HourFace is a funny little iPhone app, which allows users to turn photo of a face into a moving/interactive 3D image. You can either use your photo library or snap a photo right from the app itself. Moreover, you can see how the face selected looks like younger and/or older, and of course email the…
iPhone Dev Team brings iPhone data tethering back to life with redsn0w 0.9.3
The iPhone OS 3.0 and 3.1.2 firmwares have been jailbroken through various methods for some time now, but you may have noticed that you can no longer tether your iPhone. That’s because the latest fixes that Apple put into the iPhone OS 3.1.2 pretty much killed the data tethering (IPCC tethering) hack that allowed jailbroken…
Video: Nokia now lets you edit your predictive text dictionary [What curse words will you invent?]
Sentences like “I’m going to shiv on your ducking mother’s chest if you ever talk to my girlfriend like that again” will never need to be read again thanks to Nokia’s new “Custom Dictionary” application. Released earlier today on Nokia’s Beta Labs website, Custom Dictionary, as the name implies, allows you to add, edit, and…
Firefox for Maemo is officially out; N900 users rejoice!
After few beta versions and three release candidates, Mozilla has released the official 1.0 version of Firefox for Maemo. You know the features, right? They are worth repeating, nonetheless: there’s the famous Awesome Bar, Weave Sync for keeping your mobile and desktop browser is sync, add-ons support, location-awareness, 30 languages, safe browsing mode and so…
BMG’s iDonatedIt tracks charitable donations [iPhone/iPod Touch]
Lincoln, Nebraska-based BMG Certified Public Accountants has released an iPhone/iPod Touch app called iDonatedIt, which they say is the first application that calculates, tracks, and reports non-cash charitable donations. Here’s the problem(s) BMG tried to solve (their words): Have you ever dropped off a bag of clothes at a charity and wondered what that bag…
Handmark’s TweetCaster launched for Android
After the BlackBerry version, Handmark has launched TweetCaster for the Android platform. The popular Twitter client exists in two versions: regular which “costs” a tweet, and the Pro which sells for $4.99. Feature wise, TweetCaster supports multiple Twitter accounts, retweets, Twitter lists, push notifications, URL shortening with previews, photo attachments, threaded direct messaging, font and…
ABBYY brings its business card reading app to the AppStore
After releasing the Symbian version last year, ABBYY is bringing its Business Card Reader app to the users of the iPhone 3GS. Like other such apps, the ABBYY Business Card Reader transfers contact data such as names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and other key information from business cards directly to the iPhone address book. ABBYY…
Verizon releases the list of popular Android apps for the week
In case you find listing through the Android Market boring, Verizon has issued a press release to spread the word about the “coolest and popular apps” for the week. Without further ado, here’s what the carrier suggest you should check: Weatherbug – comprehensive weather app, available for free. Platinum Sudoku – which comes with 640,000…
EarthLink’s Touch-Fill-Go helps iPhone/iPod Touch users fill out forms
EarthLink, which is usually known for its “ISP activities,” has launched an iPhone app called Touch-Fill-Go that lets users take a picture of any document, fill it out, organize, sign, and email it or send it via Bluetooth as a PDF document. Almost any kind of form or document is supported, and you can even…
Fascism? There’s an App For That: iMussolini
iTunes Italy’s number two app is causing a lot of controversy after its release last week. Disclaimed to be a strictly historical (and in no form a political or ideological tool), iMussolini has racked up over 1,000 downloads per day. The iPhone app gathers up audio, video, and text of the infamous fascist dictator, for…