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Listen up, BlackBerry fans. If you use Music WithMe, the app that lets you sync your BlackBerry device with iTunes, there are some updates on the way. For those of you unfamiliar with the app, it lets you download tracks over your network or Wi-Fi and your songs are stored right on your memory card.…
Poynt’s mobile search app for movies, restaurants, gas stations, person, and business is now on Android. It joins BlackBerry and iPhone apps, and includes some of the same features, like perpetual location awareness, weather updates, and integration with native maps, address books, and phone. Each of the search options include a lot of tailored functions;…
Opera has just published their latest issue of their “State of the Mobile Web” report that highlights browsing trends and behaviors using data collected from their nearly 60 million Opera Mini users. Since a web page rendered in Opera Mini first goes to a remote server, where it is then compressed by up to 90%…
CVS Caremark is out with the Caremark.com iPhone application. Available as a free download, the app provides iPhone users with the access to the Drug Information Database to learn more about various prescription drugs. Moreover, CVS Caremark plan members can log-in and securely manage their prescriptions online. Users can research particular prescription medications, get information…
After conquering virtually every smartphone platform out there, DataViz is bringing its popular mobile office suite to the Meamo platform. Yap, that means the Nokia N900 finally got a decent Word and Excel file (document and spreadsheet) editor. Virtually all Microsoft Office files are supported, including Office 2007 and 2010, and thanks to DataViz’s InTact…
A company called Proximate Global launched face2face, a mobile application that consolidates multiple social networks — including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace — on a single platform. The main idea is to add location to the mix and eventually enable face to face meetings (hence the name). Of course, as you don’t want to meet…
Look, I know Google gets a lot of good will for the open source nature of Android OS but don’t try and think the company isn’t focusing on its bottom line. Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the Wall Street Journal that its mobile platform could soon generate as much as $10 billion for the company…
Facebook is reportedly on the verge of acquiring the social-activity site Hot Potato, and the deal is another sign that the social networking giant plans to roll out a check-in service which could compete against Foursquare, Gowalla and others. TechCrunch is reporting the deal will be for about $10 million, which isn’t much in the…
Google is trying to make Android a more lucrative platform for developers and it is implementing features which could make it more difficult to pirate Android apps – namely, the Android Market License Server should go a long way to thwart app pirates. In its developer blog, the search giant said devs can now utilize…
OK Ladies… or, should I say, CANADIAN ladies, get ready to load up the brand new Michael Bublé app on your iPhone. That’s right, this is a Canadian exclusive, built specifically for his Canadian tour. The app was put together by the folks at Warner Music, and gives users access to Bublé’s music, trivia, a…