SketchBook project manager Chris Cheung, who spearheaded the move to build a mobile application version of the program. AutoDesk When Autodesk’s SketchBook Mobile application launched two years ago, it garnered more than 1 million downloads within the first two months, propelling the company into a completely new business. So it’s surprising that Chief Executive Carl Bass didn’t know about the …

Wal-Mart and its TracFone-powered mobile virtual network operator, StraightTalk, are getting ready to bring an affordable Android to the masses. Last week, Wal-Mart’s Web Site began taking reservations for the Samsung Galaxy Precedent, a low-cost barrier into Android’s potential. Expected to run $149.88 without a contract, it becomes even more appealing when paired with StraightTalk’s $45 unlimited voice, text, and …

Apple could be about to fill its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices with delicious augmented reality, if a recent patent application from JobsCo is anything to go by. The filing, spied by Patently Apple, describes new features that would superimpose geographic and location data over a feed from your device’s camera. That would make it much easier to figure …