With ‘green’ news at the top of the agenda, I received word the other day via Discovery Communications that a new ‘TreeHugger’ app was available in the app store. Naturally, I checked it out. The app does its best to bring all of the content you’ll find on TreeHugger.com, right to your iPhone or iPod…
Evernote to come pre-installed on Samsung Android smartphones
Evernote, my favorite note-taking tool, announced a partnership deal with Samsung that would see the Evernote client come pre-loaded on select Android smartphones made by the Korean company. As part of the deal, the Samsung Behold II has recently got a software update that included Evernote application. Those unfamiliar should know that Evernote allows users…
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air launch mobile apps for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile
Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air (subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group) are going beyond the mobile website (available through mobile.alaskaair.com) to address their on-the-go customers. The dedicated application is released for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms and is available as a free download from www.alaskaair.com/mobile. Using the application, users can access the most frequently used…
Android: Opera Mini 5 Beta released [Verdict: It’s actually not that good]
Opera Mini 5 Beta, one of my favorite mobile applications of all time, has come out for Google’s Android operating system. Usually I’d be thrilled about this, but after installing it this morning and having a go with it, I’m really disappointed. The font rendering is terrible compared to the default browser on my Nexus…
MySpace hugely popular on Android
In a bit of shocking news, it looks like MySpace is the most popular social networking application on the Android Market. MySpace also said its apps is the third most-popular app overall for Android Market and it attributes this success to the deep integration with the operating system. “We also allow users to set MySpace…
YouTube Apps for Windows Mobile and S60 Updated
YouTube watchers on Symbian and Windows Mobile will want to update their applications to 2.4, as the latest version includes suggested search results, account support so you can access favourites and subscriptions, and a redesigned home screen. While the account support lets you to access everything you’ve established on a PC, I’m curious if you…
iPhone Apps can be monitored for cheaper prices thanks to new service
AppSpy is a new web site specializing in iPhone gaming needs. AppSpy aggregates App prices for games and alerts iPhone App users when such applications become free. The cleverest function of AppSpy is the price tracking feature. Price Tracking is a great way of getting the games you want without having to pay the high…
Google Maps For Mobile Cycling Directions Coming Soon
Google today announced that their browser-based Maps will be including bicycling directions, on top of existing car, public transit and walking directions. Dedicated bike paths are in dark green, while bike-friendly routes are marked in light green, and passable ones are dotted green lines. While bicycle directions are restricted to those visiting maps.google.com for now,…
iPhone gamers playing Papa’s Pizzeria are offered real world prizes!
iPhone game Papa’s Pizzeria, from X2 Games, now has a pizza redemption mechanic which is incorporated within the game. The new mechanic gives players the opportunity to redeem in-game codes for real world prizes when they place an order with Papa John’s Pizza, allowing consumers to not only create Papa John’s pizzas but enjoy the…
iPhone Augmented Reality App Junaio Adds Categories
The Junaio augmented reality browser for iPhone has been updated to version 2.0 to include content categories, event information, and social networking. If you don’t already know the shtick with augmented reality, you point your phone’s camera (iPhone or otherwise) and have an image of what it sees on the screen, only it’s overlaid with…