Vlingo SAN FRANCISCO–By many estimates, texting while driving is unsafe, which explains why 30 states currently have laws on the books restricting the act. And yet data suggests that those laws do nothing to actually prevent users from testing while driving. That’s where Vlingo comes in. The service is aiming to keep users’ hands on …
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SAN FRANCISCO–PacketVideo, creator of an interconnected multimedia streaming suite dubbed TwonkyMedia, will officially push out its mobile complement at the end CTIA’s Fall 2010 conference on Friday, but that didn’t stop the company from showing off the app at a swanky cocktail party in a SOMA loft a bit ahead of schedule. Twonky Mobile is rather aptly described by the …
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SAN FRANCISCO–Certain apps floating around CTIA Fall 2010 are compelling enough to make it to the “download immediately” list. HeyWire is one such app, and of course, the fact that it’s free certainly adds to the appeal. The main purpose of HeyWire is to simplify real-time text communication across multiple messaging platforms and devices. It does this by gathering various …
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As has been stated a thousand times over, there’s an app for practically any purpose you could dream of. Some in particular suffer from a glut of apps, and shopping is one of those. With such a wide array to choose from, sorting out which ones are truly useful can be a special kind of challenge. This is why we’ve …
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Not long ago, I wrote an article aimed at helping music fans enjoy free audio from a variety of online streaming sources. Of course, I’m a firm believer in using the Internet to discover new music. But there is a threshold between discovery and entertainment for many listeners, and I think paying for a subscription music service is a great …
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Yahoo Up until this morning, Android users in need of up-to-the minute finance information were best served by the Google Finance app. Now, Yahoo’s aiming to offer another easily accessible option with its own popular Finance app, which finally made its way onto the mobile OS earlier today. Yahoo Finance for Android appears to carry over many of the most …
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One of my main uses for the second-generation iPod Touch was to connect it to a pair of docking speakers at home and then stream music using Pandora, Slacker, or Rhapsody. Not only am I sick to death of my own music collection, but using these services means I don’t have to exert time and energy on making playlists. Of …
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In its effort to keep the Bing for Mobile iPhone app competitive in the swiftly evolving mobile OS space, Microsoft rolled out yet another update today. The latest version focuses on improving the mapping experience for the user as well as offering a couple new travel features. More specifically, the software maker has carried over yet more functionality from the …
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Of the many apps spotted at Appnation, one called NutriSleuth had a particular ring to it–a ring that called out to anyone with a bent on health and nutrition. Sadly, this iPhone and iPod Touch app isn’t as generally useful as I initially thought, but it does provide some interesting and useful features for those who have to shop for …
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Last month, digital jukebox purveyor TouchTunes announced a new Web-based service that lets users create playlists at home and then access them later at nearly any location with one of the company’s jukeboxes. The service is called MyTouchTunes and it aims to provide a fun, social way to interact with music for a night out on the town. (Of course, …
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