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Keynote DeviceAnywhere is teaming-up with Sprint to make it easy for developer members of the “Sprint Gets Rugged” program to port their iDEN apps to Sprint’s rugged line of CDMA handsets. Using the remote testing resource, mobile app testers can access real handsets on Sprint’s CDMA network via the Internet. As a result, developers can…
Cricket Communications scored a new distribution partner – Target, which has started offering the carrier’s Muve Music devices in 1,600 of its stores across the country. Among the devices on spot at Target stores are two Android smartphones – Samsung Vitality, available for $99.99; and ZTE Score, which could be yours for $69.99. Of course,…
With online movie watching in the U.S. set to double this year, Google keeps expanding the list of movies it offers for rent via YouTube and Google Play. Their latest “catch” is MGM, which joins five of the six major studios and over ten independent movie studios currently offering movies for rent through the search…
YouTube took the liberty of unveiling a partnership between Google and Paramount that will bring nearly 500 new movie titles to Google Play and YouTube for rental within just a few weeks. The movies will be available in the United States and Canada. It’s a big win for Android users in these countries but nothing…
Google confirmed it is in talks with other carriers besides Sprint to integrate its Google Voice service as core functionality in phones, but Group Product Manager for Google Voice Vincent Paquet would not confirm which ones specifically. So far the partnership with Sprint has worked out rather well. “We have, since Day One, had a…
Hipstamatic and Instagram unveiled a partnership today to make mobile photo-sharing easier under the two forces, according to an exclusive report from Fast Company. Instagram will grant Hipstamatic access to a write API — something Instagram has been reluctant to do in the past for third parties — which will allow Hipstamatic users to quickly…
Samsung is adding Norton Mobile Security app in its own app store – Samsung Apps. The application comes with a full-featured, complimentary 90-day subscription of Norton Mobile Security, after which users can keep to use it for $29.99 per year. Feature wise, Norton’s software comes with following capabilities: Remote Locate – Shows the location of…
TIME and Foursquare have teamed-up for the 2012 political conventions to allow TIME followers on Foursquare who attend the Republican National Convention in Tampa on August 27-30 and/or the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte from September 3-5 to unlock the unique TIME-Foursquare badges, pictured above. Aside from new badges, attendees will also get access to…
Walmart, Target and some two dozen other retailers don’t like the fact that Google and/or major carriers (through Isis Mobile) will get to “control” mobile payments. According to The Wall Street Journal’s report, retailers want to get an upper hand in this fast-moving space. Unfortunately we don’t have all the details at the moment, but…
Orange and Visa announced that Orange Money customers in Africa and the Middle East will soon have access to Visa prepaid account features inside their Orange Money accounts. This update to the service will be introduced in select markets by the end of 2012. By doing so, Orange is connecting existing mobile money subscribers to…