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Rovio, the maker of the wildly popular Angry Birds game, has another notch on its belt it can brag about. Bad Piggies, the Finnish gaming company’s latest spin-off of the ill-tempered birds, just claimed the top spot in the iTunes App Store. The most impressive part about this news, is the game only needed three…
Well, gamers it’s finally here. Sony has released its long-awaited PlayStation Mobile Android application. The new app works as a portal to some of Sony’s gaming library, but it’s only available to “certified devices.” As a result, the company’s list of certified devices is limited primarily to Sony’s own Android phones and tablets, with the…
Tapbots, the makers behind one of the most popular Twitter apps for iOS to date, Tweetbot, is out with a new robot. Netbot is an iPhone and iPod touch App.net client. Netbot looks profoundly similar to Tweetbot, but that’s in part due to the fact that the App.net social network is pretty similar to Twitter.…
Nest, the company responsible for making thermostats cool, just updated its Android app with some welcomed improvements. The thermostat company made more back-end changes to its latest software, giving users extra comfort for programming the temperature in their homes on the go. The new update, allows users to finally be able to use the Nest Mobile application…
Today MoviePass launched its invite only service that mimics the Spotify and Netflix’s of the world. The new service allows users to use an unlimited subscription to US movie theaters through both an iPhone app and a reloadable card. This service is specialized around the debit card though. The way this service works is subscribers…
One week later and Appscovery now counts more than 100 apps, though that number includes the apps users submitted while we were in private beta. If you missed our previous post, you should know that Appscovery is our brand-new service that allows developers to publish information about their apps — it’s do-it-yourself service and all…
Of the two major PC chip makers, only Intel is pursuing the smartphone market, though with limited success. Sure their chip is featured in the recently launched Motorola RAZR i, but is that enough? AMD on its end seems uninterested for this market, but it too wants a piece of the pie. So if they…
The independents app store GetJar announced that its GetJar Gold Virtual Currency program has reached 20 million users since going live seven months ago. The virtual payment system for Android bypasses the need for smartphone users to pay for apps with real money, while at the same time increasing revenue for developers two-to-three times compared…
Facebook ability to make money up from its mobile services up until this point has been insubstantial. Enter Gifts. It’s a new way for Facebook users to send real gifts to each other in the mail for special occasions and it’s available on the Facebook website as well as the mobile apps. Cha-ching. Facebook Gifts work…
IntoNow is marking the end of summer with a new infographic that illustrates the growth of the second screen activities among its user base. Yahoo’s service has been growing in popularity, with fan engagement increasing 124% summer over summer. Unsurprisingly, Olympics took a medal for top viewership, though several HBO series were also a darling…