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Ever stayed at a Starwood Hotel or Resort? If so, you’re probably well aware of the awesome accommodations available…If you’re a regular guest, booking and managing your SPG account is about to get a lot easier. That is, if you have a BlackBerry in-hand. Keep reading and I’ll get to the point, I swear. Over…
If you own the iPad, there’s a chance you have Terminology app installed — after all, it held the #1 spot on the iPad Reference charts and reached #25 on the overall iPad Top 100 Paid apps. The dictionary + thesaurus application is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch users too, and is…
The fact that there are few handy travel apps available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users hasn’t stopped FareCompare.com from releasing its own product. And they have an added twist – alerting users in real-time (using push notifications) when fares drop significantly on a chosen route. That “significant price drop” is actually $15…
The hit iPhone game Angry Birds is said to be hitting beta status for the Android operating systemthis Friday. This game alone will likely take the top spot in the Android Market in no time. Gaming options on Android is greatly lacking and even that is an understatement. Sure, Bonsai Blast, Devilry Huntress, and Alchemy…
If you’re all jazzed up for Apple’s Fall media event tomorrow, you’ll be happy to know that the company will be streaming the event. The only catch is that it looks like you’ll need an Apple product to view this. “Apple will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which…
Like fellow portal Yahoo, AOL is trying to adapt to a new reality where mobile is only going to become increasingly important. The company has just purchased the mobile app firm Rally Up to help usher in its new mobile strategy. Rally Up specializes in mobile apps and it’s probably best known for its Rally…
The SocialScope social networking application for BlackBerry has made a few updates in their eternal closed beta, including inbox integration, significantly more Facebook functions (like private messages, full profiles, and notifications), and mute options for particularly annoying friends who don’t quite warrant a block. On top of that, SocialScope is now taking submissions to their…
Your Verizon phone is going to become a better mobile video device, as the nation’s largest carrier has announced that its V Cast service will now offer full-length movies from Crackle.com. Crackle has a ton of Sony Pictures films including “La Bamba” (one of my all-time faves) and “Cable Guy” and this will be accessible…
TD’s mobile banking app had come to iPhone in Canada in the spring, and now it’s available in the U.S. App Store, as well as the Android Market. You can find ATMs, check balances for credit cards and deposits, review account history, and even make account transfers and bill payments right from your phone. There’s…
If you’re in to design or engineering, then you know who Autodesk is and what AutoCAD is. The company is bringing the AutoCAD software back to the Mac OS platform and it is also offering access on the go with Apple iPhone and iPad apps. This represents a return to the Apple platform after an…