Vlingo’s voice control application has already found a home on iPhone, BlackBerry, and Symbian, and it’s finally coming to Android. Just like the other versions, you can launch into applications, initiate searches, dictate text messages and e-mails, update Twitter status, initiate calls to contacts, and even have your messages read aloud to you through their…
iConji is an icon-based messaging app/service that crosses the language barriers
A company called Over the Sun is launching what they over-hype as a “revolutionary social networking application” called iConji Messenger. Touted to bring the new way to communicate with friends across town or around the world, the new application/service replaces text with a vocabulary of 32×32 pixel pictographs whose meanings are translated into several languages.…
Google: Android will ‘blow your mind’ in the next six months
In a long-ranging interview with Gizmodo, Google’s Andy Rubin said the next six months of Android will “blow your mind.” This bold proclamation comes a few days after Google introduced 2.2, or Froyo, which added significant performance improvements, a host of new tools for developers, support for Adobe’s Flash and AIR, and native tethering capabilities.…
Adobe Reader now available for Android
Adobe Reader is now available for download in the Android Market. A nice follow-up to the Flash Player 10.1 BETA app released onto the Android Market, for those of you who’ve updated their Nexus On that is. As we’ve seen before, Adobe Reader is only available for Android 2.1 and up. A search on my…
Twitter changes dev policy, bans third-party ads
Twitter appears to be on a roll in terms of angering developers, as its official iPhone and Android clients are providing stiff competition and it has made a few changes to its platform in the name of “ecosystem clarity.” It has banned the use of third-party ad networks in apps and clients in favor of…
Sound ID brings out new Bluetooth headset with iPhone app
Sound ID is releasing a new Bluetooth headset, the 510, but what really makes this stand out is that it will also have an iPhone app. The app is called EarPrint and it expands the capabilities of your headset. You’ll be able to personalize the headset’s audio levels, use the “Find Me” feature to make…
iDev3 launches the web-based mobile application incubator
iDev3 has launched what they say is the web’s first mobile applications cooperative in the U.S. The company was created to reward smaller and independent mobile application developers by “equitizing” their investment in their own intellectual property. As a result these smaller players become part of the larger parent company, TGFin Holdings, therefor diversifying risk…
Elsevier’s Scopus Alerts (Lite) for iPhone helps researchers access reference information while on-the-go
By now, we’ve all figured iPhone is a device capable enough for business use. How about science? Elsevier — which is the publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services — thinks it can be used by scientists just as well. Hence they’ve launched Scopus Alerts (Lite), providing researchers with mobile access to…
Bolt Browser Updated to 2.1 With Facebook Chat, HTML5 and Flash Video
The Bolt browser, which launched a beta back at CTIA with tabs, has had yet another beefy update over the weekend, implementing tighter integration with Facebook, like using the chat function. Wow, even RIM’s own Facebook client doesn’t support chat yet. Additionally, Bolt can now stream Flash video from a bunch of new sites, including…
junaio adds real estate listings in its augmented reality app/service
junaio keeps adding new channels to its augmented reality app/service. Their latest addition deals with real estate. In that sense, they’ve partnered with two of the leading real estate search engines, ROFO and HotPads, which brought their commercial and residential real estate databases, respectively, to the platform. The two companies are one of the first…