Google has improved labels support for its GMail web app for Android and iPhone devices. The floaty bar now has a new option called “Label as…” which as you may guess for yourself, allows you to apply label(s) to any of the messages or remove existing labels. This doesn’t mean you can manage labels —…
Microsoft opens its My Phone service to the general public; Still in beta
Microsoft has made its My Phone web portal available to the general public (previously it was available as a limited invitation-only service). Still in beta, the service allows users to access, manage and backup personal information from their Windows Mobile smartphone are PDA. The whole process can be set to be done automatically, removing all…
Virgin Media joins Bebo Open Mobile to bring the social network to mobile users in the UK
Virgin Media is the latest company to join Bebo’s Open Mobile program. Under the terms of the deal, the two companies [Virgin Media and Bebo] will deploy: Bebo Open Mobile Internet – customized version of the Bebo mobile site with Virgin Media navigation, support for mobile advertising and customized Virgin Media features. Virgin Media has…
GyPSii goes iPhone!
Popular mobile application/service and the company I think it’s worth acquiring, GyPSii, is now available in the AppStore, allowing iPhone and iPod Touch owners to add some location-based twist to their social networking lives. Users can create and share geotagged content (iPhone only) in real time with their buddies, as well as comment on various…
Google Product Search brings barcode scanning to Android!
Google just recently launched a mobilized version of their Google Product Search for Android and iPhone, but that’s not the end of the story for Google. Following the success of barcode-scanning applications like Barcode Scanner on Android OS, Google has announced that the barcode scanning is now integrated Google Product Search for Android smartphones! Rather…
GyPSii launches GyPSii CONNECT, web-based service for automatic updates of user’s status across other social networks
Mobile social networking service GyPSii has unveiled GyPSii CONNECT, a web-based service that allows GyPSii users to automatically update and share their status, newly-created places and friends across other social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. At launch, GyPSii CONNECT integrates with Twitter and Facebook, but they wowed to include other social networking sites in…
Funambol launches mobile cloud sync and push-email solution
Funambol, the folks behind the popular open source push-email solution, announced what they say is the world’s first Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) mobile cloud sync and push-email solution. So in addition to providing users with the software, they are now also offering their solution as a service. The so called “Hosted Funambol” is designed to be quickly…
Orange UK to launch Nokia 5800 XM with “Comes With Music” service
Orange and Nokia announced that they will launch Nokia’s “Comes With Music” service exclusively for Orange customers on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. So aside from getting the first touch-enabled Nokia S60 smartphone, Orange’s special plans also involve a number of text messages and free minutes, as well as unlimited music downloads for the duration of…
Ovi Share Development Put on Pause
Nokia’s Ovi Store should be rolling out any day now, and as such they have been wrapping up projects like Mosh and WidSets, and now Ovi Share is getting the plug pulled. While Share won’t be shut down, Nokia will be stopping their investments in the media sharing service, while presumably working out how to…
Yowza! iPhone app makes coupon finding easy on the iPhone
Actor Greg Grunberg, whom you may know as Heroes’ mind reader Matt Parkman, has created an iPhone app called Yowza! to allow users to find coupons for stores in their neighborhood. Users can search for coupons either by entering city name or zip code, or use nearby functionality which relies on iPhone’s location-based features (GPS…