GreatCall, the company behind super easy to use Jitterbug phones for the elderly (at least we see them that way), announced two new Unlimited monthly rate plan options: Simply Unlimited plan, which offers Unlimited Anytime minutes, unlimited Night and Weekend minutes, unlimited texting and no data charges for $79.99 per month. In addition, it also…
Nokia Ovi Store Gets 3 Million Downloads per Day
Nokia announced today that they’ve hit a milestone in their mobile app marketplace, the Ovi Store. Every day, three million downloads are made through the on-device and browser-based channel. Just to put that figure into perspective, GetJar hit that number over the summer, though they sell across a bunch of platforms. The Ovi Store hit…
Cobra iRadar System coming to Android in early 2011
Cobra Electronics Corporation, the company that makes sure you know where the speed radars are located, wants to make its Cobra iRadar product line closer to the Android smartphone users. In that sense, Cobra will debut Cobra iRadar for Android during the upcoming CES in Las Vegas. If you’re not familiar with the iRadar system,…
Pushpins app kills paper coupons for the iPhone users
A company called Pushpins is joining the “mobile coupons revolution” with a newly launched iPhone app. Available as a free download, Pushpins delivers instant coupons and rewards to shoppers when they use their iPhones to scan UPC barcodes at the grocery store. At the moment, the service is supported in more than 2,000 stores nationwide…
Polycom to bring its Innovative Unified Communication technology to Samsung Galaxy Tab
In what seems as part of the efforts to pitch the Galaxy Tab toward business users, Samsung is teaming up with Polycom to deliver Unified Communications (UC) to the Tab users. Under the deal, Polycom will develop standards-based video applications to be embedded and distributed on the Android-based tablet. We don’t have all the details,…
Nimbuzz drops ICQ support; ICQ does the “Skype thing”
One would think we live in an “open” world, but one would be wrong. Take Skype and ICQ for instance. Up until recently third-party multi-network IM and VoIP software could perfectly sing along the two companies’ respective services, but not anymore. Yap, on the heels of Skype’s decision to block third-party clients to offer Skype…
Quicky: Evernote reaches 5 million users!
What can I say, I love Evernote and I know I’m not the only one. As a matter of fact, there are potentially 5 million of us, though I’m not sure all of those users love the note-taking service as much as I do. 🙂 Anyway, a few days ago 22,130 people registered at Evernote…
Whatser suggests cool places for iPhone users
An Amsterdam, Netherlands-based SoGeo launched a promising iPhone application called Whatser. Available as a free download, Whatser connects to other social networks while also using data of its own to suggest places you may like. For a start, you (and other users) connect your existing social networks from Facebook, Twitter, Gowalla and Foursquare and let…
SciVisum launches iPhone app monitoring service for enterprise customers; Tesco first on board
SciVisum, the company that provides “dynamic website monitoring” services, is extending the reach to the iOS platform. Touted as the “first monitoring solution for iPhone apps,” iPhone Application Monitor basically does for the iPhone apps what SciVisum’s main service does for websites – makes sure everything is running smoothly. Tesco, which is already using SciVisum’s…
Say goodbye to GOOG-411, say hello to free alternatives
As announced in October, Google shuttered its GOOG-411 service today. The free, voice-driven, directory assistance service emerged from Google Labs back in April 2007. Customers on a mobile phone could call 1-800-GOOG-411 and use their voice to easily find addresses, phone numbers, and more courtesy of Google. Over the years, Google used this voice-based directory assistance…