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Last time we talked about Slacker Radio, they added a new country music station, curated by Justin Moore. Now they’re expanding the offering with three additional stations – Ida Maria Radio, Sondre Lerche Radio and Matt Costa Radio stations. As that was the case with Justin Moore, these three also feature songs by each respective…
There’s a growing number of mobile and tablet app making services out there. The cloud-based mobile publishing platform GENWI, which up until this point allowed users to make iPhone and Android apps, expanded its offering to include the iPad to the mix. Yep that means that anyone without technical knowledge is now able to make…
Twilio, the company that provides a web-service API for building scalable communication apps, unveiled its new offering. Dubbed Twilio SMS Short Codes, it enables software developers to build applications that send and receive text messages using dedicated 5 and 6-digit numbers. The solution is touted to be the “easiest way to get a short code…
A new report from Juniper Research titled “Mobile Cloud: Smart Device Strategies for Enterprise & Consumer Markets 2011-2016” suggests that annual revenues derived from mobile cloud-based enterprise services are expected to reach $39 billion by 2016. The reason for this growth is found in mobile network operators’ strategy to offer corporate clients an array of…
Not too long ago RIM had launched a radio application that amalgamated various streaming music services and put them under one roof. A new screencap is showing something else called BBM Music that may go a step further. Details are skimpy, but this will basically allow folks to share playlists and music tracks with friends,…
After the iPhone app, the peer-to-peer commerce service Zaarly is launching a mobile application for the Android community. Available as a free download, it allows users to browse for jobs (so called Zaarlys) and sign-up for them while on the go. Moreover, thanks to the “My Activity Tab” you can track all past, pending and…
We’ve already talked about MobilePayUSA’s non-NFC mobile payment solution in the past, praising it for the security and convenience it promises to deliver. If you recall, it works with pretty much any phone, and it doesn’t require special hardware purchases at the point of sale. Now the first private beta trial has begun at the…
Pandora Internet radio now has 100 million registered users, 36 million of which are active every month. Folks listen to Pandora’s service on their computers, smartphones, TVs, set-top boxes, alarm clocks, tablets and while driving. The company currently has about 3.6% market share of “of all radio listening in the United States,” up from 2.3%…
So you’ve got yourself a Google+ invite and now you may want to share some photos from your iOS-based device, whether it’s an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. The official Google+ app is still not in the AppStore (at least it wasn’t while I was writing this post), but there’s a workaround method to share…
Popular music streaming service Slacker has a new radio station designed for country music fans. Dubbed Justin Moore Radio, it features songs from the popular artist from Poyen, Arkansas, as well as songs that have inspired his traditional country and Southern rock sound. Moreover, users will be able to access comments and introductions from Justin…