In its effort to rule the mobile world, Yahoo is preparing to announce a new version of its Yahoo! Go suite of apps on Friday. Initially, the new version will target the U.S. users, while the test version will be available in 13 other countries including Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore,…
Fring – VoIP service coming to Windows Mobile!
Fring is the hot new(ish) service that uses your mobile phone’s data connection to make free VoIP calls – and it’s coming to Windows Mobile! The service uses a 3G or WiFi connection to make mobile-to-mobile, mobile-to-landline, or mobile-to-PC calls and even supports Google Talk, MSN Messenger and Skype chat clients to keep tabs on…
Europe gives airlines green-light for in-flight cell phone calls!
The European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) has green-lighted the use of mobile phones from airborne planes. According to Cellular-News, the EASA has made a landmark move in allowing European airline passengers to make cellular calls while in the air. OnAir is on-board (you see what we did there?) to provide the wireless calling system, in…
AT&T goes official with Video Share – live video sharing!
AT&T is making their Video Share service official with a limited roll-out on their 3G network today. The Video Share service marks the emergence of video calling within the US – and will only work on compatible phones (which have already been out for some time now). However, unlike video calling’s overseas brethren, the US…
More iPhone apps available
Savvy iPhone enthusiasts have been busy making new and optimizing existing Web apps for the Apple device’s touchscreen. In that sense today we’re presenting you with 5 new iPhone-ready Web 2.0 apps. Let’s roll… iTweetr is, as you can guess, an iPhone interface for Twitter iPhone Feed Reader allows you to read RSS feeds. Hopefully,…
The unofficial iPhone developers bootcamp aims to bring us more iPhone Web 2.0 apps this summer
With fans like this who needs marketing. It’s not enough that Apple already got $400 million worth of free publicity, its fans are now organizing a bootcamp for iPhone developers, scheduled to take place one week after the iPhone ships (so that attendees might have a chance to get their hands on one). The Unofficial…
Microsoft re-launches MSN Mobile – revamped web portal for mobile phones
Microsoft has gone live with their newly revamped mobile web portal – MSN mobile! The redesigned and re-engineered site is the place to go for quick and easy access to all your favorite web services. From live weather to stocks to news to maps to…well, you get the idea, Microsoft has ensured that the new…
Sidekick users to get a MySpace app
The new Sidekick models (i.e. Sidekick Slide) are coming and T-Mobile is looking forward to shpp them with more pre-install software. Apparently, the carrier is working on the MySpace application for Sidekick that would allow users to edit their profiles, upload pictures directly from their device, read/send messages, post comments, and do much more. The…
iChat: AIM for iPhone via JavaScript
Again, it’s David Cann that made another iPhone web application. This time it’s JavaScript-powered iChat that allows chatting with your friends from AIM via iPhone. The application is still in the early stage of development and the moment doesn’t support groups and buddy icons, and opening of more than 4 conversations gets unruly. Like the…
GSM Association picks Motorola to lead its Pay-Buy-Mobile initiative
Motorola’s been tapped to spearhead the GSMA’s NFC-based Pay-Buy-Mobile trials. The trial will help Motorola provide feedback to the GSMA Near Field Communications Technical Guidelines white paper – furthering development of NFC standardization while giving Motorola a head start on achieving their goal of providing the world with mobile payment and financial systems. All the…