Popular social networking iPhone app, WhosHere, has been recently updated. The new version includes many new features among which the company highlights the so called “Jerk Filter”, which rates users based on numerous criteria, including how they use WhosHere and how other users react to them. As for the other features, WhosHere now: Has a…
Evernote goes BlackBerry!
My favorite note taking tool, Evernote, is going BlackBerry by a popular demand. What this means is that RIM device owners can extend their addiction to their QWERTY smartphones with yet another useful app, which allows them to manage existing and add new notes while on the go. Like with the iPhone version, Evernote for…
Colibria joins the app store frenzy
Yet another company is joining what seems as the unstoppable app store wave. It’s Colibria, which has launched App Center that is primarily designed for mobile operators to help them deploy their own mobile application stores. Thanks to the flexible design, the system is deployed in a quick manner to the interested operators. Colibria does…
Palringo adds Groups Gallery to make communities easier to discover
Palringo keeps expanding its service/application. Lately, they’ve unveiled the so called “Group Gallery” feature, which is actually a browsable directory of Palringo groups. As a result, users can discover groups more easily and join the conversation with the similarly thinking individuals. Group owners can manage how their group is seen (if at all) in the…
Sharpcards seal exclusive deal with Sony Ericsson Iberia
Sharpcards has announced it has struck up an exclusive deal with Sony Ericsson Iberia. The deal means that Sharpcards’ enhanced mobile messaging application (EMMA) will be integrated into the main messaging menu of new Sony Ericsson handsets in Spain and Portugal, allowing users to send Ecards almost as easily as a text. Users will have…
Truphone’s SIM4travel tries to catch United Mobile customers
SIM4travel, a Truphone company, has announced a special offer for those customers affected by the termination of the United Mobile service. The offer includes a free SIM4travel SIM card with free 5 GBP credit when they top-up 10 GBP. United Mobile has recently left its customers without a service, and SIM4travel as a smart company…
Nokia to bring its mobile services to Etisalat’s users
Nokia and Etisalat announced a joint collaboration to bring Nokia’s mobile services — i.e. maps and navigation, games and Ovi suite of services — to Etisalat’s subscribers. From the press release: In the first phase of the collaboration, Etisalat’s UAE mobile customers will be able to enjoy Ovi Maps and N-Gage Games on their Nokia…
LiveCast Lightning brings real-time video from mobile devices for media companies
A company called LiveCast has unveiled their latest offering called Lightning, which is “poised to revolutionize the television news industry.” Sure, we’ve heard such claims in the past, but LiveCast may actually do something about it — this is not to say we approve using the word “revolution” and its abbreviations in the press releases.…
WeFi, ROK team up to launch mobile portal – WeROK
ROK Entertainment Group and the company behind the global community-based WiFi network, WeFi, launched mobile portal called WeROK, with an idea to provide mobile phone users with an array of services such as low-cost SMS, mobile email, free mobile TV, and mobile social networking. At the moment, WeROK is designed as an application for Symbian…
Verizon Wireless launches VZ Navigator Global
Verizon Wireless is out with an updated version of its navigation service, VZ Navigator. The so called VZ Navigator global provides users with the ability to find locations and access turn-by-turn directions in North America and Western Europe. Among the countries supported are Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom…