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Samsung has started rolling out Media Hub to select group of users, namely Galaxy S II owners on AT&T. Everyone who signs-up gets a complementary $25 voucher to grab some movies and TV shows. Then, once these are downloaded, there’s an option to beam the content to the big screen, if that big screen includes…
As part of his online initiative #PuffPuffPassTuesdays, Snoop Dogg launched the Snoop Pack on the mobile social video application – Viddy. Using the new tool, Viddy users can easily add effects layer and soundtrack on their videos, using nothing but their iPhone. Custom-crafted for Snoop Dogg by the team at Viddy, the Snoop Pack features…
GetJar, which touts itself as the world’s largest free app store, announced reaching an important milestone for its GetJar Gold program. The company has given away $1 million worth of free “premium apps” to its consumers since launching the program, with downloads of free apps increasing 5000% over the same period. New apps are added…
Speech technology company Nuance Communications enhanced its developer program, now called NDEV Mobile, which comes with new services that will “make it easier than ever for developers to voice-enable apps with Nuance’s industry-leading speech technology.” The newly restructured program now has three tiers — silver, gold and emerald — to give “more choice and flexibility”…
You know how it goes with most free apps – developers get their money by showing some ads at the top or bottom of the screen. StartApp thinks there’s a better way to help developers get some cash, while at the same time bringing a better end-user experience. Their trick is to bundle a small…
Microsoft’s unlimited music service, Zune, is now gracing PCs, Xboxes, and Windows Phones across Canada. It’s just too bad that we haven’t seen any new Windows Phone hardware in Canada pretty much since launch around this time last year. On top of spreading internationally, Zune’s subscription fee has been knocked down from $15 to $10/month,…
The company behind the popular fitness app Endomondo Sports Tracker announced that it has raised $2.3 million in funding from SEED Capital. The new money will be used to increase staff needs (hire more developers), expand in the U.S. by adding an office in the San Francisco Bay area, and creating scalable revenue channels to…
SugarSync updated its mobile apps for iOS and Android devices, making it “even easier for users to backup, access, sync and share all of their files and data.” First let’s talk about the updated iOS app, which now comes with a simple text-editor, allowing users to quickly change existing or create new text files. Of…
Safely, the personal security software provider we covered few days ago, announced a deal with Sprint to launch Safely Social Monitor and help parents monitor their kids’ activities on Facebook. The new service is available free of charge to Sprint customers and will be released on other carriers later this quarter. Safely Social Monitor allows…
We all know expense reporting can be a pain. You need to carry all receipts back to the office to get them all sorted for the accounting. Services like Expensify can definitely help to make that task much easier but that’s just one piece of the puzzle. You still need to scan receipts and manually…