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There is nothing that makes you feel like you’re living in the future than using your smartphone to deposit a check. Pretty soon, you’ll be able to use your PayPal app to do just that. Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, PayPal executives said you’ll soon be able to use your iPhone to take pictures…
Rumour has it VoIP service provider Skype and the ubiquitous online social network Facebook will be collaborating in the near future. The next version of the desktop app will reportedly be able to use Facebook Connect to log users in, after which they’ll be able to make voice calls, video calls, and of particular interest…
Received note earlier today from the good folks at Mobiata about a brand new app they’ve released for the iPhone and iPad. Called FlightBoard, the app gives you an interactive arrivals and departures ‘board’ for any airport of your choosing. Very cool! All you need to do is enter the airport you wish to track,…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Your phone is going to become your wallet. Yes, we’ve heard that for the last five to ten years but MobilePay USA is trying to tackle this issue using existing hardware and software and I think it has a real chance to succeed. Unlike some of the other…
Waze is a service that might do you a lot of good if you’re fighting traffic every time you commute. Perhaps the best part is that you really don’t have to do anything. If you’re unfamiliar with Waze, it’s a free app for Android or the iPhone, and it uses GPS to track your commute.…
Yesterday, the Associated Press announced two new ‘Super Apps’ for BlackBerry. The new apps are aimed at localizing news coverage by bringing region-specific content to specific areas of the world. The first app is the AP Móvil América Latina app. It delivers news to 20 countries in the Caribbean and Latin America. To receive targeted…
An Austin, Texas-based company called IngZ launched two personal guided tour apps – Tour Guide Tool (TGT) and touringZ. The first of the two, Tour Guide Tool, is used for creating guided tours, allowing users to record audio, take photos and input text. The app then packages the locations into a “tour” and allows the…
The folks of Layar’s PR team have sent me an email showcasing some of the coolest layars available, all of which should be available from the featured section of the Layar Reality Browser. Here’s what they got: ARcade by HPSC – the augmented reality game that’s inspired by the legendary PAC-MAN game. You run after…
A little offbeat, but I thought I’d share news of this new iPhone application for visitors to the Napa Valley region of California. Dubbed ‘the official mobile visitor guide of the legendary Napa Valley’, the Visit Napa Valley iPhone App allows you to check out insider info, make bookings, take advantage of exclusive offers and…
Apple is seeding out an iOS 4.2 beta 2 to developers and it should have all the goodies we’re expecting for the iPad, iPhone 4 and iPod touch. The first iOS 4.2 beta reportedly had a lot of bugs in it, so those should hopefully be addressed. While this isn’t a major X.0 upgrade, iOS…