Folks from Google Labs have recently unveiled a new Android app called Places Directory. The free application lets users quickly find nearby places in categories like Restaurants, Movie Theaters, Hotels and Banks, using the phone’s built-in GPS receiver. The idea here is to make searching for places easier than to go through Search and Maps.…
China Mobile’s AppStore will ask 50% cut of all sales
China Mobile is said to be seeking a 50% cut of all sales from its upcoming mobile app store. The so called Mobile Market is currently being developed by China Mobile-controlled Aspire Technologies and China Mobile’s Guangdong branch, and will include apps and we guess various mobile content for all platforms except the iPhone. Both…
Flirtomatic launches in the US and finds similar flirting trends to the UK!
Flirtomatic, a leading mobile and online flirting service, has revealed some of the initial patterns it has been seeing since its US launch in earlier this year. In February, Flirtomatic began to be promoted on mobiles in the US and since then, numbers have been growing strongly from an initial test marketing push,…
h2desk Helpdesk Software hits the iPhone; Enables support on the go
h2desk help desk software is a neat iPhone app for small businesses, which may want to bring their support solution with themselves, no matter where they go. This, of course, is in case they [small businesses] already rely on h2desk’s solution. From the application, users can easily view and manage support tickets, reply with pre-defined…
Orkut gets a Java ME mobile app
Just when we though Orkut is pretty much dead, Google decided to release a dedicated mobile app for accessing the social network. The Java ME-based client will work on most feature phones, allowing users to keep up with their Orkut buddies while on the go. Using the Orkut mobile app, users can: Perform “basic Orkut…
Facebook releases Symbian S60 5th Edition client
Facebook wants to bank on the Symbian S60 community, too, hence they’ve released a Facebook application in the Ovi Store. The app is designed as a runtime widget and it works on S60 touch-enabled (S60 5th edition) device, only. This means that owners of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97 are the only one…
Finnish Saunalahti to offer Nokia Messaging, too
It was about time for Nokia to bring its Nokia Messaging offering to its courtyard. Their “partner in crime” is Saunalahti, the consumer brand of Elisa, which is the first operator that will launch the push-email service in Finland. Again, for those not familiar with Nokia Messaging, here’s an excerpt from the press release: Nokia…
MobiQpons is another take on mobile coupons
Mobile coupons are set to explode and we see a growing number of companies competing to get their piece of the pie. MobiQpons is the latest app which delivers local coupons to iPhone users, and the version of the application for Android and BlackBerry devices is also planned. It’s a nation-wide service that is designed…
Evernote surpasses one million users!
I’ve almost missed this, but since we’re talking about my favorite note taking tool, I must cover it nonetheless. Evernote has recently announced that they’ve surpassed one million registered users. They are very pleased with the numbers, adding jokingly that Evernote now has more users than there are people in the 10th largest city in…
Yahoo! unveils two new display advertising solutions
Yahoo has recently unveiled two new display advertising solutions as part of a new partner program which will marry Yahoo’s reach and targeting capabilities with third-party advertising technologies such as those offered by Teracent or Tumri. By doing so, the Internet company believes it’s offering an “open and unmatched solution” for reaching consumers with customized…