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The Verizon and Skype partnership is bearing more fruit as the VoIP calling service is coming to variety of 3G BREW phones on Big Red. Skype is already available on devices like the Motorola Droid but it is now coming to devices like the LG enV Touch, Chocolate Touch and the Samsung Reality. With the…
RIM has been privately testing a BlackBerry application that estimates your travel time for a few weeks, and now it’s available to the public. It’s an interesting take on turn-by-turn navigation, emphasizing more on how fast you can expect to go during particular segments of a trip than showing the usual top-down map. It will…
Shortly after I published my brief look at the new Animal Planet iPhone app, the good folks at Discovery Communications came a knockin’ at my door again. This time around, they wanted to tell me about a game they’ve been running online for some time (it’s been on Discovery Kids online for almost 10 years…
After updating its iPhone and Android apps, Evernote is bringing its attention to the BlackBerry community. The updated application is much better, featuring the so much needed native note browsing and viewing. That means better and more consistent layout, easier navigation and faster loading — all of which ensure you’ll never jump to the mobile…
It looks like you’ve lost a mobile music option, as the Grooveshark app for the Apple iPhone has been removed due to a potential copyright issue. In a blog post, Grooveshark said: Earlier this afternoon, Apple sent us a letter notifying us that, due to a complaint they received from Universal Music Group UK, Grooveshark…
If you’re sick of using the Apple iPad default mail client, you’ll be happy to know that Yahoo has revamped its web version to play well with the “magical” tablet. According to Yahoo, the new version for the Apple iPad rocks because: Faster and more reliable: If you’re offline, Yahoo! Mail uses local caching capabilities…
It’s been a long time comingbut Facebook may finally announce its location service tomorrow. Should Foursquare and Gowalla be worried? According to All Things D, those third-party “check-in” companies can rest easy. The new feature–the development of which has been the biggest open secret in the digital space–has been a long time coming, as Facebook…
GetGlue’s check-in app for just about everything has made the jump from iPhone to Android, letting folks share on Twitter and Facebook what books they’re reading, what games they’re playing, what movies and TV shows their watching, what music they’re listening to, what wine they’re drinking, or even which celebrity or general topic is on…
You’ll soon be able to keep track of Ari, Turtle, E and the rest of the gang on the go because HBO said it will be bringing its content to mobile devices and the Apple iPad soon. According to sources close to The Wrap, HBO plans to take that “home” out of “Home Box Office”…
Miso is a service that allows you to check-in to the TV shows that you’re watching, and see what your friends are watching. You can also earn points and badges along the way. Yeah, you guessed it, it’s basically Foursquare for TV. Miso has been on the iPhone and iPad for some time now, but…