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Verizon has announced that late next year it will be releasing a “network optimization” API for app developers. What this will do is dynamically allocate more bandwidth to said applications when a user presses a button. What’s the catch? It will cost you, per use. Don’t ask me what Verizon is doing introducing something that [...]
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Verizon To Introduce “Turbo Boost” API Late Next Year
Posted by David Brown on December 7th, 2011
Posted in 4G / LTE, Android, Applications, Verizon 
Tags: 4G, API, LTE, Turbo Boost, Verizon 
Comments OffGet A Deal On Your Hotel Tonight
Posted by Rachel Alvarez on December 6th, 2011
Ever been stranded without a place to stay? Well, worry no more. Hotel Tonight is a unique same day deal-finding app available for free on both Android and iOS. Offering discounts up to 70%, Hotel Tonight has daily specials on three different hotels per selected city. The offers change daily at noon and are [...]
Posted in Android, Apple, Applications, iPhone Tags: Android, Android OS, Application, Hotel Tonight, iOS, iPhone Comments Off10 Cent Apps Hit Android Market To Celebrate Milestone
Posted by Paul Barraza on December 6th, 2011
Google is feeling the love from their Android users as the Android Market has reached over 10 billion app downloads. Google now has over one billion applications downloaded a month. To celebrate, for the next 10 days there will be a handful of premium Android apps available each day for 10 cents. Below is a [...]
ScoreMobile – A Must Have Sports Application
Posted by Paul Barraza on December 5th, 2011
If you’re a huge sport fan and looking for the right application to feed your sports craving you might want to check out ScoreMobile. ScoreMobile is an easy to use application that allows you to customize your app to follow your favorite sports, teams and players. ScoreMobile even provides you with up-to-minute scores, box scores, [...]
Posted in Android, Applications, BlackBerry, Featured, iPhone, Windows Phone Tags: Android, Application, BlackBerry, iOS, ScoreMobile, Sports Application, Windows Phone7 2 Comments »Google Maps 6.0 Adds Indoor Mapping
Posted by David Brown on November 30th, 2011
Google Maps was updated to version 6.0 today, adding what will invariably be much more useful than other additions such as Latitude; Indoor Maps. In their Google+ post, the Google Maps team discussed the new features of 6.0: Today, Google Maps is entering a new frontier: mapping the indoors. As part of this morning’s launch [...]
Posted in Android, Applications, Google, GPS-Navigation Tags: Android, Google, indoor, maps Comments OffiTether Pulled From Apple App Store As Expected
Posted by Troy D. Brown on November 29th, 2011
iTether which made a brief overnight appearance in the iTunes app store has been pulled by Apple. This seems to be a recurring problem with iOS apps being approved and then removed as Apple has second thoughts. The iTether app worked great and provided an easy solution for using your iPhone’s data plan on a [...]
Square For iOS Gets An Update
Posted by Paul Barraza on November 29th, 2011
Square for iOS received an update to version 2.2 that brings some neat new features for the merchant and the customer. The merchant is now able to give their loyal customers a discount from their tab when cashing out. There is also the option to wirelessly open a cash register, which is a feature many [...]
Posted in Apple, Applications, iPad, iPhone Tags: Apple, Application, Credit Card Reader, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Smartphones, Square, Tablets Comments OffAlpha Verison Of Socialscope Available For Android
Posted by Paul Barraza on November 21st, 2011
Socialscope is an application that was originally designed for BlackBerry users to use Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare all together through a single feed. Finally breaking away from BlackBerry OS, the creators of Socialscope have announced their Alpha version for Android. The Android version is more than just Facebook and Twitter, the company has redesigned the [...]
Posted in Android, Applications, Social Networking Tags: Android, Android OS, Application, Facebook, foursquare, Smartphones, social networking, SocialScope, Twitter Comments OffStarbuck’s Augmented Reality App Available For iOS And Android
Posted by Paul Barraza on November 21st, 2011
Starbuck has launched their first augmented reality application, Starbuck Cup Magic. With the app users can scan and find five different Holiday characters on red cups, Christmas blend bags, in-stores and more. You can see the characters come to life on your smartphone. With Starbuck Cup Magic you will also be able to keep update [...]
Posted in Android, Apple, Applications, iPhone Tags: Android, Android OS, Application, Augmented Reality, iOS, iPhone, Smartphones, Starbucks, Starbucks Cup Magic Comments OffGoogle Music Has Arrived With A Music Store
Posted by Paul Barraza on November 17th, 2011
Google launched Music Beta which is a cloud-based service that allows users to upload their personal music, up to 20,000 songs for free to the cloud, so you can easily stream your music from anywhere at any time. Music Beta has now evolved into a broader platform dropping the Beta and simply going by the [...]
Posted in Android, Applications, Google Tags: Android, Android Market, Android OS, Application, Google, Google Music, Music Beta Comments OffAmazon’s Price Check App Is Now Available For Android
Posted by Paul Barraza on November 16th, 2011
The Amazon Price Check application has been a big hit on iOS and now nearly a year later the company has finally provided Android users with their own app of Price Check. Consumers want a fast and convenient way to determine the best possible price available for a product, said Sam Hall, director of Amazon [...]
Posted in Android, Applications Tags: Amazon, Android, Android OS, Application, Price Check Comments OffAdobe To No Longer Developing Flash Player For Mobile Devices
Posted by Paul Barraza on November 9th, 2011
Adobe’s Danny Winokur, Vice President & General Manager wrote a blog post informing us that the company will no longer develop Flash Player for upcoming mobile devices. Luckily for Android and the BlackBerry PlayBook users, they will still be able to get their hands on Flash Player 11.1, but the downfall is that there will be [...]
Posted in Applications, Featured, Mobile News Tags: Adobe, Android, Android OS, Application, BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS, Flash Player, Flash Player 11.1, PlayBook, RIM, Smartphones, Steve Jobs, Tablet, Thoughts On Flash Comments Off
