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We’re getting ever so close to the launch of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 but the platform won’t be competitive if it doesn’t have a robust app store. Fear not true believers, as the Windows Marketplace for Mobile is quickly rounding into shape. Microsoft isn’t naive enough to think that its untested platform will galvanize developers…
Twitter has just named Dick Costolo as its new CEO and we can’t help but wonder what this will mean for the micro-blogging’s mobile strategy. As you may know, Twitter has strong mobile roots because it started as an SMS-focused service. That 140-character limit is strictly tied with the limits of SMS and the company…
It looks like Skype will be swiping Cisco executive Tony Bates as its CEO and he will be heading a company which has the opportunity to be a major disruptor in the mobile space. Skype has more than 560 registered users and about 124 million of those use the VoIP-calling service on a monthly basis.…
Last week, I left the safe confines of my office to New York City on what had to have been the rainiest day I’ve ever experienced in order to meet with Namco to see first-hand some of its upcoming iPhone, iPad, Android, and mobile games. I know, I know – walking through New York in…
Web discovery service StumbleUpon has just gone mobile with their first Android and iPhone apps. As you can expect, the applications allow you to rate pages, set stumble preferences and categories (like photos, YouTube, and news), all while keeping in sync with your existing StumbleUpon account. For those times you find some especially cool stuff,…
Released at the beginning of the month from the folks at Language Analytics, the Yamli Arabic Keyboard and Search app brings a powerful Arabic translation tool to iPhone and iPad. Building upon the success of their website at Yamli.com (more than 10 million have used the online service, and more than 300 million words have…
In a somewhat surprising twist, Apple approved a BitTorrent app called IS Drive. The application is actually envisioned as a tool for managing ImageShack‘s torrent download service, but can also be used to sing along other torrent sites such as IsoHunt and Mininova. Needless to say, it’s yet another proof of the changing climate at…
Appcelerator is teaming-up with location analysis software provider FortiusOne to launch the first location-based analytics platform for mobile applications. The new Titanium+Geo platform will allow enterprises, marketers and retailers to “better understand where, when and how mobile applications are being used.” In other words, companies will be able to measure the impact of location-enabled mobile…
PBS NewsHour is joining pretty much the rest of the media to launch its iPhone app. There are two things they want to emphasize about its iApp – HD-quality video and customizable news feeds, which provide users with easier access to the content they find most interesting, be it politics, business, arts, international news or…
Popular business card reading app for the iPhone, ABBYY Business Card Reader, is now in version 3.0, updated with features that go beyond the classic “capture data from business cards and save it to the address book” functionality. Here’s the trick – ABBYY Business Card Reader 3.0 will not only perform its basic task, but…