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Verizon is running a limited trial for a $69.99 unlimited plan right now. Participants get $20 credit towards their wireless bill for giving the plan a shot, but have to tack on a year to their contract. The “Talk and Text Plus Data Promotion” includes unlimited data, unlimited text, and 450 voice minutes. If you…
Evernote has updated its Android client which is now pretty much on par with its iPhone counterpart, if not better. There are tons of improvements and feature updates with Evernote even saying this is the “biggest leap in functionality we’ve ever had on any platform in a single release.” Here’s what’s included: New Home screen…
mig33, the mobile social network we covered for few times in the past, introduced a new mig33 Game Developer Program to give social game developers the “promise of fast, easy and profitable access to its 40 million registered users and fast-growing virtual economy.” Right from the bat, the company made deals with few prominent companies,…
StumbleUpon updated its Android application with the feature called “StumbleUpon App Discovery.” Still in beta, it is made to suggest mobile apps based on each user’s individual interests and preferences and those of friends and like-minded users. Similarly to the StumbleUpon website, this feature also allows users to browse or “stumble” through recommended apps on…
In an effort to get more people to use their VoIP and messaging service, Vopium is organizing a neat campaign offering users the ability to send free SMS to select Asian countries for the rest of the year. In order to participate, all you have to do is download the Vopium app either for your…
An LA, California-based company called TekTrak launched an affordable and easy to use GPS tracking service/app combo for the iPhone users. Available for just $4.99 a year, TekTrak Pro allows iPhone owners to access their device’s location information from anywhere as often as they like from the tektrak.com website. With TekTrak, you can not only…
A whole whackload of Rogers info leaked today, including pricing on upcoming devices like the BlackBerry Bold 9780, Nokia N8, Samsung Focus, and Dell Streak, along with some new data sharing plans particularly applicable to the Samsung Galaxy Tab. There are a lot of slides, but here’s the short version: BlackBerry Bold 9780: $149.99 on…
Wind has just announced a new plan option called WINDtab, which lets you knock off up to $150 from the initial handset cost which you instead pay over time on your monthly mobile bill. Your bill doesn’t even go up, Wind just applies 10% of what you’re paying to the tab. So, if you’re paying…
It was six month ago when OpenTable announced that 3 million people have booked restaurant reservations using their mobile apps. Translated into cash, the company estimates mobile users have generated more than $250 million in revenue for its restaurant partners. And when we put this number into the bigger picture we find out that mobile…
Just in time for the midterm elections, Foursquare unveiled a new badge – “I Voted.” The location-based social networking service has teamed up with “experienced political strategists, designers and activists” and a company called JESS3 to also launch a custom map providing a real-time visualization of check-ins for the Election Day. Voters are encouraged to…