Nokia Mobile Communities, which as you may recall is the Finnish company’s attempt to bring social networking services to low-end feature phones, has been updated for users in India. The new version of the application packs several important updates, including: Simplified registration flow Ability to share streams and specific posts View posts for a specific…
The Google Effect: Vlingo now free in the Android Market
Vlingo, developer of a popular Voice command application for a wide variety of mobile platforms, responded to Google’s new Voice Actions application by offering its Android application for free. Vlingo points out in a blog post that its voice-product overlaps Google’s Voice Actions in many areas and offers similar functionality. To compete with the Google application, Vlingo…
Nokia Listings is made to connect buyers and sellers in emerging markets
Nokia Beta Labs is out with a new application/service for emerging markets – Nokia Listings. Still in beta, the new service is designed to connect buyers and sellers, as well as job seekers and employers. Moreover, it also allows local service providers to promote their offering to mobile phone users. Apparently, the majority (60%+) of…
AlwaysOnPC launches Virtual PC mobile apps for iOS and Android
AlwaysOnPC launched mobile version of its Virtual PC app/service for iOS and Android with more than 40 pre-installed programs including a mobile office suite, image editing software and Flash-enabled Firefox. Hosted “in da cloud,” AlwaysOnPC offers an encrypted SSH connection to and from all devices supported. For users this means both security and performance for…
echoecho 1.7 brings auto-reply; Tells your friends automatically where you are
If you remember, we’ve talked about location-based mobile service echoecho back in January. It got several updates ever since and now it’s in version 1.7. The main new thing of this release is the auto-reply feature. Your friends ask where you are at a given moment, and the application automatically replies, using your GPS co-ordinates…
BlackBerry Internet Service 3.2 to Feature Google Calendar Sync?
The features for the next BlackBerry Internet Service upgrade have apparently been leaked, and include automatic synchronization of Google Calendar with the native calendar, along with some UI improvements, and some security updates. Carriers will also be able to execute commands through BlackBerry Protect, but the user will have had to install the app. The…
Rogers Updates Unlimited Student and Family Plans for Back-to-School
Rogers has just updated their Student and Family plans with a few new things for the back-to-school season. Family plans now let you add another voice line for $15/month, or data and voice for $25, on top of the two lines that it comes with. That might sound like a scam since you can get…
iPhone Web Apps get their own store
OpenAppMkt is a new service for web-based apps. It’s like Apple’s own web app list, but optimized for browsing in Safari. Actually, the Android smartphone users can also access the service and use all of the web apps just as well — both Safari and Google’s Android browser are WebKit-based. As you know, a dedicated…
Hearst Magazines Digital Media, metaio team-up to add augmented reality to online shopping
This isn’t exactly mobile news, but it is related as I’ve no doubts it will soon come to a smartphone near you. Hearst Magazines Digital Media is teaming up with metaio (developer of augmented reality browser junaio) to launch online shopping application on Seventeen.com. The Flash-based service is designed as a “virtual dressing room” allowing…
CheckPoints is another company that wants to tackle the mobile location-aware shopping
Location-aware mobile shopping is a promising space so it doesn’t surprises to see new companies entering the market all the time. The latest playa’ is called CheckPoints and it’s slated to launch this September. Co-founded by two brothers, Mark and Todd DiPaola, the company starts with a $1 million Founder Series A financing. It’s worth…