Metaio, the creator of the augmented reality browser junaio, is all proud to announced that the entire issue No 33 of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung’s supplement magazine is enhanced with the augmented reality. Here’s what to expect (from the press release): The cover of the magazine shows Sandra Maischberger, the well known TV personality, hiding behind…
GetJar to power-up Virgin Mobile India’s mobile app store
GetJar, which touts itself as the “world’s largest cross-platform mobile applications store” and “world’s largest independent application store,” announced a new client – Virgin Mobile India. The Richard Branson’s group-owned MVNO will provide its users with access to GetJar’s extensive catalog of more than 70,000 mobile games and apps, ranging from games, education, social networking,…
Memeo Connect 2.0 released and so is the iPhone app
Popular Google Docs sync and data management application Memeo Connect is now in version 2.0, incorporating “crucial features” that enable Google Docs to be even more SMB and enterprise-ready. Among the things included in this release is the GDrive support, full text search powered by Google, multi-select capability, advanced document filtering, “Download All” Google Docs…
Placecast, Location Labs team-up to deliver ShopAlerts to over 180 million handsets in the U.S.
Placecast is teaming-up with Location Labs to extend the reach of its ShopAlerts service to over 180 million potential consumers in the U.S. If you remember from our previous article, ShopAlerts is/are location-triggered mobile text messages sent from brands to consumers who have opted in to the service. Here’s how it works (from the press…
MySpace launches music-video service and an iPad app
MySpace unveiled a music-video service that can be used on their website and on the iPad. The name of the game is MySpace Music Romeo and it’s made to help users find new artists and songs by selecting videos based on mood and genre. Once you find what you like, you can stream the song…
Visa launches contactless mobile payments in Turkey
Visa Europe and Turkey’s bank Akbank are launching a memory card-based mobile payment system, using which consumers will be able to pay with their phones at any Visa point around the world. The pilot program aims to demonstrate how (or whether) the memory card slot can be used in mobile payments solutions to enable contactless…
DailyCandy Stylish Alerts brings geo-location content to New Yorkers with Android smartphones
DailyCandy, the popular women’s lifestyle brand, launched what they say is the “industry’s first location-triggered content delivery system” called DailyCandy Stylish Alerts for Android smartphone ownin’ New Yorkers. Developed in partnership with geo-notification provider Xtify, the free to use application delivers fashion, food and fun content to users in proximity of current local happenings like…
Telmap-powered SingTel Xplorer offers mobile search, mapping and navigation to consumers
SingTel has teamed up with Telmap to offer personal search, mapping and navigation services to its mobile subscribers in Singapore. Using a dedicated application called SingTel Xplorer — which BTW works on any GPS-equipped handset, iPhone and Android smartphones included — users can “turn their mobile phones into a powerful navigation system” with access to…
Rogers Launches Pay as You Go BlackBerry Plans
Rogers is embracing a new model for BlackBerry plans (without so much as a peep about it on the Redboard or Twitter feed). The new $40 and $55 monthly pay as you go BlackBerry plans include voicemail, call display, call waiting, unlimited text, unlimited instant messaging and either unlimited e-mail or social networking. The main…
Sports Tracker gets online service element
Sports Tracker, the application that allows Nokia smartphone users to keep track of their exercise activities, finally got an online component. To be fair the online component existed in the past, back when the application/service was known as Nokia Sports Tracker. As you can imagine, the new online service allows you to get a big…