Google’s App Inventor now for mere mortals, available to all with Google account
Back in July, Google introduced its App Inventor; a dead-simple, drag and drop application creator for the Android operating system. In a press release today, …
Apps & Software
Google Maps 5.0 for Android hits the Market
So you just read our Nexus S review and are feeling a bit jealous of the new device, it’s understandable. Your current Android handset may …
ABCmouse.com brings interactive fables and zoo to iOS
Undoubtedly, one of the things that makes the holidays so enjoyable is the unadulterated joy seen on the faces of smaller children. Sons, daughters, nieces, nephews, …
Apple’s Mac App Store set to open doors January 6th
“Apple today announced that the Mac App Store will open for business on Thursday, January 6.” That is the opening line of a press release …
Windows Phone 7 Marketplace passes 4,000-app mark
According to third-party Windows Phone 7 Marketplace monitor WP7applist, Microsoft’s mobile application store is now home to over 4,000 applications. The site, which provides a …
Apple updates iBooks; adds illustrated books, AirPrint, more
Apple updated its popular eBook reader application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on Wednesday. iBooks 1.2 adds a variety of new functionality, including …
First major Windows Phone 7 update due in late 2011 according to report
According to a report from ZDNet’s All About Microsoft blog, the first major update (codenamed Mango) to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform isn’t due until August …
BlackBerry Desktop Manager 2.0 for Mac now available
Although it has been available in a beta version for the past several weeks, BlackBerry Desktop Manager 2.0 for Mac had yet to be given …
Google TV updated with Netflix, dual view, and voice enabled Android app
Things have been fairly quiet in Google TV-land since the service launched back in October, that is until today. Google has announced an automatic, over-the-air update being …
Facebook for Android updated, chat and push notifications in tow
Late yesterday, Facebook released an update for its Android mobile application, bearing the version number 1.5. The new code adds support for Facebook chat — …
Google incorporates email delegation into Gmail, time to hire an assistant
If you’re a Google Apps user, you’ve had the ability to delegate access to your email account for quite some time. Now, Google is giving …
Google rolls out ‘restore contacts’ feature to Gmail users
If you’ve ever accidentally deleted a contact from your Gmail address book, you know what pain is. The action has been, since the inception of …
Google’s Android Voice Search application gets ‘personalized recognition’
Search giant Google has just released an update for its Android Voice Search app that offers Android users the option of “personalized recognition.” Enabling the new …
Google Voice app updated to support iPad and iPod touch
In a blog post today, Google announced an update to the iOS version of its official Voice application that supports the iPad and iPod touch. …
RIM announces Amazon MP3 app for BlackBerry, available now
Today, RIM and Amazon.com launched Amazon MP3 for BlackBerry smartphones, giving BlackBerry smartphone users in the U.S. access to Amazon’s catalog of over 14 million …
Gmail Creator: ‘Chrome OS has no purpose that isn’t better served by Android’
A lot of people are thinking it, but former Google employee, Gmail creator, and FriendFeed founder Paul Buchheit has come right out and said it. …
Video of Android 2.3 running on Motorola DROID X emerges, less BLURry [Updated]
Well what do we have here? It looks like a video of Verizon’s Motorola DROID X running an early alpha build of Google’s latest mobile OS …
Android Market update begins rolling out
Google announced Monday that an update to the Android Market has started rolling out to devices. On its Android Market Facebook page, Google stated that …
Google Latitude for iOS hits the App Store
Remember Google Latitude — Google’s location-based social network that allows users to easily share their locations with friends? Yeah, neither did we… at least not …
BlackBerry News Feeds beta launches
If you have been itching for a decent RSS feed reader on the BlackBerry platform, you’ve finally got one. RIM just let us know that …
Rovio introduces ‘Bad Piggy Bank’ in-app mobile payment solution for Android
At a streamed press conference Friday, Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka announced the creation of a new mobile payment system dubbed Bad Piggy Bank. Rovio is …
Google Docs desktop editor comes to iPad
Google recently revamped its mobile Google Docs offering, providing more robust editing capabilities on several smartphone platforms. While the revised sites are quite useful on …
AT&T Dell Streak Froyo update pushed back to next year
Dell confirmed on Thursday evening that users of its Dell Streak tablet who purchased the device through AT&T will have to wait until next year …
Microsoft readying second major Window Phone 7 update for February?
Blog WinRumors is reporting that Microsoft is preparing a second, developer-centric software update for its Windows Phone 7 platform to be released this February. The information was …
Google updates Gmail Android app; priority inbox, improved compose, in-line replies
Today, Google released an update to its Gmail Android application that offers several bug fixes, improvements, and feature additions. Most notably, the new bits add enhanced priority …
Apple reveals top iPhone, iPad apps of 2010
Apple revealed its top iOS apps of 2010 on Thursday, and the list is broken down into six categories — top free, top paid and …
90 second song previews begin to trickle into iTunes Music Store
Back in November, a leaked email from Apple to record label representatives indicated that 90 second song previews were in the works for the iTunes …
Andy Rubin: over 300,000 Android phones are being activated every day
Google’s VP of Engineering, Andy Rubin, utilized the social-network Twitter to drop some knowledge on the world. Mr. Rubin notes that his company’s mobile operating …
Skype updates Symbian client for N8, C7, E5 handsets
In a brief blog post, internet communication company Skype announced an updated client for newer Symbian smartphones (formerly known as Symbian^3). The updated app will …
Verizon advert touts prowess of BlackBerry 6 on Curve 9330, Bold 9650
It’s no secret that BlackBerry 6 will be coming to the Bold 9650 and Curve 9330. RIM has publicly stated that the two devices are …
