Mobispine has acquired the web-based feed reader NewsAlloy with the idea to “shake up the market and offer users a seamless product to view personalized news feeds on both mobile phones and PCs.” As we’ve already covered Mobispine in the past, let me briefly introduce NewsAlloy. From the official release: NewsAlloy offers an extremely fast…
AT&T teases iPhone 3G owners with free AT&T WiFi HotSpot access offer
It’s happening all over again. A few months ago we saw AT&T offering their iPhone customers free access to all 17,000 nationwide AT&T WiFi HotSpot, only to abruptly take the page offline. And, then, it happened again. Today, AT&T pulled another fast one on iPhone 3G customers. AT&T posted details about a free WiFi HotSpot…
Zumobi goes BlackBerry
Zumobi has announced that its widget platform is available for the BlackBerry platform. Now BlackBerry users will be able to take their favorite content with themselves, wherever they happen to be. With an already robust library of widgets (Zumobi calls them “Tiles”) to entice users of Windows Mobile and BlackBerry with news, sports, weather, entertainment,…
Thrrum bringing its mobile visual search to T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless
A month ago, we posted that Thrrum MMS Search has been made available for Sprint and AT&T subscribers. Now the mobile visual search provider is bringing its neat service to the users of T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. From the official release: Thrrum MMS Search enables camera phone users to find and browse information related to…
Verizon’s mobile banking services goes BlackBerry
Verizon has announced that select BlackBerry users (Curve 8330, Pearl 8130, and 8830 World Edition) can use their addictive smartphones to “stay connected to their financial information while away from home with Verizon Wireless’ Mobile Banking application.” With Verizon’s mobile banking service, users can: Get account balances and account transaction history. Transfer funds between eligible…
T-Mobile wants you to create your own Sidekick 2008/Gekko shells
Sidekick Gekko/Aspen/2008 fans eagerly waiting on T-Mobile to finally go live with the latest Sidekick offering to sport user-swappable face-plates/shells have one more reason to drool over the upcoming HipTop. T-Mobile is reportedly working on a Sidekick 2008 customization portal that gives the user a chance to custom-design their own Sidekick shell. The screenshots you…
Rogers announces $30 smartphone data plan
Following on Rogers’ attempt to appease the disgruntled iPhone 3G masses with a generous $30 data plan, the Canadian GSM carrier has announced that it is extending the more-reasonably priced data plan to all its smartphones. Rather than opting to brave continued criticism over their data plan offerings, Rogers will be giving customers 6GB of…
Apple gives MobileMe users an extra 30 days of service
Following on Apple’s not-so-smooth MobileMe launch alongside the iPhone 3G last week, Apple is offering all current MobileMe subscribers an extra month of free service. “The transition from .Mac to MobileMe was a lot rockier than we had hoped,” said Apple. “We will be extending subscriptions by 30 days to customers free of charge to…
buzzd.com’s database now includes 1.2 million bars, restaurants and clubs in the U.S.
Location-based city guide and a mobile social network, buzzd, has announced that their database now has over 1.2 million venues across the United States with reviews, address and other features. Now users in major U.S. metropolitan areas can answer “What’s going on around me, right now?” from trusted listings, alongside real-time user generated content. In…
Nokia N78 get some more update love
That is, as long as you’re not using the Nokia N78-3. The Nokia N78 has just been hit with another firmware update from Espoo. While those of us with the North American (NAM) version of Nokia’s candybar (monoblock) N-series will just have wait and hope that Nokia sees fit to bless us with an update,…