WhosHere, which was apparently the very first Social Networking app for the iPhone to let you meet and interact based on proximity, has passed one million users. The WhosHere’s user community now extends to more than 150 countries, with users sending millions of free text messages and images per day. WhosHere managed to achieve many…
iPhone Gets Google Buzz App – Buzzie
Google’s status and multimedia sharing service, Buzz, launched with a dose of Android support, and now thanks to a third-party application called Buzzie, it’s available on the iPhone. Buzzie enables all the features you would expect, like reading posts from those you follow, posting geotagged updates yourself, checking the local Buzz, commenting on and Liking…
Destinator 9 GPS is now an iPhone thing, too
Following the release of the Android version, Intrinsyc’s Destinator 9 GPS navigation app has found its way to the Apple AppStore. In addition to standard turn-by-turn navigation feature (maps powered by NAVTEQ), the application also boasts real-time traffic updates, highway junction views, advanced text-to-speech, integrated Google Local Search, live weather updates, “NavStrip” and a comprehensive…
Gameloft’s Rayman 2: The Great Escape hits the AppStore
Although the original Rayman is not available for the iPhone/iPod Touch users, the second part has just hit the AppStore, brought to you with compliments of Gameloft. The 3D game finds you controlling the iconic character across 45 levels, including waterfalls, deep sea caves and pirate hideouts. Your goal is to free all of your…
What’s Next for iPhone 4G?
With all the hype over Apple’s iPad announcement now behind us, Apple-eyes have now turned their attention to what might be on the docket for the anticipated release of iPhone 4G. We’ve torn down and rebuilt thousands of iPhones over the last few years and talked with scores of customers about how they’re using it…
Netflix ‘Watch Instantly’ video streaming iPhone app on the way?
When Netflix takes surveys, we pay attention. Why? Because it usually indicates that a new product is coming down the the line. Shortly after they polled users about interest in Netflix on the Wii and PS3, we saw the service going live on both gaming consoles. So, when the company that pioneered the mail-order movie…
Dr. Seuss iPhone Apps On Sale for $0.99 – Today Only
‘The Cat in the Hat‘ was one of my favorite books as a kid. That, and ‘One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish‘. Classic Dr. Seuss stories for sure. If you love those old rhyming and nonsensical stories, Oceanhouse Media is dropping the price on all of their Dr. Seuss iPhone and iPod Touch…
New York Daily News Launches App for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile
The New York Daily news has just announced a new application available for iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile. The app brings all of the goodness of the New York Daily News to your smartphone, all for free. To get it, you can text ‘MOBILE’ to DNEWS (36397) or hit up nydailynews.com/mobile. New York Daily News…
Mobclix acquires Heartbeat, cloud-based iPhone sales analytics tool
Mobile advertising market keeps consolidating. Today we bring you the news involving mobile ad exchange network Mobclix and their acquisition of Enormego’s Heartbeat for an undisclosed sum. Launched in January 2009, Heartbeat is a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service that provides iPhone developers with additional data about their apps, including sales information, crash reporting, hourly usage stats, reviews…
VisionSync’s MotionCast app/service combo is made for hyper-local news
From the creator of such apps as TatTap and iMobile Care, comes a new application-service combo designed to empower citizen journalism. The name is MotionCast and a dedicated mobile client is available for the iPhone only, but I’m guessing that will change with support for other platforms in no time. Using the service/application, users are…