Catch.com, the note-taking service that wants to find its space in the increasingly competitive note-taking market, launched Catch Pro, the premium version of Catch Notes. $5 a month or $45 a year gets you 1GB of new content per month, voice notes sharing capability and support for file attachments. If there were no for Evernote…
AT&T, Placecast launch ShopAlerts by AT&T, location-based marketing service
We’ve already talked about location-based mobile marketing service provider Placecast in the past. Now they’ve found a big partner to push the adoption forward – AT&T. Together the two companies are launching ShopAlerts by AT&T to deliver special offers to opt-in customers when they are near a participating store or brand in New York, Los…
India’s Reliance Communications offers Nokia’s Ovi Store to its subscribers
Nokia and Reliance Communications have teamed-up to announce a “first of its kind partnership in the country,” with the launch of the “India chapter” of the handset maker’s Ovi Store. As part of the deal, Reliance will apparently be the first operator to offer integrated operator billing, with purchases either deducted from prepaid credit or…
GameSpy opens its APIs to enable cross-platform online gaming
GameSpy Technology is opening-up its platform to allow developers to add online functionality to their games. The cross-platform SDKs include open APIs for player data tracking to gauge game performance and audience engagement, user-generated cloud storage content tools for community collaboration, social network integration, in-game or web-based commerce, and matchmaking services. Thus far GameSpy has…
Kaspersky expands its mobile security offering to include Android and BlackBerry devices
Kaspersky Lab announced that it is now offering protection for BlackBerry and Android smartphone owners, in addition to Windows Mobile and Symbian devices. Available for purchase across North America, Kaspersky Mobile Security 9 now offers anti-theft and privacy features for four popular mobile platforms – Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Android. Aside from the standard…
Vodafone Italy offers free Telmap-powered navigation to its iPhone users
Vodafone Italy is now offering free Telmap-powered navigation to its prepaid and post-paid iPhone users. The all-in-one solution comes with 3D moving maps, voice and text instructions announcing street names, dedicated pedestrian navigation as well as local search and content, including points of interest such as gas stations, parking lots and more. The so called…
Open mobile app marketplace Appia looking to expand around the world
Appia, former PocketGear, is launching its global expansion plans with the hiring of three new Sales Executives in key international markets. Juan Carlos Belair will oversee sales in Latin America, Sid Mahajan head up the sales team in Asia Pacific, and Neil Geary will lead the sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. All…
BlackBerry Internet Service 4.0 Documents Lays Out New Features
BlackBerry Internet Service, the underlying structure that BlackBerry owners use if they aren’t hooked up to a corporate server, will get a handful of new features soon according to some leaked docs. The last update introduced two-way Google Calendar Sync, which will get polished up in 4.0 with the ability to completely delete calendars and…
Sazneo brings its real-time group collaboration service to the iPhone
Sazneo, the real-time team communication service, is launching Sazneo Mobile for the Apple iPhone. Touted to bring together elements of instant messaging, group chat and online communities – Sazneo enables teams to communicate in real-time both internally and with teams at other companies. As a result of using the service, it is said that companies…
Android Market YoY Growth Hits 861%, iPhone App Store Still Tops
IHS has just published some research on much revenue was made through the Android Market, iPhone App Store, Nokia Ovi Store, and BlackBerry App World in 2010. Predictably, the iPhone App Store is still the king of the hill with $1.7 billion in revenue, but they’ve lost some market share since 2009 (82% vs. 92%).…