It looks like fans of shooters are in for a double treat as Chillingo has recently released two shooters, “Assault Squadron” & “Pirate’s Treasure” for the iPhone. Assault Squadron is a top-down AND side-scrolling shooter in one game. You are a member of the Global Defense Force (GDF) and it’s up to you to save…
Free World Cup South Africa 2010 App for BlackBerry
World Cup South Africa 2010 is coming up fast… it gets underway June 11th! For any soccer/football fan this is the premier event we wait for every four years… An event that crowns the world’s best soccer nation. Personally, yeah, I’ll watch some of the games… But being Canadian and all (and with our national…
MGM MIRAGE launches 5 Las Vegas-themed iPhone apps
MGM MIRAGE is definitely serious about getting all those iPhone users to its hotels and resorts. The company is out with no less than 5 iPhone apps. Let’s briefly go through all of them: Resort apps: Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, New York-New York Each of the apps deals with a separate resort and it allows…
Loopt goes after check-in competitors with Loopt Star
Loopt is going check-in services like Foursquare and Gowalla with its Loopt Star iPhone application but it has two things that could help it stand out: strong Facebook integration and real rewards. My main beef with something like Foursquare is that you have to build up your connections from scratch and most of these services…
Picplz brings geo-location picture sharing to Android Market
Picplz has reached the Android Market. The new online geo-tagging picture service isn’t yet a finished product, despite its 1.0 version found on the Market, but it’s still something to keep your eye on. I was skeptical, as I usually am, about a new location-based sharing program. With Twitter, and Foursquare running rampant, not to…
Nokia Messaging Beta for IM updated for touch-based devices
Nokia released a new beta version of Nokia Messaging for IM for touch-enabled devices like the Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini. The application is apparently fully redesigned to make getting around easier than ever — according to the “official blog post,” you should be able to accomplish key actions with one touch (or just…
Wattpad’s iPhone app updated with support for comments and voting
Wattpad, aka YouTube for ebooks and the service we’ve already covered for few times in the past, announced that it has updated its mobile application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The main new thing is support for comments and voting. In other words, if a user wants to rate some text and/or to…
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Lite Released for the iPhone
Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars hit the iPhone App Store earlier this year and it certainly left a positive impression of what kind of game experiences can be delivered on the iPhone. The iPhone version of GTA: Chinatown Wars is a port of the Nintendo DS version, but with some enhancements to its…
The Missing Sync for Android Updated with Outlook and iCal Calendar Support
A quickie here for anyone that uses The Missing Sync for Android. The developers over at Mark/Space sent me a note detailing a small update they’ve pushed out. The update brings the app up to version 1.4, and brings many new features including phone-to-desktop calendar syncing for Microsoft Outlook and Apple iCal. To do this,…
Namco Announces New Match-3 Puzzler “PAC-Match Party” for iPhone & iPad
In the world of Match-3 Puzzle games, the current king has got to be PopCap’s Bejeweled 2, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t enough room in this world for another Match-3 Puzzle game. Namco Networks recently announced they’ll soon be releasing PAC-Match Party on the iPhone with an iPad version soon to follow. As you’ll…