and other social networks. And if…
I’m not sure how this all this works, but apparently Israel’s Bank Leumi has launched some kind of an app that allows iPhone users to withdraw cash using an iPhone app. The application comes on the heels of the existing “SMS to ATM” service and is especially designed for the growing number of iUsers in…
Ask.com has recently updated its iPhone app to include questions and answers. Available as a free download, the updated application brings a combination of search and real people — like Ask.com’s Q&A beta site, Ask for iPhone answers questions using either search technology or insight from other users. Even better, you don’t have to type…
In another “here’s a new industry that embraces iPad” post, we bring you the story involving commercial building products manufacturer YKK AP America and their new iPad app – Architectural Product Master. Designed as an addition to the existing online design manual, the application also empowers building professionals with an easy access to high-end product…
I seem to be on a bit of a roll lately with Angry Birds. A little while back I shared some Angry Birds Halloween Wallpapers, and only hours ago I shared the most delicious looking Angry Birds cake I’ve ever seen (OK, it’s the ONLY Angry Birds cake I’ve ever seen!). To keep up with…
Not too much to say here, other than check out this awesome ‘Angry Birds‘ cake! flickr user fonatic71 either made, or at the very least photographed this tasty creation… and man, does it ever look good. A very firm *tip of the cap* to fonatic71. Well done sir, well done. If you’re a fan of…
Google has always a lot of control over its products in the hands of its users, and Android OS is probably on of the best examples. When downloading an application, the user is shown just what said application needs to run properly. If the user doesn’t want the app to have access to certain things…