According to a new report from Juniper Research titled “Mobile Gambling Markets: Casinos, Lotteries & Betting 2010-2015,” the increasing number of mobile casino, lottery and betting services, along with the liberalisation of remote gambling legislation will see the scale of annual wagers on mobile gambling exceed $48 billion by 2015. In recent years, Japan Racing…
TomTom for iPhone 1.5 brings navigate-to-phone, iPhone 4 support and updated maps
TomTom has updated its iPhone app, making it even better. Without further ado, here’s what the version 1.5 brings to the table: Navigate-to-photo – Simply select an image from the gallery and TomTom will know where to guide you using geo-tags associated with the photo. iPhone 4 support – Retina display is now supported, bringing…
CarLocate.com launches mobile website
New and used vehicle search website CarLocate.com is going mobile. However, they’re not launching a native app as you would expect, but a mobile website which is, let’s say, the “old way of doing things.” To be fair with this move they’ll be reaching more users as no smartphone is required to access the service.…
CoPilot Live now with ActiveTraffic, real-time traffic information
ALK Technologies is launching ActiveTraffic, a real-time traffic service that integrates traffic flow information with CoPilot Live GPS navigation app. Developed in co-operation with INRIX (which we covered in the past), the CoPilot Live ActiveTraffic “intelligently calculates” the best route to avoid traffic congestion and provide an accurate estimated time of arrival (ETA). The software…
India’s SMS GupShup hits 35 million users, 3.5 million communities; Expands into the Philippines
SMS GupShup, which is India’s largest mobile social network we talked about in the past, announced that they have crossed 35 million users in India, making them more popular than Google Orkut, Facebook and Twitter. As a result of this growth, the company doubled its message processing in just six months. All those users are…
Verizon Prepaid Data Plans Get Official on BlackBerry, Android, Palm and Others
After some pretty heft hints earlier this week, Verizon prepaid plans have gone live on a wide variety of handsets. It’ll cost you $30 for unlimited data for the month, or those with feature phones can 25 MB for $10 month. Verizon recently changed their prepaid mobile broadband plans, so offering something on the smartphone…
TH(i)NQ Ed launches journ(i)e mobile, a free Android app for K-12 students and teachers
On the heels of that mobile learning report predicting growth of the market, we bring you the news involving the education market solutions provider TH(i)NQ Ed as they launch journ(i)e mobile, a free Android application for K-12 students and teachers who use the company’s student-centered learning network, journ(i)e. Using a dedicated mobile app, users get…
ConnectWise Mobile now available for Android, too
After the iPhone and Windows Mobile, ConnectWise is bringing its mobile app to the Android platform (though the image above is from Windows Mobile version), allowing IT service providers with smartphones running Google’s mobile OS to “do their thing” while on the go. By “their thing,” ConnectWise includes timesheets, work schedules, contacts, service tickets and…
MilkSync for BlackBerry updated with improved touchscreen and connectivity support
Here’s one for the Remember The Milk fans with BlackBerry devices. MilkSync, which keeps your RTM tasks in sync with your BlackBerry tasks, has been updated recently and it’s now in version 1.0.7. There are two important improvements in this release: First, touchscreen devices such as the newly unveiled BlackBerry Torch are better supported. For…
OwnSkin launches wallpaper creation tool for Android
Dalrus Pte, the company behind OwnSkin.com, announced the wallpaper user generation tool for Android – LiveWallpaper, providing users with an easy way to customize their smartphones. No programming is needed to create your own dynamic wallpaper and you can even include such elements as animation, clock compass and battery information. The resulting wallpaper can be…