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Rogers’ account management application for BlackBerry, iPhone, and Android has added a few more features. You can now manage which numbers are on your My5 list (particularly handy for when you suddenly remember how many minutes you burn through with someone in particular), ringbacks for custom songs playing in place of standard ringtones, and advanced…
Samsung’s mobile application store, Samsung Apps, is growing steadily. In its own backyard, it has crossed 4 million downloads which is a promising figure considering the store was launched in December of last year. At the moment, Samsung’s catalog contains more than 700 apps, and the top downloaded apps in the last few days include…
It was back in May when we reported that Evernote has crossed the 3 million registered users milestone. Roughly three and a half months from that moment, the company announced it has reached 4 million users! Big congratulations to the Evernote team, they deserve all the credit for keep pushing the boundaries and making note…
I guess we knew something like this will be launched, now that that the iPhone supports video calls. VisualFriend is a dating site — though they say it’s not the regular dating site — for iPhone 4 owners, looking for some FaceTime talk with their potential mate(s) and/or friend(s). The service distinguish itself from the…
India’s Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Nokia are teaming up to promote the Finnish company’s mobile services, including Ovi Life Tools and Ovi Music. As part of the deal, RCOM will offer rural and semi-urban segments of their users Ovi Life Tools, which is a range of services covering agriculture, education and entertainment. Reliance will offer…
A tip from Verizon has hinted that there are problems at RIM affecting BlackBerry service across the board. This isn’t the first time BlackBerry servers have had a glitch, and it certainly won’t be the last. Every time service goes down like this, folks get worried that relying on RIM’s central infrastructure for work e-mail,…
Booyah announced that its location-based mobile service has crossed the 3.1 million registered users mark. In addition, the company said that its users check-in to the app more than 15 million times each week across both rural and metropolitan areas throughout the United States. In total, MyTown had around 400 million check-ins in the country…
After seeing the first augmented reality enhanced magazine (Sueddeutsche Zeitung), we have great use of AR technology to share… During the Lowlands music festival in the Netherlands, the Stedelijk Museum has lent digital versions from its world famous art collection to visitors with Layar application installed on their smartphones (Android or iPhone). Here’s how it…
SugarSync is bringing its file sync, backup and sharing service to the Symbian S60 platform. Available as a free download, SugarSync’s application allows users to easily access, manage and share all their personal content while on the go. You can store various types of files in a SugarSync account, including documents and photos, and even…
OpenFeint, the popular social networking service for mobile games, said it will allow both Android and iPhone users to compete against one another in online multiplayer games. Here are the words of Aurora Feint executive chairman Peter Relan: “One glaring problem with today’s mobile gaming community is how fractured it is across platforms. OpenFeint is…