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When the graphical user interface was invented, there were people who thought it was a huge waste of system resources, and that people should simply learn how to interact with their computers via the command line. Those old men, relics of the past, were of course wrong, and both Apple and Microsoft “wasted” system resources…
SK Telekom, the largest mobile phone operator in South Korea (and formerly part of that sweet joint venture with Earthlink, Helio), is going to be building its own mobile platform. The idea is to create music, messaging and social networking apps that will give companies like Facebook and Apple a run for their money. The…
There are a handful of home replacement applications available for the Android OS now days, but unfortunately, the ones we really want to have on our phones aren’t actually available on the Android Market. There’s another UI in town, which may not be available at the moment, but once launched, it may be the go-to…
There’s an interesting article over at the New York Times which says the Android app ecosystem is rounding into shape. With news that the Android Market has just surpassed the 100,000 app mark, I’m inclined to agree that Google’s mobile operating system will soon generate some big business for app makers. The article is actually…
RIM has launched a new version of their Facebook application in the BlackBerry Beta Zone which includes some significant updates, like a separate inbox for all of your Facebook messages, a unified search that also ties in with BlackBerry 6, and a bunch of UI improvements. As usual, Facebook for BlackBerry not only lets you…
The Apple iPhone and iPod touch are great multimedia players on the go if you live in the iTunes ecosystem but many of us have a ton of videos which have to be converted to play of Apple’s mobile devices. The new VLC Media Player for the iPhone and iPod touch now enables you to…
Almost to the day of the 2nd anniversary of the world’s first Android phone, the G1, the Android Market has passed the 100,000 mark in available applications. The G1 would be so proud, even if it couldn’t run half of those Android apps. Counting Android apps seems to be a little more difficult than one…
Remember Antoine Dodson of unfortunate-but-hilarious “bedroom intruder” fame? Of course you do (hide ya kids, hide ya wife!), the man is the Internet meme of the year. His rant on a Lincoln Park rapist turned him into an instant online superstar, and the Bed Intruder Song earned enough money to buy Dodson’s family a new…
It’s a little disappointing that webOS never took off. It has design elements in there that to this day have yet to be matched by other platforms. “Itching Thumb” is taking one of the webOS interaction metaphors, the use of cards to represent running applications, and bringing it to the Android platform. To use it…
Nimbuzz, the application/service that allows mobile phone users to keep in touch with their buddies across multiple social and instant messaging networks, announced that they have been asked by Skype to remove support for all Skype services, effective October 31st. The move is understood to be in line with Skype’s mandate to disconnect with all…