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Earlier today, I wrote about how I thought it was cool that the U.S. government launched a website to keep track of all the mobile applications it offers. Well, it looks like our friends across the pond are doing a smarter thing and asking if these programs are worth the government’s time and money. The…
Gowalla’s social check-in app has updated its graphics to take advantage of the iPhone 4’s awesome display, along with a few other small tweaks. Location handling has been changed, multitasking for iOS 4 included, easier Facebook and Twitter connectivity included, and new integration with the address book, allowing you to find friends whose info is…
We’re pretty big fans of the Twitter Android app Twidroid here at IntoMobile, so it’s good to hear that the company has been acquired by TweetUp. The app will be renamed Twidroyd – probably to avoid any legal complications from the “Droid” name, which is patented by George Lucas – and TweetUp said the program…
The U.S. government has launched a website that aggregates all the official mobile applications that come from governmental entities. While the site is primarily filled with iPhone apps, it also has programs for Android and BlackBerry. What kind of apps can you expect from your federal government? Well, there are a variety of programs, including…
Building on its initial release, the Firefox Mobile project (a.k.a. Fennec) has advanced to version 1.1 today, giving Maemo handsets (i.e. the Nokia N900) a few new browsing features. Firefox lets you browse in landscape and portrait mode Volume rocker lets you zoom in and out Personalized Start page helps you pick up where you…
Looks like the good folks at SHAPE Services have been working hard on IM+ for BlackBerry yet again. They’ve just released an update for the all-in-one messaging app for BlackBerry. The update brings us up to version 8.5, and besides the usual box full of slight modifications and bug fixes, the developers have added a…
We’ve almost missed this, but it’s important so we’re going with it few days later. Verizon Wireless has launched mSpot Radio in partnership with mSpot, providing access to a wide selection of music to its multimedia phone owners (not just those with smartphones). In total, the mSpot app works with 60 Verizon phones that use…
Nokia Beta Labs is out with a new beta version of the Nokia Software Updater software. There are two important enhancements in this release – device application updates and improvements in the user experience. As far as I’ve understood, similarly to iTunes, the former feature will make sure you’re running the latest versions of your…
By now you’ve probably caught quite a few optical illusion images on the Interwebs, including the latest one – England’s phantom goal. iCandyApps decided to bring many of such images together in an iPhone app called Mind Games – Fun Eye Tricks and Illusions. There are 6 different categories to choose from, including aftereffects, ambiguous…
According to a Nexus One user, the Flash 10.1 player on Android will play sound no matter what mode the phone is on, even silent mode. It seems like it doesn’t matter if your device is on silent mode, if you’re watching a Flash-enabled video in the browser, the audio will still play. So, if…