Shazam, the company behind the popular music discovery-recognition application/service, announced that it has passed the major milestone of 100 million users! Significantly, a quarter of all users downloaded Shazam over the past six months. In addition to music-recognition service, Shazam also has an offering for businesses called Shazam Audio Recognition Advertising (SARA) program which has…
Cellit launches Widgit mobile coupon redemption technology for Android
Cellit, the mobile marketing and couponing solutions provider, launched its Widgit mobile coupon redemption technology for the Android platform enabling retailers and QSR brands to redeem and track mobile coupons in real-time without any integration with their POS system. In addition to standard coupons, the Widgit for Android solution also includes mobile loyalty features, so…
WhosHere for iPhone hits two million downloads
It was back in March when WhosHere announced they’ve crossed the 1 million downloads milestone. 8 months later and they’ve doubled the number, with their monthly downloads now averaging at 167,000 which (according to WhosHere) is more than other location-based social networking apps like Loopt, Gowalla and Whrll. If you don’t know what WhosHere is…
ViewRanger Global Open Maps edition hits the AppStore
After Android and Symbian, outdoor navigation app ViewRanger GPS has launched a Global Open Maps edition for the devices running Apple’s iOS. The new application comes with access to a range of global Open Mapping layers from street, terrain to aerial photo, allowing iPhone and iPad users to more easily get around their outdoor pursuits…
Magellan’s RoadMate navigation app for iPhone updated with iOS4 support, live traffic information
Navigation software company Magellan launched an updated version of its RoadMate application for the iPhone. There are few new things included in the version 1.3: LifeTime Live Traffic – which enables users to avoid traffic congestion by comparing current and proposed alternative routes. The great thing is that this is the life time feature and…
Rollcomm launches Rollpay mobile-to-mobile payment solution
A company called Rollcomm is joining the mobile payment market. Their twist is in offering a solution that doesn’t require any special equipment for payment processing – all that’s required are two Bluetooth-enabled phones (or that’s smartphones?). Rollcomm is pitching the new solution to an array of parties, including retailers, wholesale traders, banks and operators.…
The New York Times: Only 1% of online adults use location-based check-in services daily
You may love sharing your location using Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places, but have no doubt about it – you’re in minority. Scrap that – you’re in a super minority. According to The New York Times article which quotes the Pew Internet and American Life Project, only 1% of online adults actually use check-in services…
Vanco Services unveils pay-by-SMS service
Provider of electronic payment solutions Vanco Services announced a new service to give clients the ability to accept payments and/or donations sent by text message. In other words, Vanco’s solution doesn’t require a high-end smartphone – any handset that can send and receive SMS will work just as well. Those unfamiliar, myself included, should know…
Skype video calls coming to Facebook chat?
Facebook application developer Tal Ater has been digging through Facebook’s code and voila – he has found a “VideoChat” object, which refers to Skype and Skype user IDs — the code checks for plugin support using either ActiveX on Internet Explorer, or using the Skype SDK. Apparently, this code isn’t shown every time a page…
Foursquare launches Baggage Handler badge
We’ve kinda late with this as the Thanksgiving weekend is behind us. Nevertheless, we’re sure you’ll travel more during the upcoming month or so — the holidays have just started, after all. You know the drill – as you travel, TSA makes sure everyone is safe hence they keep checking passengers’ baggage from time to…