Just in time for the Mobile World Congress, DataViz announced some cool facts regarding their popular apps. Here’s what we know: Documents To Go for iPhone #1 paid business app and also one of Top 20 “Top Grossing Apps” Supports editing of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files Supports Microsoft Exchange and Gmail attachments Documents To…
Drivesavers free iPhone Application now simulates Solid-state drive failures
DriveSavers (a leader in data recovery services), has added solid-state drive (SSD) failures to its popular iPhone application, DriveSave – not literally, of course! The free iPhone application is a hard drive simulator that educates users about hard drive data storage technology. DriveSaver is apparently fun, educational and useful to anyone who ever wanted to…
Telmap partners with 4th Screen Advertising to deliver Location-aware Mobile Advertising
Telmap have obviously been busy doing partnership deals, and have just announced a partnership with leading independent mobile advertising sales agency 4th Screen Advertising. The deal will enable real-time geo targeting for brands on a global scale while creating new revenue streams for mobile operators and delivering a more engaging, relevant experience to consumers. In…
HipLogic expands its UI offering to Android
After releasing its UI solution for Symbian and Windows Mobile, HipLogic is “going Android.” The goal is to provide carriers and OEMs with a more customizable (hence more brandable) user interface. HipLogic uses cloud-connected interface to provide all interested parties with what they want – carriers and OEMs get their brand always visible as well…
Intrinsyc’s Destinator to get some social networking magic with GyPSii’s API
Intrinsyc’s Destinator will soon get some social networking magic as the company is teaming up with GyPSii to improve the functionality of its navigation app. GyPSii will provide its API, OpenExperience, allowing users of the next generation of Destinator to connect with major social networking services with a single sign-on, “providing an all-in-one channel to…
India’s Bharti and R-Com launch their app stores
Everyone and their mama are getting an app store these days, and India’s Bharti and R-Com are not exceptions. Market-leader Bharti Airtel said its store will provide more than 1,250 applications across 25 categories, including games, books and social networking apps. The store is available through the carrier’s mobile portal, Airtel Live, and purchasing of…
Sprint offers 60,000 free apps from GetJar’s catalog
Sprint is teaming up with GetJar to bring more than 60,000 free apps from GetJar’s catalog to its users. Under the deal, Sprint has linked to GetJar catalog from its mobile portal (in the “downloads” category) and I’m guessing this is only the first step – the final deal should involve making a private-label store…
IKIVO launches Enrich 4, UI framework/toolset
IKIVO has released Enrich 4 UI framework/toolset for the mobile handset and consumer electronics market. According to the official release, it provides best-in-class performance through a combination of software- and hardware-accelerated rendering (including OpenVG and OpenGL ES), optimized for each specific device. I’m not sure how that exactly works, but hey, that’s why I’m going…
Shazam Connects with Last.fm for Encore and (SHAZAM)RED Music Discovery Apps on App Store
Shazam has announced a number of significant enhancements for its globally popular Shazam Encore and (SHAZAM)RED Apps on the App Store. With the enhanced version of the apps, iPhone and iPod Touch users now have access to a number of new and innovative features including access to tour information for tagged artists, the Shazam Blog…
Opera: We have 50 million people using Opera Mini at least once a month now
There is a debate as to how companies should define their metrics, without including a lot of hype. The definition of an “active user” that Facebook has, is not the same that Google, or even Nokia have. For Opera, an active user of Opera Mini is one who uses the application at least once a…