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Skype on PS Vita Is Now Available as a Free App

PlayStation Vita owners can now turn their portable videogame console into an actual phone, thanks to the recently launched Skype app for the new platform, which supports not only regular voice calling, but also video calls. This can be achieved thanks to the device’s built-in microphone and its two cameras. S...

25 April 2012
14:31 GMT

Ubuntu One Android App Supports Instagram

Ubuntu's foray into the mobile universe continues, as Canonical has just announced today, April 24th, that its Ubuntu One Files Android app now supports Instagram. A couple of weeks ago the iPhone users were deprived of Instagram and now everyone that wields a smartphone with Android can also use the popular se...

24 April 2012
10:19 GMT

Nintendo Will Offer Pokemon Black & White 2 Apps

Video game publisher Nintendo has announced that it plans to launch Pokemon Black & White 2 companion applications that will enhance the experience of those who engage with the popular franchise. The company detailed one app called the AR Searcher, which is based on the Augmented Reality capabilities of the Nintendo...

23 April 2012
05:21 GMT

PlayStation Vita Gets Updated Facebook App

Sony has launched a new Facebook application for its new PlayStation Vita handheld, allowing gamers to upload photos directly to their Wall and their News feed while also introducing the ability to quickly add tags to their images. All system languages are now supported by the Facebook app and improve the experience...

17 April 2012
08:43 GMT

Xbox 360’s Netflix App Gets Updated with New Features

Netflix has just posted an update for its special application on the Xbox 360 platform, adding quite a few new features and increasing the reliability of the app when used by owners of the Microsoft console. The Xbox 360 is becoming a true entertainment center for its owners, largely because Microsoft is introducing...

11 April 2012
03:04 GMT

Amazon Instant Video App Now Available on PlayStation 3

In order to counter Microsoft’s entertainment apps on the Xbox 360, Sony has confirmed that PlayStation 3 owners from North America will now get to experience a special Amazon Instant Video application on their consoles. Microsoft has turned its Xbox 360 into a lean entertainment center device thanks to an arr...

4 April 2012
19:41 GMT

HP TouchPad with Android 4.0 Gets WebOS App Switching

If you have a TouchPad but swapped WebOS for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by installing the CyanogenMod 9, you might want to check this out. The folks at the RootzWiki forum were able to find a middle ground between the two operating systems, so to speak. Android 4.0 is all well and good, but webOS is not witho...

10 March 2012
06:09 GMT

B&N Prepares International Nook App Developer Event

Since the Nook e-reader and Nook Tablet have been doing so well, Barnes & Noble has been lobbying for a way to expand its reach.The company wants to have its Nook products sent to countries besides the United States.The upcoming event in London, scheduled for March 19 this year (2012), may just be the first step in t...

6 March 2012
09:49 GMT

Roccat Turns Phone Into PC Gaming Peripheral with Power-Grid

If you were wondering what Roccat has been doing, you'll find that it is a two-pronged campaign. One thing is that it has released a phone app, and a companion PC app, that enable peoples' smartphones to control certain aspects of a PC. There are four grids, one of which, the Incoming Centre, displays S...

6 March 2012
09:01 GMT

Mass Effect: Infiltrator Game and Datapad App Coming to iOS Soon

BioWare, besides getting ready to roll out Mass Effect 3 onto full-fledged platforms like the PC, PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360, has just confirmed that two special apps based on the series will soon be released onto the iOS platform for the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The Mass Effect series is set to end its trilogy th...

8 February 2012
14:21 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Gets Facebook App, Offers Bonuses on the Xbox 360

Video game publisher Electronic Arts and hardware maker Microsoft have announced the launch of a new Facebook application linked to the upcoming Mass Effect 3 video game, which seems to be designed to offer a number of in-game bonuses for those who will play the game on the Xbox 360 home console.The app can be access...

4 February 2012
02:36 GMT

BMW Starts Promoting Green i3 Concept

Even though enthusiastic buyers will still have to wait an entire year to park the new eco-friendly i3 vehicle launched by BMW in their garages, the automaker is wasting no time and is currently trying to attract a large segment of eco-conscious buyers. Its praised “megacity vehicle” is expected to reac...

5 January 2012
03:58 GMT

App Monitors the Efficiency of Solar Power Systems

Green technologies are often used to boost the popularity of renewables. In this case, SunPower, one of the most important companies delivering solar panels, has recently launched a new app monitoring the energy-efficiency of SunPower solar systems. Clients who use this app will be able to find out how energy-effici...

27 December 2011
02:28 GMT

New iPhone App for a Paperless Future

A new iPhone app could revolutionize the way we do business nowadays. Forget about the pen left at home, the tons of paper manufactured and distributed annually and the millions of hectares of forests destroyed over this cause. Due to an innovative Adobe EchoSign application, users can sign important documents dire...

22 December 2011
09:58 GMT

New iPhone App Turns User into 'Environment DJ'

Eco-conscious people who own an iPhone or an iPad will most likely be pleased to find out that Taptu has launched a new app using Guardian content, to keep keen green activists up to date with the most important news from this sector. One of the most important advantages is that users can edit or “DJ” the...

21 December 2011
05:42 GMT

Sakar AppClix Colorful Kid Camera Ready and Waiting

Looks like kids with gadgets are going to be a far more common occurrence in the near future, especially with things like the Sakar AppClix camera. It isn't just the 7-megapixel sensor and the 4x zoom that makes it noteworthy, nor the cartoonish theme of the red device. What it has that cameras don't usua...

20 December 2011
16:21 GMT

Get Behind the Wheel with Ford Fusion App

There is nothing better than green technologies combined with smart advertising and just the right amount of entertaining. This is exactly the strategy adopted by Ford, aiming to bring its new Fusion hybrid one step closer to its potential buyers. The new app is available for Iphone, Ipad and Android and encourages...

14 December 2011
10:24 GMT

MSI Lets You Use a Phone to Supervise Your PC and Find Better Parts

We heard about overclocking PCs via Bluetooth before, so we aren't total strangers to apps that control aspects of a computer, but MSI's new invention is different from that. What Micro-Star International invented is a smartphone app called MSI+. This software has six function categories: Calculator, Manu...

12 December 2011
10:38 GMT

Green App Monitors Ecological Footprint and Feeds the Poor

Nowadays, almost every cell phone owner can easily monitor and control his own ecological footprint, while using an innovative app. Offset4Poor is a free carbon offset calculator that allows you to measure carbon emissions generated during daily activities, like driving, flying, or simply consuming energy at home. ...

29 November 2011
09:13 GMT

App Helps Us Turn Thanksgiving Scraps into Delicious Treats

The Love Food Hate Waste organization is struggling to change the rules of our wasteful society, by launching an innovative app, available for iPhone and Android that will teach us how to preserve our resources while saving up to £50 ($78.15/€57.95) every month. Changes in our behavior are encouraged and...

22 November 2011
02:25 GMT

PocketFinder Free Apps for iPhones, iPad and iPod Touch Appear

Not long ago, we talked about a certain invention from Location Based Technologies, and it seems the functionality of said invention has now expanded to items beyond the original GPS system. The PocketFinder GPS location system is a technology through which one can keep track of a vehicle or person, or anything ...

6 October 2011
09:35 GMT

Tegra Tablets Get Faster Thanks to Zinio

The media has been paying a lot of attention to tablets lately, especially their hardware and the OS, but it looks like some apps are also standing out, such as the Zinio for Android. The Android market for apps may not be close to how large the Apple App store is, but the number of apps sold through it is steadily...

24 June 2011
10:27 GMT

Apple Blocking More Adult-Oriented iPhone Apps

ChilliFresh, an iPhone developer, claims to have received an email from Apple indicating that its Wobble iBoobs application had been pulled from the App Store. The reason was too much transparency, as far as the adult content was concerned. Apparently, it was the very people that downloaded the app that complained. ...

19 February 2010
05:55 GMT

The Pros and Cons of APP

In a number of medical conditions, the amyloid precursor protein (APP) plays a major role. Doctors and researchers have had their eyes set on the molecule for a long time, attempting to figure out whether it has a good effect on the organism, or a bad one. New investigation is beginning to reveal that the influence i...

19 October 2009
04:49 GMT

eMoney Advisor Brings eMoney Mobile for the iPhone

eMoney Advisor comes to the rescue of financial advisors now on mobiles with the new eMoney Mobile application, exclusively for the iPhone and the iPod touch. This new financial planning solution is based on eMoney's most advanced and appreciated software developed yet. Furthermore, this service is also useful...

17 December 2008
10:27 GMT

How Is Apple Destroying Its Own iPhone?

The latest iPhone firmware version 1.1.1 has recently been released and brought along good reasons to be happy and even better ones causing endless frustration for most users. As promised, Apple has developed a solution for making the unlocked handsets useless, through a process which had a second effect that might l...

1 October 2007
04:00 GMT

Google Plans Educational Gmail

Since the release of the Google App solution, the product that is often regarded as the perfect alternative for the Microsoft Office suite, the search giant also revealed a special edition of the pack especially designed with educational purposes. Although it is available in both freeware and shareware edition, Googl...

11 April 2007
04:39 GMT

Google Updates the Office Suite

Since the announcement of the Google Apps suite, the search giant was continuously working on it, the solution being regarded as the perfect alternative for the old fashioned Microsoft Office. Today, the company's employees revealed a new ability for the Google Base service, adding interoperability with Google S...

2 April 2007
02:39 GMT

Google Starts Promoting Its Office Suite

Since the rumors of a potential Office suite designed by Google spread on the Internet, the companies started to talk about a revolutionary solution able to challenge the well known Microsoft's Office. Although the company refused to comment on the speculations, the application was finally released and Google cr...

20 March 2007
04:40 GMT


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