A promising new Twitter client for the iPhone has been released that is making a compelling pitch for augmented reality. As you can see from the video, it keeps tabs on geotagged tweets and lets you see them overlaid onto the image viewed from your iPhone’s camera. If the camera is facing the ground, it…
Nokia got in trouble with Nintendo for showing off SNES on the N900 [Maemo]
Earlier this year, in September, Urho Konttori, Project Manager at Nokia, showed off a Super Nintendo emulator called DrNokSnes on his Nokia N900. The first sentence of my article highlighting that demonstration was: “The amount of lawyers with dollar bills in their eyes right now is astronomically large.” It didn’t take long for Nintendo to…
Dolphin browser brings multi-touch support to Android
Dolphin browser is not a new product. Samsung uses it for its Jet “smarter than a smartphone” device, and we have a brand new version of the browser being released in the Android Market. As you can guess from the post’s title, you’ll be able to use more than a single finger when browsing around…
Apple Looking to ‘Spice Up’ Built-in iPhone Maps App?
It’s not often you notice Apple hunting about for a specific task. In fact, judging by the job listing found by the good folks at MacRumors, one can tell exactly what Apple has in the hopper… They want to take the built-in Maps App to the ‘next level’. Groovy. A snippet from the job posting:…
SPB Time 3.0 for Windows Mobile released
SPB Software is out with an updated version of its popular time toolset app for Windows Mobile – SPB Time. The application, now in version 3.0, offers a completely new UI and improved alarm features. Speaking of alarms, there are three different types available: Paranoid alarm – designed to wake up deep sleepers, Bio alarm…
Photoshop Android app now available internationally
Few weeks ago, we talked about Adobe’s Photoshop Android app. At that point, it was available for the users in U.S. and Canada, only. Not any more, as Adobe has made the application available on all Android Markets around the globe. In addition, the application has been tweaked to fix a background bug, so an…
Procter & Gamble’s Tide gets an iPhone app
Procter & Gamble is extending its marketing to the iPhone platform. The company has launched the free “Tide Stain Brain” application, allowing consumers to find and share ways to remove stains at home while on-the-go. The application provides users with step-by-step cleaning instructions from the experts at Tide to get answers before stains have a…
Nokia Image Exchange for S60 gets Activity Notifications
A new version of Nokia Image Exchange for S60 has been released. In addition to fixing some of the known bugs, it also adds accelerometer and support for S60 3.2 (Feature pack 2) devices. However, the single biggest feature is the all new Activity Notifications feature, which informs you about activities relating to your images…
MiKandi Adult App Portal Launched for Android
While we’ve seen the envelope being pushed on adult content in officially sponsored app stores like the Android Market and iTunes, there’s really been no proper home for those raunchy apps so cruelly cast out into the cold. Fret not, lascivious reader, MiKandy is hoping to change that with their own Adult App Store for…
Scotiabank Announces Mobile Support for 2010, BlackBerry and iPhone Apps in Tow
Sometime in the spring of 2010, Canada’s Scotiabank will be offering “secure access to their bank accounts – anywhere, any time”. Besides checking your balance, this project will also allow customers to pay bills and make transfers. Scotiabank’s partner in this project, M-Com, looks like they mainly deal with secure WAP sites and SMS; M-Com…