iPhone check-in game MyTown has just partnered with Food Wars, a show on the Travel Channel that pits two dishes in a given city against one another. The gist of the deal is that now you can watch streaming episode trailers of the Food Wars in MyTown, as well as get special items to help…
iTunes App Store Now on Facebook
The iTunes App Store and its wealth of iPhone applications are now available for browsing, searching, and sharing thanks to a new Facebook page. iTunes on Facebook is busted up into three tabs: featured, games, and search & share. Each one provides links not only to launch iTunes proper, but also to share apps you…
BBC kowtows to newspapers, delays mobile apps
The BBC has released some mobile apps before, but it is delaying bringing out cool new ones because of silly fears that it will damage revenues from newspapers. The country’s Newspaper Publishers Association asked the BBC Trust to examine the harmful effects mobile apps could have on the newspapers, and the Trust has agreed to…
XM Canada BlackBerry Application Arriving April 12
XM Canada will be releasing an IP radio application for BlackBerry on April 12, not unlike the one its southerly neighbour has enjoyed since February. As you can see, it allows you to brows categories, look up stations and genres, and manage favourites. XM online+ for BlackBerry will itself be a free download, but requires…
Zosh iPhone app eliminates need for fax machine to sign and return documents
Zosh is a new iPhone app/service designed for companies that simply can’t drop off their fax machines. Launched at DEMO Spring 2010 in Palm Desert, California – it allows the editing, execution and return of documents from anywhere. Zosh’s approach is simple – it doesn’t require either the sender or receiver to change the way…
Opera Mini: State of the Mobile Web February 2010: Users up, page views and data down
Opera Mini, a piece of software that runs on most feature phones and smart phones that intercepts your request for a webpage, sends it to a remote server that compresses said webpage by up to 90%, and then spits it back to your device, is becoming more and more popular each month. In the latest…
The new AT&T Music app/service combines music playback, Internet radio, lyrics and more
AT&T released a new AT&T Music application that combines popular mobile music services such as song and album downloads, streaming radio, song match, lyric search and an enhanced music player – into a single application. The new application allows users to: Listen to 40 commercial-free genre radio stations; Customize unlimited personal radio stations; Use song…
Try the ‘Obama for Android’ App for Free
Big fan of President Obama? Have an Android-powered device? If you answered a resounding YES to both questions, do I have an app for you to try out today… New from the developers at Swiss CodeMonkeys comes the aptly named ‘Obama for Android’ app. This one basically aggregates all President Obama news in one handy…
Let Nokia Bot widgets do all the thinking, so you don’t have to
Nokia Beta Labs released a set of small apps (widgets) that learn how you use your phone to automatically personalize the experience. Nokia Bots is the name of the game and they work on your device’s homescreen like widgets, doing all the customization in the background. There are four Nokia Bots available: Profile Bot –…
Verizon Wireless suggests Android apps for staying organized
Verizon Wireless continues with its weekly Android app recommendations. This time they are all about staying organized with your DROID smartphone. Actually, that’s the official line, though most of the apps they suggest deal with their own services. Here’s the list: My Verizon – allows users to access their Verizon Wireless accounts to get balances,…