Shazam has just announced that they’ve surpassed more the 50 million user mark. Crazy! Shazam, which is available in more than 150 countries is one of my ‘must have’ music apps, no matter the device you’re on. The app is available for the BlackBerry, iPhone, Win-Mo, Nokia and Android devices, and is a music-lovers best…
The Weather Channel Launches Free App for BlackBerry
The Weather Channel has launched a new and very free version of their app for the BlackBerry. The new version is ad-supported, but it’s hoped that being free and all, folks won’t mind the ads that much. It includes a GPS-based location tracker, interactive radar maps, current conditions, 36-hour forecasts, 10-day forecasts and a lot…
Pepsi Apologizes for ‘Before You Score’ iPhone App
Not quite sure what Pepsi was thinking here, but they’ve done it, and now they’re apologizing for it. The other day Pepsi apologized for their new ‘Before you Score’ app for iPhone, an app that breaks women down into 24 set ‘types’ and provides pick up lines, info, feeds and more on each. There’s even…
AT&T has a dedicated iPhone app for job seekers
AT&T is so into iPhone that it has recently launched a free dedicated application to provide job seekers with an on-the-go access to job opportunities across its network. Not surprisingly, AT&T Jobs is the first app of its kind. Using the application, you mimic accessing the AT&T’s jobs career portal. The interface is optimized for…
Guinness Pub Finder app helps beer-lovin’ folks find a place to quench their thirst
Fans of the Irish beer, this is an iPhone app for you. It’s called Guinness Pub Finder, and as you can guess for yourself, it allows you to locate a nearby pub, wherever you happen to be in the U.S. Actually, not everywhere, as in some states this feature isn’t legal. For those matters, Guinness…
Legend Camera is another camera functionality enhancer app for the iPhone
So far we’ve seen Snapture and Pro-Camera apps which build on top of the iPhone’s built-in camera app. Now we have another contender – it’s called Legend Camera, and here’s what it offers: Digital zoom (up to 6X) Voice shoot – allows you to use your voice to activate a camera (very cool!) Anti-shake mode…
New App Starts your Car with iPhone
So, here’s a heaping spoonful of awesome: Viper has released a SmartStart application for iPhone that lets you turn on your car, get the heat or A/C started, lock and unlock the doors, pop the trunk, or sound the alarms from any location within wireless coverage – no line of sight necessary. While I would…
Dictionary.com Launches Dictionary and Thesaurus App for BlackBerry
Need an easy to use dictionary and thesaurus on your BlackBerry? The folks at Dictionary.com have come to the rescue for you, launching a new dictionary and thesaurus app for the BlackBerry! The app contains more than half-a-million words, definitions and synonyms, and is quite powerful. You can also hear audio pronunciations, just like you…
Blackra1n jailbreaks iPhone OS 3.1.2
Famed iPhone hacker George Hotz is at it again, and this time he’s making it (black)ra1n! Following on his “purplera1n” iPhone jailbreak utility, Geohot has released his “blackra1n” to jailbreak Apple’s latest iPhone OS 3.1.2 for iPhones everywhere. The utility is fairly self-explanatory (it takes just 30 seconds to use), but we’d still recommend you…
Turkey Day Tribute: Turkey Hunt for iPhone
Happy Thanksgiving Canada! If you reside in Canada, chances are you’re taking things easy today, and are either loosening up your belt or wearing stretchy pants for the large dinner to come. I had my large Thanksgiving dinner last night, and oh boy, how full (and sleepy) I was. Today is going to be jam-packed…