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T-Mobile’s Even More Plus plans are back, looking an awful lot like they did last year. Starting November 14, customers will be able to get 1500 minutes of talk, plus unlimited texting and data for $79.99/month, or get a family share plan 3000 minutes talk for $149.99/month. There’s also those Wi-Fi sharing and tethering plans…
Optus is joining a number of other mobile operators to launch a Telmap-powered navigation solution. Just like that’s the case with other carrier offerings, Optus Navigator also goes beyond simple turn-by-turn navigation. Included in the deal are real-time traffic updates, powered by Optus’ network of 8 million customers across Australia. Features also include pedestrian navigation…
Rhomobile, the company behind the smartphone app framework Rhodes, unveiled its enterprise app store solution called RhoGallery. The new offering is designed to help developers and administrators in creating “galleries” of mobile apps, which are then provisioned to their mobile workforce. As a result, workers have one place to go to launch all mobile apps…
A North Carolina NGO Urban Ministries of Durham (UMD) — which provides food, shelter and clothing to the city’s homeless — is launching a neat Foursquare initiative to raise awareness around homelessness. The idea here is to spotlight abandoned warehouses, dumpsters and old construction sites in the downtown area, all of which will be available…
Remember the Text4baby program we’ve covered for few times in the past? Well the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) announced a major expansion and community reach of the program, made possible by a multi-million dollar multi-year commitment from Johnson & Johnson. As a result, Text4baby will keep engaging moms around the nation with…
Online backup service Carbonite launched a beta version of its Carbonite Access application for the Android platform, allowing users to quickly and easily access (view and open) all of their files while on the go. Moreover, Carbonite subscribers can also share their backed up files via email, Facebook, Picasa and other social networks. And if…
I’m not sure how this all this works, but apparently Israel’s Bank Leumi has launched some kind of an app that allows iPhone users to withdraw cash using an iPhone app. The application comes on the heels of the existing “SMS to ATM” service and is especially designed for the growing number of iUsers in…
Evernote has updated its BlackBerry client and made it available through RIM’s BlackBerry AppWorld. Version 3.0.271 was described as an important update even though it doesn’t bring new features on board. The reason for such a statement is that it [application] includes a number of improvements that allow Evernote to run on more carriers, in…
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and I’m ashamed to admit that I used to profile people based on what type of mobile phone they carried. Seems like I might have been right all along because data collected by personal finance service Pageonce shows that an average iPhone users charges around…
A company called Miyowa scored a big contract with ZTE, which will pre-installed Miyowa’s IM and social networking clients on its phones. As a result, users will be able to cyber schmooze while on the go via Facebook and Twitter, as well as keep in touch with their buddies across IM networks such as Windows…