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HeyTell is a walkie-talkie application developed for Android and iOS. The App was developed by Steven Hugg and Jen Harvey, a husband and wife team, that left their jobs to work on a voice-based application under the company name of Voxilate. Rather than select a voice or video chat tool like Skype or Tango, the…
Leaked documentation from Verizon Wireless suggests the wireless carrier is once again updating its data plans for both feature phones and smartphones. The changes will hit casual smartphone users the hardest as Verizon is apparently removing the cheaper $15 option that provides 150 MB of data. Verizon is going back to its original data pricing…
The traditionally stoic Apple has opened up another Twitter account to join their smattering of existing iTunes accounts. @AppStore went live recently, with the express goal of helping folks “discover new apps, get exclusive offers, and share with friends.” The account isn’t verified quite yet, so it could in theory be fake, but it seems…
Are you a huge Black Eyed Peas fan? Do you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch 4th gen? Love augmented reality? If you answered yes to any or all of those questions and you’re willing to fork over $2.99, you should check out the BEP360 app. Like the name suggests, the app gives you…
The ever elusive white iPhone 4 has been making strange appearances in different retail systems lately, and now it looks like it’s up on AT&T’s online account manager, too. We initially thought that the ivory Apple smartphone would become available for Verizon since it was up on the carrier’s site the day it was announced.…
Until this point, you could only search and book a hotel and/or flight using Kayak’s iPhone app. Renting a car was not an option until now… Enter GroundLink, which has partnered with the travel search engine to allow users to book ground transportation (not exactly “regular” rent-a-car) from Kayak on their iPhone. As a result,…
Sure, in the past we’ve all had our choice of white or black when it comes to our favorite iOS powered device. With the iPhone 4, we haven’t been so lucky. For one reason or another, the white variant (the one I’ve always wanted) has been MIA, and from the factory, black is all that…
Sometimes you may want to add some text to the photo just taken (or the one that sits in your library). Heck you may also need to add an effect to your photo but the default Camera app doesn’t allow you to do that. Third-party camera apps can be used for effects but I haven’t…
FloodMap Mobile, as you can imagine, is new app that’s all about providing users with flood hazard information. Using it you can determine the flood potential of some place (let’s say you want to purchase a property), estimate the cost of flood insurance, access summarized flood risk information from FEMA (authority on flood mapping) and…
One January 14th, Apple launched its 10 billion download counter and now the App Store is finally creeping closer to this download milestone. The countdown is accompaneid by a promotion that will give a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the person who purchases the ten billionth app or submits a free entry form in the…