The iPad apparently isn’t about revolutionizing computing, it’s all about allowing new apps to revolutionize they way we use the iPad. At least that’s what a new app development fund, called AppFund, believes is the real draw of the iPad. AppFund was created by CNET co-founder Kevin Wendle and MusicNation co-founder Daniel Klaus with the…
Motorola announces Baidu search alternative to Google Android phones in China
China and Google’s relationship has been on the ropes since Google uncovered a Chinese hacking initiative that sought emails of Chinese dissidents, and it seems Motorola is expecting the worst. Motorola has announced that it will offer the Baidu search engine as an alternative to the default Google search engine on Android-powered Motorola smartphones in…
T-Mobile to Strike up doubleTwist Deal for Android Handsets
One little footnote in T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender edition announcement that we missed was the inclusion of a music sync solution from doubleTwist. Well, it sounds like as of tomorrow, this app will come preloaded on some other Android devices from T-Mobile (like the Motorola cliq, Samsung Behold II, G1, and of course the Nexus…
T-Mobile waives Haiti call charges, pledges wireless equipment to help restoration efforts
It’s good to see wireless carriers, like T-Mobile, pitching in to help with recovery efforts in times of need. T-Mobile has just announced that they will waive international long distance calling charges for any T-Mobile customer trying to get in contact with people in Haiti, where a recent earthquake has wreaked havoc on much of…
Indie Relief – iPhone app developers donating revenue to Haiti efforts
Things are bad in Haiti, but help is coming from a group of independent iPhone developers who are banding together to donate app sales to help relief efforts. The devs will be giving revenue from their iPhone apps to charities that are working to help relief efforts on the ground in Haiti. It’s called the…
MovieTickets.com and Mobiqa Team-Up to Launch Paperless Movie Ticketing Pilot Program
MovieTickets.com, together with the folks at Mobiqa have announced a strategic partnership. The new arrangement will pave the way for a new paperless mobile ticketing pilot program. The short of it? During the pilot program, users of MovieTickets.com can purchase their tickets on the website, and have a bar code sent direct to their mobile…
Seesmic Acquires Ping.fm
Wow, this is a solid partnership right here. Seesmic is a twitter client available for Android and BlackBerry, with a long history in desktop apps. Ping.fm is what you might call a meta-sharing service, which allows you post status updates, pictures, bookmarks, and blog entries to multiple social networks in one go. Mix the two…
Nuance Acquires Spinvox for $102.5 million
Voice recognition giant Nuance Communications has just picked up a pretty big company in the transcription sector: Spinvox. Among other things, Spinvox runs a voicemail service that translates voicemail into text and sends it to you as an e-mail. Nuance’s involvement in mobile is wide-spanning, but the latest from them has been a pair of…
Google hit with second FTC info request over AdMob deal as consumer groups call foul
Google’s recent acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob for $750 million is a really big deal for the Moutain View, CA-based search engine. Aside from the cost of the buy-out, the deal will give Google unprecedented influence in the mobile space. So much influence, in fact, that the Federal Trade Commission has asked Google for…
NORAD and Google Maps tracking Santa Claus around the world!
It’s Christmas Eve and you know what that means. That’s right, Santa Claus is already busy straddling the international date line in preparation for his yearly flight. It apparently also has the folks at NORAD a bit nervous. So nervous, in fact, that they’re tracking the His Redness’s flight around the world. I’d be nervous…