Run to the hills. Apple’s AppStore is about to get flooded with iPhone apps for political campaigns. As if it weren’t already hard enough to avoid political messages, WillowTree Apps is teaming up with Well and Lighthouse (a political media and strategy firm) to develop mobile apps and mobile web applications for political clients. Their…
HootSuite Twitter and Facebook Client for BlackBerry Launched
After a lengthy private beta, HootSuite is now available on BlackBerry, offering enterprise-grade social networkers to manage Facebook and Twitter accounts, schedule tweets, review metrics, and make use of custom searches. As a corporate phone, BlackBerry is a great home for HootSuite, which has always targeted PR and marketing professionals. As such, it supports task…
Unsocial Android, iPhone app aims to hook professionals together
Most of the hype you see around location-based social networking is about the serendipity of meeting your friends when they’re out and about or how it will be used for location-based advertising. The new Apple iPhone and Android app Unsocial isn’t concerned with those things, as it is using LBS to help professionals connect. The…
Consumer Reports Mobile Shopper App Now Available for iPhone
Fans of Consumer Reports will be pleased to know that a brand-spanking new Consumer Reports iPhone app has been released. The Consumer Reports Mobile Shopper allows you to access ratings and reliability data while you’re out-and-about doing your shopping. Very convenient (and useful) to say the very least. Key features found within include: Scan barcodes,…
Classic Sierra Adventure Games Coming to the iPad
Remember those old Sierra adventure games? You know the ones I’m talking about, Kings Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry and the like. If you used to dig these titles as much as I did, get ready to experience them on the iPad. Sierra put out some of the leading games of their time, and…
Swype now available for Symbian^3 devices [N8 and C7 users, that’s you]
Swype, the quirky way to input text whereby you draw a line from letter to letter when composing a word versus hunting and pecking for a particular key, is now available for Symbian^3 devices. There are only 2 right now, the Nokia N8 and C7, both started shipping recently, and both have identical specifications except…
Booyah’s MyTown for iPhone now a global game
After expanding to Canada, UK and Australia – Booyah is bringing its location-based service MyTown to other parts of the world. From what I’ve understood, the new update is for the iOS devices only, though I’m sure that will change in due course. Using the updated application, you can check-in to your favorite real-life locations…
Zwink is an iPhone app that wants to replace your wingman
A company called Breadcrumbs released Zwink iPhone app, helping the introverts among us start the conversation. The “ice-breaking app” comes with 23 animated expressions designed for any situation in which words are simply not enough. You simply start the app, pick a Zwink character and show the device to anyone around. Among Zwinks included there…
iTunes App Store Now Has Over 300,000 Apps
Apple has big figures to boast as its prolific iTunes App Store now has over 300,000 apps. From fart apps to Angry Birds to tools that help you study for the LSAT, it seems that iOS has access to every app you could ever want or need. If that isn’t enough, the iTunes App Store…
Percipo enters the AppStore with three photo-fun apps: PhotoAge, PeerBeauty and AdamOrEve
A company called Percipo is joining the iGame with three apps, all which analyze your face in photos and then allow you to share that “information” on social networks. Here’s what each of the apps is all about: PhotoAge – This app estimates how old everyone looks. You can either snap a new photo or…