Spain-based LLeida.net offers certified SMS services. I spoke with Sisco Sapena Soler about their offering and he said that sometime users (companies?) need to know that their SMS is 100% delivered. In that sense their service is created to tackle that problem. You can know that a fax or snail mail is received, but for…
mSpot Soars Past Six Million Subscribers
mSpot has announced that it has surpassed the six million mark in total paid users – a 150% increase since July 2008! The announcement marks the latest milestone for the fast-growing company, which offers consumers access to music, custom ringtones, live radio, videos and movies on their mobile devices. Founded in 2004, mSpot continues to grow…
Lycamobile launches Lo-cost International Pay as you Go SIM card in Italy
International mobile telecoms provider Lycamobile has announced the launch of its Pay As You Go SIM card and low-cost, high-quality mobile service in partnership with 3 Italia in Italy. The prepaid SIM cards and top-up will be available from over 65,000 retail outlets from the 15th of June. “Following the success of Lycamobile in seven…
iPhone OS 3.0 is Ready to Roll!
Rev up your iTunes and plug in your iPhone, OS 3.0 is ready to rock. What do you have to gain from the update? Well, let’s take a looksee… Copy and paste! Holy crap! Landscape keyboard MMS Spotlight search Voice memos Stereo Bluetooth TV Shows, movies and audiobooks through iTunes Smaller things like background internet…
Snooth Wine iPhone app comes with 1 million wine listings and prices
Global wine community Snooth has released its iPhone app, bringing its comprehensive database of wines and merchants to the palm of your hand. As a result, wine lovers around the world can easily access Snooth’s wine bank of over 1 million varieties, access wine reviews and prices, as well as find nearby stores. Feature wise,…
Boingo hits Android!
It was only a matter of time before the global leader in WiFi hotspot service embraced the little green robot. Following on the company’s decision to give a free month of Boingo WiFi hotspot access to Slingbox customers burned by AT&T’s iPhone SlingPlayer Mobile restrictions, Boingo has announced the availability of its WiFi hotspot finder…
Opera Unite: One small step for software, one giant leap for the internet
Today Opera launched Opera Unite and with it came a lot of excitement, confusion and questions. Opera Unite is a web server running in an Alpha version of the Opera 10 web browser. This web server can be accessed by anyone on the internet and goes around firewalls thanks to Opera’s proxies. Services can be…
SHAPE Services’ IM+ for iPhone reaches version 3.0
SHAPE Services has recently informed us that their multi-network instant messaging client has been updated. Version 3.0 packs more features than any previous release, packing support for all popular messaging systems and social networks — including Facebook Chat, Yahoo, AIM/MobileMe, MSN/Windows Live, ICQ, Jabber, Google Talk, MySpace IM and now Skype Chat and Twitter. Moreover,…
UK: new service launches to find people by their mobile numbers…
Interesting one this one – there’s a new service launching in the UK whereby you can find someone by their mobile number, and then have your details sent to them to get in contact with them – the name of the service is 118800 118800 has bought a series of mobile number lists to form…
iPhone 3GS: commentary on upgrade and tethering pricing…
I’ve been reading the InterWebs of within the last week or so, and there’s been ‘quite a bit’ (wow, that’s the understatement of the year) of negative feedback on the costs of both the tethering (using the iPhone 3GS as a wireless modem), and also the cost of the new iPhone 3GS itself. I can…