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Parkmobile has recently updated its mobile apps for iPhone and Android to allow users to pay for parking with PayPal. The service isn’t widely available yet, and at the moment it’s limited to some 20 cities around the US, with more places coming soon. To use your PayPal funds to make transaction, you’ll first have…
If Nokia can have its own in-car app so can Samsung. The Korean giant launched the Samsung Drive Link application in its own backyard, initially targeting Galaxy S III users with support for other handsets most likely coming at a later date. As you would imagine, the app features large buttons and a simple menu,…
Another week at Appscovery and we keep growing like crazy. Here are the apps we want to highlight this week: MetaTrader 5 for Android – Mobile Trading All-in-One Board Games TagMe – GPS/Location Tagging The future of real-time local commerce – eBay Classifieds’ mobile app Christmas InstaBooth – Personalised digital cards Piggies R Us for…
Opera Software unveiled a new service that will make it easy for operators to offer on-demand web browsing. Dubbed Opera Web Pass, it makes is possible for carriers to launch package time- or site-specific data offerings to their users. As a result, customers with limited or no mobile data will be able to pay for…
Cloud-based customer support platform Freshdesk unveiled MobiHelp SDK for iOS developers, allowing them to improve customer support within mobile applications. On the other hand, customers get the option to complain about some feature and ask for improvement/change rather than (just) giving an app a bad review in the AppStore. Freshdesk MobiHelp SDK is free and…
Great news for Facebook users out there. The largest social network in the world is now allowing users to use FedEx to ship items to their friends. The new service is called “Ship to Friends,” and it offers shipping via a new Facebook app all within the site’s interface. Members will not have to leave…
RIM is showing some love for its own backyard, offering $40 worth of free apps to all of its customers with devices running BlackBerry OS 7.1. The deal is good until the end of 2012 (December 31st) and includes a number of titles, such as: Shazam Encore BeWeather TuneIn Radio Pro Photo Studio PRO BePopup…
Microsoft will retire Windows Live Messenger in favor of Skype. The IM network will be discontinued in early 2013, bringing more than 100 million Windows Live Messenger users to Skype. Users in mainland China will be an exception to the rule with Messenger continuing to be available in the world’s most populous country. To make…
Smartphone and tablet users in Australia will be invited to name and shame dodgy mobile apps as part of a new inquiry by the Commonwealth Government’s Consumer Affairs Advisory Council (CCAAC). Under this scheme, CCAAC will look at the current app markets in the country and the adequacy of information disclosed to consumers about the…
Apple recently rejected a long-awaited update for loyal Sparrow users that added iOS 6 and iPhone 5 compatibility to the app. It apparently violated Apple’s App Store policies for what features can be compatible with iOS 5. “We managed to get a rich text edition [and] the keyboard appeared without the user [having] to tap…