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Some apps downloaded from the Amazon Appstore will soon allow users to purchase physical goods without leaving the application or game. Developers interested to take advantage of this capability will simply insert few lines into their creations and eventually get more cash from their apps. On the other hand, this feature could be the differentiating…
Popular last-minute hotel booking app HotelTonight announced that it reached a major milestone today, hitting three million app downloads. While that’s impressive figure (and announcement) by itself, the company is going one step forward unveiling 10 new cities in the US and UK where its service is available, including Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, St. Louis,…
At its second annual Trunk Conference, the best note-taking service (as far as I’m concerned) unveiled several new things, including its business offering, Moleskine partnership and Clearly updates. First the business offering, which is made for small and medium-sized businesses. To solution, which will be available in December, comes with special Admin Console that lets…
Nokia and 21 other companies launched the In-Location Alliance to drive innovation and market adoption of high accuracy indoor positioning and related services. This technology promises to open up plenty of possibilities for new mobile services, including receiving directions to the right products and personalized product promotions in nearby shops; using real-time navigation inside a…
Facebook proudly announced that its App Center has been used by more than 150 million people following its global rollout. Moreover, the service is driving 2.4 times more installs than its previous apps and games dashboard. But that’s not all – the social network is claiming users are also more engaged, with those installing via…
You may don’t know it but September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month (NIMAM). The U.S. infant mortality rate of 6 in 1,000 live births is one of the highest among developed nations, and text4baby is doing something about it. The organization is holding an enrollment contest and anyone that signs up for the text4baby…
Good ol’ Google keeps improving its products and services. Their latest gig involves the Voice Search, which just got support for 13 new languages, including Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, European Portuguese, Finnish, Galician, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Swedish. This brings the total language count to 42 languages and accents in 46 countries. Pretty…
Thanks to the wide adoption of smartphones, social networking is quickly making the jump to mobile. According to eMarketer estimates, by the end of this year, nearly 82 million US mobile users will use a social networking site on their phone at least monthly. In other words, that’s more than a quarter of the total…
Samsung’s Music Hub service is now available in the U.S. with Galaxy S III owners first getting to try it out (while those with other Samsung devices most likely to join-in soon). All users get a 30-day free trial wherein they’ll be able to download a free album on their device. Relying on mSpot’s technology,…
It’s a fact that mobile communications are transforming healthcare with products and services already rolling out to help some of us live longer and healthier lives. Mobile technology can help the medical industry solve many problem, including the lack of doctors. For instance, in some cases – a physical presence won’t be needed and doctors…