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What do you do when you’re having trouble making headway in the ‘App Store’ game? Build better hardware? Piece together a new OS that everyone will love? Attract developers from all over the world by melding your killer hardware and OS together into one amazing ball of mobile love? Nah, that’s too hard. All you…
Just a quickie here for all of the Facebook for BlackBerry users out there. I know you’re out there… I just received your friend request. Anywhoo, it wasn’t long ago that version 1.8.0.30 was available in the Beta Zone. From there, it was mysteriously pulled… and now, version 1.8.0.49 is available for prime time. That’s…
Ever since Canabalt hit the iPhone scene almost a year ago, there have been a number of similar titles hitting the App Store. Probably the most notable one was EA Mobile’s “Mirror’s Edge” which played very similar to Canabalt, but it added much more in terms of its gameplay, story, and fighting mechanics. Halfbrick’s latest…
A year after launching the original GrooveMaker for iPhone, IK Multimedia is launching 7 new GrooveMaker style packs for the iPad. GrooveMaker for iPad was originally launched in April of this year, and now there is a total of 12 style-based versions including Free, Hip Hop, House, Progressive-Tech House, D’n’B, Club, Techno, Trance, Electro, Rock,…
Don’t know about you, but I simply hate FarmVille. I do understand it’s addictive and that some folks like the idea of having their own virtual farm, but let’s face it – it’s a super time-wasting activity. That said, I love FarmVillain. It’s an iPhone app that allows you to post FarmVille parody messages on…
MySpace unveiled a music-video service that can be used on their website and on the iPad. The name of the game is MySpace Music Romeo and it’s made to help users find new artists and songs by selecting videos based on mood and genre. Once you find what you like, you can stream the song…
Smithsonian Channel is joining other media companies with its own iPhone/iPod Touch app. The free to download application comes with select full-length episodes and hundreds of video clips of Smithsonian Channel’s award-winning programming. Additionally, there are artiFacts, offering little known nuggets about history, science and music; along with program information and the Channel’s programming schedule.…
Telmap announced that its iPhone application(s) has/have exceeded 200,000 downloads. As you may know, Telmap provides white label managed mobile search, mapping and navigation solutions to mobile operators offering them among other things, carrier-branded iPhone apps which has been launched with 9 operators in key EMEA markets, APAC and the US. Among Telmap’s clients we…
Matt Brubeck, from the Mozilla Mobile team, shared some updates on the status of Fennec 2 recently, including the tasty little tidbit that the release is destined for both MeeGo and Android mobile operating systems with a beta for Android due this fall. Fennec 1, which never really took off because it was only available…