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With the British Open going on at St. Andrews right now, this morning I poked around for some ‘Old Course’ goodness to enjoy… and wouldn’t you know it, there’s a new game available for iPhone miraculously titled ‘The Old Course’… and it’s a gem. Released by the developers at Cobra Mobile, The Old Course lets…
Vlingo continues to improve its voice-activated apps and the Android version will now include a “SuperDialer” to make calling easier. Vlingo SuperDialer is sort of like the Genius button on the myTouch 3G Slide on steroids: tap the widget and then tell it what you want to call. Voice dialing is nothing new but this…
We applaud British Gas for being so high tech, supporting the latest mobile technologies. The company has updated its iPhone app to make it even easier for customers to keep track of their energy bills, monitor their energy use over time and submit meter readings to avoid estimated bills. British Gas has already seen its…
After launching the iPhone app, WeReward is bringing its “mobile incentive platform” to the Android community. The application/services, which seems to be working like Foursquare, allows users to comment on places and products while on the go, while at the same time earning various awards along the way. In that sense, you can use it…
Microsoft Bing will come to Android as a full-fledged app in the next six weeks, the software giant said. The company already has a full app for rival Apple’s iPhone and it’s actually pretty cool. The Bing app for Apple iPhone allows you to search the web, find directions with its map and it even…
Microsoft is hoping that some fat stacks of cheddar will help it catch up to the Apple App Store and Google Android Market, as it has been paying developers to create programs for its upcoming Windows Phone 7. It’s not giving them bags of cash per se, but a report by Business Week indicates Microsoft…
Apple has acquired an online mapping company Poly9 and this could be the first step in its divorce from Google and its services on the iOS devices. The company creates mapping software and one of its products offers a “cross-browser, cross-platform 3D globe which does not require any download.” Does that sound like Google Earth…
Regular readers of IntoMobile will probably know I have a soft spot for retro games. That’s why, when I noticed a video guide on how to play SNES on your iPad, I was all ears. The video (after the break) takes you through the entire process. It shows you what you’ll need and how to…
Confidela — which is the company behind WatchDox, a document control, tracking and protection solution — announced support for Android 2.2 Froyo. As a result, WatchDox users will be able to access their protected documents even while on the go. Additionally, they [users] can track, control and protect those documents, directly from their phones. WatchDox’…
Local search company Yellowbook is teaming up with adaffix, which makes a social call recognition software for smartphones, to launch something really interesting. Before I go into details explaining what the two companies plan to do, let me tell you what adaffix does. Their application works when you take or make a phone call. If…