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We had been hearing rumblings this would happen for a while but the world’s largest social network finally introduced its location-sharing service with Facebook Places. During the press conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said there are three major goals of this new service: help you share where you are in a fun and social way,…
You got to love competition. One day after Yahoo revamped its iPad web Mail app, Google has introduced a new version of its Gmail web app for the Apple iPad and it features a redesigned user interface. The previous version had multiple toolbars which Google thought could confuse Apple iPad users, so the new UI…
Oh no. Justin Long, the star of the “I’m a Mac” Apple ads, apparently sports a jailbroken Apple iPhone 4. I’m sure Steve Jobs isn’t happy about that. On the Jimmy Kimmel show, Justin Long showed off his Apple iPhone 4 to show off a funny text message exchange. He hooked it up to an…
Well, we passed along a rumor from Mashable which said the HTC Droid Incredible would get Android 2.2 today and it looks like that was full of bullspit. On the Verizon support Twitter account, Big Red said, “We currently do not have information for the Incredible update at this time and is not being sent…
Apple is rolling out a new iPad ad which calls the device “delicious” and it also shows off a few apps. It’s actually a pretty cool ad, as it shows off the various uses of the Apple iPad. Of course, they can’t go 30 seconds without calling the device “magical” but this is a neat…
We know that a Halo offshoot will be coming to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and the idea of controlling Master Chief on your phone has many gamers salivating. The company is showing off a brief demo of the Waypoint app and it could just be a taste of what’s to come. If you’re not a…
Zagat’s iPhone application for finding and reviewing restaurants has updated to include Foursquare check-in options and pictures of dishes submitted to the Foodspotting social network. There’s also a new Dining Journal, which lets you keep track of where you’ve been and what you’ve had. This is all on top of the standard Zagat to Go…
The Apple iAd platform is aiming to revolutionize mobile advertising but at least one of its launch partners has decided not to follow though as Chanel said it dropped plans to use this advertising channel. Chanel didn’t elaborate on why it was dropping Apple iAd but a report from the Wall Street Journal indicates that…
We don’t judge here. We know you want to have access to the latest Justin Bieber music video on the go. With the newly-released VEVO app for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, you can have access to high-quality music videos from Mr. Bieber and other artists anywhere you go. The VEVO Mobile app…
As the Facebook location service looms like an 800-pound gorilla, Foursquare has outlined its privacy settings to make things clear to users about what’s being shared. The check-in service is generating a lot of buzz among early adopters but other location-based app providers have told me that privacy snafus could derail the entire industry. Because…