There’s a new service called TextSanta.net, which makes sure your child gets a text message from Santa himself. Although it’s not cheap — $5.49 for SMS service is kinda steep — it will certainly make your child at least a bit happier. Parents can choose from three SMS packages or customize their own and define…
Hungary’s Pannon and T-Mobile introduce Nokia Messaging
Two Hungarian operators, Pannon and T-Mobile, are joining the “Nokia Messaging wave.” Starting from November 1st, all Pannon customers and postpaid T-Mobile customers will be able to access the Nokia’s push e-mail service from select Nokia phones. All leading consumer e-mail solutions are supported by the service — including Nokia’s own Ovi Mail, Gmail, Windows…
Handmark brings Zagat To Go to Android
After conquering the iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Palm OS platforms – Zagat Survey is “going Android.” Handmark is their “partner in crime” and together the two companies are bringing Zagat To Go to Android. The application, as expected, provides users with access to Zagat’s ratings and reviews for over 40,000 restaurants, hotels, nightspots and…
After the iPhone, Adobe brings Photoshop to Android
After successfully launching an iPhone app, Adobe is bringing Photoshop Mobile to Android. The application is already available in the Android Market and seems to work with all of the existing models, good ol’ G1 included. As that was the case with the iPhone version, the Android application allows for same photo effects to be…
Associated Press and Verve finally show product of their co-operation; Unveil mobile app platform for publishers
Back in July of last year, we talked about Verve which at the moment got $3 million from Associated Press and other investors. Now we’re finally seeing some fruits of the co-operation as the two companies [Verve and AP] have unveiled an initiative to help publishers create white label, branded mobile apps for their content.…
Concur extends its travel and expense management service to the iPhone
Concur’s end-to-end travel and expense management service, Concur Travel & Expense, got its iPhone component simply called Concur Mobile. The application, which BTW is already available for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile devices, enables users to manage their itinerary, conduct in-policy business travel transactions, capture T&E expense data and approve expense reports – all while on…
Mobile Spy brings silent monitoring to Android
Retina-X Studios unveiled the Android version of its Mobile Spy application, allowing users to silently monitor GPS locations, incoming and outgoing SMS, and call information of employees or family members. The application, which is also available on other platforms (iPhone, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian), runs in stealth mode and no mentions of the program…
iPhone App: Shazam Encore: $5 gets you premium features such as recommendations and maps
The good news: Shazam, the popular music service that allows you to identify a song by holding your device up to a speaker for a few seconds, has released a premium version of their iPhone application called “Shazam Encore” [iTunes link]. For 5 USD (or 4 EUR or 3 GBP) you get: faster song recognition,…
CHARGE Anywhere unveils mobile payment app for Android
Mobile payment solutions provider CHARGE Anywhere is “going Android” with a dedicated application which it argues is the first PCI PA-DSS validated Payment Application for the platform. All major card processors support CHARGE Anywhere’s mobile payment software and payment gateway solutions, hence seamless integration with virtually every merchant account provider is guaranteed. To put this…
Remember The Milk’s Android app updated with customizable widgets and start screen, Quick Search Box, and HTC Tattoo and Motorola Droid support
On the heels of its recent iPhone app update, Remember The Milk updated its Android application adding some cool new features to the mix. Here’s what’s changed in the version 1.1.0 (codename “Bender”): Widget customization – you can now choose between two different sizes (2×2 and 3×3) and customize what the widget shows: tasks due…