Pinger may not be the iPhone app developer we covered extensively in the past, but they’re laughing their way to the bank as I write this. The company’s 14 apps are all listed in the top 100 iPhone apps in the AppStore. And now they’ve announced that more than 1 billion text messages have been…
eBay app released for Android
eBay is expanding its mobile reach with a dedicated Android application. Sure, you could use their mobile site, but a dedicated app is more convenient and faster way to go around your selling, buying and bidding activities. Here are some of the features included in eBay for Android: Ability to check status of your auctions…
Waze updated with contributors scoreboard and personalized alternative routes
Waze, the service behind the driver-generated maps and real-time road information for commuters, launched an updated version of its application/service to include contributor scoreboard and personalized alternative routes. The latter is especially handy feature as it allows drivers to know what’s happening on their alternative routes, and eventually take the other road. Waze does this…
Video: Google Goggles beta translates text in photographs from German to English
When Google Goggles came out, it brought with it a lot of promises, a lot of hype, but failed to deliver an amazing experience. Letting you search via typing, speaking, and snapping photos is all well and good for people who want choice, but in most cases you type in what you want faster than…
NewspaperDirect Updates PressReader for iPhone
NewspaperDirect Inc. has announced numerous enhancements to its PressReader application for iPhone and iPod Touch, which (topically) they say makes it ‘the best way for Olympics fans around the world to follow the big news stories for their country’s team’. With the latest free iPhone PressReader app for iPhone, iPhone and iPod Touch users can download…
Good Technology to offer Quickoffice Mobile Office as part of Good for Enterprise
Good Technology announced that it is teaming up with Quickoffice, to bundle their popular Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite Viewer and Editor in its Good for Enterprise mobile collaboration and management suite. The idea is to enhance Good’s mobile client’s capability across platforms — including iPhone, Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian. In other words, by…
Samsung, Handmark announce Global Venture Fund winners
Back in October of last year, we talked about Samsung and Handmark’s Global Venture Fund initiative, which was established to assist companies and/or individuals with the development of apps and services for next generation Samsung phones such as the Wave. The two companies used the Mobile World Congress to announce 30 winning titles, among which…
Bluetooth Support Added to ‘The Missing Sync’ for Android
A quick update here for Android device users currently packing ‘The Missing Sync’ to help sync all files and contacts. The developers at Mark/Space have just let me know that Bluetooth support is now available in ‘The Missing Sync’ for Android. In the new version (1.2) you can sync your contacts, files, music, media and…
TAT takes Android home replacements to the next level
Taking a few cues from HTC’s Sense user interface, the guys over at The Astonishing Tribe have put a nice twist on the Android home screen look and feel. With large, live widgets running across all screens, in a slick, seemingly easy to use 3D interface, TAT Home stands a great chance to get a…
Dial2Do launches an Android app
Dial2Do, the company/service which we already talked about in the past, launched its voice activated mobile app/service for the Android platform. Here’s how it works, and it’s not just how it works with Android smartphones (from the press release): The application intercepts incoming text messages so the driver does not even have to look at…