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DailyBooth is a novel service that asks users to snap a picture of themselves using the webcam that comes built-in with many of the new laptops that are hitting the market. Apple, deciding to put a front facing camera on both the iPhone 4 and the new iPod touch, gave the folks at DailyBooth a…
Telmap announced that it has partnered with Ordnance Survey to integrate their Points of Interest product into Telmap’s location-based services and provide richer POI information in Great Britain. Ordnance Survey’s POI database covers England, Scotland and Wales and includes around 4 million different geographic data points, collecting data from over 170 suppliers, all of which…
Fieldforce is a new application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that should ensure for an effective communication between coworkers in real time. Developed by MobileFlow, the app promises to “take business communication to the next level.” I haven’t been able to try out Fieldforce myself, but from what I read it goes beyond standard…
Many investors are still wondering why Nokia coughed up over $8 billion for NAVTEQ over 3 years ago, was it really just to save on map licensing costs? So it’s interesting to see that NAVTEQ is not only working as a separate entity, but they also have their own mergers and acquisitions department. According to…
While students in North American schools are using their mobile phones to ignore what the teacher standing at the front of the class is saying, that and trying to successfully score enough alcohol for the party on Saturday, something different is happening in South Africa. The government asked Nokia in 2008 if they could help…
As part of its Ping social networking service, Apple has reportedly started using iTun.es domain for link shortening. According to MacRumors, the Cupertino-based company registered the domain in December 2006, and now it begun using it for compact Twitter updates. “iTun.es” is an internal Apple thing with links being created automatically. Users can’t access the…
Silent Communication enhanced its Silent VVM visual voicemail mobile client with new voice-to-text capabilities, providing users with even greater flexibility to manage their voicemail via a single interface. Utilizing the company’s serverless Device and Network Agnostic (DANA) deployment technology, mobile operators can roll out this service to any device on their network simultaneously, no matter…
GeoGroups is a new platform/service that allows creation of location-based groups for families, friends, like-minded individuals and professionals. These groups can be either public or private, and can be created by anyone. For instance, a private group could be created to track family members and map shared locations. Public utility groups use the service to…
CheckPoints, the company behind the popular shopping rewards app, is going for the Android smartphone users. Using the free to download application, folks can earn real rewards for scanning consumer product barcodes (with no purchase necessary) and “checking in” to over a million U.S. retail locations. Among the participating brands and stores are such majors…
Traxx FM wants its slice of the mobile Internet radio market and they’re starting with the iOS app, allowing iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad owners to join the “Traxxers family.” The new application comes with 20 music channels, featuring a variety reaching from Deluxe, Deep, House, Electro, Lounge, Cool Jam, Soul, Funk, R&B, Latino, Pop,…