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Nokia Music+ is now live in the UK, offering users the ability to download as many music tracks as they want to their Lumia smartphones for just 4 GBP per month. In addition, the service also comes with unlimited radio skips and web streaming, for those moments when you want to hear something outside of…
Content that we used to access on our PCs is shifting to mobile devices. If you’re doing this – you’re not alone. In fact, according to the NPD Group, 37% of consumers who used to access content on their PCs switched to their tablets and smartphones. The top two activities that consumers are shifting from…
We’ve already wrote about Super Bowl’s affect on mobile app usage (insignificant) and now we have another piece of the puzzle to add to the story, with the help of a neat infographic prepared by Millennial Media. As you would assume, many viewers were watching Super Bowl with a mobile device in hand. Whether they…
A few days ago Yahoo acquired Alike, a mobile app that helps users discover nearby venues and places to visit. Terms of the deal were not unveiled by either Yahoo or Alike, but it said that existing Alike iPhone and web apps will be shut down as a result of the acquisition. Instead, Yahoo will…
To beef-up sales figures for the Valentine’s Day, LG Canada is offering free music for a year to anyone who purchases Optimus G. The “sweet deal” has started on February 11th and will last until March 30th. If you fit into those dates (and also buy LG’s still-best available smartphone), you’ll have to fill in…
About a year ago, we’ve seen that somewhat weird chart streaming service launched by Samsung. Apparently, there’s interest for something similar with O2 deciding to launch its own service, offering Top 40 list for 5 GBP per month. Under the deal, O2 Tracks gives its own customers unlimited streaming access to the UK Top 40…
A month ago, we’ve told you that Inq is working on its own personalized news service/app that will be called MATERIAL. It’s now live, at least for Android users, providing them with the news they care about, neatly dressed in a magazine-like format (i.e. like Flipboard). The Inq folks promise an enhanced news algorithm that…
During the last 7 days developers submitted over a dozen new apps at our mobile app portal, Appscovery. Here are the ones we think are worth mentioning: Dragon Up: Adorable Dragons that Barf Treasure and Poop Gold! Pindolo ScrapEasy for facebook – Image Sharing and Wall Post Made Easy. Psymon Says – Finally a True…
Samsung is running a giveaway to promote its DLNA-based AllShare Play service. Users with an AllShare Play-supported device can register for free and automatically enter the sweepstakes where they can win a Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Camera, Series 5 13.3 notebook, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, or the complete set that includes a Galaxy Note II,…
Cisco conducted a research exploring the mobile data habits of an average North American smartphone user. According to them, users in this group could consume 6GB of data per month by 2017, which is a 13-fold increase for the next four years. At the moment, the average North American user consumes 752MB per month as…