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Entertainment check-in app GetGlue has cemented their existing partnership with HBO even further by today offering in-store discounts to fans of the series True Blood. Anybody using GetGlue to check-in their viewing of True Blood gets 10% right off the bat, but anyone who does so regularly and earns the Fan badge gets 15% off…
While it’s impressive to hear, we’re not actually too surprised that Adobe has hit the million download mark for Android. The Flash player first hit Android in beta form this May and the 1.0 hit in August. We’re sure that the one million download mark must sound like music to Adobe’s ears. That said, Flash…
Well, I guess if you’re trying to launch an Apple iPhone app you may as well get Steve Jobs to introduce it. That’s what MTR Mobile did, sort of. The iPhone app was introduced by a Chinese version of Steve Jobs, complete with jeans and a black turtleneck. If you watch the video below you…
If you’re an iPhone user, and you love taking and sharing photos, you need to get Instagram. Already a user? Then you know what I’m talking about, but if not, here’s how it works: you follow and are followed by your friends, you snap pictures, adjust the photos with a handful of filters and then…
As hinted at a few weeks ago, the desktop client for Skype has been updated to integrate with your Facebook phonebook, enabling texting and calling friends on the social network from the app. The partnership has borne a few other features, like a bundled News Feed reader, complete with commenting and liking capabilities. They’ve also…
Vodafone has this brilliant concept in the UK known as a “Chargebox“. It’s essentially a tiny locker you can put your mobile phone in, shove some spare change in a slot on the side, and boom, your mobile phone starts charging while you go about your daily needs around the city. Every Vodafone store has…
Those crazy Norwegians at Opera Software are at it again, announcing that within a month they’re going to bring their browser to Android and it’s not only going to be fast and ultra compatible with web standards, but also comes with hardware acceleration and pinch to zoom. Hardware acceleration is a killer feature, normally only…
Have an overweight pet? Guess what?… yes, there’s an app for that! Put together by seven pet-loving students from Cornell University (with a little help from Joe Wakshlag, assistant professor at the Veterinary College), CU Pet Health for iOS brings pet health to the fore. By tracking your pet’s daily caloric intake, the app helps…
Ever wonder how good looking, or in the case of this app, how UGLY you are? With the Ugly Meter app for iPhone, you can find out for yourself. Put together by the developers known simply as the ‘Dapper Gentlemen’, this light-hearted app uses the built-in camera in your iPhone to analyze facial pictures for…
Omaha Steaks is out with its iPhone app called Steak Time. No longer will your steaks be rated as “average” – simply start the app on your beloved handset (or iPod Touch or iPad) to read and learn what true experts have to say on how to make a perfect steak. Included in the application…