Axel Technologies, the company behind the popular mobile TV application Fuugo that we covered for quite a few times in the past, announced that is partnering with Symbio, to accelerate the Fuugo R&D and help the company conquer new markets around the globe. The official word goes like this (from the press release): The strategic…
New Sports Tracker updated with S60 3.2 support
We’ve already talked about renewed Sports Tracker, which is no longer a Nokia’s project. Rather, a separate company, Sports Tracking Technologies, is behind it with all the same people who made it while working for Nokia developing the software. The new Sports Tracker application/client is no longer a “touch thing” only, as the company unveiled…
New Rogers Protection Program Doesn’t Cover Blending Accidents
For those without an OtterBox, Rogers has just opened up their handset protection program for their customers, offering 0$ replacement options, loaner devices, and subsidized repairs on damaged or lost phones. This protection extends beyond the manufacturer’s warranty, but there are a couple of caveats. Loaner devices require a $50 deposit, for one. Secondly, the…
Video: Nokia Instant Community, creating a social network based on the people around you
“Nokia Instant Community” is a prototype piece of software running on the Maemo 5 powered Nokia N900 that has me genuinely excited about the future. Social networks, for all they’re worth, are keeping us in small circles with people we already know. Sure, there may be some of us who have internet friends, that’s still…
iConji is an icon-based messaging app/service that crosses the language barriers
A company called Over the Sun is launching what they over-hype as a “revolutionary social networking application” called iConji Messenger. Touted to bring the new way to communicate with friends across town or around the world, the new application/service replaces text with a vocabulary of 32×32 pixel pictographs whose meanings are translated into several languages.…
iDev3 launches the web-based mobile application incubator
iDev3 has launched what they say is the web’s first mobile applications cooperative in the U.S. The company was created to reward smaller and independent mobile application developers by “equitizing” their investment in their own intellectual property. As a result these smaller players become part of the larger parent company, TGFin Holdings, therefor diversifying risk…
Samsung Monte comes with free voice-guided navigation in the Czech Republic
If Nokia, Google and now O2 Germany can do it, so can Samsung. I’m talking about free voice-guided navigation service that comes bundled (and/or available as a free download) with the device purchase. That’s exactly what the Korean company is offering to the Monte (S5620) buyers in the Czech Republic. NaviExpert is providing the Java-based…
PayPal’s Mobile Payments Library now available for Android, too
On the heels of the iPhone launch, PayPal used the Google I/O event in San Francisco to unveil its Mobile Payments Library for the Android developers. As a result, interested parties are able to add checkout functionality for donations, personal payments, physical goods and services sold through apps on the Android phone. This process is…
junaio adds real estate listings in its augmented reality app/service
junaio keeps adding new channels to its augmented reality app/service. Their latest addition deals with real estate. In that sense, they’ve partnered with two of the leading real estate search engines, ROFO and HotPads, which brought their commercial and residential real estate databases, respectively, to the platform. The two companies are one of the first…
Google Voice for Android Updated With SMS Improvements
Following up on a push notification update last month, Google Voice’s Android app has been recently updated with the ability to toggle SMS forwarding, and now includes sender information in notifications. All of those students who have managed to wrangle a free account can get downloading the latest from Google Voice is a U.S.-only service…